Family cabin~$550Big Agnes
Big Agnes Big House
No citable rating — see why we hide some.
Near-vertical walls, 70 inches of head height in the 4 and 80 in the 6, and no vestibule at all — the Big House spends its whole budget on the room you sleep in. That is the right call for a tent you drive to: gear lives in the car, and what you want at 6am is to stand up and put trousers on. The trade is that in weather there is nowhere covered to leave wet boots, which is exactly what the Bunk House below adds.
Floor area per person
14.5 sq ft
Standard — 14 to 17 sq ft each — the normal two-pads-and-no-spare-room fit
Weight per person
46.3 oz
from the trail weight of 11 lb 9 oz
Peak height
70 in
Approx. price
~$550
Pads: 22.5 in of floor width each — 4 × 20 in pads fit, 25 in pads do not.
Length: a 92 in floor leaves room for a sleeper up to about 7ft 2in once you allow six inches for a foot box and a pillow.
Best for
Car campers who want to stand up inside and keep their gear in the vehicle.
The size run
One design, 2 capacities. The numbers at the top of this page describe the Big House 4; every size has its own figures below.
| Size | Sleeps | Floor area | Sq ft each | Vestibule | Trail weight | Packed weight | Floor L × W | Approx. price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big House 4 | 4 | 58 sq ft | 14.5 | 0 sq ft | 11 lb 9 oz | 12 lb 9 oz | 92 × 90 in | ~$550 |
| Big House 6 | 6 | 82 sq ft | 13.7 | 0 sq ft | 14 lb 14 oz | 16 lb 1 oz | 118 × 100 in | ~$650 |
Specifications
- Type
- Family cabin
- Rated capacity
- 4-person
- Floor area per person(estimated)
- 14.5 sq ft (standard)
- Floor area
- 58 sq ft
- Vestibule area
- 0 sq ft
- Peak height
- 70 in
- Minimum trail weight
- 11 lb 9 oz
- Packed weight
- 12 lb 9 oz
- Weight per person(estimated)
- 46.3 oz (trail weight)
- Packed size
- 7 x 16 x 26 in
- Interior floor width
- 90 in
- Pad fit(estimated)
- 4 × 20 in pads fit, 25 in pads do not
- Fits sleepers up to(estimated)
- 7ft 2in tall
- Doors
- 2
- Vestibules
- 0
- Freestanding
- freestanding
- Poles
- aluminum
- Wall type
- double wall
- Season rating
- 3-season
- Fly fabric
- 75D polyester taffeta, 1500 mm polyurethane, no intentionally added PFAS
- Floor fabric
- 75D polyester taffeta, 1500 mm polyurethane, no intentionally added PFAS
- Floor denier
- 75D
- Floor hydrostatic head
- 1,500 mm
- PFAS-free treatment
- stated PFAS-free
- Approx. price
- ~$550
Features
- 70 in (4P) and 80 in (6P) peak heights with near-vertical walls
- Two large doors, no vestibule
- PFAS-free 75D polyester taffeta fly and floor
- Steel-and-aluminum pole structure that pitches by two people in minutes
- Duffel-style carry bag rather than a stuff sack
- Sold in 4 and 6 person, 58 and 82 sq ft
In its favour
- Stand-up height in both sizes, which very few sub-$700 tents offer
- Vertical walls make 58 sq ft feel bigger than a dome of the same area
- PFAS-free fabric across the fly and floor
- Packs into a duffel that fits a car boot rather than a long pole bag
- Packs into a duffel rather than a long pole sack, so it lies across a car boot
Against it
- No vestibule at all — wet boots come inside or stay out in the rain
- Twelve to fifteen pounds is a two-person carry from the car park
- Tall vertical walls take wind badly compared with a dome
Written from the published specification sheet, not from owner reports.
What owners report
No owner discussion has been collected for the Big Agnes Big House yet. Rather than summarise sentiment nobody expressed, this section stays empty until there is something real to read — the methodology page explains where these come from and why some tents have none.