Terra Nova Lands Tent Award

The seemingly inexorable march of the Terra Nova Laser Competition continues with the Guinness-ratified lightest tent in the world picking up an industry award for outstanding design achievement.

The ultra-lightweight twin-skin tent landed a Silver OutDoor Industry Award for outstanding design achievement and the company was presented with its trophy at the recent European 'OutDoor 2006' exhibition in Friedrichshafen.

To put the achievement in perspective, some 153 products were submitted for judging and there were 34 awards in total including just one gold award and only six silvers.

Terra Nova was the only British company to win a gold or silver accolade, so that's pretty good going. The judges commented:

"The first tent presenting fantastic design features that weighs less than a kilogram. It can be used universally in any setting. Terrific!"

Weighs Less Than A Bag Of Sugar

The £235 Laser Competition weighs less than a bag of sugar at 860 grammes - well, a one kilo bag of sugar anyway, it weighs more than a 500 gramme bag, obviously - and sleeps one person comfortably or two very good friends more intimately.

What marks it out from other lightweight designs is that it uses a single pole design with an inner and outer tent which typically creates far less condensation than a singleskin equivalent. The genius of it is that weight has been kept so low.

Terra Nova, managing director Andy Utting said, 'We are absolutely delighted to receive this award, giving us European recognition for this remarkable product. The development of the Laser Competition tent took three years and it is excellent news that our development efforts have been recognised.

More details of the Terra Nova range at www.terra-nova.co.uk