13 oz Scout 1 Platinum tent now available on BA website

While I don’t object to the fabrics of the BA Scout per se (definitely going to need a footprint – I always use one anyway so I can cowboy camp too), I think the design is poor. For a few more ounces one can have a TT Aeon Li and have a real shelter. Roomy, simple, storm worthy. For me the Aeon should be as light too, as it needs only one pole. I don’t do Trekking poles.

So okay, I just called Big Agnes and they said that in fact the Scout Platinum 1 floor is a 7d silnylon. I hate it when I’m wrong.

Looks like they took the Tarptent Protrail design with the single wall attached to mesh near the bathtub floor.

“While I don’t object to the fabrics of the BA Scout per se … I think the design is poor.”

Honestly, and this is just my opinion, I have yet to see a BA tent that I would purchase.  Most of their designs simply do not make sense to me, this one included.  For those few models that do, the design is not unique to BA and there are other examples I prefer either in terms of materials, colors, warrantee or simply brand loyalty.

Honestly, and this is just my opinion, I have yet to see a BA tent that I would purchase. Most of their designs simply do not make sense to me, this one included. For those few models that do, the design is not unique to BA and there are other examples I prefer either in terms of materials, colors, warrantee or simply brand loyalty.

I completely agree, except for their Copper Spur line. I think that design is one that works and has stood the test of time, and for good reason.

I’ve used the Fly Creek ul1 for decades,sometimes in very bad storms, and it’s always held up. It’s good in winds too. The door zipper (#3) is way too fragile however. And it’s cramped compared to my Hexamid solo plus. I wake up in it dry. That’s my number 1.

<p style=”text-align: left;”>I hate to be negative but why? For a few oz more I could have a tarp/bivy combo that would be more durable and more comfortable.</p>
HYOH but I hate the idea that some poor beginner will buy this thing and be miserable.

More comfy in a bivy??? Interesting. Plus, I hate insects so a tarp ain’t for me.

I’d still take the TT Notch or the revamped 2020 Notch Li. Much more durable in either fabric.

jscott I normally don’t zip up the bivy unless bugs are bad. So its really no different then a mummy bag. But I hike late and don’t laze around camp. All I do in my shelter is sleep.