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About Me Backpacker, Designer, Dreamer
CityBeaverton
StateOregon
My Website URLhttp://www.sixmoondesigns.com

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Re: New Six Moon Scout
We will be offering an optional lower priced Aluminum pole as an alternative to the carbon fiber pole. It'll be significantly cheaper but heavier. Ron

In GEAR » New Six Moon Designs Shelters....
April 15, 2:24pm
SMD Carbon Fiber Poles
Just a quick note. Don't know how many, but we've sold a lot of them over the years. We've never had someone report a break. One hiker was camped at a lake in Yellowstone when a big blo...

In GEAR » Aluminum vs Carbon Fiber Tent Poles
April 13, 9:28pm
Cutting silnylon
Piper, For short precision cuts, I use rotary cutter and mat. For longer cuts, I do a starting cut with rotary then switching to scissors. When cutting with scissors, I open the tips of the scis...

In Make Your Own Gear » Can't Sew Silnylon...HELP!
March 28, 9:09am
Please Read!! .....
Ahren, If you've not already faded off into the Internet Either and are still lingering around to read the response to your interesting post, here are some thoughts you may wish to consider....

In GEAR » Friendly expertise on camping. Please READ!!
March 22, 10:35pm
Tarps & Bivies
I've added a new section to our website under "Support" called "For What It's Worth". It's a repository to place some vaguely useful thoughts on different aspects of...

In GEAR » Does tarp + bivy actually save all that much over a tent?
February 28, 12:33pm
Re: Re: American Silnylon not Acceptable?
Roger writes >> The current Skylite silnylon from Westmark is not designed for our outdoors use. It is designed for parachutes and for the huge blow-up advertising puppets you see outside (or...

In Make Your Own Gear » American Silnylon not Acceptable?
February 09, 6:58pm
Re: Im Confused
Six Moon Designs has been in business for 10 years and all of our manufacturing is US based. We've been fortunate to secure a good US production source with reasonable rates and excellent quali...

In Make Your Own Gear » American Silnylon not Acceptable?
February 09, 3:02pm
Asian Silnylon
I'll be using an Asian Silnyon on my new tent. I don't currently use it on shelters built in the US. The reasons I don't use it for shelters built in the US are not all that complic...

In Make Your Own Gear » American Silnylon not Acceptable?
February 09, 2:16pm
Re: Asian Vs. US Silnylon
Lawson writes " This is what I can tell you about the Asian silnylon. They use a type 6 yarn. This is not nearly as good as the high tenacity type 6.6 used by most Domestic mills. This lower q...

In Make Your Own Gear » American Silnylon not Acceptable?
February 09, 12:35pm
Serious?
1. Why do you consider yourself serious? Serious = Hypertension, High Blood Pressure, and Heart Attacks. Life's too short to be serious. 2. What pack do you use for serious backpacking? ...

In GEAR » Big, Heavy Packs
January 19, 11:49pm

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