Six Moon Designs Lunar Solo

I think jazzmom owns one, or a similar SMD. If so, and she doesn't reply here, send here a PM.

ETA: wondering how jazzson is doing...

Might be easier if you post photos of how you do it.
( I use Photobucket)

If the ground isn't level it can cause an imperfect pitch, but not sure if that is the problem here.

That is a good point, though not my issue. I'm starting to think that I'm intentionally trying to make the side walls too high. Perhaps they should be fairly low to stop the splashing.

I appreciate the comments and experience being shared.

Well, I guess I'm getting old and lazy, too, 'cuz I swore it was you that had some sort of tarp, not a Tarptent, but some other brand, that you really liked.

I have an old Solomid. MLDs are modular, so you add floor/net as desired. It's kinda nice to take just the tarp and the floor when bugs aren't an problem.

Yeah, headspace can be an issue, but I just pray that I don't get trapped in there for a few days in a row. I could get a semi-pyramid design that has more headroom (offset peak), but then it'd be bulkier and heavier. Besides, I still have my Double Rainbow.

I have a friend near Boston - Holliston. He was/is a jazz fan.

I promised pictures....but I'm a no good scoundrel, lying, cheating, etc, etc. That and my battery died on this weekend's trip so only one pic that isn't the best for anything.

All that said I learned a lot this weekend. Out in SE Pennsylvania we had some interesting weather. Friday night got down to about 39. Saturday, we started hiking with layers on but within an hour were pulling all of them off. It hit 68 and was sunny. Then the magic happened. Between 3:00pm and 4:30pm the temps dropped 25 degrees. Winds got hard, with steady 15-20 mph and gusts in the 30-50 mph range. Low hit 31 degrees and sleet and snow came in, just enough to stick to and weigh down the tent a bit and whiten up the ground. What a perfect weekend to test my gear.

I learned much. One, I was pushing my center pole up a bit high. I moved it down to about 42-43" which allowed me to pull the front guyline forward and create a great pitch. I learned that the slippery nylon on a tyvec ground cloth is a problem if there is the slightest of slopes. Must find a completely level area, there is NO ROOM to play with this. Also, setting the two front/side stakes then the center back, then the front, and lastly the rear/side stakes helped me to get a solid pitch.

Snow load was a slight issue, in the night I slid my feet left and the snow sliding down the tent drug the tent side into contact with the foot of my sleeping bag. While it dampened it, it was not wet through. Regardless this made my feet pretty cold by 4am. I had to make some adjustments.

I've pretty much only gone with hammocks for the last few years (with the exception of a few bivy hikes that were very short), so this was a great short outing that offered many of the weather events I could worry about in a short 36 hour period (high wind, snow, ice, low temps). Condensation was very manageable on night one, a little more on night two but was to be expected since the wall had a layer of ice on it. No puddling within the tent and all gear inside and in the vestibule stayed dry.

Think I really like this tent and am looking forward to tweeking my setup in the future.

Some of us gave up ground cloths many years ago and wish we could have the years back from before we saw the light.