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01/3/2017 at 1:41pm
Location: Bolton Lancs
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My opinion for what it's worth - flexible fibreglass poles all the time. I have a Vango Midas 400 with flexible poles, got it four years ago and in that time it's stood up to some seriously windy weather. I was on a site a couple of years ago when there was a day of horrendous wind, many tents were trashed and they were all the steel poled ones so for me it's a no-brainer.
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04/3/2017 at 6:21am
Location: Berkshire
Outfit: De Waard Lepelaar & Outwell Alamosa
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I think the answer depends very much on the type of camping you are planning.
Short trips in the summer months and you should be fine with pretty much anything.
If you are looking to extend the season, or plan longer trips or are maybe looking at exposed coastal sites, then you maybe want to look at something more robust.
What do you have in mind and what's your budget?
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19/3/2017 at 1:12pm
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Fibreglass poles shouldn't break but in a high wind the tent will probably sway like mad. Also, threading long poles through full length or even just roof length pole sleeves can be like threading nicker elastic...not easy and takes forever.
That is why I eventually went for metal poled tents which are stable and the poles slide through sleeves easily. At the moment I have half and half. The roof poles are fibreglass but thread fairly easy through the roof sleeves and then clip into shaped brackets already fitted to the roof of the tent. The legs then simply push into the other end of the bracket and the tent is clipped to them. See my profile photo.
My tent is actually a five man tent and I camp alone. I certainly wouldn't be happy with more than two people and all their clobber in it.
I have also had a Coleman de Gama 6 tent and various 4 man tents. My personal preference is bigger the better because there is no accounting for the feeling of space and room to stow clutter, but at the same time I have to consider ease of erection for one person and heating in colder weather. Both the Coleman and my present tent are dead easy to erect but the compromise with my present one is that it has umpteen and one pegging points and guy ropes which takes time setting up. Apart from that it is a very good tent but I think I liked the Coleman slightly more.
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19/3/2017 at 7:17pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Oldboiler on 19/3/2017
The interesting thing with the de Waard tents is that you don't need the push the poles into the tent, just pull the poles into position from the inside and line up with the zipper area, and zip the poles into the sleeve, so easy
The same goes for the inner tent, it all zips in from the inside.
That is an interesting idea but how do you hold the flysheet up while fitting the poles?
Update...just watched this video...looks a bit of a fiddle to me but I suppose you get used to it.
Post last edited on 19/03/2017 19:29:08
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