Six Moon Designs - Lunar Solo

I used the solo lunar when I hiked the Colorado trail but have since switched to SMD’s Gatewood Cape which is my go-to favorite. I’ve put it through the wringer and when I destroy it will buy another. https://www.sixmoondesigns.com/products/gatewood-cape

I took Six Moon Design’s Lunar Solo on my first big thru hike of the Colorado Trail ($260 not on sale), but then switched to Six Moon Design’s Gatewood Cape, which I like better, but is finickier to set up. ($155, no inner. Or to make it double walled, also get the serenity net for $155 as well) Depending on how bad the bugs are, the Gatewood Cape is fine alone or with a head net. Tho, some places you definitely also want the bug net. You can look for sales. Or buy used. https://www.sixmoondesigns.com/products/gatewood-cape

I've had my lunar solo since 2019 and I've always set it up with the pointy end of the trekking pole down. I wasn't aware that it was supposed to be otherwise. I'm not in love with the tent, but it has met my needs.

I second this. I also took mine on the AT in 22 and the only problem with it now is a hole in the mesh that a mouse chewed through. You have tons of space for your pack or an additional person if they’re small (trust me I fit another person in it for 3 months - you just have to like them a lot lol). There were some campsites I couldn’t use because of it, but I never really had a problem finding a spot for it.

As someone who has exclusively used X-Mids for years now (OG, Pro 1, Pro 2+) I'd recommend going with none of them. The Lunar Solo is going to provide you with enough space for your dog, and save you $400. I love my Pro 1 but it will not fit a dog comfortably, and the Pro 2 is too big for the PCT.

I have a six moons lunar 1 that I love. Your budget would be helpful here but the lanshan is also pretty well regarded. Hope that helps

I’ve liked mine. Echoing what others have said: does take some practice to get a feel for how to set up. Pole height and angle really affects the bathtub floor. Condensation (though it is a single wall tent. Gonna have that with any single wall.). I always use my second trekking pole to pull out the head end and if I’m feeling motivated find a stick to pull out the foot end. Interior space is good for a one person tent. For me it’s my fair-weather tent. If I were going somewhere with a lot of rain and/or wind I’d use something different. I have a xmid 1P but for me it’s too small.

I enjoyed using it a lot more in California than in the Midwest, just for the condensation issues. Definitely need to leave the door open whenever possible to air out if you’re in a more humid place.

I’ve had one for about 5 years. It might take a little practice to pitch well if you haven’t used trekking poles tents before, but I don’t think it’s very hard. I ended up switching to an xmid1 just because my head and quilt foot box would touch the sides if I didn’t use the extra tie out points (I’m 6’1” for reference). The only other downside I noticed is that ventilation wasn’t great with the door closed, so condensation built up easily in wetter conditions.

Man at 5’3” a SMD lunar solo would be super roomy too and 24 ounces 

that's true! I got mine for $180 on a sale but that's not nothing

Not quite the exact parameters but the lunar solo is an amazing tent for the price

I didn't like mine very much. I found it to be hard to pitch mostly because it was too big and a little unwieldy. Always has problems finding a spot with enough good space for it to fit easily, and had to resort to securing the guy lines to logs, tree branches, etc. And I don't think I ever got the floor to be a bathtub (just a sad groundsheet). That said, it is very roomy inside and I never had a bad night in it. I never had it in much rain though, only high-ish winds, which when secured properly, did just fine (except for dirt blowing in, due to my inability to get the bathtub going). And while I realize all trekking pole tents involve more hassles, I think the Lunar Solo is at the higher end of that scale. I now have a Plex Solo. Which still comes with "problems," but at least it's about half the weight, so I'm willing to put up with them. The Lunar didn't weight much less than my Nemo Hornet 1P, so I found myself just using that instead (before the Plex Solo). Edit: I should practice what I preach, that tent review/opinions should include where they've been used. In my case, it was summertime, in the Sierra Nevada, CA.

