This post was written in Danish in September 2017 and later translated into English. Only the language changed.
My tent has been sponsored now! – Big Agnes Copper Spur HV UL2
EDO, who distribute Big Agnes in Scandinavia, have been kind enough to sponsor the tent I will be living in on my trip next year! That is so cool! 🙂
It is a long time since I decided that Big Agnes is exactly the tent I am going to need.
The tent is very light (it weighs right around 1.5 kg including the footprint, and on top of that it is a 2 person tent.
A footprint is a groundsheet built a bit tougher, which protects the tent from tearing when you pitch it. It might be a small branch that catches the tent and makes a rip. It is not a necessity, but a pretty sensible choice 🙂
I chose a 2 person tent because I do not have much experience sleeping in one. So it is probably smart to start with a bit of luxury, in the form of more room and slightly better comfort than a one-man tent offers. Or a tarp, like some of the really hardcore hikers use 🙂
I am not there yet. Hardcore Hiker. I want to be completely sure that no water comes in from the sides, or assorted animals.
EDO
I took a chance and wrote to EDO, after discovering by accident that you can buy the Big Agnes tent in a Danish online shop (Cookshop.dk).
And wouldn’t you know it, they said yes 🙂 Even though I gathered from them that they had dropped the whole sponsorship thing a long time ago.
But they find my trip interesting enough that they are taking a chance and seeing whether some other people might open their eyes to Big Agnes – which, honestly, are some seriously great products!
So next time you need hiking or camping gear, take a look at the Big Agnes products!
Since I have not used a tent in I-do-not-know-how-long, I decided to set myself a little test 🙂
I checked that everything was in the bag, read the manual, and then got started pitching it.
As you can see in the video, it went effortlessly!
(I have obviously sped the video up, so you do not have to sit through almost 9 minutes of Rod the clown putting up a tent 😉
Being a lightweight tent, it is obviously not exactly thick and rugged. But I am surprised how good the quality of the materials is anyway. The poles are colour coded too, so it is more or less impossible to assemble it wrong :). Or you probably can, but then you are either blind drunk or actually blind. I had no problems at all, anyway 🙂