ribuck wrote:Looking at your photos again, I think your poles are too long.
If you shorten the pole a few cm you can peg the bottom of the door a bit further out, which will allow the sides to pitch less flappy.
Also, a shorter pole will ease the tension (visible in your photo) between the bottom of the struts and the top of the pole, allowing the tension to be between the top of the struts and the top of the pole (as I think the design intends).
Thanks, Ribuck. Frustrating thing is that these are the poles sold specifically for the Notch by Tarptent. Franco has been able to use poles down to 102 cm with the Notch, which makes it look a great deal better.
Maybe I'll have to try cutting mine off. Bummer if that doesn't work, though. And who uses trekking poles less than 105 cm?? I'm about as short as they come, and 105s are a little bit short for me.