I got one in the mail a few days ago. First impressions are: I'm super happy with it! Have pitched it in the backyard a few times and so far I'm pretty impressed. While I haven't actually taken it out on an adventure, I can't see any obvious issues that I could run into. Seam sealing was a chore, but I just put a podcast on and took my time and did it. I am extremely financially irresponsible, and would have no problems buying a dcf tent. But I was mainly looking for a smaller packed size, rather than super lightweight. Seems like everyone agrees that you should loosely fold and roll dyneema, whereas silpoly is able to be compressed. I put the lunar solo in a 5 liter sea to summit compression sack and it packed down ridiculously small. On pitching it, just watch a few YouTube videos. There's a couple good ones. I got the hang of it pretty quick. One thing though, if you're using a trekking pole, I would definitely pitch it higher than the recommended 125 cm. I'll mainly be using it for bikepacking/ bike touring so I've got 125 cm poles that I use with my Lanshan 2. Bathtub floor kind of lays on the ground. I can get it up on one side of the tent, but then it will be down on the other. I think it's less to do with my pitching skills and more to do with the fact that I need a longer pole. So I ordered a durston z flick pole to give me an extra inch or two. If you get it, definitely add guylines to the two side pullouts. It will give you some more room inside. Especially if you prop a stick under the lines. Aside from the bathtub floor not wanting to be raised up, my only real complaint is no magnetic door toggles. I didn't really think of that when I ordered the tent and when I set it up the first time I was like "oh God not these fucking things again" with the loop and toggle mechanism. It's such a petty and minor complaint but after using my Lanshan 2 for the past few years I'm about sick of that design haha. Ordered a pack of small magnetic cable management clips from Amazon and I'm going to try to rig up my own magnetic toggle. We'll see how it works out. But yeah, I think you'll be happy with it. I was worried about space because it's my first one-person tent but there is plenty of room inside for me and all my junk.

I love mine, it took me a while to get on board because I had the SMD deschutes tarp + inner net combo, and the deschutes plus with perimeter netting (still have that actually). But finally realized that if you really need to seal out the bugs sometimes, the lunar solo is ideal for me. The tarp + inner combo was too tight, the inner shaves off a lot of interior space, I really like having that extra space in the inner when I have the netting. I'm short (5'3) and I never have issues feeling claustrophobic, even when I have my 6 year old daughter sleep in there with me. I did break the zipper during a heavy rain, I was used to the stretchy silnylon deschutes plus. I stretched the solo too tight and when I went to unzip it, the zipper stretched completely apart from the tension. It was covered by SMD warranty and they repaired it. A lot of people have issues with the pitch, I think working with the silnylon versions from SMD helped me get the hang of it, and i always have at least some of the bathtub in tact. It does get a little wonky on a slope but most tents I've worked with do 🤷‍♀️

I honestly think the lunar solo pitch instructions are wrong. I used one for a few trips and had excellent pitches every time by following the tarptent aeon instructions. I forgot the instructions on my first night with it but I used to have an aeon and so I pitched it that way. I tried it again weber I got back to civilization and I don't know why smd recommends the way they do

I definitely struggled to get a proper pitch. It's easier with a trekking pole or adjustable carbon pole (the SMD pole is absolutely not the right choice it's too flimsy). I've had to reattach the front guyline, it tore off and the zippers seem pretty flimsy but that's par for the course with tents like this.  The bathtub invariably lies flat at the back of the tent so I imagine you could get some water in there if it really poured but maybe that's to do with pitch.  It's shape gives you some extra room but in practice it's fairly negligible because the back and side walls are sloped more than a typical mid. I thought it would be good for camping with a dog but the back wall is so sloped that there isn't really a lot of space for my medium sized dog (she pushes the back wall up with her back even curled in a ball). I don't think it's bad but by the time you include all the stakes it needs, and add up all the downsides I tend to just take my freelite (it only weighs a bit more and is way more comfortable/drier) or a dyneema mid.

