tent pegs.
which can you recommend? I will use them with a tarp or poncho, forest soil, all seasons.
>>704045
opinions?
My awesome snow/sand stakes, pic related!
Used on 12'x12' Kelty Noah's tarp for max holding poiwer in wind.
But for my freestanding dome tents I tend to trade up to Ti shepard hooks.
this ??
>>704051
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zExc6SK4kpA
MSR Cyclone for load bearing points.
But we get a lot of wind at high elevation. When I camp lower I just use whatever because I don't need that much holding power, and cyclones are 9" stakes.
pussy wings
>>704058
>MSR Cyclone
which are too expensive, oniichan
>>704055
SIX FUCKING GRAMS?
I ain't carrying that shit!
> Ti shepard hook master race.
>>704078
> nonsequitor
>>704045
Typically pine or cedar. Weighs nothing (because you're not carrying around extra metal like a retard), and I've yet to find anything at a lower price than free.
The outdoor experience doesn't come from a retailer, anon.
honestly. i just read the weatherreport and carve my own or if its gonna be ral bad weather i stay home
>>704322
howdy hotshot... its more about beeing prepared. crawling through thick tick infested thorns is not everyone's cup of tea....
apart from that...
>>704332
>if its gonna be ral bad weather
you dont want be annoyed about broken pine or cedar tent pegs.
>>704067
I am happy to pay the $6 to cover off the 4 main wind bearing stakeouts on my tent, so as to ensure it doesn't blow away.
Maybe $6 is a bridge too far for you, but we get 70 MPH sustained winds here.
>>704045
>cut wooden pegs
>no need to buy shit
>no need to carry shit
unless you go arctic or into a desert that is
>>706268
>>no need to carry shit
4 reliable pegs
>>706281
you like pegging don't you?
you seem like the kind of guy.
Hilleberg Y-Peg
Whatever comes with my tent. Pic related.
>>706845
Not Rockies, but Swiss Alps, I use HB and MSR Y-pegs, they do work even in rocky soil. However, they fuckers are expensive, so I usually buy a 12 pack when it is on sale somewhere.
>>706849
I have like 30 of these that I always have with me. They're great, not worth anything if you lose them, you can use them to take things off the fire, make a platform over the fire for your billy, all kinds of great stuff.
>>704045
God tier: Ruta Locura 9" Sorex stakes
Mid tier: Generic 9" aluminum tube stakes, generic aluminum Y-stakes,
Meh tier: smaller stakes for non loadbearing points, whatever you find
>>704045
Plastic works, but can spell problems in highly packed soil if they break off.
Stakes that get the best strength for you buck are going to be made of aircraft grade aluminum/titanium and have some sort of geometry to them. My backpacking tent is a Rock 22 and the steel stakes were replaced with MSR Ground Hogs and 4 aluminum cheap stakes. Saved at least half a pound of weight.
Aluminum hook stakes. They are about $1 at any store so I don't care if they break or get lost. I carry about 20 and they are all less than a lb combined.
Go to like, home depot or whatever and just get some of those 8 inch x 1/4 inch nails. 4 of those fucker will cost you a couple bucks, and you can hammer them literally into just about any camping surface except maybe solid rock. I've had to dig them out of the ground. Tenat aint goin' nowhere. And they'll either break or go around little stones in the ground without getting bent to shit like the lame walmart tent aluminum coat hangar.
use sticks
>>704046
>>707798
This
Coughlan's ultralights
>cheap as fuck
>light as fuck
>bright shiny orange, easy to see, good contrast
>look like more expensive stakes so you can get laid easier on the trail
>>704045
>orange light can illustrate the mosquitos when open
Some of my stakes. From left:
>Ruta Locura 9" Sorex stakes: 7 grams
>Generic Aluminum 9" skewer: 28 grams
>Tentipi Steel Peg 23: 120 grams (!)
>Easton 9" Nano Aluminum Tubular stake: 13 grams
>Clamcleats Spear titanium stake: 18 grams
>Clamcleats Alloy Y-stake: 12 grams
>Tentipi Lightweight [sic!] Aluminum stake: 18 grams
>Hilleberg Aluminum Y-stake: 13 grams
>Vargo Titanium skewer: 9 grams
>Toaks Titanium V-stake: 12 grams
>FAAAAAAKE Ebay "Toaks "Titanium" V-stake" (really aluminum): 12 grams (bends in brisk breeze)
>DAC/Hilleberg Aluminum V-stake: 12 grams
>Toaks Titanium 6.5" skewer: 6 grams
>MSR Carbon Core stake: 5.5 grams
>Terra Nova Skewer: 1 gram
Usually bring 6 RL Sorex stakes, 4 MSR Carbon Cores and 4 Vargo Titanium skewers for the tarp in generic woody/hilly terrain.. Bring 4 extra Clamcleat Spear if Mountainous terrain -- just to be sure..
I like stakes, /out/. Is that bad?
>>706285
>you like pegging don't you?
>you seem like the kind of guy.
virgin
>>706962
>Ruta Locura
wow. they look cool
>>708351
would peg with
>>707738
This. Gutter nails are the moras of tent stakes. Ultra cheap, very strong, hold well, and very light.
>>708385
Yup, they are. I'm currently waiting for 8 more of the 9" ones, and 4 of their 6" ones. They are absolutely amazing, and seem to take a bashing. Haven't ruined anyone yet, and I hammer them pretty hard into the soil with whatever I find...
Get'em here:
>http://www.rutalocura.com/Tent_Stakes.html
Zpacks make some similar ones, with a hole fore a string loop:
>http://www.zpacks.com/accessories/stakes.shtml
Also, Terra Nova make stakes in carbon, but I've only heard shit about them -- be advised (and reviwers on amazon seem to agree):
>http://www.amazon.co.uk/Terra-Super-Lightweight-Carbon-Fibre/dp/B001GJLO7M
>>708351
Also -- I of course do not use the 1 gram stakes for my shelter, but as pot rests for my caldera cone and to fasten the corners of my bivy to the ground. They don't hold shit -- naturally
Why don't you just not put your tent up in the wind, and you wont have to carry all of that unnecessary weight that damages the ground?
>>709335
Why don't you just stop it from being windy?
>>704045
a stick
>>707798
>>707932
>>711805
Sure, I've used sticks -- but if actually hiking and not just camping, designated stakes saves a lot of time. Also, above the treeline sticks aren't readily available. Finding large enough rocks may also take time and energy, and may not necessarily be in proximity to where your ideal camp is.
Bring some stakes, unless just mucking aroung the woods bushcrafring.
Also, see here for alternative solutions, illustrated by Mike Clelland!:
http://wtcwestlagroup4.org/app/download/5824880504/Ditch+Your+Tent+Stakes.pdf
>>704058
Needs me some cyclones for my collection
>>706894
>30 of these
But very heavy. Fuck me.
