Unboxing the Dyneema Moment LI DW: My Overseas Splurge
Camping · Published 6/13/2023 ·
It’s finally here. It shipped from the US via UPS, and it took about a week to land in my hands. Apparently some people get theirs in just three days. In my case a weekend got in the way and the courier sat on it over those days, so realistically it arrived within about four days. Something to keep in mind if you’re ordering from overseas. If it’s something you need in a hurry, beware: shipping by regular mail (USPS) and the like means it’ll sit in the US for at least two weeks.
Here are the gorgeous carbon poles and the tent pouch. The pouch material is also Dyneema (Cuben fiber). It makes me wonder if it’s one of those trendy fabrics, like the old event fabrics or Gore-Tex used to be. There was a time when I bought tons of products in those fabrics and took the extreme stance that nothing else would do.
The gorgeous carbon poles. I’d only ever seen carbon in tripods and on car rooftops or hoods, so a tent pole made of carbon is pretty novel to me. It’s a part that’s supposed to flex, so I’m curious whether it bends well.
They’re said to be Easton carbon poles. They’re light, as you’d expect from carbon, but not dramatically so… Still, compared to the same volume in aluminum, you definitely feel the difference.
Only two stakes came with it. The pouch is Dyneema too. The funny thing is there’s no pouch for the main poles, but there is one for the poles… Since I don’t know the original contents and the company feels like a cottage-industry operation, I’ll just play dumb and move on.
Tubular poles. Seriously, only two of them showed up. Hahaha.
This is the tent fly material. It’s Dyneema, so it feels kind of like a plastic sheet. It’s clearly brand new, but there are fine creases in it — probably from being folded and unfolded a lot during manufacturing. With Dyneema, it actually seems easier to use once it’s been broken in with some folding. In its brand-new state it’s just too stiff.
A double-reinforced guyline point. The quality is actually not all that bad. I know full well that QC on US-made products is genuinely terrible, so I had zero expectations — but it’s surprisingly meticulous.
The mesh on the inner tent. It’s seriously breathable mesh. It’s not that hot-as-hell material you find on some, what was it, Fila?
Fly on the left, inner on the right. Same Dyneema material, but they went with different colors.
It seems like they’ll throw in more repair kit if you ask, but shipping from this place runs at least 60,000 won, so I doubt I could bring myself to ask for more.
For starters, compared to the similarly sized Hilleberg Enan, it’s naturally a touch lighter, but the packed volume isn’t as small as I expected. It’s a little smaller, sure, but it doesn’t fold down to a 1-liter Nalgene size the way the Nemo Storm series does. This is a tent whose appeal lies in being lightweight and in those two basic stakes for packing down.
I’ll have to head out this weekend and actually use it to get a feel for the pros and cons. There’s no such thing as a perfect tent with no downsides — but lightweight tents do exist…
It’s been a while since I bought camping gear, and I was as giddy as a kid.
And that wraps up my unboxing of the Dyneema tent I splurged on with an overseas direct order — the Moment LI DW.
Thank you.
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