Just wanted to share my disappointment with the six moons lunar solo as I wish I came across something that pointed me to something else. I bought it because I wanted a one person tent with room for gear that only required one pole and didn't destroy the bank. This was still a fair price mind you but had disappointed from early on. In my test pitches I put a hole in the top because unlike zpack, durston, lanshan etc they put the pointy part of the hiking pole up. This damage was done through the protective sleeving they have, it just isn't sufficient and eventually causes a minor tear. Repaired that and put a sharpie lid on the end of the pole to make it less sharp so it was going ok but not great. Now I discover the rain fly zip is broken when it is raining and I'm not having a good time. I've only had the thing a week on the trail Also the pitch is a little awkward to get consisten, you will be touching the condensation because of the wall slopes, very hard to get the bathtub up to what it is meant to be. Also the vent at the top is asking to be rained in at some point. Would wholeheartedly recommend getting something else. The durstons on trail seem to be the envy of everyone. The z pack people are pretty happy. But I am definitely suffering the most. Wish durston would do a 1.5 person tent with 1 pole but right now I'd happily just risk it with a two pole setup for the comfort. I've also been contacting support with very little help. They didn't even reply to one email. I have since emailed about the zip which I think is actually a problem worthy of support so still see what they do. But honestly, go with a different tent.

When you put the pole into the protective sleeve you can see it sticking into the material way more than it should just by design. I tried putting some duct tape on the end just to soften it as I was concerned. But then I must have staked it just too tight because that stress on the material overcame what the material could handle and caused a small hole. I'm an engineer and I will firmly call out a poor design here, it should not be transferring that much stress through the protective sleeve, the protective sleeve is just insufficient. This is why every other tent I have seen put the handle of the trekking pole up top. Even still this could be fixed with a much more sufficient protective sleeve. But once again having the handle go up top is a better design still because right now the handle is awkwardly just pushed into the ground with nothing really keeping it in place. As for the pole. I have had a pole break on me before. Sometimes you just have an accident. I was walking on what I thought was firm ground but it was actually a hollow bush with grass on top, one pole went through and I lost my footing and it snapped. I also have a guy who has had his poles bend a few times and couldn't extend his poles for his z pack tent. Luckily he could find a workshop who got them open and now he just doesn't collapse his poles. I would just hate to have a day where you break your pole and then you can't setup your tent properly. A rare event but the longer I'm out the more likely it may happen.

As I've said to another: When you put the pole into the protective sleeve you can see it sticking into the material way more than it should just by design. I tried putting some duct tape on the end just to soften it as I was concerned. But then I must have staked it just too tight because that stress on the material overcame what the material could handle and caused a small hole. I'm an engineer and I will firmly call out a poor design here, it should not be transferring that much stress through the protective sleeve, the protective sleeve is just insufficient. This is why every other tent I have seen put the handle of the trekking pole up top. Even still this could be fixed with a much more sufficient protective sleeve. But once again having the handle go up top is a better design still because right now the handle is awkwardly just pushed into the ground with nothing really keeping it in place. So I won't take user error here. I believe if durston had made such a mistake it would be changed and fixed within the next iteration. Even so every other trekking pole tent I see avoids this problem entirely by putting the pole the other way around. I am using the side tie outs. How is the zipper possibly my fault? You're just dismissing my experience and opinion because it doesn't align with yours. I'm sharing my disappointment with this tent because there is much better out there and I'm here wishing I got something else.

Did a 4 month LASH on the PCT with it. Great tent, especially considering the price. Absolutely storm worthy. Only thing that I had to replace was the main guiline. Used a trekking pole to pitch it. The main thing that really improved the pitch was adjusting the trekking pole to 125 cm instead of 120 as recommend in the instructions.

