Tent Pegs - Talk to me

[ComStrike]

As per title
Help !!!

I'd like to have a variation of pegs. The sites i'll be hitting will be family sites, majority by the looks of it on the coast so windy conditions on probably sandy base.

What are the options & what has everyone used

Ta much

[Chozza]

Nothing too special tbh !

For softer ground - we just use U Pegs ... 30cm long

For Hard ground we use some "hard ground" pegs ... which are large steel nail with a plastic attachment to run the guys through

And 2 wire pegs .. to keep the strip of webbing down that runs across the front of the awning door - else i trip up on it

Edited by Chozza on Thursday 25th February 20:26

[21st Century Man]

Rebar and a sledgehammer.

[CoolHands]

Always metal. And take your own hammer

[Throttle Body]

I saw one site which specified that only steel pegs could be used. Is this so that they can put a metal detector on the front of their mower to find ones left behind?

[MonkeyBusiness]

Delta ground pegs for those conditions.

Like this : https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Delta-Strong-Tent-Pegs-...

[stamper]

MonkeyBusiness said:

Delta ground pegs for those conditions.

Like this : https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Delta-Strong-Tent-Pegs-...

Had same set of Deltas for many years (around 12). Never failed to hold in soft ground and strong winds. Not designed for hard/rocky ground, so also have these when necessary. The "glow" isn't great, and the peg puller was weak, but the main purpose - getting through hard ground and holding the fly, is good.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vango-Groundbreaker-Tent-...

[shedweller]

As others have mentioned.... Delta ground anchors all day long.
We have 20 and have only had them come free a couple of times in extreme conditions, usually on welsh hill tops in powerful gales.
If your guy line points are strong enough you can get your guy lines really really tight to the point where the guying points would tear on a plastic tent I imagine.

The stainless peg puller they sell is the best and most nicely made peices of camping kit I own - the quality of the welding on the stainless steel pleases me greatly everytime I use it!

[ComStrike]

Thanks once again everyone
I've ordered 20 delta & 20 rebar
I'll also purchased some of the screw ones for harder ground

[chopper602]

I've used simple galvanised 6" nails with a T-bar an inch down from the top. Not pretty but will go into rock hard ground

[TwinKam]

chopper602 said:

I've used simple galvanised 6" nails with a T-bar an inch down from the top. Not pretty but will go into rock hard ground

These are my go-tos, the perfect universal peg to me, but I do carry V-profile pegs for sandy soil, and I have some composite ones that can be virtually buried, for areas close to fabric ...and in areas where toes are likely to find them eg near doors.
The most important thing IMHO on any peg is that the driving point is directly in line with the entry point throughout the body of the peg, else it will bend.
Add a good weighty metal hammer (a claw hammer comes in handy for extraction too) and you're not only home-and-hosed yourself, but you will be in the happy position of local-hero, being able to lend it to other, less well prepared, neighbours