Terra Nova Equipment

Terra Nova Equipment: expedition tents and technical gear designed in Britain

Terra Nova Equipment designs, manufactures and sells outdoor equipment, with a catalogue built around shelters and clothing for backpacking, wild camping and expedition use. The company presents itself as British-designed, with products described as laboratory-tested and field-proven, and states that its gear has been trusted by adventurers for more than 40 years. Its range is organised under three brands: Terra Nova, Wild Country and Extremities.

The product lines are grouped by use rather than by brand alone. Tents are classified by capacity (one, two, three and four or more persons) and by season rating (2, 3, 3/4 and 4 seasons), and further divided into dome, tunnel, ultralight and compact models. Alongside the tents sit shelters, tarps, bivi bags and bothy bags, plus a separate equipment section covering furniture and trekking poles.

The Terra Nova range

Terra Nova is the brand the company positions around performance and expedition capability. The catalogue lists models such as the Pioneer Lite 2, the Southern Cross (in one- and two-person versions), the Laser Lite AS, the Solar Horizon 2, the Voyager Lite and the Quasar, the last of which appears in an Expedition version and in a Limited Edition bundle. The Pioneer Lite 2 and Solar Horizon 2 are also offered as tent-and-footprint bundles, and the Solar Horizon 2 bundle appears in a Grade A outlet listing.

Bothy bags are sold in standard and Superlite versions, the latter at a higher price band. Trekking poles form a distinct line with three models: Trail Lite, Trail Carbon and Trail Elite, described with clip-lock adjustment, carbide steel tips and EVA grips.

Wild Country: accessible performance

Wild Country is presented as the range that balances performance with value, aimed at making the outdoors accessible to a wider public. Its tent families include the Helm (Compact 1, 2 and 3, plus Elite 1), the Murlan Elite 2, the Halny Elite 1 and 2, the Blizzard Elite 2 and 3, and the Hoolie Compact 2 and 3. A Wild Country tarp is also listed in two price variants.

Extremities: gloves, socks and accessories

Extremities covers high-performance accessories intended to protect adventurers, athletes and everyday explorers. The catalogue includes waterproof gloves such as the Paradox and the Evolution, the Urban Furnace Ultra and Pro, and several liner models (Contact Insulated Waterproof Power Liner, Silk Liner, Thinny Touch, Merino Touch Liner and Fingerless Thinny). Socks appear in the form of the Evolution Waterproof Sock, and the range is completed with a Trail Cap, a Power Liner Wrist Gaiter, neck gaiters, gaiters and headwear.

TriPlex, the company's own shelter fabric

Terra Nova highlights TriPlex, described as a triple ripstop shelter fabric developed in-house. According to the company, its construction uses a repeating pattern of reinforced fibres at three-directional intervals, forming a stable matrix intended to improve tear resistance while keeping weight low. The fabric is presented as the technical core of the latest shelter collection.

Sale, outlet and graded stock

Beyond new-season stock, the site maintains a Sale section and an Outlet for used equipment. The outlet listings are graded: Grade A and Grade B items appear with their original and reduced prices, covering tents such as the Solar Horizon 2, the Laser Compact 2 E, the Starlite 1, the Murlan Elite 2, the Blizzard Elite 2 and the Helm Compact 3, as well as a Voyager Ultra 2 flysheet, a Tarp Ultra 1 and a Laser Ultra 1 inner. The catalogue at the time of writing also showed a Quasar Limited Edition bundle and a Voyager Ultra 2 tent in the Sale section.

Testing, heritage and supporting content

The company states that all its equipment is tried and tested both in laboratories and in some of the most extreme environments on the planet, and frames this as the basis of its product development. Its site adds sections on heritage, technology, awards and expeditions, along with practical material on pitching instructions, tent repairs, FAQs and a stockist directory. It also embeds video reviews from affiliate partners, including tests of the Pioneer Lite 2, the Southern Cross 2 and the Wild Country Helm Elite 2.