I have it and used it much. I'm 6'4" and had little issues with touching the sides while sleeping. It took some time to learn how to get up in the morning though without touching the fly and develop the routine of cleaning condensation first. All of these tents have condensation (like all tents) it's just that you see it. Pitching is fine once you master it. My sequence is two back corners, front pole &guy line, back corner and door corners. Once you learn to leave some slack on the perimeter guy lines you're perfect. Pull out the mid panel guylines too, the head end outwards using the other trekking pole. Build quality excellent on mine. Front guy line I replaced because it wasn't up to the job for me. All in all can't complain. I moved to a tarp setup + bivvy if needed because I prefer the versatility. 3ful is releasing a polyester lanshan currently, might want to check that too

I thru’d with a six moon designs lunar solo. $260, lightweight, kept me dry. Cons: slightly bigger footprint than some UL tents. Pros: Don’t feel like you’re sleeping in a coffin, like some UL tents Mine’s still going strong 2.5 years after the AT, but if it wore out I’d buy it again

Have it and like it a lot. I've lent it out to people with less experience pitching a tent and they've all figured it out easily. My wife took it to Accadia on a solo trip and came back glowing about how easy it was to dial in after the first couple of practice pitches. The build quality is fine - no stitching issues and the zippers work well. Floor of the tent is extra tough so no need for a groundsheet.

i sold mine mainly because i went all-in on a hammock setup. the lunar solo isn't hard to set up, but i did think it was a little short lengthwise. i always woke up with either a damp head or footbox of my quilt because even at 5'10", i couldn't lay straight and not hit one end or both. i loved the fly setup, and being able to use the single pole i hike with to pitch it. honestly i don't know if i would have committed to a hammock without the intermediate step of a small interior tent with a big vestibule like the lunar solo. it was my gateway drug out of ground sleeping, ha

Agree. We have a 3p that we use for motorcycle camping. It's great for that - we put our riding gear in the vestibule, which was really helpful on the rainy days that we always seem to find. But it's heavyish and the footprint of the tent + vestibule is very large. We've been to campsites with platforms were the tent+vestibule barely fit. We do like the utility of a large vestibule but we wish there was a way to pitch the tent + fly without it sometimes. Big Agnes has some models were a vestibule can be added. That might be the best of both worlds. We also have a Six Moons Design Lunar Solo 1p. Our first single wall. It's ultra light and small but susceptible to condensation.

It depends is the answer to your question, which I know is no help so I will offer advice on the three tents I have used, Firstly they are all trekking pole tents, so if you’re not a fan or don’t fancy single skin tents skip this post. They all have the advantage of being light but can without some care suffer condensation and without the second skin this is easier to come in contact with. On to the tents: Six Moon Lunar Solo, cheaper, great tent, very stealth, green and compact. Ultimately too small for my six foot frame and kit, Zpacks duplex, 100% waterproof, great tent, never failed, loads of room, stupid light. Cons PRICE, large foot print and not stealth colours (always a bit concerned about being moved on, although in three years I never have). MLD Duomid, space, colour (I have green) adaptability for pitching,size. Bomb proof, modular Cons for me I can’t really think of any, Hope this helps, my thoughts are my own.

One just needs to practice. Anything new takes a little time to learn the little details of. It's a solid design and I don't think you're going to have any buyer's regret. There are certainly similar tents to the Lunar Solo with garbage build quality, but my feeling is they're all copies of SMD's design (many of their tents are variations of it). Just do a good job with seam sealing if it's not already done.

Loved my Lunar Solo. You won't get a more spacious 1p tent in terms of ground space. Not sure about poor build quality; mine worked immaculately from the time I bought until the time I gave it to a friend years later. I finally upgraded to an XMid Pro 2 when my girlfriend started coming on trips with me, but my friend continues to use my Lunar Solo to this day. Pitching is not hard, just requires some practice and some knowhow. I don't think it's any harder to pitch than my XMid.

