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We bought a Eurohike tent from Millets last year to see how we would take to camping. We have had a few broken fibreglass poles that we have had to get replaced and I've since heard the poles of Millets tents are made up of two pieces of fibreglass that are stuck together lengthways, making them easy to break.

The breakages tend to be the second or third poles from the ends when trying to bend them to get the pins in each end.

Is it worth trying to source fibreglass poles that aren't made up of two pieces and replacing the broken poles or even all the poles to prevent this happening again?

Secondly, is it worth replacing all the poles with aluminium poles to prevent this happening? However, I am not sure how aluminium poles fit together (do they have the metal ferrules?) and have heard these can bend.

We are not sure what to do as we don't want to buy another tent, we love ours!

Many thanks Sue and Richard

I wasn't sure if the alloy ones could only be used with certain types of tents (ours is a tunnel tent with seams on the outer). I suppose as long as they are the same width (9.5mm) and length (I'll need to trim them down) they should work

Many thanks both!

Amber

Quote: Originally posted by Amber7 on 04/8/2009

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Many thanks Sue and Richard <IMG alt=17 src="https://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/chatter/forum_images/smiley20.gif" width=23 align=absMiddle>

I wasn't sure if the alloy ones could only be used with certain types of tents (ours is a tunnel tent with seams on the outer). I suppose as long as they are the same width (9.5mm) and length (I'll need to trim them down) they should work <IMG alt=17 src="https://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/chatter/forum_images/smiley1.gif" align=absMiddle>

Many thanks both!

Amber

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Brilliant, many thanks Zorro and Nigel, you've cleared that up for me, and I now understand the differences between the alloy and fibre poles

Right, off now for new poles to try and replace myself, yikes!!!

Many thanks all

A