[HitTheTrail]

This may seem like a condescendingly obvious no-brainer but…. A lot of tent and tarp set-ups call for using your poles upside down. That not only puts the handles in the dirt and mud but they can also move around more that if the pointed end is down. If they are not being used with something that has a floor just do my handy “insert screw in the handle mod”. Place a 1.5 inch framing screw in the top of each handle (being careful not to interfere with the strap adjustment). Then just back it off a half inch when you need to place it into the tarp grommet.

Poles with screw placed in handles

Back screw off to place in tarp grommet

[PorcupinePhobia]

Are those screws that tough? seems like it would be prone to bend/snap.

[kite]

That's a pretty good idea, been thinking about adding a 1/4" stud to my pole for the camera http://www.amazon.com/Threaded-Threads-Hardness-Tensile-Strength/dp/B002WC8TVG/ref=pd_ybh_17

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[mike]

much cheaper Using the female insert use a stud for the camera or a short bolt for the tent.

[HitTheTrail]

[Nobody]

[kite]

[mike]

[HitTheTrail]

Notice the screw I used has a SMALL hex head. That was for two reasons; frst, the head is small enough to go through my tarp grommet and two, a small allen wrench weighs a lot less than a screw driver. BTW, who said anything about cameras anyway. That had to come up by Kite of all people. I get intimidated every time I see his photos. I think he is doing a pretty good job of holding the camera still as it is.

[Critter]

Has anyone ever found a good way to attach two poles together, end to end, to make a longer pole for a taller shelter?

[markh752]

Maybe use kite's idea in both poles and attach them with an "all thread" style of bolt?

[Critter]

Very good idea. I'm going to look at it closer, but I might want it to be just a little stronger.

[markh752]