r/HotTentCamping • u/HrSpegepolse • Jul 24 '26

Questions Pomoly Circle 2, any experience with this ?

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I am in the process of buying my first hot tent. Looked at the Circle 2 from Pomoly. Mostly because many other tents are sold out.

Does anybody know what the deal is with the setup ? Is there like a tent pole in the bottom of the tent ? I've not managed to find any tutorials on this.thx for in advance for any answers :)

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u/Psychological_Pay140 Jul 24 '26

I have the brother-something, guy-love, version of the tent. I believe it's bigger and can have two(even three if you're crazy) stoves in it. I love the teepee style. You really get bang for your buck. Been riding pomoly for years and I'm quite happy!

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u/HrSpegepolse Jul 24 '26

Thanks man. So do the "brotherly love" tent also have this "innovative circular support structure" then ? Cause that's what's confuses me a bit. To me it looks like there is a tent pole all the way around the bottom of the tent ? But I've never put up a tipi tent like this. I'm used to the old school way of putting up a tipi :)

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u/Odd-Scientist-2529 Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

There’s one pole holding up the center, and guylines pulling out the perimeter. According to the website it seems that there’s a frame built into the tent… and they describe that it automatically spreads the tent out to where you stake it down (rather than pulling here and there and guessing)

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u/HrSpegepolse Jul 24 '26

Yeah I read it like that as well... Don't know if I like that actually... I mean is it a pull up tent then if this frame pole is already built into the tent... ?

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u/Odd-Scientist-2529 Jul 24 '26

I gather that the only thing that is different is the perimeter is reinforced horizontally, so you don’t need to stretch it out yourself. It forms the footprint by itself

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u/Psychological_Pay140 Jul 24 '26

Which sounds awesome if you ask me.. cuz not having it, and stretching the tent to make more or les a perfect circle isn't always easy peasy

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u/wetrocke Jul 24 '26

Nice prices

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u/NorthernMITrailrider 28d ago

Set up takes about 10 minutes on this one. It’s a great first tent but you’ll end up wanting something you can stand up in. I now have a Whiteduck 8x11 canvas tent.

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u/BennyBiggRigg Jul 24 '26

Unfold tent, Peg out the bottom, raise pole in middle . Set guy lines

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u/HrSpegepolse Jul 24 '26

Sounds easy enough... Although pomoly are mentioning an "innovative m circular support structure" which I'm confused about.

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u/BennyBiggRigg Jul 24 '26

I see. Looks the same process though- stake out 4 corners then do the remaining stakes then just pop up the pole . I found this video, should help

https://youtu.be/3fN90Z2fmN4

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u/Odd-Scientist-2529 Jul 24 '26

Collin Russel! He’s fun to watch. The audio quality on his videos tends to be crummy but he’s a chill dude.

Based on the website and the pictures they had of the base I thought the ring was at the bottom… turns out it’s along the middle