Freespirit Recreation Aspen Pro Standard vs RoofBunk Adventurer

The Freespirit Recreation Aspen Pro Standard and the RoofBunk Adventurer 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. Freespirit Recreation and RoofBunk take noticeably different approaches to the same problem.

The Aspen Pro Standard is 19.200000000000003 kg lighter at 60.8 kg against 80 kg, which on a factory roof rated for 68 to 75 kg is often the difference between a legal fit and a rack upgrade. Inside, the Adventurer gives 3.05 m² of sleeping floor against 2.39 m², about 28 percent more, and it sleeps 3 to the Aspen Pro Standard's 2. Headroom separates them further: 145 cm in the Adventurer against 132.1 cm, which is the difference between sitting up to dress and doing it lying down. List prices are within $8 of each other, so price is unlikely to decide this one.

The Aspen Pro Standard uses aluminum hardshell: extruded aluminum frame, polymer corners, honeycomb aluminum top; the Adventurer uses powder-coated aluminium. Canvas differs too: tri-Layer: polycotton fill between two layers of 210D ripstop against 320gsm poly-cotton blend ripstop canvas body; 600D Oxford polyester rainfly.