Want to pitch a bell tent without long guy lines taking up your camp space? You need some Short Guy Poles!
Trying to fit a bell tent into a limited space at a campground or festival by shortening the guy lines and staking them closer to the tent than recommended changes the angle of the canvas and the tension on the tent. Cheating on guy line placement puts extra strain on the poles and can cause the peak to rip out, seams to pull, the canopy to baffle in the wind, and rain to run off into your tent.
Roughly 2 feet long, these powder-coated steel poles securely hold the guy line just beyond the eave at the correct angle and allow you to stake your guy line just a foot away from the tent.
SGPs have a smooth plastic notch on the top to hold the guy line securely without cutting or wearing on the rope. A hard plastic spike is inset into the bottom of the pole to provide traction on the ground and prevent slipping. The rounded, cone-shaped design of the traction spike allows the pole to be adjusted without bending it as you slide the top notch up or down the guy line, in order to fine-tune the angle of the eave for proper rain runoff and prevent water from pooling.
Every set of Short Guy Poles includes a custom carry bag and 14 poles, enough for any size Bell tent.
Short Guy Poles enable you to pitch a bell tent with shortened guy lines. Using these Guy Poles does not complicate maintaining a proper angle and tension. The SGPs are easy to use and ensure a solid pitch. The chances of tripping over guy lines are minimised as these can be as short as 50 cm.
This is Nomadic
Premium gear, properly chosen.
Bell tents are where it all began for us, way back in 2016. A decade on, we are still after the same thing: premium, high-quality gear that is built properly and made to last.
We stand behind every brand we stock, and when we cannot find exactly what we want, we make it ourselves, like the Nomadic Pinnacle.
Josh & Savannah, Nomadic founders
Our story
- 2016 Where it began
- 10 years Distributing bell tents in New Zealand
- 250+ Events supplied
Made to be lived in.
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Lakeside bell tents -
Event hire -
Inside a pre-pitched tent -
Festival camping
The hire fleet
Proven in the field.
Our hire fleet is pitched, lived in and packed down at events across New Zealand. It is the toughest test our gear gets.
- ~110 Bell tents in the hire fleet
- 101 Tents at our largest event
The range
Premium bell tents
Heavy-duty canvas, chosen for New Zealand conditions.
Accessories
Inner rooms, rain flys, awnings and the finishing touches.














