Darche Kozi Pop Up G2 vs Wild Land Voyager Pro 130
The Darche Kozi Pop Up G2 and the Wild Land Voyager Pro 130 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. Darche and Wild Land take noticeably different approaches to the same problem.
By the numbers, the Darche Kozi Pop Up G2 brings 61 kg and sleeps 2. The Wild Land Voyager Pro 130 counters with 50 kg, 2.99 m² of floor, 108 cm of headroom and sleeps 2.
The Voyager Pro 130 is 11 kg lighter at 50 kg against 61 kg, which on a factory roof rated for 68 to 75 kg is often the difference between a legal fit and a rack upgrade. Their list prices are within a few percent of each other, so price is unlikely to decide this one.
They open differently: the Kozi Pop Up G2 is a pop-up and the Voyager Pro 130 a fold-out. 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 Kozi Pop Up G2 uses ABS shell with Stainless Steel internal frame; the Voyager Pro 130 uses fibreglass with aluminium honeycomb. Canvas differs too: 280gsm Ripstop Polycotton Canvas (3000mm waterhead) against WL-tech fabric PU5000-9000mm outer; 300D poly-oxford inner with 200g/m2 thermal insulating fabric.
Darche
Kozi Pop Up G2
The Kozi Pop Up G2 is an ABS-shell pop-up rooftop tent raised on gas struts over a stainless-steel internal frame. It has a 50mm high-density foam mattress, built-in LED strips, wraparound windows with fine insect mesh, taped seams and self-repairing coil zips. It is the entry price point in Darche's hardshell range.
- Quick gas-strut pop-up deployment
- Wraparound windows with insect mesh
- Taped seams and self-repairing coil zips
- No published dimensions
Wild Land
Voyager Pro 130
The Voyager Pro 130 is a two-person fold-out hardshell with a fibreglass and aluminium-honeycomb shell, and at 50 kg it is one of the lighter hardshells in Wild Land's EU range. It packs to 27 cm, includes adjustable support legs, dimmable LED lighting and a 5 cm mattress, and the 2026 version is prepared with a diesel heater port. It offers a long 230 cm sleeping length.
- Light 50 kg fibreglass/aluminium-honeycomb shell
- Adjustable support legs and diesel heater port included
- Long 230 cm sleeping length
- Only a 5 cm mattress
Which one to pick
Take the Voyager Pro 130 if your roof load limit is the binding constraint. Beyond that the feature rows below — heater port, skylight, annex, cargo rails — are where the remaining difference lies.
Every specification, side by side
| Specification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Type | Hardshell | Hardshell |
| Opening style | Pop-up | Fold-out |
| Sleeps | 2 | 2 |
| Season rating | — | — |
| List price | $1,980— best of the tents compared | $1,980— worst of the tents compared |
| Weight and size | ||
| Weight | 134 lb est.— worst of the tents compared | 110 lb— best of the tents compared |
| Packed length | 7 ft 1 in— worst of the tents compared | 4 ft 10 in— best of the tents compared |
| Packed width | 4 ft 3 in— worst of the tents compared | 4 ft 1 in— best of the tents compared |
| Packed height | 11.4 in— worst of the tents compared | 10.6 in— best of the tents compared |
| Living space | ||
| Sleeping length | — | 7 ft 7 in |
| Sleeping width | — | 4 ft 3 in |
| Floor area | — | 32.2 sq ft |
| Interior height | — | 3 ft 7 in |
| Mattress thickness | 2 in | 2 in |
| Setup and build | ||
| Setup timeManufacturer's claim where published; otherwise estimated from tent type. Expect longer in practice. | ~60 secest. | ~60 secest. |
| Shell material | ABS shell with Stainless Steel internal frame | Fibreglass with aluminium honeycomb |
| Fabric | 280gsm Ripstop Polycotton Canvas (3000mm waterhead) | WL-tech fabric PU5000-9000mm outer; 300D poly-oxford inner with 200g/m2 thermal insulating fabric |
| Warranty | 2years | — |
| Features | ||
| Integrated LED lighting | Yes | Yes |
| Heater / HVAC port | — | Yes |
| Roof skylight | — | — |
| Annex available | — | — |
| Solar ready | — | — |
| Carries cargo on top | — | — |
| Sources | ||
| Last verified | Darche product page | Wild Land product page |
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Or read the full spec sheets for the Darche Kozi Pop Up G2 and the Wild Land Voyager Pro 130.