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2009ThruHiker
04-11-2007, 21:10
I'm looking for a 2 person, lightweight tent that will use trekking poles for setup. Any suggestions? Thanks!
Tarptents (http://www.tarptent.com/).
Frolicking Dinosaurs
04-11-2007, 21:26
Tarptents (http://www.tarptent.com/products.html), Six Moon Design Lunar Duo (http://www.sixmoondesigns.com/shop/shopexd.asp?id=47), & Antigravity Gear 9' Brawny (http://www.antigravitygear.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=1&products_id=254)
Footslogger
04-11-2007, 22:34
Second the motion for a Tarptent from Henry Shires or the Lunar Duo from Six Moon Designs.
'Slogger
NICKTHEGREEK
04-12-2007, 06:21
MSR Missing link
generoll
04-12-2007, 07:47
check out this one. http://www.blackdiamondequipment.com/gear/beta_light.php
I have the MegaMid light which is slightly larger and comes with the option of either using the supplied pole or putting two treking poles together using the supplied adapter and having a single center pole.
I've never gotten a bad piece of equipment from BD
eventidecu
04-12-2007, 08:14
Wasn't there a "Nomad" tent that used poles? I think some guy in Myrtle Beach SC made them. Spur and Ready use this tent I think. Check out "Spursjournal.com" and e mail Spur about his tent. Great journals too.
Wasn't there a "Nomad" tent that used poles? I think some guy in Myrtle Beach SC made them. Spur and Ready use this tent I think. Check out "Spursjournal.com" and e mail Spur about his tent. Great journals too.
It's been out of production -- but is being brought back by AntiGravity Gear. AFAIK, the Six Moons designs (Lunar Solo/Duo) are quite similar. Henry Shires' outfit (tarptent.com) has taken the basic idea to another level, with a wide range of shapes/sizes of tarp-tents.
I slept out in my Tarptent last night, as the weatherman had predicted rain and/or snow. My only disappointment is that the predicted bad weather never arrived.
Footslogger
04-12-2007, 08:56
Wasn't there a "Nomad" tent that used poles? I think some guy in Myrtle Beach SC made them. Spur and Ready use this tent I think. Check out "Spursjournal.com" and e mail Spur about his tent. Great journals too.
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Sure was ...carried it on my thru in 2003. It was called the Wanderlust Nomad Lite. Diamond shaped tent that used 2 trekking poles inside to prop up the center area.
Sold mine after my thru. Went to the single walled tents that use trekking poles on the OUTSIDE. I find them much easier to set up.
'Slogger
orangebug
04-12-2007, 09:51
I have the HUGE Rainbow 2 Tarptent and was up on the Grayson Highlands Palm Sunday. It was my 4 yo's first overnight camping, and she had a blast although we had some pretty extreme weather.
Around 11:30, rain began to blow in through the front of the tent's Noseeum, but really not much of a worry. When the rain quit, we had gales for a couple of hours. I had the hiking poles set too high, allowing wind to get under it and to lift the tent. One of the trekking poles fell, several tent pegs pulled out, and the little one climbed into my sleeping bag, complaining I was taking too much room. The rear of the tent finally fell in, but I was able to get out during a lull, replace and retighten everything without trouble. She thought it was just one of the things when you go hiking with Dad.
rswanson
04-12-2007, 10:16
I'm looking for a 2 person, lightweight tent that will use trekking poles for setup. Any suggestions? Thanks!
Thru,
What are you intending to use it for? If its going to see winter use, I'd second the suggestion for a pyramid design like the Black Diamond Betalight. If its going to see general 3 season use in varied weather conditions, its really hard to beat the Six Moon Designs Lunar Duo or Tarptent's Cloudburst2 (more interior space) or Squall2 (more headroom).
sirbingo
04-12-2007, 13:49
With regards to the Six Moon Design Lunar Duo.....
How does the tent roof maintain that curve shape, up by where the trekking poles go? Photo of me pointing to the part I'm talking about. (http://www.geocities.com/torpo23/LunarDuo.jpg)
Footslogger
04-12-2007, 14:00
With regards to the Six Moon Design Lunar Duo.....
