Six Moons Lunar Duo on the Overland track
Posted: Thu 19 Jan, 2012 3:32 pmHi all , I have been reading this site for quite a while but this is my first post.
My Wife and I just completed the Overland track and tried out some new gear on the trip in particular the Six moons Lunar duo single skin tent so thought I would give a quick report. Despite some pretrip concerns about it, in the end it exceeded our expectations and we are total converts to this style of tent. We went for the heavier duty floor option and with 6 pegs the tent weighs in at about 1.35kg's and is by far the most roomy 2 person tent we have ever used. It packs up very small and was able to fit into the bottom part of my pack along with my sleeping bag. My wife uses two walking poles anyway so the poles are not included in the weight. During our trip we had some pretty heavy rain at night and the tent was completely dry. We did get condensation on a couple of the nights but it was very easy to deal with using a teck towel to wipe it down first thing in the morning plus there is so much head height (and i am 6"5') that you can sit up without touching the roof anyway.
We had alot of mossies and blow fly's on the second half of the track and the fine netting didn't let in any unwanted guests.
There is plenty of room for large multi day packs under half of each side of the vestibule leaving the other half clear for enrty and egress from the tent doors.
You do need to get pegs in with a fair degree of accuracy to get a perfect pitch so erecting on the OT platforms was a bit of a concern. I used as many of the existing points on the platforms a possible and then used a couple of small nails (using a rock for a hammer) just tapped in enough to the soft timber so they could be easily removed by hand the following morning. This way it was possible to get a perfect pitch every night.
I was still concerned how the six moons would go in heavy wind and in the last night camped at Narsissus hut the test i had been waiting for came. The winds were so strong the ferry service (and i use that term lightly) the next morning was cancelled due to rough waters. The tent didn't budge, massive gusts came rumbling through the trees all night then hit us, gave us a shake then passed by, we were dry, the tent was still standing, what more do you want!
Happy to answer any questions about this tent if you have any.
One final tip that I can confirm is the the vestibule flaps on the six moons are not possum proof, they had had no problem wondering in and out so put your food in the hut. I would love to put a photo up if someone can tell me how.
My Wife and I just completed the Overland track and tried out some new gear on the trip in particular the Six moons Lunar duo single skin tent so thought I would give a quick report. Despite some pretrip concerns about it, in the end it exceeded our expectations and we are total converts to this style of tent. We went for the heavier duty floor option and with 6 pegs the tent weighs in at about 1.35kg's and is by far the most roomy 2 person tent we have ever used. It packs up very small and was able to fit into the bottom part of my pack along with my sleeping bag. My wife uses two walking poles anyway so the poles are not included in the weight. During our trip we had some pretty heavy rain at night and the tent was completely dry. We did get condensation on a couple of the nights but it was very easy to deal with using a teck towel to wipe it down first thing in the morning plus there is so much head height (and i am 6"5') that you can sit up without touching the roof anyway.
We had alot of mossies and blow fly's on the second half of the track and the fine netting didn't let in any unwanted guests.
There is plenty of room for large multi day packs under half of each side of the vestibule leaving the other half clear for enrty and egress from the tent doors.
You do need to get pegs in with a fair degree of accuracy to get a perfect pitch so erecting on the OT platforms was a bit of a concern. I used as many of the existing points on the platforms a possible and then used a couple of small nails (using a rock for a hammer) just tapped in enough to the soft timber so they could be easily removed by hand the following morning. This way it was possible to get a perfect pitch every night.
I was still concerned how the six moons would go in heavy wind and in the last night camped at Narsissus hut the test i had been waiting for came. The winds were so strong the ferry service (and i use that term lightly) the next morning was cancelled due to rough waters. The tent didn't budge, massive gusts came rumbling through the trees all night then hit us, gave us a shake then passed by, we were dry, the tent was still standing, what more do you want!
Happy to answer any questions about this tent if you have any.
One final tip that I can confirm is the the vestibule flaps on the six moons are not possum proof, they had had no problem wondering in and out so put your food in the hut. I would love to put a photo up if someone can tell me how.
