I just bought a second hand tent (Vango Tempest 300) and unfortunately one of the pole segments was fractured. I tried repairing it, but it didn't work and now it's snapped!
Current poles are aluminium, 9.5mm diameter. I only need one 42cm segment. I'd rather not buy an entire new pole set just for one segment (it's £27 from the official Vango supplier! + £4 shipping - that's more than I paid for the tent!).
A few questions:
* Can the replacement pole be Fibreglass? They seem to be about 5 times cheaper than the alloys, and easier to find. Will they have the same bending characteristics?
* Any suggestions on where to find a replacement segment? (I've tried a local shop, and Go Outdoors/Millets have three identical ones at different prices scattered around the country... :-/ ).
(Am in Edinburgh)
Also of course, replacement poles are generic length and then need "cutting to size", but I don't have any tooling... :-/
Suggestions welcome.
Thanks