Big Agnes Rush Creek UL1 Backpacking Tent
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This is a look at the big agnes fly creek ul-1 i have a pretty good backpacking trip coming up with my buddy kyle we're going to do about 80 kilometers in four days up north in ontario in killarney provincial park we're going to do the silhouette trail the sorry the la cloche silhouette trail.
And i'm going to bring my big agnes 10. so i thought i'd go over it and show specs on it and showing how to set it up and all that stuff as opposed to when i'm out there because battery and memory card time is very valuable so we'll do it here a couple specs.
I have big egg this is the tent itself plus the footprint and then i have the poles and the pegs in here the whole thing weighs two pounds um i don't know if i will be bringing the footprint or the screen the screen uh body of the tent probably the screen.
Body of the tent but we'll see um the footprint this year comes with it with it's a different stuff sack i had to buy it separately the footprint alone is 50 i got an rei um the tent itself is like 350 bucks or something like that but i got hooked up uh my buddy dustin who i met out west.
When we were filming that show uh we became really good friends and we've camped since then he hooked me up with a steel on this thing so again thanks buddy um so without without the the footprint in there i like to keep the poles strapped to the outside of my backpack because i don't care if they.
Get wet and the and then it makes you like it can go inside it or whatever but it makes this tent rigid when when it's in your pack if you have the poles outside of the outside of the pack you can squish this down do whatever mold it around things you can go without the stuff at all.
I will probably bring it but so there is the fly and sorry there is the fly and there's the screen i will show the whole process of setting it up the black flies are supposed to be out.
So i imagine i'll bring my the the screen part of it it's just i don't know it's only another pound not even pound half a pound um if i don't bring the footprint but we'll see so in the in the bag with the pegs you get this.
Repair tube for your poles it is very light and out of safety out of thinking ahead i will bring this just in case but the pole is pretty pretty interesting it's a one pole design it's all connected by this.
Center piece and they are light very light lightweight but durable i've had this thing in super heavy winds i've camped in at probably six or seven nights i've had in really high winds and the poles held up just fine i have no fear of them breaking.
So you can set it up two ways with the with the footprint without and we'll do it without first and i'll take it apart and show you how it is with the footprint so it's pretty setting up is pretty straightforward pretty intuitive as well it's got these grommets.
You just put the pole right in the grommet there's three of them so that's the basic tent there you can see is the central uh part where all of the the poles come out of so like i said one pole that turns into kind of three.
And that's the shell right there easy easy peasy next there's this middle uh clasp just slider in and then there's all these uh sorry plastic clips that you just clip right on.
Okay oh there's two one more here and here one of the things i really like about this tent is that it's a freestanding tent which means i can do things like this where it's not necessary but it's nice to clean out and move it.
Around after it's set up if you want to next i just put the pegs in in ideal weather this would be great fully screened protection from bugs but that doesn't happen right so putting the rain fly on is super easy as well unless you put it on upside down inside.
Out like i just did just kind of line up the door so you can have a rough idea where it goes and then there's clips to clip it together these little clips clip right in and there's three of them nice and tight now all we have to do is tie out the tiots.
So you can use the the stakes that were already used for the um the mesh part staking out the vestibule is super easy just pull it taut there's two the side has this pretty cool attachment um so you can.
It makes the inside bigger so you basically has this little loop on the inside uh the screen part and it has this clip on the the shell you just clip it on and then that when you pull this side out it pulls the inside out as well.
I don't like these little tie uh tactile things whatever they're called i would rather just use a top line hitch but so there's two tie outs one for the screen one for the bottom there sorry both for both for the uh the shell the ones on the bottom ones in the middle is just to give you a little bit more uh protection.
Cinch it down a little bit better but they can both go to the same um peg it has these two other tie oats in the front um i think it's just for high winds i never use them and um i'll show you what i do with the with the cord what do you got a leaf what kind of leaf a big leaf a big leaf it's a maple leaf.
I have a makeup a make-believe maple leaf no brief interlude oh my goodness so i just hank it up like a piece of paracord or whatever and let it hang there so it doesn't get tangled i don't want to take them off in case i do need it but nine times out of ten i don't.
So there she is all set up you get a little bit of a vestibule in the front not much to be honest with you careful guys you can put your pack there tighten this up a bit but you can put your pack in the front here um not much else man it's not not too much.
Room maybe your shoes or whatever but you can see i can sit up inside it one person strictly there's no way i can fit two people or me and the dog at all the bottom is very very lightweight still rips up still nylon it is recommended to use um the footprint with it but i always end.
Up just putting my piece of reflectix underneath it and calling it good because i'm not bringing the footprint and the body of the tent and as you would expect like all tents it has a place to keep it tied out there a little tie out and then you can do the.
Same with the screen it's got one for that as well and then um oh i wouldn't i wouldn't do this up unless it was raining i would keep this completely open and keep my screen shut because it does get condensatey in there there is mesh at the other end but it's not adequate.
Just a quick walk around the tent to get the grasp of it so that's how long the vestibule is definitely can fit your pack there 100 all staked down it's a good tent i really like it so i'm going to set it up again with the footprint and show you the deal with.
That so for when bugs aren't an issue or you want to go super lightweight the footprint is the way to go because it takes the place of the screen part um all you do is you lay it out peg it down it's got three tie oats.
Two in the front one back i'm sorry actually two in the front two in the back or three actually just got one on this this uh buckle as well pull it tight and then all you do is the same thing it's got grommets in it.
And you stick the poles through the grommets and that's going to be the framework of the tent again boom it is a bit of a chore setting up even in this little bit of a wind because it's so lightweight the wind takes it but.
It's a small price to pay so it's got the buckles again the footprint has the buckles buckle them in come on it's basically done now we just got to peg it out what's wrong emmy a bee.
Yeah okay well just leave him alone he won't hurt you and again just use the tie outs that you used for the footprint if you have to adjust it no big deal because i don't know what she's doing over there hey all that's left to do is to peg out the.
Vestibule we're good i've got even more room now without the screen on i have more room on the sides i could fit a pack on the side here i have put my pack inside it with the screen on too it's a little tight but uh this is a good tent i've used it like i said six or seven nights excuse me we're doing five nights um.
On this upcoming trip one of the nights is just kind of like a walk in and camp before we start so i'll have a little bit of miles with it it's a great tent good for medium kind of ultra light thing so a tarp would be lighter 100.
But a tarp isn't going to give me as much ease of setup um room and and protection maybe room but protection mainly uh i do like a tent makes me sleep a little bit better so.
That's it for the video let me know if you have any questions i hope you enjoyed it i hope you learned something and uh i'll see you again so just one last thing as i'm packing up i've got the the rainfly the shell in the in the stuff sack already and this is the footprint.
So without the poles and the stakes on the inside this is how big it packs down to that is absolutely phenomenal i'm super pumped about that that said i i think i have decided i am going to bring.
The screen body of the tent on this trip specifically but for the for future uh trips when there's no bugs this is going to be ideal the weight isn't really the issue the weight that this adds is nothing it's a half a pound compared to the the uh the footprint but it's the volume i like to have.
Less things in my pack um the weight's not an issue because i have everything down now for spring summer fall right around 22 pounds with two liters of water depending on how long i'm going and the only thing that would change would be food.
But pretty cool big agnes fly creek ul-1 check her out
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