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Ive just snapped the elastic string thingy inside one of my poles.......heavy handed git me....is there a quick repair or do i buy something..

jans

There is a restringing kit you can get in camping shops. Only cheap

Carol

at the weekend we put up our tent and inside our poles we have got wire to keep them together oh broke one of these, will it make any difference to the tent when set up. we were just going to leave it. but after reading this i dont know any more

Quote: Originally posted by wheres the ? on 25/4/2007

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at the weekend we put up our tent and inside our poles we have got wire to keep them together oh broke one of these, will it make any difference to the tent when set up. we were just going to leave it. but after reading this i dont know any more

 

i should imagine it would come apart alot easier if the wind blows...

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Thanks val, i've just bought the kit, your right i should have one anyway. I can imagine myself knocking on tents one night with my begging bowl out.....but we're sorted now.

jans.

Hello there,

The same thing happened to me last week. It is possible to repair but the joining knot needs to be inside the ferrel. If you only snapped off a little bit ie less than the length of one pole then you need to go and buy a repair kit. I went to pj camping and bought a gelert repair kit only cosy £3.99 and it was quite easy to replace .

Good luck.

David