How durable is the Big Agnes Fly Creek UL?

[FangAgainstBullet]

Recently picked up a Big Agnes Fly Creek UL2 and this is my first UL tent. Just wanted to ask those that have used them or know more than I do about this but how durable are they? I tend to be tough on my stuff and durability is high on my list when buying new equipment. I haven't done much research on them but one came up at a price I couldn't pass up and I just quickly bought it. How does it fair in bad weather or general wear and tear?

Thanks for the help,
Eric

 

[AK Troutbum]

For as light weight as they are they're pretty durable although, they're still a UL tent and can't be abused too much without failure. I spent a week in one at around 4000' elevation on a October Kodiak goat hunt and all things considered, the tent did pretty well. One night had a lot of rain and very, very high winds that totally flatten the tent down from the foot area up to about two thirds towards the head. I spent a big portion of that night expecting it to blow apart but it held up. It didn't allow any water inside, and the next day the only damage was one of the side guy outs had torn loose from the tent fly. All in all, I was pretty impressed, but the tent definitely wasn't designed for those conditions.


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[FangAgainstBullet]

Thanks for the input. While I'm not expecting to spend much time in heavy winds and rain I like to know that if it should happen then things won't be too bad. Like I mentioned in the first post this is my first UL shelter and the material, while amazing at being light weight, seemed like it could be a little in durability but it seems from you experience that it's more than capable.

 

[AK Troutbum]

A couple pictures of the tent the next day after the storm had pretty much died down. As you can see it was still pretty windy with sustained winds of around 40 to 50 mph when these pictures were taken.

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[Backpack Hunter]

Pretty much the same experience as above. Keep the harsh weather off of it and you should be ok.

 

[DaveC]

Be nice to the zippers. Curves, #3 zips, and dirt do not get along well.

 

[ridgefire]

Was using mine last weekend in some cold wet windy conditions with my boy and it worked great. Zero condensation either.