Do Big Agnes camping tents & tarps have PFAS?
Big Agnes camping tents & tarps average 20 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 13 Big Agnes camping tents & tarps graded as of October 2026, level with the 20 out of 100 median for the 54 other camping tents & tarps brands graded alongside it.
Big Agnes camping tents & tarps average Bad on our four-band scale. None of them clear our buy threshold. That is above 50% of the camping tents & tarps brands we grade.
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Graded and flagged Poor and Bad, we’d swap these
Big Agnes
Blacktail 2 Backpacking Tent
- Nylon ripstop with water-repellent coating (type unspecified)
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- Fluorinated water-repellent coating residues (PFOA/PFCs in historical treatments), Big Agnes does not…
3 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
Big Agnes
Tiger Wall UL2 Backpacking Tent
- Nylon ripstop fabric with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- PFAS, Nylon ripstop tents almost universally rely on fluorinated water-repellent coating coatings. Big Agnes…
3 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
Big Agnes
Bunk House 4 Tent
- Polyester ripstop fabric with water-repellent coating (type unspecified)
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- PFAS, Big Agnes does not disclose water-repellent coating chemistry. Legacy fluorinated water-repellent…
4 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
Big Agnes
Copper Spur UL1 Backpacking Tent
- ripstop nylon fabric with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- PFAS, Ripstop nylon tents at this price point almost certainly use legacy PFAS-based water-repellent coating…
3 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
Big Agnes
Copper Spur UL2 Camping Tent
- Nylon fabric with water-repellent coating waterproof treatment
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- PFAS, Nylon water-repellent coating treatments historically used C8 or C6 fluorinated compounds; Big Agnes…
2 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
Big Agnes
Copper Spur UL2 Dome Tent
- Nylon ripstop with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- PFAS, Nylon tent water-repellent coating coatings commonly use fluorinated compounds (including PFAS…
3 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
Big Agnes
Copper Spur UL2 mtnGLO Tent
- Nylon ripstop fabric with water-repellent coating; mtnGLO glow-in-the-dark treatment
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- PFAS, Tent water-repellent coating finishes commonly use long-chain PFAS for water and stain resistance. Big…
4 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
Big Agnes
Copper Spur UL3 Backpacking Tent
- ripstop nylon with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- PFAS, The water-repellent coating treatment on the nylon outer is a known PFAS risk vector. Big Agnes does…
3 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
Big Agnes
Pitchpine VST 1.5 Backpacking Tent
- Polyester ripstop with unspecified water-repellent coating
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- PFAS, Big Agnes does not disclose water-repellent coating chemistry; fluorinated coatings are industry…
3 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
Big Agnes
Tiger Wall UL1 Backpacking Tent
- Nylon ripstop with water-repellent coating waterproof treatment
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- PFAS, Nylon ripstop water-repellent coating treatments commonly use legacy PFOA/PFOS or long-chain PFAS to…
4 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
Big Agnes
Wyoming Trail 2 Person Tent
- ripstop nylon with water-repellent coating water-repellent coating
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- PFAS, Ripstop nylon tents almost always use fluorinated water-repellent coating treatments unless explicitly…
2 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
Big Agnes
Wyoming Trail 4 Person Tent
- Polyester fabric with water-repellent coating water-repellent coating (type unspecified)
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- PFAS, Unspecified water-repellent coating formulation on polyester is a known vector for fluorinated PFAS…
3 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
Big Agnes
Copper Spur UL3 mtnGLO Tent
- Nylon ripstop fabric, waterproof coating (unspecified)
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- PFAS, Nylon tents typically rely on PFC-based water-repellent coating finishes unless explicitly stated…
3 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
The same question, asked of the other camping tents & tarps brands
Best average grade first. Big Agnes averages 20.
See every Big Agnes product we grade on the Big Agnes brand page, or the full camping tents & tarps ranking.