Harva Outdoors Grundet vs Latitude Tents Explorer
The Harva Outdoors Grundet and the Latitude Tents Explorer 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. Harva Outdoors and Latitude Tents take noticeably different approaches to the same problem.
By the numbers, the Harva Outdoors Grundet brings 89 kg, 2.94 m² of floor and sleeps 2. The Latitude Tents Explorer counters with 75 kg and sleeps 2.
The Explorer is 14 kg lighter at 75 kg against 89 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 Grundet is a fold-out and the Explorer a pop-up. 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.
Harva Outdoors
Grundet
The Grundet is a two-person hardshell fold-out (side-opening) tent from Harva Outdoors, with windows in two directions, a large entrance and an elevated sleeping platform. At 89 kg it folds to 215 × 142 × 20 cm and works with Harva's annex and tarp accessories (sold separately) and a ladder. Its open sleeping area is 210 × 140 cm (2.94 m²); Harva publishes little else for the Grundet — interior height, mattress and fabric specifications are not listed on its product page, so those are shown as unavailable. Listed at SEK 31,990, it carries Harva's company-wide 24-month warranty.
- Side-folding hardshell with a quick set-up and windows in two directions
- Works with Harva's annex and tarp accessories
- Harva publishes few specs — interior height, mattress and fabric are not listed
Latitude Tents
Explorer
The Explorer is Latitude Tents's hardshell roof tent, opening on gas struts in a claimed 30 seconds and packing down to a 20cm-tall closed profile (excluding the supplied roof bars). It sleeps two on a 70mm foam mattress with an anti-condensation mat, and includes a built-in three-setting dimmable LED light plus load-bearing roof bars rated to 85kg closed and 25kg open. The maker publishes a 3000mm hydrostatic-head rating and a Gale Force 8 wind rating but does not list the tent's weight or full open dimensions as text.
- Hardshell opens on gas struts in a claimed 30 seconds
- Slim 20cm closed profile with roof bars rated 85kg closed / 25kg open
- Built-in dimmable LED light and 70mm foam mattress with anti-condensation mat
- Manufacturer does not publish the tent's full open dimensions in text
Which one to pick
Take the Explorer 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 | Fold-out | Pop-up |
| Sleeps | 2 | 2 |
| Season rating | — | — |
| List price | $3,370— worst of the tents compared | $3,190— best of the tents compared |
| Weight and size | ||
| Weight | 196 lb— worst of the tents compared | 165 lb est.— best of the tents compared |
| Packed length | 7 ft 1 in | — |
| Packed width | 4 ft 8 in | — |
| Packed height | 7.9 in | 7.9 in |
| Living space | ||
| Sleeping length | 6 ft 11 in | — |
| Sleeping width | 4 ft 7 in | — |
| Floor area | 31.6 sq ft | — |
| Interior height | — | — |
| Mattress thickness | — | 2.8 in |
| Setup and build | ||
| Setup timeManufacturer's claim where published; otherwise estimated from tent type. Expect longer in practice. | ~60 secest. | 30 sec |
| Shell material | — | Aluminium hardshell |
| Fabric | — | Heavy-duty rip-stop poly-cotton with waterproof & UV-resistant coating (3000mm hydrostatic head) |
| Warranty | 2years | 2years |
| Features | ||
| Integrated LED lighting | — | Yes |
| Heater / HVAC port | — | — |
| Roof skylight | — | — |
| Annex available | Yes | Yes |
| Solar ready | — | — |
| Carries cargo on top | — | Yes |
| Sources | ||
| Last verified | Harva Outdoors product page | Latitude Tents product page |
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