I hiked the Colorado Trail with the Lunar Solo and it’s great, particularly for newer backpackers. I switched to the Gatewood Cape and that’s been my go-to for years now. A little finickier but I like it.
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I backpacked the Colorado trail with the Solo Lunar. It’s great. It was a wet year and I was drier than many of my trail friends. It takes a little practice to get a good pitch but then it’s golden and fast over and over.
I switched to SMD’s gatewood cape for the flexibility of ditching the inner and just having the tarp, but the solo lunar is more livable and better for beginners.
The Solo Lunar has won tons of awards and is a great way to go.
My only hesitation with it is that it seemed to get more water logged than the Gatewood Cape. So I’d be more hesitant in persistently rainy environments.
I have the Lunar solo, and I think I could set it up one handed. The hardest part might be adjusting the trekking pole height. I usually make the pole a little taller for the tent vs for walking. If I had to do it one handed, I would probably just leave the pole in the taller position all the time. I'm 5"3".
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'm 6 feet tall and wanted to have room for my gear inside with me, not just under the vestibule. I also wanted to find a balance between lightweight and my budget. Six Moon Designs Lunar Solo checked all the boxes for me. I loved it as I hiked the first 210 miles of the PCT and will take it with me again when I attempt the rest of the trail this year. 😁
6 tents.
Regular car camping tents: 8 person Coleman (not sure what model), a Kelty Dardenelle 4P, and a Nemo Aurora Highrise 4P. Since it's usually just me in the tent and I haven't done any car camping for quite a while, these haven't been used for a while. I haven't used the Highrise at all since it's really difficult for me to set up alone (I'm short), and I'm not sure how well it would do if it's windy, which I didn't realize until the first time I set it up in the backyard.
Backpacking tents: Featherstone Obsidian 1P, Nemo Hornet 2P, & a Six Moon Designs Lunar Solo. These get a lot more use, and the Lunar Solo is the most recent tent. It will likely get used the most because it weighs the least and requires the least amount of room in my pack.
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