WANTED Ali tent poles for Vango Sabre
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Hi Tengu,
You’ve probably discovered that you can buy them for £13 each!!!
(considerably over length @ 64cm.) A hacksaw will solve that but you’d be cutting off £4.50 from each one.
If you can’t find 9.5mm Aluminium pole sections you can probably use carbon fibre ones while you look.
40cm x 9.5 won’t be very flexible and are very readily available anywhere complete with ferrules (sockets). The folk who salvaged your rescue tent probably have a million of them.
Even if you didn’t want them as a permanent fix (I’ve used far more bizarre solutions for many years.) they’d give you a breathing space.
You’ve probably discovered that you can buy them for £13 each!!!
(considerably over length @ 64cm.) A hacksaw will solve that but you’d be cutting off £4.50 from each one.
If you can’t find 9.5mm Aluminium pole sections you can probably use carbon fibre ones while you look.
40cm x 9.5 won’t be very flexible and are very readily available anywhere complete with ferrules (sockets). The folk who salvaged your rescue tent probably have a million of them.
Even if you didn’t want them as a permanent fix (I’ve used far more bizarre solutions for many years.) they’d give you a breathing space.
Places I have learned could stock even the original spec pole set through apparently having a database containing details of all if not many tents is
Tentspares
Hampton Works
Tent Pole Technologies
Tentspares
Hampton Works
Tent Pole Technologies
You never stated which model you have as they take different poles.
I replaced my tent pole on my Highlander Jura with aftermarket poles (an upgrade for fibre glass) with a similar hooped profile and have had no issues (and tent now weight 0.5kg lighter).
I simply looked for a set of poles with correct overall length and diameter. i.e. for Sabre 200 main pole
8.5mm 320cm Pole
For Vango Sabre 300 main pole (might fit as is or may need to cut 20mm from each end pole)
9.5mm 384cm pole
or this one which is less expensive but will need cut
9.5mm 400cm pole
| Item name | Pole Diameter(MM) | Pole Length (CM) | QTY poles | Sections per pole |
| Sabre 200 | D8.5MM | 320.5 | 1 | 10 |
| D7.9mm | 190 | 2 | 7 | |
| Sabre 300 | D9.5MM | 380 | 1 | 12 |
| D8.5mm | 235 | 2 | 8 |
I replaced my tent pole on my Highlander Jura with aftermarket poles (an upgrade for fibre glass) with a similar hooped profile and have had no issues (and tent now weight 0.5kg lighter).
I simply looked for a set of poles with correct overall length and diameter. i.e. for Sabre 200 main pole
8.5mm 320cm Pole
For Vango Sabre 300 main pole (might fit as is or may need to cut 20mm from each end pole)
9.5mm 384cm pole
or this one which is less expensive but will need cut
9.5mm 400cm pole
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