Roofnest Falcon 3 EVO Air vs Wild Land Skyera

The Roofnest Falcon 3 EVO Air and the Wild Land Skyera 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. Roofnest and Wild Land take noticeably different approaches to the same problem.

The Falcon 3 EVO Air is 40.5 kg lighter at 59 kg against 99.5 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 Skyera gives 4.7 m² of sleeping floor against 2.42 m², about 94 percent more, and it sleeps 3 to the Falcon 3 EVO Air's 2. Headroom separates them further: 147 cm in the Falcon 3 EVO Air against 119 cm, which is the difference between sitting up to dress and doing it lying down. The Falcon 3 EVO Air lists $1,204 lower, at $3,795 against $4,999.

They open differently: the Falcon 3 EVO Air is a clamshell and the Skyera 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. The Falcon 3 EVO Air uses rooftex ABS shell with aluminum frame and side rails; the Skyera uses transparent anti-UV polycarbonate (PC). Canvas differs too: 280gsm poly-cotton canvas with blackout coating against 280g rip-stop polycotton PU2000mm. Closed, the Falcon 3 EVO Air sits 12 cm lower on the roof — 20 cm against 32 cm — which is drag you carry on every mile you are not camping.