I've tried to set it up different ways in an effort to get the walls of the bathtub up further from the ground but never had any luck.

The worry I had with "the one" was the sil nylon. Any issues with sagging and water retention? I went with the lunat solo because of the sil poly.

Pitching it isn't difficult. I think you need to put it up a few times to figure out how to leave it tall for air flow and tighten it down for rain. That being said, air flow isn't great. It's kind of doubly asymmetrical in that it only opens on one side and has one door. That means you have to pitch it a certain orientation if you want your head at the door. Not a deal breaker but kinda awkward. I think it's better in cooler drier climates.

I love mine! It won me over when I camped on a ridge, and it stayed rigid in really strong wind. I used it on part of the Great Divide Trail.

I use a TT aeon Li and SMD Lunar Solo. If your on the fence about tracking pole set up shelters the Lunar Solo is a great choice. They are very affordable and fairly easy to find second hand.

Yep. It really is a great tent. I have yet to find any of the “UL” makers with one that has as much to offer as the SMD. Roomy, huge vestibule, very forgiving set up, and over all price. One thing I really appreciate about it that I didnt know until I got the Aeon.. there are no supports in it. It is just a large piece of material. That is nice because you can just stuff it and go. The TT Aeon and others have carbon support rods that you have to be aware of. The only thing better than the SMD would probably the MLD Deschutes. Very similar in design, but slightly different. As a matter of fact, the owner of six moons, and the owner of Mount Laurel are close friends, and both through hikers from what I understand. Either way, whatever you choose of the models you mentioned you can’t go wrong 🙂

I love my Lunar Solo

I love the weight, it being a 1p that i can also fit gear inside with me, side entry, and how rapid it is to pitch, but many things to dislike. - Nearly impossible to get taut. I think it being all one panel for the sides and back is a design flaw and should be 3 panels with a cat cut. I have tried all of the recommended alternative set up instructions, on flat and uneven ground, it just flaps. - The carbon pole they sell is rubbish. Far too flexy = more flapping. It needs a trekking pole or similar stiffness pole. - Pole tip up. Never had issues with the tip sleeve, but had issues multiple times with the handles sliding on the ground in the night if pitched on uneven ground, or i nudge them in the night (often again because of uneven ground). The handle slides, I lose tension, more flapping. Ive been putting a spare tent peg in front of the pole handle to lessen this. I trust SMD when they say handle up will stress the tent too much, but I'll probably try handle up on my next trip. - If you can't get the bathtub floor shape, the floor can lay essentially flat on the ground so rain splashback or potentially running water can easily get in. - Not convinced the guy line points are in the right place to combat the flapping. They work for head/foot room space though and may be their intended purpose, especially if using another trekking pole to lift either end up. I keep wanting to sew on another two guy points between the back corners and mid point to see if it helps the flapping but havent committed yet. - Condensation. Not an issue with a sponge, apart from when the tent flaps and slaps me with wet fabric. Or flaps and shakes condensation on me. It has never failed on me, collapsed or soaked me, and those issues haven't been enough to force me to buy a new tent, but I get mildly annoyed quite often.

All things being equal, a single wall tent made of silnylon or silpoly will pack smaller if the denier is lower. I read in a thread earlier that the GG One uses 7d fabric so it makes sense that it’s one of the smallest available options. I have a Six Moon Lunar Solo that packs pretty small as well which is why I own it. You can basically remove any DCF tent from comparison as they are far bulkier fabric.

Yup mine ca,e with instructions sewn on the bag that were wrong. Even SMD has a video on their site that’s different than what’s sewn on the bag. People follow the bag and are disappointed, people who ask online or watch SMDs video they email you when you buy it will get good taut pitches every time. I literally never have a problem and as such I feel there is a ton of user error on this tent.

