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Subject Topic: 4 Person Steel Pole Tent Post Reply Post New Topic
PersonTentDave
01/3/2017 at 11:14am
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Hi everyone. I am looking to buy a new tent for the coming months. There are just 2 of us and we were looking at a 4 person tent as it will give us a bit more room. I really like the look of the Kampa Croyde 4 but sadly it looks like they don't sell them anymore. The Kampa Croyde 6 is a bit big but would I consider if no other options are available.

Having had a look at numerous tents I came across the Kampa Hayling 4. This seem perfect for my needs but the only problem is that it has fibreglass poles. This tent has got really good reviews but I am worried about the fibreglass poles fracturing or breaking.

If anyone can ease my mind about fibreglass poles it will be much appreciated. Otherwise, can anyone recommend a 4 person steel poled tent for me that is similar to the Kampa Hayling or Croyde? Many thanks



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PersonTigermouse
01/3/2017 at 1:41pm
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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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PersonTentDave
01/3/2017 at 8:30pm
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I had the Hi Gear Frontier 6 and it had steel tent poles but I sold it because it was too big for my needs. The tent felt really solid and I was able to put it up on my own.

I was just wondering what other people think regarding steel tent poles or fibreglass?


PersonTricky Tree
04/3/2017 at 6:21am
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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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PersonOldboiler
19/3/2017 at 9:55am
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Take a look at "dewaard tenten" a Dutch company, lovely tents with alloy poles, made to stand up the the island breezes, and it works!


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PersonBob61
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.


PersonJaverhammar
19/3/2017 at 4:59pm
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Take a look at the Outwell Nevada MP. Fiberglasspoles but really strong and flexible. If guying is done properly swaying wont be an issue. Ours withstood some serious winds at Swedens west coast last summer! The poles are easy to thread trough and I do think that we will have the tent standing in less then 15 minutes this year (from unpacking but excluding guylines). I think I left some sort of review last year somewhere in this forum?
Naaa - a review of the awning it was... Anyway - tent and awning was put up to winds of 27m/s and momentarily above 30m/s. All the guys out of course. We are a family of four, children sleeping in the smaller bedroom 140cm wide and me and the misses sleeps in the "big" bedroom 180cm wide.

We do have the awning which together with the maintent creates a quite nice and scalable solution as we can choose to use only maintent or both. This year we added the new "dual protector" for some roof over the stormdoor (left side) as the small "canopy" does let in rain when opened. A bonus might be that it helps keeping the tent cooler during the day as it adds a layer above the roof.


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PersonOldboiler
19/3/2017 at 5:05pm
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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.


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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.

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