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Hi all

About to go camping for the first time with our new tent - Vango icarus 500. Does anyone know how many tent pegs we will need (SIG and guys).......I feel an urgent trip to Argos coming on......

thanks

I have answered your other post about the pegs but just to repeat it yes you will have pegs in with the tent, or a least you should have. I would give Argos a miss as you can get better deals at most camping stores. You need to check where you are going to be camping, the type of ground, hard stony ground and you will need some rock pegs. We tend to use them where ever as they are stronger than the standard pin type pegs that come with the tent and then if you want to be more secure, in case it gets windy, then some Delta pegs for your main guy lines would be a good idea.

You dont need to go mad though, some good U or V shape alloy pegs will be better than the standard one's and not very expensive. The pin pegs are fine for the flysheet and SIG and even some of the less important guy lines to start with. 

I used the pegs that came with the tent last month and I don't think I even used all of them.  I put it up under a tree so did hit some roots, but just moved the rope a bit.  I think if I was going to a more exposed site, I would use stronger pegs though!

Hannah