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• To better communicate their true size, we now call the two biggest tents the MoonLight 3+ and MoonLight 4+.
• We have two new tents: the MoonLightLight UL2 and the MoonLight 2+. Here's the gist:
— Like all our tents they will have our signature features: polyester fabrics, no FR chemicals or fluorocarbons, two doors and two vestibules, steep walls, EyePole architecture, adjustable stake loops, pre-rigged guylines in pouches, lots of vents, lots of big pockets…and so on and on.
— The MoonLightLight UL2 will be under 4 lbs minimum weight, tapered toward the foot, and come closer to other "2-person" tents in size but will feel larger because of the steep walls. We think it will be the most weather-worthy freestanding ultralight tent on the market (wind tunnel tests coming). I expect this tent to cost about the same as the current MoonLight 2.
— The MoonLight 2+ is HERE. It's a huge 2-person tent, weighing 6 pounds 3 oz (minimum weight). It's exactly what you would expect if you took our MoonLight 3+ or 4+ and made it fit two people. The floor is 8ft long inside (just like the 3+ & 4+) and 58" wide and it has our usual steep walls – it's wonderfully, luxuriously big. It also uses the same 13.55mm poles as the bigger tents, so it's monstrously strong - completely stable in 40+ mph winds in all directions (video coming but it's pretty boring, we didn't test over 40mph).
A little more info is here.
ORDERING
The MoonLights are usually available to order two ways: as a REGULAR order where we ship it and charge now or as a PREPAID order that ships some months later.
Because we are a small business and the tents are produced in batches, both these methods have specific timeframes and limits.
| PREPAID order prices (USD) MoonLightLight UL2: $TBD MoonLight 2 tent: $375 MoonLight 2+ tent: $445 MoonLight 3+ tent: $495 MoonLight 4+ tent: $550 footprints: ML2-$40, ML3-$54, ML4-$60 | REGULAR order prices (USD) MoonLightLight UL2 tent: $TBD MoonLight 2 tent: $525 MoonLight 2+ tent: $675 MoonLight 3+ tent: $750 MoonLight 4+ tent: $825 footprints: MLL UL2: $40, ML2: $40, ML2+: $50, ML3+: $54, ML4+: $60 |
Why is there such a big difference in price between prepaid and regular ordering?
Very simple. When you make a prepaid order, you are literally financing your own tent to be made. A very high percentage of what you pay goes directly to the factories. I make what amounts to a small fee for designing the tent, managing the production, and everything else. A non-prepaid tent is one that I’ve bought as inventory, so the price is regular retail. It’s kind of a cool business model. Very populist. Super efficient. And it brings these exotic, high performance tents down into the purchasing range of many more people.Working towards a chemical-free tent
All our tents have no FR chemicals OR fluorinated ("teflon") water repellency treatments. They're as chemical free as I know to make. That said, new tents do have a faint "milky" odor that goes away quickly with use. If you're not especially sensitive, you wouldn't even notice it, but if you like, you can even give the tent a wash to make it just plain squeaky clean (unlike some, there are no coating durability issues with washing these tents)
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What do MoonLight tent owners think? Try the MoonLight tent owners group on facebook. Give it a look, join, ask a question. We have 311 members as of 3/27/18.
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NOTE: PayPal now offers 6-month free financing for US customers. Just choose PayPal Credit as the payment method.
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Preorders are closed just now but we are having a sale on in-stock tentsREGULAR Orders With Immediate Shipment
MoonLight 2 tent $525 - sold out for now
MoonLight 2+ tent Regularly $675, ON SALE for $575 -
MoonLight 3+ tent Regularly $750, ON SALE for $650 -
MoonLight 4+ tent Regularly $825, ON SALE for $725 -
Footprints ordered with a tent
Note for customers in Canada: CA will charge you VAT/duty of about 1/4th of the declared value.
Note for customers in Great Britain: GB will charge you VAT/duty of about 1/3rd of the declared value.
MoonLight footprint purchased separately from the tent
Note that US customers will see no difference in shipping cost between buying a footprint with a tent or separately. International customers end up paying $8-$10 more for separate purchase just because it's not in a box with a heavier item (a tent).
Extra MoonLight stuff sacks are now available. All the tents come with these sacks. They're just so good, we knew some of our earlier customers would want them too.