Six Moon Designs Lunar Solo 2019 2-Minute Pitch Method | Tuba Solo the Hiker
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The best Lunar Solo set-up instructional video I’ve seen so far. Now I’m digging it, convinced to buy one. Thanks, Steve. Great video!
Thank you Robert!
I have this one. Wouldnt consider another brand or model. I've used it regularly for about 4 to 5 years now. Light, easy to set up, looks cool and very functional, and doesnt let rain or ground water in.
Bought this tent a month ago. Struggling to set it up as I've never had a tent like this. Thanks big guy
Glad I could help! Take care and happy adventuring!
The weird thing is that on 6 Moon Designs website, on this tent is they show the sequence of staking out the tent one way ... but then there's a video where the guy does it differently;
as a matter of fact, their video shows that they want you to stake out that rear center FIRST, not last, like in your video!
Also, there's a bunch of different CZcams videos and they all show a different way of going about it! I knew I was going to have to play with this to figure out the best staking/guying out process, but your video is extremely helpful and I believe I'm going to try your plan tomorrow. Thanks for a great, concise, well thought out, and well edited, video!
Thank you for the view and the comment Stewart. Without a doubt the pitch of this tent has confused me from the day I got my original Lunar Solo. So far the method I model seems to work best for me of all the options I've seen. Hopefully you have the same luck. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask. Happy Adventuring! 🙂
Thanks for this nice tutorial. I have ordered Lunar Solo so it will be easy for me to set it up :).
Awesome! Glad to help and enjoy the tent on many adventures!
Just received my Lunar Solo today. Set it up with the 49” trekking pole height and bathtub was flat except in front. Watched your video, followed your setup and increased pole height to 50.5”, and sure enough, I had a bathtub floor all around! Thank you so much, Steve!
Glad I could help Jeff. Happy adventuring!
Thanks for this video…tried to set up with the instructions from SMD and wasn’t quite right. Followed along with your video and it made all the difference! You da man!
Glad I was able to help. Happy adventuring Craig!
Thank you, it works better than the notice included with the tent 👍
Thank you! Glad I could help!
Another great video of this tent. I'm thinking of pulling the trigger for my bikepacking setup with the 5 section pole. been a hammock camper for nearly 10 years backpacking and never felt uncomfortable. Biking is different for me I Just cant get comfortable.
I'm getting my Lunar Solo today. So far, this is the best video I've found for pitching it. Thank you!
Hello There. Thank you for the kind words and view. Always happy to help! Have a great week my friend.
Looks like a great tent.
Worked the first time I tried it. Thanks for the video.
Glad to help Sean! Take care my friend.
During kayak trips on the Flathead River, and hikes in the Cabinet Mountains and Goat Rock WIlderness: my Solo has been a terrific tent for summer trips. There's plenty of room for me (6-3") and my pack. Set up is easy, especially compared to erecting one of my four-season tents during high winds on winter climbs.
Thanks Tuba! I used this pitch technique on California's Lost Coast Trail recently and it held up to rain and 30 mph. wind. I've struggled with the pitch on this tent for 3-4 hikes but your video's have dramatically improved using this tent and now I love it. Thanks man.
Glad I could help Dave! Happy adventuring!
perfect tutorial
thanks dude
Glad I could help. Happy adventuring!
Tuba, I can’t thank you enough for taking the time to make this video. Whenever I find myself getting a whacky pitch, I come back to check your video. Many many thanks from pgh!
Hi David. Glad I could help. Happy adventuring!
I swear man, it is such a solid video. Also enjoyed watching some of your others as well. Keep it up!
Thanks for the class on Lunar Solology
Hey Jason. Glad to help bro.
The best lunar solo set up video out there !, just got one over Easter weekend , and your video convinced me to get it, really took out all the guess work by giving step by step
Thank you Brian. Glad I could help brother. Have a great week!
Thanks so much for doing this! Just tried it in advance of a trip this weekend, and setup was so simple thanks to your video. Looking forward to putting it to use.
Glad I could help. Have a fun trip!
You make it look so easy. Nice job. Good reminder on the fool proof way to get a nice taught pitch.
TY
Thank you Monica!
Nice pitch... looks like a great place to camp, it has good wind blockage. lol... Thanks for sharing, take care.
RedWhite&Blue 78 😂🤣
My laboratory is amazing now that the play set is gone! Nothing but cat poops everywhere (from a cat I do not own) but I'm doing just fine with all this new space to test tents and tarps and what not. The future is bright and windless indeed..LOL! Have a great rest of your week brother.
Great video. Just purchased a SMD Lunar Solo. I'll watching this again once it arrives.