How does the tent roof maintain that curve shape, up by where the trekking poles go? Photo of me pointing to the part I'm talking about. (http://www.geocities.com/torpo23/LunarDuo.jpg)
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There are short (2 section) flexible poles that create/maintain that arch on both sides of the tent
'Slogger
Hana_Hanger
04-12-2007, 14:48
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=16077&c=511
Here's a photo for you of the the two curved poles...they are about 22-24" long when extended. They do not get in your way ...in fact you really cannot see them after the tent is set up.
Second photo shows how they are in a narrow strip with velcro. It is the first thing you do in the set up of the Lunar Duo...second stake out all four corners then up your two trekking poles at 45" and place them in the grommets on each guyline and stake.
That's it..pretty fast and very easy.
Now the fun begins...you have room for 4 adults to play cards or visit....hang out together in the rain...whatever. I notice both my sons prefer to change clothes and hang out in my tent over the Brawny 9' Tarptent I have as well as my Henry Shires Squall. This Lunar Duo is indeed a palatial dwelling...Palace!
P.S. I would not part with my Brawny or my Squall...each have their purpose. When Solo and needing to be very light you cannot beat the Brawny at 1 lb 4 oz when needing small footprint for two and not needing to place my pack inside a vestibule or the tent...my Squall is great as well.
Only the Lunar Duo for me is the easiest to get in and out of and does it all at only 2 lbs 8 oz.
:)
Okay I posted 4 photos
rswanson
04-12-2007, 16:08
If you're willing to risk information overload from minutiae there's a good recent discussion debating the merits of the Lunar Duo vs. the Tarptent Double Rainbow over at backpackinglight.com, complete with posts from both tent's designers- http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/xdpy/forum_thread/7052/index.html. Set aside an hour or so to get through it...but lots of comparison of pros/cons for both.
Appalachian Tater
04-12-2007, 20:39
I have the HUGE Rainbow 2 Tarptent and was up on the Grayson Highlands Palm Sunday. It was my 4 yo's first overnight camping, and she had a blast although we had some pretty extreme weather.
Around 11:30, rain began to blow in through the front of the tent's Noseeum, but really not much of a worry. When the rain quit, we had gales for a couple of hours. I had the hiking poles set too high, allowing wind to get under it and to lift the tent. One of the trekking poles fell, several tent pegs pulled out, and the little one climbed into my sleeping bag, complaining I was taking too much room. The rear of the tent finally fell in, but I was able to get out during a lull, replace and retighten everything without trouble. She thought it was just one of the things when you go hiking with Dad.
Are you sure that's a Rainbow? You could fly it as a kite and it wouldn't "fall in".
Since there is no Rainbow 2 the description is about some other shelter. Would you like to tell us which one it was ?
Franco
I have a Six Moon Designs Europa '05. I really love it. There is plenty of room for both me and my 9 year old son, who is a thrasher when he sleeps. But, if I was choosing today, this is the one I'd pick.
http://www.gossamergear.com/cgi-bin/gossamergear/Squall_Classic.html
Gossamer Gear mated its spinnaker sail cloth to Henry Shires' classic design and then added a silnylon floor. I have never seen one, but Gossamer Gear claims it weighs "about" 1.5 lbs. My Europa, with the floor, weighs about 2.5 lbs. (40 oz.)
orangebug
04-13-2007, 12:00
Since there is no Rainbow 2 the description is about some other shelter. Would you like to tell us which one it was ?
Franco
Rainshadow 2
Appalachian Tater
04-13-2007, 16:05
Rainshadow 2
Get a Double Rainbow then. I can vouch for the single Rainbow 100% and the Double Rainbow is basically the same, except even bigger. (If the kid is small a single Rainbow would work great.)
I have a Betamid I "inherited" from a buddy when I borrowed it for a weekend, then tore, then purchased from him...
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=10052&catid=newimages&cutoffdate=1
that being said, if I didn't hang on 90%+ of my hikes, I'd have broken down for either a betalite or megalite long ago..... several of the guys I hike w/ occassionally have a Golite Hex, that they swear by...I'm not sure if you can use trekking poles for the center pole, or have to use the pole that comes with it, tho... My 11 y.o. is carrying the Betamid this weekend on a Boy Scout backpacking weekend - he and another boy will share the shelter....