Our tent & extension collapsed in strong winds yesterday in Whitby. Every pole bar one has some either split or broken parts to it. Am I right in thinking you can't buy an entire replacement pole but have to buy individual parts, cut them down and thread new elastic through?
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Thats the usual way they are sold , either a pack of 5 or 10 sections or individual sections, rather than a complete length of poles specific to the individual tent.
Its very easy to do though.
Cut the pole to size with a junior hacksaw, wrapping masking tape around it first. rub any sharp bits off with sandpaper then re thread the elastic.
singe the end of the elastic in a flame, hold the pole upright and just drop the elastic down through it. stretcch the elastic to give a bit of tension to hold the poles together and
tie a knot in the end of it.
I'm a bit disappointed that I have to do that for 6 out of the 7 poles on this tent and extension (being a bit lazy I suppose) and never having done it before. Annoyingly, I have one or two split sections on each pole which means a lotof cutting and rethreading of elastic. Best get the sizes measured up and buy them then. I was hoping I could just buy a completed set of lengths for the various different poles!
Maybe you could get a complete set of poles from vango, but it would be much more costly to do it this way . try the vango website for contact details.
But its not a hard job to do, and doesn't take long once the poles are cut to size its just like threading beads on a necklace.
I don't know if you are a male or female pixie , but it took me 10 mins to cut one pole and hubby did 2 in less than 5 minutes.
So get a bloke to saw them if you are a she.
------------- Debbie
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Topic: split Vango Orchy 600 poles
