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Steel Tent Pole

Steel tent poles provide a sturdy, durable structure for large family tents. The poles insert into the tent walls and ceilings to raise them, creating more interior space under a single roof. While steel poles are strong and withstand heavy winds, they are also heavy, difficult to carry, and require maintenance to prevent corrosion. Lighter materials like fiberglass and aluminum provide alternatives but are less resilient than steel. A new option is air tube tents, which use inflatable air beams that are easy and quick to set up compared to conventional poles but require care to fully deflate before packing up.

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Steel Tent Pole

Steel tent poles provide a sturdy, durable structure for large family tents. The poles insert into the tent walls and ceilings to raise them, creating more interior space under a single roof. While steel poles are strong and withstand heavy winds, they are also heavy, difficult to carry, and require maintenance to prevent corrosion. Lighter materials like fiberglass and aluminum provide alternatives but are less resilient than steel. A new option is air tube tents, which use inflatable air beams that are easy and quick to set up compared to conventional poles but require care to fully deflate before packing up.

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Steel Tent Pole: The Safe and Secure Family Tent

Keywords: steel tent pole, best camping tent, outdoor tent


When you are out camping with your large family, using a steel tent pole to setup your tent is
going to make it sturdy, long lasting and spacious. The steel poles are inserted in the walls
and ceilings of the tent like pillars. This raises the walls and ceilings that creates more
internal space. With a single, large spacious tent, your family can gather under the same roof
instead of staying divided into smaller tents.
However, how well the poles can hold up a tent depends largely on its material. You need to
assess the job you want the pole to do to understand which material is right for you.
Following are detail descriptions on popular pole materials.
1. Glass fibre Tent Poles
If you are looking for a less costly outdoor tent, glass fibre is the ideal material for you. The
glass fibre poles are flexible, which makes them bend under the force of the wind. If the pole
gets damaged during the process, it can be easily replaced. Or, the damaged portion of the
pole can be fixed. This less expensive poles make it ideal for large family dome tents that
require greater number of poles. Also, this material does not corrode. If proper care is taken,
the fibre glass poles can even last for decades.
Nonetheless, it is not as resilient and durable as other materials. If your tent is heavier, you
need to replace your poles with thicker fibreglass poles. If the level of elasticity is not
considered, the poles will shatter instead of breaking into two pieces. This can tear up your
tent fabric.
2. Aluminium Tent Poles
Aluminium tent poles are lighter, more robust and longer lasting. Setting up a tent with
aluminium poles make it the best camping tent. These poles can hold up greater weight. A
thicker fibreglass pole is required for heavy weighing tent fabrics. However, a thinner
aluminium pole is enough to endure the same weight.
Moreover, the quality and appearance of the pole also makes your tent look stylish. Under
height gusts, they only bend and do not break which gives you the security of having a
enclosed roof over your head throughout camping.
However, because of the high costs they are only used in smaller tents and not in family
dome tents. They can last long, but they corrode when used for a long time.
3. Steel Tent Poles
You can build a firm skeleton for an outdoor tent using steel tent poles. Strength is the
primary feature of steel poles. This makes them an ideal structure to stand against heavy
winds and storms.
However, steel poles are quite heavy. It is difficult to carry the poles to and from the car to
your camping destination. Also, the building process becomes exhaustive because of the
weight of the poles. The poles are covered with another metal to resist corrosion. However, if
we do not focus on maintenance, the coating may eventually be removed.
4. Air Tubes
All the above tent poles can serve as great building structures for outdoor tents. But, carrying
the poles is difficult because of the weight and the space limitations. Not only that, the poles
require great amount of maintenance and care that is difficult to uphold if you do not camp
too often.
Air tube is another material that is now used to support the body of the tent. This is an
innovation in the camping world but, has become popular in a short time. Rightfully so. The
air tubes are air beams that are filled using air pumps. This makes the tube extremely rigid.
Also, the air beams do not require as much maintenance as it does not encounter problems
like corrosion and does not break or shatter.
Other major advantage is the easy and quick setup. All you must do is lay out the tent. The air
beams are attached to the tent. Then, peg each corner and fill each air beam with the air pump
until you have a solid structure. This whole process only takes fifteen minutes and is
preferable for anyone who find pitching the tent with separate tent poles tricky. You should
spend more time enjoying your camping rather than fussing over its layout and arrangement.
These inflatable tents also provide better ventilation which works as a great shelter in a hot
afternoon.
However, one downside of the tent is extra precaution you must take when folding it up. All
the air beams must be fully deflated before you start packing your tent. The air pressure
changes in the environment should also be considered. The air pressure inside the tube
increases when the whether becomes hot. You may not pump the beams with enough air if
you pitched the tent during a hot day. Therefore, the beams sag during the night reducing the
rigidity of the tent.
Nonetheless, if operational pressures are corrected, you can have a great camping experience
with air tube tents.

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