Six Moon Designs Lunar Solo Ultralight Tent
$250.00
Weight: 26 oz.
Comes with 6 Titanium Tent Stakes and a 5×9 Tyvek Ground Cloth…for FREE!
The Lunar Solo’s distinctive low hexagonal shape easily spills the wind no matter the direction. Short, steeply sloped sides, handle snow or high winds with ease. A generous canopy covers a 26 sq. ft. sleeping area plus 8.5 sq. ft. of vestibule storage. The 49″ peak height, set in the middle of the tent maximizes room for sitting and taking care of chores.
The sleeping area is a surrounded 6-inch deep bathtub floor, topped by 6 inches of mesh. This ensures excellent ventilation while keeping you separated from low canopy walls. This keeps you drier on those occasions when condensation forms on the canopy.
The vestibule is set on the long side of the tent to maximize views and ventilation when fully open. Close it and you’ve got phenomenal protection from the worst storms.
Like all our shelters it is designed to be pitched with adjustable trekking poles or with our fixed length aluminum or carbon fiber poles (sold separately).
For detailed setup instructions, check out Lunar Solo – The Perfect Pitch.
*To completely repel water at the seams, shelters must have sealer applied before use. For this shelter, we recommend: SilNet
Features:
- Full Vestibule provides protection while still maintaining good ventilation when closed. Fully open, the vestibule maximizes ventilation and view.
- High Vent removes excess moisture build up.
- Zipper Vestibule Closure makes opening and closing the vestibule a snap.
- Easy Tensioning Adjustment makes keeping the tent taut a trivial task that can be accomplished while still in your sleeping bag. Re-tension straps have been added to all tie out points.
- Floating Canopy allows the canopy to be set to different heights.
- Floating Floor reduces floor stress and helps to minimize punctures from sharp objects.
- Optimized Sleeping Area is oriented to maximize usable space, ventilation, and view. A peak height of 48 inches gives you plenty of headroom.
- Center Pole Support significantly improves the ability of the tent to handle wind and snow loads.
- Single Hiking Pole Support reduces the amount of gear need.
- Internal Gear Area keeps your gear easily accessible.
- Oversized Screen Door allows easy entrance and exit while keeping the front pole out of your way.
- Ultra-light Waterproof Canopy is made from high strength 20 denier Silicone Polyester.
- Handy Mesh Cargo Pocket
- Extremely Easy Setup in less than two minutes under any conditions.
SPECIFICATIONS
Seasons: 3
Sleeps: 1+
Ships With: Tent, Stuff Sacks, Guy lines, Titanium Stakes, and Tyvek Ground Cloth
Pack Size: 11″ X 4.5″
Weight; 26 oz – 740 g
Stakes: 6
Colors: Green, Gray
DESIGN
Frame: Single 49″ Pole
Entry; Side Entry
Floor Area: 26.25 ft2 – 2.4 m2
Vestibule Area: 8.5 ft2 – .8 m2
MATERIALS
Canopy: 20D Silicone Coated Polyester; 3,000mm Rating
Floor: 40D Silicone Coated Polyester; 3,000mm Rating
Zipper: #3 YKK
Notes: (1) Weight of tent minus stakes and pole (2) pole not included (3) Floor color matches shelter body color.
Set-up Instructions
Unlike a traditional tent, the Lunar Solo’s canopy floats off the ground. This allows for 360o of ventilation. Plus the floor is not rigidly fixed. It is designed to float. A floor under tension is more likely to rip or get holes poked in by sharp objects.
These factors combine to make the Lunar Solo a bit more difficult to setup for the first time user. However, we’ve built a number of features in the tent to help get it setup correctly.
Follow the instructions below and with a little practice you’ll find the Lunar Solo easy to setup time and time again.
Since your tent canopy floats, you can vary the height of your trekking pole depending upon conditions. Higher will provide more ventilation and lower in stormy weather. The front of the tent should always be off the ground. This is to ensure that you have adequate ventilation. Optimum height of your trekking pole should be 49 inches or 124 centimeters. Older models, pre 2012, worked best with 45″ poles.
Setting the stakes in the proper order is one of the key elements in getting the perfect pitch. Look at the guide layout guide below to know where and in what order to set your stakes.
HERE ARE A FEW ADDITIONAL DO’S AND DON’TS.
Do’s
- Do extend the webbing guy-lines to their extent. Run the guy-lines all the way to the ground.
- Do set the stakes in the order listed above. Since the canopy floats off the ground on the top of the pole, it’s important to achieve a balance side to side and front to back.
- Do set the height of the front pole to 49 inches.
- Do close the vestibule before setting up the tent. This aide in getting the best alignment of the stakes.
- Do allow the canopy to rest for a half hour before re-tension of the tent. This allows the fabric to relax.
- Do any additional tension with the adjuster on the main guy-line, if needed.
Don’ts
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Don’t try to raise the perimeter of the tent by using long stakes and terminating the guy-lines several inches off the ground. This is somewhat counter intuitive to normal logic. When you setup the tent this way, instead of the canopy and sidewall rising, they will tend to collapse instead. This will cause the corners to dip, resulting in reduced headroom and ventilation.
The Lunar Solo, with its single pole and raised canopy, creates an incredibly light and airy shelter. Unlike other tents with fixed points of setup, the floating canopy and floor design does take a little more patience to master. Still, the Lunar Solo’s weight savings makes it well worth the effort.
No. Our shelters do not come seam sealed.
We recommend Seam Grip + Sil Seam Seal for siliconized products, and Seam Grip + FC for non-siliconized products. We do not offer seam sealing service at this time. It is important to note that seam sealed products are not eligible for return.
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