Thank you for the kind words. Enjoy the tent in good health and on many adventures!
This was very helpful, thank you and happy new year from Germany 🎉
Thanks Steve. Been struggling with my pitch. Definitely a helpful video.
Glad I could help Dave! Happy adventuring!
Excellent best video on that tent , I have one watching this vid I saw all my mistakes thanks u took the complex an made it simple
Thank you for the kind words Frank. Glad I could help.
tip.............either, buy new or add an extension to front guy line.. been testing the set up out in the garden. same can be said for all tie out points, the longer they are the better. obviously the manufacturers might of lengthened them to begin with but, every gram counts in the lightweight tent market.
Excellent! I have my Lunar Solo on rhe way and cant wait to get it out on the trail! Thanks Steve
Glad I could help Dave! Enjoy the heck out of that tent!
Finally got mine so checking out this vid again. top man x
Very helpful vid! Thanks a lot man!
Yuriy Kashnikov Thank you for the kind words. Glad I could help.
that was very satisfying to watch :D and it also gives you a good idea of what this tent looks like when you buy it. thanks!
Glad to help and thank you for the kind words!
Many thanks for this, brother. It was really helpful and swayed me to buy one.
Awesome brother, thank you for this. I’ve been having trouble getting my bathtub floor to be the correct height, seems to almost be flat with the ground.
Hey Jason. Glad to help bro. If you have any questions along the way, do not hesitate to ask.
Perfect! Thank you SO much for this video!
John Phillips Hello John. Glad I could help.
Got one for Christmas today and was having a difficult time until I found your video. It saved the day!
Perfect !! I like this solo ! And duo it's excellent also !
Nice video! You can also completely replace that front anchor line with a longer one. I do leave the doors closed when pitching and just follow the angle of the doors or get it pulled as far out as I can. Make sure to replace with reflective line so your buddies don't trip over it. :)
I'm going to have to try your way of setting it up. Thanks for sharing!!
My pleasure brother. If you have any questions along the way, do not hesitate to ask.
Thorough video! I just bought a lunar solo and will definitely try out your advice when I try setting it up!
Thank you for the kind words Tami. Hope this method works for you.
Look at all that room for tents without the playset and thanks for the tips on the Lunar Solo!!
Absolutely. The backyard laboratory is amazing now. Its turned into a bit of an echo chamber but I'll live...LOL! Take care my friend.
Great vid. Great pointers for anybody learning how to pitch a lunar solo!
Thank you Matt!
That's a nice looking tent. I mainly hammock, so I'm a little behind on tents. I do need to get a new one, I will have to research the lunar solo. Well, I'm jealous you have a green lawn and wearing shorts, I have snow outside.
Ha...yeah we're spoiled rotten here in SoCal. You know it rained again yesterday...thats like 5 days this winter...so annoying..LOL..Take care brother.
Thank you, very well explained 😊
Glad I could help. Happy adventuring!
Thanks Steve!
Terry Rowland Glad I could help Terry. Have a great day!
Great video! That is the same way I do it too, works the best. Some good extra tips you mentioned, thanks!
Thank you for the view and the comment Steve. Have a great rest of your week my friend.
Love the Lunar Solo. After getting my hands on one a couple weeks ago I'm considering getting one myself.
Other than the Zpacks Altaplex its probably the best one person shelter out there. Straight up. Take care my friend.
Great video. I think you've convinced me to try a Lunar Solo.
is the song from the end of the video from Gotan Project? I appreciate the real time set up demo!!
Hello Michelle, Thank you for the kind words. As far as the song...hmmm..I do not know. Its from CZcams's catalogue of songs for creators. Must of hit me as adequate at the time of making this video....take care and happy adventuring.
Thanks for this , just used mine the other night and the back was too low not giving me enough ventilation , this now will solve that problem also my pole was too low atb Dave..
Border Rambler glad to help! Have a great week my friend.
Great video thanks for the info
Thanks Al! My pleasure to help brother. Have a great week.
great info can you do with the new version ..you say 51 inches I complete agree with you .. doing 49 inches bathtub floor is to shallow
super helpful man!
Thank you Julsca!
Great setup vid!
Thank you sir!
Thanks for this!
My pleasure! Take care my friend.
Very nice
Thank you Yogi!
Great video. Was much clearer and more useful than the directions that came with the tent. I have one question though. I have found that the guy line puts stress on the vestibule zipper, and have had to constantly move the guy line over before closing it. I’m wondering if this is common to all tarp tents, this one, or if I have done something wrong when staking out the guy line. Like, should it not be straight out from the center? Thanks!
