Going away on 25th July, so started getting the gear together only to find out that darling oh has put the tent pegs somewhere so "safe" that he can't find them!
We have enough delta pegs for guys so just need to replace others (delta's were not used last trip out, so he found those).
We have an Outwell Montana 12 if that makes any difference.
If you use the Delta's for your main guy lines, there will still be on most tents, be quite a few other guy lines to be pegged down. The trouble comes when the thin wire/metal pegs just bend up as you try to hammer them into the ground. If you can use a thin wire peg, then you could also have used a rock peg. If you need to use a rock peg, then a thin wire peg will not hammer in, it will just bend. For this reason I use Delta,s for the main guys, and rock pegs for everything else. If weight and bulk is a problem, then you may have to use wire pegs. If not then why carry wire pegs and rock pegs when the rock pegs will do both jobs.
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Quote: Originally posted by Alphonso De Lard on 15/7/2009
Caster - you'd recommend those plastic pegs over steel rock pegs like these?
No, i didn't say that, i said "We use" not "These are better"
So you wouldn't recommend them over rock pegs then? I bent a right load of pegs on my last trip and am wanting to replace them before we go again... Was going to get the steel ones, but then saw your post and wondered if they were as good as the rock pegs I'd seen... Guessing not from your reply. Thanks for Tevez btw
Quote: Originally posted by Alphonso De Lard on 15/7/2009
Quote: Originally posted by caster on 15/7/2009
Quote: Originally posted by Alphonso De Lard on 15/7/2009
Caster - you'd recommend those plastic pegs over steel rock pegs like these?
No, i didn't say that, i said "We use" not "These are better"
So you wouldn't recommend them over rock pegs then? I bent a right load of pegs on my last trip and am wanting to replace them before we go again... Was going to get the steel ones, but then saw your post and wondered if they were as good as the rock pegs I'd seen... Guessing not from your reply. Thanks for Tevez btw
It's horses for courses, i have a box of rock pegs that i bought threeyears ago, unfortunately i haven't had reason to use them yet as i have always camped on ground where my steel and plastic pegs knock in relatively easy, on soft to medium ground, in a high wind, i can see the rock pegs pulling out almost as bad as the wire pegs
So, i will use my nine inch long angle steel pegs on the guys and plastic pegs in the tent rubbers in all but the hardest to penetrate ground, one day i may need the rock pegs
(I'm sure you asked about plastic pegs rather than steel)
As for Tevez, i would rather you had Ronaldo than him, he will give you maximum effort for a full 93 mins, or as he did for us, 97 mins (or until we scored the winner)
Avril, the Argos pegs are fibreglass, hence the low price for 24 I'd guess.
In harder ground they'd possibly shatter ? Never used them so not sure.
Best to always pack a mix of deltas, 7"/8" nails (aka rock pegs) and maybe even the wire pegs which came with the tent. Then you're always sorted wherever you go and whatever the ground conditions are.
So, i will use my nine inch long angle steel pegs on the guys and plastic pegs in the tent rubbers in all but the hardest to penetrate ground, one day i may need the rock pegs
(I'm sure you asked about plastic pegs rather than steel)
I did mean the plastic pegs v rock pegs... I think I'll pop to Go Outdoors and get some rock pegs just in case I stay on another stoney pitch... I'll have to replace the 20+ I bent with something!
Quote: Originally posted by caster on 15/7/2009We use these for pegging the edges of the tent and these for the guys, the nine inch long version
I use the same as you Caster! Find the Plastic pegs are absolutely bombproof. I have a supply of good rock pegs too. Dont use deltas yet - more because of what I have suffices for us. I do plan to get some for our smaller weekend tent (when I buy one)
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