Latitude Tents Scout vs Wild Land Wild Cruiser 160

The Latitude Tents Scout and the Wild Land Wild Cruiser 160 are both softshell tents in the same part of the market, which makes them a genuine head-to-head rather than a comparison across categories. Latitude Tents and Wild Land take noticeably different approaches to the same problem.

By the numbers, the Latitude Tents Scout brings 45 kg, 3.12 m² of floor, 130 cm of headroom and sleeps 2. The Wild Land Wild Cruiser 160 counters with 48 kg, 3.63 m² of floor, 100 cm of headroom and sleeps 3.

On weight they are effectively level — 45 kg against 48 kg — so the roof load question resolves the same way for both. Inside, the Wild Cruiser 160 gives 3.63 m² of sleeping floor against 3.12 m², about 16 percent more, and it sleeps 3 to the Scout's 2. Headroom separates them further: 130 cm in the Scout against 100 cm, which is the difference between sitting up to dress and doing it lying down. Their list prices are within a few percent of each other, so price is unlikely to decide this one.

They open differently: the Scout is a clamshell and the Wild Cruiser 160 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. Canvas differs too: 320g rip-stop polyester-cotton with waterproof & UV-resistant coating; oxford polyester rainfly; 550g PVC travel cover against 210D ripstop poly-oxford 3000mm outer; 190g rip-stop polycotton PU2000mm inner; 210D poly-oxford PU2000mm floor; 600D oxford PU5000mm cover; silver-coated aluminium poles. Closed, the Scout sits 8 cm lower on the roof — 25 cm against 33 cm — which is drag you carry on every mile you are not camping.