Autohome Maggiolina Airlander Plus vs Harva Outdoors Älven Lagom

The Autohome Maggiolina Airlander Plus and the Harva Outdoors Älven Lagom are both hardshell tents in the same part of the market, which makes them a genuine head-to-head rather than a comparison across categories. Autohome and Harva Outdoors take noticeably different approaches to the same problem.

By the numbers, the Autohome Maggiolina Airlander Plus brings 72 kg, 2.47 m² of floor, 92 cm of headroom and sleeps 2. The Harva Outdoors Älven Lagom counters with 75 kg, 3.08 m² of floor, 120 cm of headroom and sleeps 4.

On weight they are effectively level — 72 kg against 75 kg — so the roof load question resolves the same way for both. Inside, the Älven Lagom gives 3.08 m² of sleeping floor against 2.47 m², about 25 percent more, and it sleeps 4 to the Maggiolina Airlander Plus's 2. Headroom separates them further: 120 cm in the Älven Lagom against 92 cm, which is the difference between sitting up to dress and doing it lying down. The Älven Lagom lists about 5% lower than the Maggiolina Airlander Plus.

They open differently: the Maggiolina Airlander Plus is a pop-up and the Älven Lagom a clamshell. That is not cosmetic — it decides whether headroom is even across the tent or tapers towards one end, and how much of the roof the tent occupies when closed. The Maggiolina Airlander Plus uses 100% fiberglass with insulated honeycomb roof panel; the Älven Lagom uses cast aluminium shell with gelcoat over aluminium/plastic honeycomb panels. Canvas differs too: dralon acrylic, waterproof and breathable against 280 g ripstop canvas sides and 420D ripstop polyester oxford top; water columns 6500 mm (top) / 3500 mm (canvas), UV- and mould-resistant. The Älven Lagom adds the ability to carry cargo on the shell, which the Maggiolina Airlander Plus does not offer.