Hey there Chris. Thank you for the kind words. At initial thought I'm thinking that you may have the main line too far out. Bring the main line stake in about 3-5 inches to release the pressure on the zipper and then adjust the front two corners to account for the slack in the vestibule. Hope that helps and let me know if you have any other questions.
@@TubaSolotheHiker thanks for the suggestion. Just hiked the Teton Crest Trail with my lunar solo tent and did not have any zipper issues in the vestibule!
Thank you!
Hey Brett! Glad I could help!
Thanks Steve. Great, and simple, overview on the set up. This tent looks VERY interesting. You linked some other videos you’ve done about the Lunar Solo during this video... one request: could you please provide links to those videos in your long description? Great info here.
As a fellow Southern Californian, it’s great to watch your videos about local adventures. Since being a kid (long ago), Idyllwild has been a primary destination. Camping, rock climbing, backpacking. Great to open my eyes to other locations. Next trip I want to plan is the Trans Catalina. Next Spring though, when it’s green.
Bob
Hello there. I’ll try to get them in there either today or tomorrow. Thanks for the view and comment. Take care.
Great video mate! Thanks for sharing. Looking into this and the lanshan 1 pro... would you say it’s only the bathtub material quality that’s better ?
All the best
Ash
New sub by the way! 👍🏼👍🏼
Very good video ! How do you attach the door to the cord though ? There is a little hook included in the tent but it is not attached...Thanks !
Very nice breakdown man! Super cool tent! Did you have to seam seal? Is it fairly waterproof outta the bag? Hike on!!
Very nice video. Setup this way is a snap. Thanks for the lesson! Earned a sub from me. Thanks for shsring@
Thank you Fred. Glad I could help. Have a great week my friend!
Hey, can't you simply peg the 4 opposing corners and out the pole in? Then peg the front guy line followed by the rear?
He Rob, great question. My overall thoughts on that methodology is that you would need leave the tent loose so that it can be pitched correctly. Leaving it loose produces variables; did you leave it loose enough, is it too loose. One side is more loose than the other, you pitched it too tight now the pole can't extend to proper height, etc.... The idea with the pitch method in this video is that it allows you to pull the tent taught and produces a systematic and repeatable process with little to no variables. That was the biggest annoyance I had with the Lunar Solo. I'd pitch the tent and then I went around (what seemed like 50 times) making micro adjustments to the pitch until it was right. Once I got this pitch method down there has been little need to adjust the tent further once its up. If you have any other questions, do not hesitate to ask.
@@TubaSolotheHiker I had a similar tent, and I was able to peg all 4 corners making sure they were taught but leaving some adjustment in the straps. Then extend the pole to 130cm, pop the pole in and peg down all the lines. It then needed a quick tighten.
Worth giving it a shot buddy.
@@TheNomadicTrader Thanks for the suggestion.
Hi steve, just wondering is there any difference between the new silpoly vs the old silnylon other than the material. You say it is a little taller, any thing else thats is different/better than the old one. Is it worth upgrading to the new one if you have the old silnylon.
For whatever it’s worth. Sil polyester in my opinion is vastly better than sil nylon unless you’re in a super dry environment. Then it really doesn’t matter, but yeah. I’ve been very impressed with all the Sil polyester shelters I’ve used. Very much worth the minor increase in weight.
You forgot to mention to make sure the tip of your trekking pole goes in the sleeve on the tent or you will wear a hole in your tent
Excellent point Charlie. Gives me an idea for a video also. Thank you sir!
I just don’t get why the vestibule area of the tent has to be so high off the ground? Seems like you would really have draft issues with this thing and potential wetness in heavy, blowing rains.
You are correct. The tent can get breezy. The good thing is that most places will have a rock wall, bush or wooded area to use as cover. With that said, my 2nd experience in my Lunar Solo (at the time) was on sandy saddle kind of out in the open. The wind blew like crazy and got fine sand into everything. The design is not perfect but the lesson I learned that night was "do better at site selection" LOL...happy adventuring.
Question: do you setup for the pole to be verticle?
Hello Rikki. I don't understand all the mathematics of it, but I've found that perfectly vertical doesn't do well with the pitch in general so I shoot for slightly leaned back. Hope that helps.
Tuba Solo the Hiker just tried your method of setting up and it worked much better! Thank you. Just got tent, now checking out your mods.
@@peckshadow Excellent! Glad I was able to help.
How long did you make your guy lines at the center side points?
I actually do not remember the length. I would encourage you to take a good long piece of guy line, setup the tent in your yard and measure it out to what seems correct. I would leave a little bit extra in case you need to ever wrap that guy line around a rock.
How does the vestibule doors attach to the front guy line?