I always struggle with the posts I read about this tent because I’ve owned mine a while now and have slept in it at least a month over various trips. It does have condensation but it’s a single wall tent and I don’t see how that isn’t kind of a constant in all of them. The one thing I one hundred percent feel is user error is the people who have flattened bathtub floors or baggy wrinkly pitches. This never happens to me, watch the setup video six moon sends you that explains the proper procedure as it works. Another thing most don’t seem to do is use the head and foot tie outs. At six foot tall if I use those I don’t have too many problems with wet quilt foot box. Overall I think it’s a great tent that checks a lot of boxes, mine is 24oz. If I have one beef with it that would be its storm worthiness. Wind blown rain from the front of it can be a problem.

Make sure you’re looking a silpoly and not DCF. Silpoly will weight more but be far more compact than DCF. Also make sure you’re looking at single wall tents. Most backpackers are using trekking pole supported tents and my recommendation would be the Six Moon Designs Lunar Solo. The Gossamer Gear The One is also small and light. Also, simple flat tarps are very light if they are a consideration.

Nice to see my old SMD Lunar Solo still hanging in there.

I used my Lunar Solo on the PCT for 6 months everyday with no issues and still use it. There's a better method to pitch it that I found on youtube, which works great. You pitch the back 2 corners, front middle, then front 2 corners, then back middle. Another tip is to keep the stakes (except the front middle) as high out of the ground as you can for ventilation and maximum room inside, this will also pull the bathtub up higher off the ground in the rain.

Contra point. Love my lunar solo. Somewhere around 70-80 nights and it's holding up fine. Pitch can be a bit tricky and don't always get it good but the tie outs help enough where I use them every time. Space is also perfect for one plus gear plus dog. One pole is so nice. The only complaint I have, as you mentioned, was condensation which is a problem that lots of tents have.

>Does your pole have a carbide tip? If so can you see it poking through the protective at the top when you pitch it. I had to make a cover for the end of my pole to mitigate this. Yes but I always (and I mean always) have one of those rubber feet on them. My dog once ran into the pole while I was holding it sideways and poked his eye...so the carbide tip is always covered for his sake. >I've had rain coming in at quite the angle and the vent at the top is just not very well covered. I have to put my hat up there to stop it I think that is tent placement too. I camped in a really rainy and windy night--the type of night where the wind gusts are so strong and loud it wakes you up every few minutes and probably rained about 2 inches that night and it held up. I don't think its the most weather proof tent but it did the job. Overall I probably had about 4-5 nights of significant enough rain and I'd call the lunar solo "adequate". >I would think there's room for gear or dog in the tent. But I guess If you packed your gear up instead of letting it spread out you could do both Its pretty east but I'm admittedly not a tall person, 5'9" means that I'm not even close to the walls and the gear and dog have plenty of room.

I think the lunar solo is about the only tent that fits all my requirements. Single pole, reasonably light, enough space for me and a dog, enough height to sit upright.

I was very disappointed with it as well. I went ahead and sold it after a few trips. I bought a used Plexamid and have never looked back.

I have the lunar solo and love it for the weight and pack size. Just personally id have them do the seam sealing cause I thought I did mine well even with testing at home. 3rd night out we got some good rain and I quickly found out there was a small spot that wasn't perfectly sealed

Others have mentioned it, but the Six Moon Design tents all have great shelter packability. The Lunar Solo and the Deschutes are great. I personally own the Deschutes and I can squish that thing down to fit in my hand! I think they’re also pretty affordable both new and used.

I’ve had mine for about 5 years and have no complaints. It’s not too hard to get a good pitch - just requires a bit of practice. Would love to switch to a DCF shelter to cut weight but for the money I don’t think there’s a better shelter out there.

