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Ideal for weekend camping trips with friends and family, the Prospector Moonshadow 8- by 8-Foot Dome Tent is large enough to sleep up to four people yet compact enough to fit conveniently on a backpack. The footprint measures eight feet long by eight feet wide and offers a center height of four feet, six inches. Two D-style doors feature built-in windows and provide easy access to the tent as well as providing air flow and ventilation throughout the tent.
The Moonshadow's frame is composed of shock-corded fiberglass poles that allow for quick assembly. The three-quarter rainfly is fully seam-taped and is constructed of water-resistant polyester to keep you dry in wet conditions. No-see-um mesh on the interior will keep bugs away for a comfortable camping adventure. When packed up, the tent weighs a compact 10 pounds and can be easily toted around in the included carry bag. Additional features include a gear loft to keep your equipment organized and out of the way and inner pockets to stash small items.
Specifications:
- Footprint: 8' x 8' x 4'6" (L x W x H)
- Weight: 10 pounds
- Fly: 3/4 rain fly, seam taped pole seam
- Fly Material: 800mm water resistant polyester
- Interior Material: 800mm polyester, No-See-Um mesh
- Floor Material: PE, 1000mm horizontal
- Shock-corded fiberglass poles
- Two D-shape doors with storm cloth zip covers
- Two guy rope attachments and guy ropes
- Inner pockets and flashlight loop tie
What's in the Box?
Tent, rainfly, shockcorded poles, guy rope attachments and guy ropes, carry bag
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Selecting a Tent
Fortunately, there are all kinds of tents for weekend car campers, Everest expeditions, and everything in between. Here are a few things to keep in mind:
Expect the Worst
In general, it's wise to choose a tent that's designed to withstand the worst possible conditions you think you'll face. For instance, if you're a summer car camper in a region where weather is predictable, an inexpensive family or all-purpose tent will likely do the trick--especially if a vehicle is nearby and you can make a mad dash for safety when bad weather swoops in! If you're a backpacker, alpine climber, or bike explorer, or if you like to car camp in all seasons, you'll want to take something designed to handle more adversity.
Three- and Four-Season Tents
For summer, early fall, and late spring outings, choose a three-season tent. At minimum, a quality three-season tent will have lightweight aluminum poles, a reinforced floor, durable stitching, and a quality rain-fly. Some three-season tents offer more open-air netting and are more specifically designed for summer backpacking and other activities. Many premium tents will feature presealed, taped seams and a silicone-impregnated rain-fly for enhanced waterproofness.
For winter camping or alpine travel, go with a four-season model. Because they typically feature more durable fabric coatings, as well as more poles, four-season tents are designed to handle heavy snowfall and high winds without collapsing. Of course, four-season tents exact a weight penalty of about 10 to 20 percent in trade for their strength and durability. They also tend to be more expensive.
Domes and Tunnels
Tents are broadly categorized into two types, freestanding, which can stand up on their own, and those that must be staked down in order to stand upright. Freestanding tents often incorporate a dome-shaped design, and most four-season tents are constructed this way because a dome leaves no flat spots on the outer surface where snow can collect. Domes are also inherently stronger than any other design. Meanwhile, many three-season models employ a modified dome configuration called a tunnel. These are still freestanding, but they require fewer poles than a dome, use less fabric, and typically have a rectangular floor-plan that offers less storage space than a dome configuration. Many one- and two-person tents are not freestanding, but they make up for it by being more lightweight. Because they use fewer poles, they can also be quicker to set up than a dome.
Size Matters
Ask yourself how many people you'd like to fit in your fabric hotel now and in the future. For soloists and minimalists, check out one-person tents. If you're a mega-minimalist, or if you have your eye on doing some big wall climbs, a waterproof-breathable bivy sack is the ticket. Some bivy sacks feature poles and stake points to give you a little more breathing room. Also, if you don't need bug protection and you want to save weight, check out open-air shelters.
Families who plan on car camping in good weather can choose from a wide range of jumbo-sized tents that will accommodate all your little ones with room to spare. A wide range of capacities is also available for three- and four-season backpacking and expedition tents. Remember, though, the bigger the tent you buy, the heavier it will be, although it's easy to break up the tent components among several people in your group. It's also helpful to compare the volume and floor-space measurements of models you're considering.
Technical Details
- Sleeps up to four campers- Measures 8 feet long by 8 feet wide with a 4 feet, 6 inch center height
- Shock-corded fiberglass poles allow for easy setup
- Two D-shape doors with built-in windows allow for easy entry and exit and provide excellent ventilation
- A gear loft will keep your belongings organized and out of the way
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By T. Thiel (Arizona)
We bought this tent because of it's great price and size. We set it up in our living room prior to our first camping trip and all seemed great! Our queen sized blow up fit inside and left a little room left over for misc items. Once we arrived at our campsite we began setting up our tent. All was well until on of the corner rings, that holds the support poles in place, ripped off. Ok, no big deal, we'll figure something out. The next thing that went was the door zipper. Half the time it would close, half the time it wouldn't close the zipper threads together. Other times it was just plain hard to pull - hard enough that my husband even had a hard time getting it shut. The next thing to go was the zipper for the door window. I went to unzip the window and noticed that the zipper had completely pulled apart from one side rendering that zipper usless and the door window now always partially open.
If these things had not happened we would have been completely happy with our purchase. However, we are now trashing the tent after one use. Spend the money and buy a quality made tent in the first place!
By rbracker (Pittsburgh, PA USA)
I have used the tent on two weekend camping trips. Both times it rained and the tent leaked. Out of the box, it leaked through the rainfly. This was fixed with seam sealer. The bigger issue is the leaking where the sides meet the bottom. The bottom overlaps the sides and forms a small channel which collects water and allows water to enter the tent.
By Bernard Wiesner
How the title goes, an exelent product for the price, its larger than a usual tent, we managed to fit 5 people comfortably. The only drawback is the waterproof side. When we camped it rained very hard, and over the time water filtered through, while another tent we had, it didnt happen.
By Zurg (Tucson, AZ USA)
I bought three of these.
The zippers are total garbage. Very very light weight heads (or whatever you call the thing you pull). One of them broke in half even with careful use--our entire trip, it seemed, was about the zippers on the tents--making that tent useless. The other two tents had to have the zippers fixed over and over again--we had to coax them back on their tracks, painstakingly and time-consumingly.
Material is flimsy in the extreme--a slight wind kept us cold all night. Rainfly is preposterously small.
The clips (attaching tent to poles) are made of very cheap, very brittle plastic. They are also quite small and inefficiently designed. I broke one on the first set-up, and I was being ridiculously careful as it was already clear that the clips were fragile. Another one shattered when we struck camp.
This was an easy, car-camping short trip in nice weather. The tents didn't stand up at all.
It's not a bargain if you have to throw it away. I bought mine when they cost $33 and change, and I wouldn't take one now if you paid me that much to do so. They are not worth the room they take up.
It doesn't deserve the one star I had to give it. Amazon: we need a NO STAR option. Actually, we need a Negative Star option.
By K Diaz
I bought this one knowing that I shouldn't expect top quality from a tent this price, however after try it I'm rather disappointed. First, the six pegs included with the tent are too weak to stand against the slightest wind and I should forage for some wood sticks to fix the tent, so you better buy a separate set of heavier pegs before leaving for your first trip. Besides, the second time I set it up the main zipper for one of the doors broke down and I had to spend the rest of the day with this door open, mend it back at home and use just one door from then on (until it fails too I guess). Consider spending twice as much if you can and prefer to stay free from this headaches.
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