Other poles are used for markers around flowers and garden. Other poles are used to help support tarp over our firewood at home. They now are assembled together to use as a tri-pod for cooking over fires. Since then, those aluminum poles that came with our first tent are still being used. We quit tent camping more than 10 years ago. My 10x10 with the stiff aluminum poles has lasted so long I don't remember when it was bought. My 3 man tent with the aluminum poles is so much easier to put up I would never go back to fiberglass. You pay more at REI but I have never had anything fail or come apart that I have bought there. This tent is still in use, it is a 1987 model.you get what you pay for! Our Sierra Designs Bedouin 6 and Electron 2 both have anodized aluminum poles and they rock! Our Eureka Tetragon 7 has thin fiberglass poles of poor design, but hey it's a $50 tent! Our Sierra Designs Base Camp has fiberglas poles, strong and built with helicopter-blade technology, one small part of one broke years ago(repaired free) after a 55 mph+ desert sandstorm. But as a model, these are more region-specific critiques and the Kingdom 8 is the kind of tent that grows on you season after season. Only real down sides are having to purchase the vestibule as an option (driving rain means water inside) and the size being larger than a 6-man (southwestern mountain campsite tent pads favor tents no larger than 10X10, making a seperate screen room a better choice). The Kingdom 8 is a top-quality tent, notice the vertical walls, high bathtub floor, polyester fly, tighteners incluced with guy ropes, continuous zippers, use of Swift-Clips pole attachments (a Sierra Designs patent), polyester fly, and convertability. While not the "Rolls-Royce" of tent poles (think carbon fiber), anodized aluminum are certainly "Mercendes Benz" class equipment worthy of their added cost. Just as strong as fiberglass, for the same strength, anodized aluminum poles are about 70% lighter, and can be bent back into shape, unlike fiberglas poles that typically break into "floppy loose fibers". Has anyone found aluminum poled tents to be a bad way to go in general? I will certainly use the optional 8 guy lines to add stability. I am just concerned about how light in weight they are compared to other poles.
They are great quality aluminum poles and they go together like magic. Since REI has a 100% satisfaction guaranty I am not worried if the tent does not work out. Everything looks good but I have never had a tent with aluminum poles before (four with fiberglass and one with steel poles).
I just set up my brand new REI brand Kingdom 8 tent with the optional garage (in my backyard). Topic: Aluminum Tent Poles - Good or Bad? RV.Net Open Roads Forum: Tent Camping: Aluminum Tent Poles - Good or Bad? Open Roads Forum
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