Moonlight Tent

by | Apr 22, 2015 | Camping Equipment

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The Moonlight Tent is made by freelance tent designer, Mike Cecot-Scherer, with 30 years of experience (and 249 tent designs) under his belt. These tents (more geared toward backpackers) will be light and strong; with an array of state-of-the-art features.

The Moonlight Tent Utilizes High-Quality Parts

  • Moonlight 2: DAC NSL 9.0mm poles / Moonlight 3 & 4: DAC PL 13.55mm poles
  • Polyester 20D and 30D fabric (polyester doesn’t expand/stretch like nylons and stays relatively the same after it rains; no sag)

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  • Polyester 20D rainfly with silicone/PU coatings; 1500+mm Hydrostatic Head
  • 30D Polyester silicone/PU floor; 2000+mm Hydrostatic Head
  • Stake-Outs and Guylines made out of Dyneema: a high strength, light weight, flexible and abrasion/wear resistant polyethylene fibre. Video below shows its strength compared to steel rope.
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The Moonlight Is A Fully Thought-Out and Tested Tent

  • Wind tunnel tests show that the Moonlight 2 is solid between 20-35mph winds (20mph with no guylines, 28mph with one guyline and 35 mph with all 4 guylines staked down). MoonLight 3 & 4 tents are solid in 30-35mph winds without the use of guylines.moonlinght-wind-tunnel-tent
  • Swivel CHLs lock poles together at the intersection, which gives the tent its strength (shown below).

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  • Adjustable 36″ (2.5mm Dyneema) Stake-Outs: a wider area to find a stake down point (rocks/logs/boulders can also be used if the Earth is too hard).

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  • Special H-clip/S-Stopper combination (instead of normal clips) – no slippage.

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  • Eyepole freestanding architecture gives it nearly vertical walls.
  • Rainfly can be pitched with just the poles (if raining, you can pitch the tent up underneath the rainfly).
  • Velcro-closed pouches for your guylines (when packing up your tent).
  • All seams are tape-sealed.

Moonlight 2 and Moonlight 3 & 4 videos

(some additional info. not shown in the Moonlight 2 video is shown/explained in the Moonlight 3 & 4 video)

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Moonlight 2 Specs

  • Minimum Weight: 4 lbs 4 oz
  • Poles: 1 lbs 5 oz
  • Tent body: 1 lbs 8 oz
  • Rainfly: 1 lbs 7 oz
  • Floor size: 52″ x 88” ; 31.7 sqft
  • Interior peak height: 41″
  • Packed size: 7″ diameter x 20″ long
  • Vestibule: 11 square feet

Moonlight 3 Specs

  • Minimum Weight: 6 lbs 15 oz
  • Poles: 2 lbs 10 oz, (1186g)
  • Tent body: 2 lbs 2 oz (964g)
  • Rainfly: 2 lbs 3 oz (989g)
  • Floor size: 72″ x 96″ (6ft x 8ft, 48 sqft)
  • Interior peak height: 51″
  • Packed size: 7 1/2″ diameter x 22″ long
  • Vestibule: 12 square feet

Moonlight 4 Specs

  • Minimum Weight: 7 lbs 11.5 oz
  • Poles: 2 lbs 11.5 oz
  • Tent body: 2 lbs 10 oz
  • Rainfly: 2 lbs 6 oz
  • Floor size: 96″ x 96″ (8ft x 8ft, 64 sqft)
  • Interior peak height: 56″
  • Packed size: 8 1/2″ diameter x 24″ long
  • Vestibule: 12 square feet

 

For more info. on the plethora of additional features this tent has, visit the Kickstarter for the: Moonlight Tent. Also visit The Tent Lab for additional info. on Mike and his other projects!

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