Terra Nova Tent World Record

It's official, after around two years of deliberation, the Guinness Book of Records has recognised Terra Nova's Laserlite as 'The Lightest Tent In The World' - ironically just in time for it to be replaced by the new, even lighter, Laser Competiion.

When it was released last year, the Laserlite was claimed as the first sub-1000 grammes, twin-skin, two-person tent with a 990 gramme minimum weight and a packed weight of 1140 grammes. Time's moved on though and its replacement, the Laser Competition - below - has sliced 200 grammes off the old tent's weight even though it has a longer name.

The Competition's single-pole tips the scales at a packed weight of 953 grammes and a somewhat bonkers useable weight of just 873 grammes - the size of the tent however, remains exactly the same.

The good news is that a limited number of Laser Competitions will be in the shops this October.

And That's Not All...

The lightweight theme continues with the new Laserlarge 3 a generously proportioned two-person tent with a huge porch that weighs just 2.1 kg and there's also a new lightweight version of the classic Voyager with a lighter flysheet that's 15 per-cent lighter than this year's standard model at 1.7 kg.

The standard weight tents have been tweaked too with the Ultra Quasar and the Solar 2 both getting a new white inner tent - above - new lighter poles and redesigned pole sleeves. All those changes effective from early 2006.