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24/9/2007 at 11:43am
 Location: Letchworth Garden City
 Outfit: Conway Cruiser
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whilst trying to erect our toilet tent on Friday evening, a gust of wind took it before we had fixed the first of the two poles - let alone pegged it down - and one of the sections snapped in half along its length.

done a temporary repair with some duck tape and managed to use it with no problem at all for the rest of the weekend.

when we were taking it down yesterday evening - again it was quite blustery - the same section on the other pole snapped in the same way!

the question is, are these sections easy to purchase, and more importantly, are they easy to replace??

thanks in advance.



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24/9/2007 at 12:13pm
 Location: dorset
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You can buy the section of pole from any camping shop. They're a bit fiddly to replace but not difficult. You have to undo or cut the knot off the elastic that goes through the poles , take off the sections and the damaged bit, then re thread it all tying the knot again. We find a large darning needle helps to thread the elastic through

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24/9/2007 at 12:45pm
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thanks for that Wendle, thought it would be on the fiddly side, will take a ride out at the weekend to the camping shop.

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26/9/2007 at 3:43pm
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Take the pole with you as they come in various sizes!


26/9/2007 at 7:08pm
 Location: East Sussex
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Quote: Originally posted by eel28 on 24/9/2007

whilst trying to erect our toilet tent on Friday evening, a gust of wind took it before we had fixed the first of the two poles -


 

Unkind of me I know, but my first thought was "At least you weren't using it at the time"!

Hope you get it sorted.



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27/9/2007 at 8:26am
 Location: West Sussex
 Outfit: Tundra 4 tipi + Golite HEX 3 +Diablo
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We bought a pole repair kit from Blacks. It had about 10 pole, elastic  and a very handy long piece of wire for threading the elastic through.

We keep it in the tent bag. Very handy and wasn't a lot of money.



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27/9/2007 at 10:26am
 Location: Cornwall
 Outfit: Outwell Colorado 8
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We took two snapped poles into an independent local camping shop at the end of the summer and they guy said "I don't usually do this, but..." and put the new sections in for us. We've since been back and bought new buckles for straps, new compression straps, and a new tent there, because I do LIKE service. Especially service on annoying fiddly things.

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