Gasell Adventure GC132 vs Latitude Tents Explorer
The Gasell Adventure GC132 and the Latitude Tents Explorer 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. Gasell Adventure and Latitude Tents take noticeably different approaches to the same problem.
Setup is not close. The Explorer opens as a pop-up in 30 seconds; the GC132 takes 1 minutes. Over a trip with a new campsite every night, that gap compounds. List prices are within $81 of each other, so price is unlikely to decide this one.
They open differently: the GC132 is a clamshell and the Explorer 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 GC132 uses aluminum; the Explorer uses aluminium hardshell. Canvas differs too: poly-cotton, 280 g/m2, PU-coated, 3000 mm waterproof rating against heavy-duty rip-stop poly-cotton with waterproof & UV-resistant coating (3000mm hydrostatic head).
Gasell Adventure
GC132
The GC132 is Gasell Adventure's aluminium hard-shell clamshell tent, opening to a 165 cm interior peak on a 210 x 132 cm footprint. Gasell lists a 75 kg weight, a 350 kg roof load, a 50 mm high-density memory-foam mattress (200 x 122 cm), poly-cotton fabric (280 g/m2, 3000 mm) and a setup time of under a minute, with room for two adults and one small child. The product-page URL references 'GC138' while the product heading and specifications identify the model as the GC132.
- Aluminium hard shell opening to a tall 165 cm clamshell interior on a 210 x 132 cm footprint
- Manufacturer states a setup time of under a minute
- Includes a 50 mm high-density memory-foam mattress and LED lighting
- Rated for two adults and one child on a narrower 122 cm mattress than the GM and GA models
Latitude Tents
Explorer
The Explorer is Latitude Tents's hardshell roof tent, opening on gas struts in a claimed 30 seconds and packing down to a 20cm-tall closed profile (excluding the supplied roof bars). It sleeps two on a 70mm foam mattress with an anti-condensation mat, and includes a built-in three-setting dimmable LED light plus load-bearing roof bars rated to 85kg closed and 25kg open. The maker publishes a 3000mm hydrostatic-head rating and a Gale Force 8 wind rating but does not list the tent's weight or full open dimensions as text.
- Hardshell opens on gas struts in a claimed 30 seconds
- Slim 20cm closed profile with roof bars rated 85kg closed / 25kg open
- Built-in dimmable LED light and 70mm foam mattress with anti-condensation mat
- Manufacturer does not publish the tent's weight or full open dimensions in text
Which one to pick
Take the Explorer if you move camp most days. Beyond that the feature rows below — heater port, skylight, annex, cargo rails — are where the remaining difference lies.
Every specification, side by side
| Specification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Type | Hardshell | Hardshell |
| Opening style | Clamshell | Pop-up |
| Sleeps | 2 | 2 |
| Season rating | — | — |
| List price | $3,110— best of the tents compared | $3,190— worst of the tents compared |
| Weight and size | ||
| Weight | 165 lb | 165 lb |
| Packed length | 6 ft 11 in | — |
| Packed width | 4 ft 4 in | — |
| Packed height | 7.1 in— best of the tents compared | 7.9 in— worst of the tents compared |
| Living space | ||
| Sleeping length | 6 ft 7 in | — |
| Sleeping width | 4 ft | — |
| Floor area | 26.3 sq ft | — |
| Interior height | 5 ft 5 in | — |
| Mattress thickness | 2 in— worst of the tents compared | 2.8 in— best of the tents compared |
| Setup and build | ||
| Setup timeManufacturer's claim where published; otherwise estimated from tent type. Expect longer in practice. | 60 sec— worst of the tents compared | 30 sec— best of the tents compared |
| Shell material | Aluminum | Aluminium hardshell |
| Fabric | Poly-cotton, 280 g/m2, PU-coated, 3000 mm waterproof rating | Heavy-duty rip-stop poly-cotton with waterproof & UV-resistant coating (3000mm hydrostatic head) |
| Warranty | 2years | 2years |
| Features | ||
| Integrated LED lighting | Yes | Yes |
| Heater / HVAC port | — | — |
| Roof skylight | — | — |
| Annex available | — | Yes |
| Solar ready | — | — |
| Carries cargo on top | — | Yes |
| Sources | ||
| Last verified | Gasell Adventure product page | Latitude Tents product page |
Related comparisons
Or read the full spec sheets for the Gasell Adventure GC132 and the Latitude Tents Explorer.