ARB Altitude Electric vs Wild Land Skyera

The ARB Altitude Electric 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. ARB and Wild Land take noticeably different approaches to the same problem.

The Skyera is 6.5 kg lighter at 99.5 kg against 106 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 3.63 m², about 29 percent more, and it sleeps 3 to the Altitude Electric's 2. The Skyera lists $1,000.95 lower, at $4,999 against $5,999.95.

They open differently: the Altitude Electric 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 Altitude Electric uses fiberglass; the Skyera uses transparent anti-UV polycarbonate (PC). Canvas differs too: 380GSM poly-cotton canvas against 280g rip-stop polycotton PU2000mm. Closed, the Skyera sits 5 cm lower on the roof — 32 cm against 37 cm — which is drag you carry on every mile you are not camping.