Horntools Themis 140 vs Vickywood CUMARU EASE 135

The Horntools Themis 140 and the Vickywood CUMARU EASE 135 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. Horntools and Vickywood take noticeably different approaches to the same problem.

On weight they are effectively level — 70 kg against 69 kg — so the roof load question resolves the same way for both. Inside, the Themis 140 gives 2.97 m² of sleeping floor against 2.6 m², about 14 percent more, though both are rated for 2. Headroom separates them further: 145 cm in the CUMARU EASE 135 against 100 cm, which is the difference between sitting up to dress and doing it lying down. List prices are within $54 of each other, so price is unlikely to decide this one.

They open differently: the Themis 140 is a pop-up and the CUMARU EASE 135 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 Themis 140 uses ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene); the CUMARU EASE 135 uses aluminum 6 Series. Canvas differs too: cotton, linen, polyester with PU coating (water column 2000 mm) against recycled 320 g/m2 ripstop polyester, PU-coated; rainfly 420D Oxford polyester, 5,000 mm water column, UV 50+. Closed, the CUMARU EASE 135 sits 5 cm lower on the roof — 25 cm against 30 cm — which is drag you carry on every mile you are not camping.