Tuff Stuff Overland Stealth vs Yakima SkyPeak HD

The Tuff Stuff Overland Stealth and the Yakima SkyPeak HD 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. Tuff Stuff Overland and Yakima take noticeably different approaches to the same problem.

By the numbers, the Tuff Stuff Overland Stealth brings 100.2 kg, 4.22 m² of floor and sleeps 3. The Yakima SkyPeak HD counters with 82 kg, 2.89 m² of floor, 171.45 cm of headroom and sleeps 2.

The SkyPeak HD is 18.200000000000003 kg lighter at 82 kg against 100.2 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 Stealth gives 4.22 m² of sleeping floor against 2.89 m², about 46 percent more, and it sleeps 3 to the SkyPeak HD's 2. The Stealth lists about 9% lower than the SkyPeak HD.

They open differently: the Stealth is a fold-out and the SkyPeak HD 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. Closed, the SkyPeak HD sits 16.49 cm lower on the roof — 16.51 cm against 33 cm — which is drag you carry on every mile you are not camping.