Darche Ridgeback Eco Poly vs Harva Outdoors Grundet

The Darche Ridgeback Eco Poly and the Harva Outdoors Grundet 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 Harva Outdoors take noticeably different approaches to the same problem.

By the numbers, the Darche Ridgeback Eco Poly brings 85 kg, 2.4 m² of floor, 144 cm of headroom and sleeps 2. The Harva Outdoors Grundet counters with 89 kg, 2.94 m² of floor and sleeps 2.

On weight they are effectively level — 85 kg against 89 kg — so the roof load question resolves the same way for both. Inside, the Grundet gives 2.94 m² of sleeping floor against 2.4 m², about 23 percent more, though both are rated for 2. Their list prices are within a few percent of each other, so price is unlikely to decide this one. Darche also backs the Ridgeback Eco Poly for 3 years against 2.

They open differently: the Ridgeback Eco Poly is a clamshell and the Grundet 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.