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Hi, we borrowed a Vario for camping at easter and we used the horisontal poles, ours stayed up really well and was very stable.I loved the tent but OH hated it, he likes the dome types with pods, hence we bought a Royal Montpelier 12.

Julie

Hi .  Yes the poles are meant to go into the pockets at each end, and they are tied up with the tapes that run along. 

The orange booties are the means of tightening/securing the poles length, and this keeps them in the pockets. They have a tightening system inside and you dont remove the orange bootie type thing.

I've only been on 3 camps in my gelert Lokon 5 and have only not fitted the steel poles in when I was feeling lazy one time when there was no wind.  I would recommend that they are put in because you never know when the wind is gonna get up.

I think your dragging problem is probably due to not fitting them in correctly.