Backpacking~$350Big Agnes
Big Agnes Blacktail Hotel
No citable rating — see why we hide some.
Same tent as the Blacktail, with one side's vestibule blown out to 28 square feet on an extra pole — a covered porch you can put two camp chairs under and sit out a rain shower in. That is 37 square feet of vestibule against the plain Blacktail's 18, for nine ounces and $50. If you camp anywhere that rains for a full day, it is the single most useful $50 in this catalog; if you are counting grams it is the wrong tent entirely.
Floor area per person
16.5 sq ft
Standard — 14 to 17 sq ft each — the normal two-pads-and-no-spare-room fit
Weight per person
44.5 oz
from the trail weight of 5 lb 9 oz
Peak height
42 in
Approx. price
~$350
Pads: 26.0 in of floor width each — 2 × 25 in pads fit.
Length: a 90 in floor leaves room for a sleeper up to about 7ft once you allow six inches for a foot box and a pillow.
Best for
Rainy-region camping where you need somewhere dry to sit that is not inside the tent.
The size run
One design, 2 capacities. The numbers at the top of this page describe the Blacktail Hotel 2; every size has its own figures below.
| Size | Sleeps | Floor area | Sq ft each | Vestibule | Trail weight | Packed weight | Floor L × W | Approx. price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blacktail Hotel 2 | 2 | 33 sq ft | 16.5 | 37 sq ft | 5 lb 9 oz | 6 lb 10 oz | 90 × 52 in | ~$350 |
| Blacktail Hotel 3 | 3 | 44 sq ft | 14.7 | 37 sq ft | 6 lb 13 oz | 7 lb 6 oz | 90 × 70 in | ~$400 |
Specifications
- Type
- Backpacking
- Rated capacity
- 2-person
- Floor area per person(estimated)
- 16.5 sq ft (standard)
- Floor area
- 33 sq ft
- Vestibule area
- 37 sq ft
- Peak height
- 42 in
- Minimum trail weight
- 5 lb 9 oz
- Packed weight
- 6 lb 10 oz
- Weight per person(estimated)
- 44.5 oz (trail weight)
- Packed size
- 21 x 7 in
- Interior floor width
- 52 in
- Pad fit(estimated)
- 2 × 25 in pads fit
- Fits sleepers up to(estimated)
- 7ft tall
- Doors
- 2
- Vestibules
- 2
- Freestanding
- freestanding
- Poles
- aluminum
- Wall type
- double wall
- Season rating
- 3-season
- Fly fabric
- Recycled 75D polyester, 1500 mm polyurethane, no intentionally added PFAS
- Floor fabric
- Recycled 75D polyester, 1500 mm polyurethane, no intentionally added PFAS
- Floor denier
- 75D
- Floor hydrostatic head
- 1,500 mm
- PFAS-free treatment
- stated PFAS-free
- Approx. price
- ~$350
Features
- 28 sq ft awning vestibule on one side, 9 sq ft on the other
- Extra pole supports the awning as a porch
- Recycled 75D PFAS-free polyester fly and floor
- Two doors, freestanding inner
- Shares the Blacktail inner, so footprints interchange
In its favour
- 37 sq ft of vestibule is more covered area than most 4-person tents offer
- The awning is a real porch, not a marketing name for a big flap
- Still freestanding, still 75D PFAS-free polyester
- Only nine ounces heavier than the plain Blacktail 2
- Shares the plain Blacktail's inner, so a footprint bought for one fits the other
Against it
- The awning needs its own pole and two extra guylines to stand up
- 5 lb 9 oz makes this a car-camping-and-short-carries tent
- Big awnings catch wind — it wants to be pitched tail-on to the weather
Written from the published specification sheet, not from owner reports.
What owners report
No owner discussion has been collected for the Big Agnes Blacktail Hotel 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.