Backpacking~$300Big Agnes
Big Agnes C Bar
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The C Bar sits between the ultralight nylon tents and the heavy polyester ones: 59 ounces, tough 75D PFAS-free fabric, freestanding, and a single door to keep the weight and price down. It is the tent to look at if the Blacktail is heavier than you want and the Tiger Wall is thinner than you trust. The one-door layout and seven-square-foot vestibule are the real constraints — this is a tent for a solo hiker with room to spread out more than a tent for two adults with two packs.
Floor area per person
14.0 sq ft
Standard — 14 to 17 sq ft each — the normal two-pads-and-no-spare-room fit
Weight per person
29.5 oz
from the trail weight of 3 lb 11 oz
Peak height
41 in
Approx. price
~$300
Pads: 26.0 in of floor width each — 2 × 25 in pads fit.
Length: a 86 in floor leaves room for a sleeper up to about 6ft 8in once you allow six inches for a foot box and a pillow.
Best for
A solo backpacker who wants a durable freestanding tent under four pounds and will use the second sleeping space for gear.
The size run
One design, 2 capacities. The numbers at the top of this page describe the C Bar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C Bar 2 | 2 | 28 sq ft | 14.0 | 7 sq ft | 3 lb 11 oz | 4 lb 2 oz | 86 × 52 in | ~$300 |
| C Bar 3 | 3 | 39 sq ft | 13.0 | 11 sq ft | 4 lb 7 oz | 4 lb 14 oz | 88 × 66 in | ~$350 |
Specifications
- Type
- Backpacking
- Rated capacity
- 2-person
- Floor area per person(estimated)
- 14.0 sq ft (standard)
- Floor area
- 28 sq ft
- Vestibule area
- 7 sq ft
- Peak height
- 41 in
- Minimum trail weight
- 3 lb 11 oz
- Packed weight
- 4 lb 2 oz
- Weight per person(estimated)
- 29.5 oz (trail weight)
- Packed size
- 19 x 6 in
- Interior floor width
- 52 in
- Pad fit(estimated)
- 2 × 25 in pads fit
- Fits sleepers up to(estimated)
- 6ft 8in tall
- Doors
- 1
- Vestibules
- 1
- Freestanding
- freestanding
- Poles
- aluminum
- Wall type
- double wall
- Season rating
- 3-season
- Fly fabric
- Recycled 75D polyester taffeta, 1500 mm polyurethane, no intentionally added PFAS
- Floor fabric
- Recycled 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
- ~$300
Features
- Freestanding aluminum poles with a single side door
- Recycled 75D polyester taffeta fly and floor, PFAS-free
- Pole-corner buckles that tension the fly without re-staking
- Fast-fly pitch with fly and footprint
In its favour
- Nearly a pound and a half lighter than the Blacktail for the same fabric class
- Freestanding without the staking dependency of the Tiger Wall
- PFAS-free 75D floor at 1500 mm is genuinely rugged for the weight
- Cheapest freestanding Big Agnes tent under four pounds
Against it
- One door and 7 sq ft of vestibule is thin for two people plus two packs
- The 2-person floor tapers to 42 in at the foot
- No awning or porch option, unlike its Blacktail siblings
Written from the published specification sheet, not from owner reports.
What owners report
No owner discussion has been collected for the Big Agnes C Bar 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.