Carbon fibre poles for MSR Hubba Hubba

Fibraplex: http://www.fibraplex.com/tentpoles2B.asp

Looks like an almost 10oz savings.

Thanks, that's the link. Can anyone attest to the durability and reliability of the stuff being sold by Fibraplex?

I have not personally used fibraplex poles. I had trouble justifying price / performance ratio. There are several people in the bay area that have swap original poles for the fibraplex. Some have used the same poles for years without trouble… but I also know of several failures. Some failures were understandable like heavy snow dump on a three season shelter, but others have been in calm, mild conditions. One couple had a crack when repitching there tent in very mild conditions. They attempted to repair using the the typical aluminum oversleeve provided by msr photo which degraded to a total failure by the end of the trip. I seem to recall that there are more effective ways to repair carbon fiber in the field … most like a posting to the bpl forum by Roger Caffin. My understanding is that fibraplex replaced all failed poles free of charge . Everyone I know (even folks who have had failures) have said they would choice fibraplex poles again but there are certainly people in the BPL community which say they will never touch another fibraplex pole.

–mark

Type "Fibraplex" into the BPL search engine… lots and lots of feedback on the poles.

I've been using Fibraplex poles with my BA Seedhouse SL1 for a few years now and have had no problems at all. I'm just very careful when I set up the tent to make sure that all of the sections are fully seated.