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I suspect leisure tent manufacturers buy in GRP rod for poles from whoever can do a good deal, so it is likely that there will be good and bad batches regardless of the brand. The only real option I think would be to aproach one of the suppliers of extreme or expedition tents,

most tent pole manufacturers are fro china Nanjing xingua FRP or changzua creation composites all of the same low quality they make them for gelert and higear that i know of, what is needed is wrapped poles where they wrap the weave around the poles as to stop them splitting as mine did just recently, 4 different pole on 2 trips,not good at all, ill be looking for a better qaulity pole now.

Quote: Originally posted by redlad on 01/9/2009

what is needed is wrapped poles where they wrap the weave around the poles as to stop them splitting as mine did just recently, 4 different pole on 2 trips,not good at all, ill be looking for a better qaulity pole now.