[pct-l] Lunar Duo or Double Rainbow

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

On Jan 12, 2011, at 6:10 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> do you really need a tent in which 4 people can play cards  
> comfortably?
> sounds big ! : )

We have a Lunar Duo. 4 people could probably play cards inside, but I  
wake up with about 6 inches of room and my tent mate snoring happily  
on top of me almost every night. I don't think it is the tent's fault  
exactly, but the floor is slippery even with all the seam sealer  
lines we painted on the floor.

I don't really like the tent myself. My biggest complaint is that you  
need two small "spreader" poles to set it up. They are really hard to  
put in, you have to unzip the mesh and put them through little  
sleeves on the inside of the tent. If it is raining or your fingers  
are frozen, it takes just too long and you expose the inside of the  
tent to getting wet. I would like to see if you can set it up without  
them, but since it is a tent for two, you sometimes have to follow  
the official instructions to keep the other person happy, so I've  
never tried it.

Other things I don't like
- Seems prone to condensation.
- The vestibule flaps open on alternate sides, but we sleep on the  
same side so I seem to end up with the vestibule flap blocking my  
view. Maybe this can be changed, I am not sure.
- The color we got -- green -- stains my vision pink and is gloomy  
inside.
- The vestibule area seems small compared to my GG One.

At least I have my own door to go in and out, and my own vestibule.