Most bamboo poles will taper naturally from bottom to top - sometimes considerably - and there will be variations, even between poles of the same named size.
The walls of bamboo poles are approximately 1/4 inch thick, so the interior diameters are about 1/2 inch less than their outside diameters.
The charts below indicate the variations in approximate actual outside diameter measurements in inches of the various types of bamboo poles that available at Beautiful Bamboo.
-->The walls of bamboo poles are approximately 1/4 inch thick, so the interior diameters are about 1/2 inch less than their outside diameters.
The charts below indicate the variations in approximate actual outside diameter measurements in inches of the various types of bamboo poles that available at Beautiful Bamboo.
| Domestic Designer | ||
| BASE | TOP | |
| Named Size | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 - 1.75 | 1.25 - 1.5 |
| 2 | 2 - 2.25 | 1.25 - 1.75 |
| 2.5 | 2.25 - 2.625 | 1.75 - 2.5 |
| 3 | 2.625 - 3 | 2 - 2.75 |
| 3.5 | 3.25 - 3.5 | 2.625 - 3 |
| 4 | 3.5 - 4 | 3 - 3.25 |
| 5 | 4.75 - 5 | 3.75 - 4.25 |
| 6 | 5.5 - 6 | 4 - 4.5 |
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| Imported | ||
| BASE | TOP | |
| Named Size | ||
| 1.5 | 1.25 - 1.5 | 1 - 1.25 |
| 2 | 1.625 - 2 | 1.25 - 1.75 |
| 3 | 2.5 - 3 | 1.5 - 2.5 |
| 4 | 3.5 - 4 | 2.5 - 3 |
| 5 | 4.5 - 5 | 3.5 - 4 |
| 6 | 5 - 6 | 3.5 - 4.5 |
| Home grown | ||
| BASE | TOP | |
| Named Size | ||
| 1.25 | 1 - 1.25 | .75 - 1 |
| 1.5 | 1.25 - 1.75 | 1 - 1.5 |
| 2 | 1.75 - 2.25 | 1.25 - 2 |
| 3 | 2.5 - 3 | 1.5 - 2.5 |
For shipping purposes, we are including the below chart estimating the approximate weight in pounds of 8' and 10' long bamboo poles of various named sizes.
| approx. weight (lbs.) | ||
| 8' | 10' | |
| Named Size | ||
| 1 | 1.5 -2 | |
| 1.25 | 2.5 - 3 | |
| 1.5 | 4 | |
| 1.75 | 2.5 - 3 | 3 - 3.5 |
| 2 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 2.5 | 5 | |
| 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 3.5 | 9 | 11 |
| 4 | 13 - 15 | 15 - 16 |
| 5 | 25 | 25 - 30 |
| 6 | 25 - 30 | 25 - 30 |