The main poles of my "family" tent -- a Coleman Spruce Falls -- broke in gusty weather over the summer and I want to replace them with something a bit better: lighter and less breaky than the evil fibreglass originals (and also to replace the dreadful pin & ring mount with a more secure grommet one).
Problem is that it seems this tent is pretty big for a crossover pole design: most 4+-person tents are hoop designs in which the poles are of similar length to those on a 2-person. And I can't find anywhere that sells 5.7m and 4.7m aluminium poles. Any suggestions? Would it be reasonable to buy three "ordinary" stock alu poles and cannibalise them into two huge poles, or is that going to have major problems?
Cheers,
Andy