I’ve had my Six Moon Designs Lunar solo since 2017 and have taken it to multiple continents on many bikepacking trips. I’ve pitched it hundreds of times in all sorts of weather (never snow, though. I hate the cold.) and it has held up in some pretty gnarly winds and torrential downpours. I had it professionally seam sealed by SMD when I got it during a Black Friday sale all those years ago, would recommend doing so. The pros: 26ish oz total weight and packs down to a fatter Nalgene size in a compression sack; fits in my saddle bag with its one pole along with the rest of my sleep system perfectly; very roomy! I like to bring all my bags inside at night (except food while in bear country) and it even functioned as a 2p tent when my stubborn friend insisted on bringing a hammock to our bike tour around Sicily which she couldn’t hang most places. The cons: single walled so when I was camping around Taiwan for a month it would get very WET inside; not freestanding at all!; pitching it in general just kinda sucks and has a high learning curve. At this point the pros outweigh the cons and after this many years with it I’ve finally nailed down a good pitch. I tried my partners Big Agnes whatever and honestly didn’t like it, so I guess I’m stuck with my trusty Lunar Solo until something really catches my eye because I’ll likely get a minimum of 10 more years out of this thing based on its condition after eight years of pretty consistent use.

I didn't like it. It will not fit 2 people even cuddling. Somebody would get condensation on them and won't be able to sit up, for your occasional use case. The walls have a fairly low slope so isn't as good for gear storage. I also found it awkward to set up so it was taught. Even with practice.

I always put my pole tip down in the ground even though I know it's designed for tip up. It worked for me on my 11 day trip. The issue I had with it was the knot they use for the sliding awning would come undone and I had to teach myself how to tie that knot when I got signal in the dark. Otherwise, I was perfectly happy with the tent but did find pitching a little annoying after a long day.

I think the risk with 2 poles is that you might lose or break one and now you have to scramble to find a stick or something to replace it.

I used one on the West Highland Way and Great Glen Way and it did great in the Scottish weather. It was sometimes annoying to pitch but not in a dealbreaking way. I didn't have issues with condensation or wind. The bathtub floor worked fine on my tent and moisture never got inside. The only issue I had with it was on a different trip where the knot that lets you slide the vestibule up and down came undone and I had to try to fix it in the dark.

I like the Six Moon Designs Lunar Solo as a tarp tent that is fully enclosed and provides bug protection. 26oz though. But affordable. Definitely worth looking into. https://www.sixmoondesigns.com/products/lunar-solo-tent

I have one of the early models, and it has been doing great for over a decade. Though, I did replace all side corner guyouts with longer cord. This helped for all the varied pitching locations where I had to get around or over a rock/log/root/etc. Been through some monstrous bad weather in that thing and it kept me dry like a champ. As I have gotten older, I have been looking at things like the x-mid 1 pro or offset solo since it would be nice to sit up in my tent without having to lean towards the door. But the high cost of DCF and the marginal potential reduction in weight keep me in my 24.6oz silnylon lunar solo.

Came here to say that. I have had the LS for years. It's my go-to dog hiking tent. Plenty of room for 1.5 people and solidly made. Can stuff it without much thought, no folding etc. Without dog and for thru hiking I use DCF.

\+1 for Lunar Solo! Packs really small and has a smaller footprint than The One.

Love my Lunar Solo and also love my Duplex! Different price points and usage (LS with dog). I do not put the pointy end of the hiking pole up. Yes, the walls are steep but that comes with a one-pole design. If you want to avoid that, either use the side guy lines and attach higher to a tree or the second trekking pole (head end), or pay more for tents that have different designs. I think for the price the LS has proven to be a great tent!

21 nights in the field this summer. No problems finding space to pitch in the Sierras. I echo that with the door closed it’s quite vulnerable to condensation. Also, my head and/or foot (I’m 6’) had tendency to touch by morning. However I got great pitch by end of my trip, with happy bathtub; it’s just practice.

I brought my Six Moon Designs on a PCT thru hike and absolutely loved it. If you plan on backpacking and use trekking poles, it's a great choice. If you're doing more car camping, I have a cheap pop-up tent from Amazon for that and it sets up in about 1 minute. For car camping, the easier the better IMO.