Terra Nova
Terra Nova Laser Lite 2
Best use
- Made for
- Backpacking and wild camping
- Also works for
- Bikepacking
- Not for
- Winter mountain
Why these labels
- Backpacking and wild camping: The maker states this use, and the published specs do not rule it out.
- Bikepacking: Light and short: 1.0 kg, packs to 30 cm
- Winter mountain: 3-season rating, not built for winter storms
From the maker's stated use and the published specs.
- Summer wild camp: 8/10 UK, roughly May to September, nights above about 8 °C, sheltered pitches.
- Three-season hills: 7/10 UK hills in spring and autumn. Wind, rain, and nights near freezing.
- Winter camp: 4/10 UK winter or high ground. Below freezing, strong wind, possibly snow. Capped at 4: needs the maker's 4-season rating and wind 7+.
- Weight: 8/10 How much it adds to your pack, compared with the whole market.
One or two people who want a light three-season shelter for summer and mild shoulder-season wild camps
- Freestanding
- No
- Walls
- Double
- Sleeps
- 2
- Seasons
- 3-season
- Min. weight
- 1.04 kg
- Flysheet
- 3,000 mm
- Inner length
- 220 cm
Packed size 4.62 L, 30 cm long and 14 cm across Compare with a 2-litre bottle
About as long as a 2-litre bottle and a bit wider than one. Drawn to scale.
Where to buy
Uttings £594.95 In stock. Green. Its delivery page gives £3.99 to £5.99 for next-day delivery, by weight and value; the basket shows the exact charge.
View at shop: UttingsUltralight Outdoor Gear £594.99 In stock. Free delivery.
View at shop: Ultralight Outdoor GearTerra Nova £660 In stock. Free delivery. Free UK delivery on webshop orders of £50 and over.
View at shop: Terra NovaPrices checked 8 Nov 2026 on each shop's own page; shops can change them. We earn no commission on these links; shops are listed by price. More
Our ratings (out of 10)
1 to 10, compared with the whole market. Each says what it's based on. How we score
Weight
From maker's figures 8/10How much it adds to your pack. This is the whole tent: two people sharing can split it. 8: Clearly better than most.
Terra Nova's key details give a trail weight of 1.04 kg (tent body, fly and poles) and 1.24 kg with pegs, guylines and sacks; its intro text says 1.11 kg minimum, and Ultralight Outdoor Gear weighs the parts at 1,105 g without pegs and bags. All three are in the 1.0-1.49 kg band.
Rain protection
From maker's figures 8/10How well it keeps out heavy, long rain. 8: Clearly better than most.
Terra Nova's fly is 3,000 mm HH, in the 3,000 mm+ band, and the groundsheet is 5,000 mm, so no point is taken off. The printed figure alone gives 8 at most: a 9 or 10 needs 3 reviews that say it stays dry in real storms.
Wind
Estimate from maker's specs: maker's season rating (fewer than 3 reviews about wind) 5/10How steady it stays in strong wind on open ground. 5: Does the job. Average for wild-camping gear.
No published review says how it copes with wind, so this is an estimate from the maker's season rating.
Space
Estimate from maker's specs: berths and tent shape (no floor area published) 7/10Room to lie, sit up and keep kit inside. 7: Better than most.
Estimate from maker's specs
Packed size
From maker's figures 8/10How much room it takes in your rucksack. 8: Clearly better than most.
Terra Nova's packed size is 30 x 14 x 14 cm, which we draw as a roll 30 cm long and 14 cm across: 3.1416 x 7 x 7 x 30 = 4,618 cm³, so 4.62 L, in the 4-6.9 L band. As a box it would be 5.88 L, the same band.
In short
Good for
- One or two people who want a light three-season shelter for summer and mild shoulder-season wild camps
- Fast hikers and bikepackers who need a small pack size of 30 x 14 cm
- Anyone happy to peg out a tunnel tent carefully to save weight
Strengths
- Light: 1.04 kg minimum, 1.24 kg complete, for a two-person double-skin tent
- Packs small: 30 x 14 cm, 4.6 L
- Fly 3,000 mm and floor 5,000 mm HH are good for its weight
- Two doors, one on each side
Weaknesses
- No independent hands-on reviews found for this 2025 model, so wind, pitching and durability are estimates, not reviewed scores
- Not freestanding: it needs pegs and guylines, and Terra Nova lists a pitch time of over 5 minutes
- Narrow, tapering inner (120 to 130 cm wide at the centre) and 90 cm high pitched, so two people have little spare room
- Three-season only
Sources
We haven't tested this ourselves. Every score comes from these specs, tests and reviews.