Originally Posted by
RamboJuice
I personally would stay away from anything Big Agnes. I hiked on the PCT this last season with my wife. We started off with a UL3 copper spur, that we bought through backcountry BTW. The test completely fell apart, bug netting failed, both zippers failed, which was common for all BA tents. Then getting BA to warranty anything during a through hike was an absolute nightmare. If you are going to get one, to yourself a favor, just pay the extra and get it through REI, because when it fails you just take it back to REI, Backcountry has great prices but they only warranty anything they sell for 30 days, so you will have to deal with BA. This is what they expect you to do to warranty on a thru-hike. 1. they will not accept pictures! 2. they want to to pay for what ever part upfront and pay shipping of the old part back to them. 3. Then they will look at the old part you sent them to see if it is warranty, and they will charge you accordingly. I warrrantied alot of stuff last year on my hike, EVERBODY else just sent me another one. I ended up with a Tarptent Saddle2 and it is awesome light weight easy to use and durable, you can really tell the difference in at tent made my someone who cares and one made in a sweatshop in Vietnam, the stitching materials and the finish are just in different leagues.