I’ve got a black plastic hook on a short yellow loop but not sure how to use (without a biner as an anchor)?
Cheers
The end of the door should have a small piece of webbing that you attached the hook to and then slide the prusik knot down to tighten up the doors.
@@TubaSolotheHiker thank you. There is a very short webbing loop at end of each door on my tent, that does just fit on the hook but is quite fiddly.
Perhaps I should add a small loop to the webbing that better fits the hook.
Still finding the prusik doesn’t lock down on the guy line tightly. Maybe not meant to …
@@majic2802 I did a video a while back where I did something like that. Check out this video: czcams.com/video/E91ct4Yqrvw/video.html&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE
Hey, are you able to do a setup so the bathtub floor sides stay up? Mine always seem to never stand up.
Hello Rikki. The issue of the the floor sagging would be related to the height of the pole. I've found that the pole needs to be a bit higher than suggested on the SMD website. I'd go about 2-inches/5cm higher than what is stated. If its 49" I'd go 51"/130cm. Also you need to make sure that the pole is relatively straight. Not perfectly straight; it can have a slight lean but mostly straight. Hope that helps.
Tuba Solo the Hiker I will give it a try. My lawsons glowire arrived today. Everything gets tested on a hike next week.
What are those yellow cords coming out of the side?
They are guy out lines to help pull the walls out and give more room on the inside. Happy adventuring.
About a year late but have a question about the main guyline. Do you run it out through the vent or underneath the doors? I have seen it both ways...I bought an LE used and the guyline was directed out of the vent and runs a over the doors. Is there a right way or advantage to either one?
Technically you could run it either way. I run it under the doors as that is the design of the Lunar Solo. If done properly it will give rigidity to the doors when closed. With that said you have tents like the haven tarp which is designed so that the main lines is completely on the outside. If you stick to design alone then I would run the line under the doors for the Lunar Solo. Hope that helps.
@@TubaSolotheHiker Thanks for getting back to me! I appreciate the info and will give that a shot. Big ups from SoCal.
Can you make the door bottoms be closer to the ground?
Thanks Steve looks like you really have the LE twerked out. Can't wait to try setting mine up using this method.
Thank you Warren! If you have any questions along the way, do not hesitate to ask my friend.
Do you know what kind of zippers this tent uses?
I’ve been eyeing this tent for a while, for it’s weight and price but the only reason I’ve held back is fear that the zippers could fail
How do you get a good bathtub floor?
The two most important part of setting up a Lunar Solo is the height of the pole and make sure that the back is not tilted downward. To avoid the downward slope of the back you have to leave enough slack in the back corner lines and don't set your back middle till the end. You nail those to things every time and you're sett up will be pretty much perfect.
Do you use a footprint with these SMD tents? Just wondering if it’s worth the weight (no pun intended).
Hello there. I've used both poly cro and tyvek with great success. This last adventure I went to (Catalina Island) I had forgotten a ground sheet and my Trekker did just fine. I was quite surprised. But despite nothing happening to the tent floor, I'm still planning on using my poly cro sheet. (Assuming I dont forget it again...lol)
Hey, how tall are you? Do you have enough room inside?? I am 186cm. Will it be good for me?? thx
Im 6ft even. Here's a video of the fit of the lunar solo. czcams.com/video/TUKh2sEhzi4/video.html
Yes, your pitching method works most of the time depending on how level the ground is and wind conditions. I have used my Lunar Solo 6 times in the AZ high desert in windy conditions and it took me about about 15 - 20 minutes on average trying to get a good pitch, most often without success. This is the most finicky, sensitive, cantankerous, aggravating tent to set up that I have ever owned so I have decided to get rid of it.
It's a tough process to find the right outdoor space to call home. I can certainly relate. Hopefully you find the right shelter for you. Happy adventuring! 😊
@gregory curious what shelter did you go to next?
I just can’t believe you’re wearing shorts.. SHORTS!!! It’s WINTER ❄️!!!
Gotta love socal
Bro...what are you talking about. It was freezing. It was 72 degrees when I filmed that. Dang near a new ice age here in my neck of the woods..LOL..take care Dan. Have a great rest of you week bro!
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You're gonna have to change your name to "Lunar" Solo the Hiker :)
David David Ha! Love it! 😂
The lunar solo wasnt seam sealed like I ordered customer service was non existent
Chris Hall Hey Chris. The best luck I’ve had when dealing with SMD customer service is by calling them directly. That way you get an actual human on the phone that can help you.
Love your strong American accent it’s difficult to understand at times maybe you should speak slower that may help
Lol. Thank you for the feed back. Always appreciated.
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