View Full Version : Need Link; Aluminum Tent Poles
FurTrappers
11-02-2005, 20:04
Looking for someone thats makes aluminum tent poles for tents. Light and cheap!
Thanks in advance,
Fur...
light and expensive: Fibraplex.com
light and cheap:
http://www.campmor.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?categoryId=16777&storeId=226&catalogId=40000000226
fiddlehead
11-03-2005, 08:57
I remember my friend useda telescoping Mop handle he found at a K-mart. It was really light and he used it for years. Also, i used to use a mega-mid tent which comes with an aluminum pole that breaks down but it is not light or cheap so i ended up using my partners trekking pole and i made a short extension for it from a piece of aluminum tubing from the original. (i don't use poles)
Now, i just find a stick in the woods to set up my Sil-shelter or carry one if i'm going above treeline.
Alligator
11-03-2005, 10:23
Along the lines of what Fiddlehead said, Black Diamond now makes a coupling device for trekking poles which came with my Mega Lite. This allows me to leave the supplied tent pole at home and just use my trekking poles.
Take a look at some of the cottage industry tent manufacturers, they sometimes sell additional poles.