Some like the traditional poles better, some the internal frame. Both have up's and downs.

This boils down to personal preference or how you are going to use the tent.  For long term use a frame is more desirable as it offers a open space floor plan and more places inside the tent to hang items such as organizers and cloths lines.

For people who are packing in on Mules or ATVs the way to go would be the traditional poles. They pack down smaller and weigh about half as much.

IF your going to have us ship the tent to you and you want the internal frame save yourself some money and order the "angles only".  We will send you a "cut list" and you can get the conduit at your local Home Depot and save a bunch on the shipping.

Here is a link to a video tour on how to set up the frame tent

Here is a link to set up instructions for the traditional poles