Are super expensive titanium tent pegs worth it? 

I'm going to put my whole system to the test this weekend. I'm going on a hike Sunday and Monday in Jasper. I'm bringing my new teepee, my homemade stove, my new titanium stakes and my pulk. Chef Evan is joining me. We're having a seafood for dinner, and good wine. I'm excited. We're off to a good start. The plan is to get out every month in 2020.

Wow, I just watched a video on tent pegs and I learned a lot.

Excellent test. Thank you for taking the time to do this. I was actually looking at the Wanyifa brand pegs but couldn’t find any reviews or info on them. I just got in from a trip last night where we camped near a creek bed, the soil was compacted gravel and I bent several stakes and completely broke 2. I was using the typical aluminum Y style. I decided I wanted to upgrade to something tougher when I returned home. Looks like these Titanium pegs are the ticket.

Excellent comparison video on a something we all use but never really talk about! I appreciated it! Thanks, Marty.

I always used 12" common nails with a washer tacked to the side of the head. Not light but bullet prove

Great video and I liked the point that you added some engineering material comparison in it. There are high strength aluminum nail shaped pegs that are very durable and light. Other than material, cross section shape plays an important role. The type of soil is something to be considered too. The red peg you show with the triangle cross section is way better than titanium for clay type of soil as it’s higher surface area increases friction and resistance to pulling force of the tent rope.

This is the first year I struggled with this as I moved to ON from NS. Just bought 8 x 8” steel spikes lol.

Thank you for sharing your experience from out in the bush. Learn something new. These video segments are very helpful for us rookie hikers. I use the MSR pegs, now I know specifics why REI recommended them. Take care bud..

Really enjoy your channel, greetings from Kansas, USA. For tough conditions I like the steel stakes sold at Wal-Mart.

The titanium spikes are great for ground were is a lot of stone the soil as they are thin and will find their way in the to the soil as the other shaped pegs will hit the stony ground and will be difficult to hammer them home

The issue with the titanium one is that they are round and it is hard to twist it to break the bond to pull it out. There is also the metal to frozen ground bonding.

very very very good video, this is the best stake video ive seen man, and ive seen a lot believe it or not, thank you for taking the time to do this, Im about to order those titanium nail ones off amazon for my backpacking kit

Thank you

I've had similar experience, there's not much to separate the "high end" ones in terms of strength but titanium ones don't bent so easily.

This was great, been looking at these titanium nails myself lately, real great like I said. Also! Deffo using that baked potato trick! I have some spare alum. pegs that came with my DD Hammocks tarp that I don't like or use, so that's great. :D Thank you. :)

Thanks man for this video!

Interesting video, I think most of them would bend if you're hammering them on gravel grounds. A lot of the campsites in banff/jasper are gravel and the titanium pegs would be a great choice. I have the red aluminum pegs and for most part don't have much issues with them. Thanks for the comparison and information!

Well Marty, thanks I just bought the titanium stakes, now to put them to my tests

thx man for your video, soo usefull!!!

I like this content. It's the kind of thing. I troll RU-vid looking for. Thank you!

Cool video. ✌️

You should try plastic grocery bags as snow stakes for the deep snow. Don’t litter of course. Incredible how well they hold when you fill them and burry them.

One key characteristic remained untested, how securely the peg remains in the ground. In gale fore conditions this is the most important property.

Hack to cook a baked potato as well as good tips for tent pegs, amazing! Hey I wonder if they can make a titanium carbide or tungsten carbide peg. Those are supposed to be some of the strongest materials. My next wedding band will most definite be made from something of that sort.

Been using the Vargo ti stakes since last winter. Although yours look slightly longer, it’s the same profile and all. First time I used them I had to leave one as I think I drove it into a big root in the frozen ground. I’ll go back and retrieve it hopefully some day...that’s $3.50 out in the woods! 😂 Since then, I’ve always carried an old pair pliers to yank them out...perhaps one of those will aid you this weekend? Nice comparison video and, as per usual, a lot of useful info. Would like to see how they fare if you drove them in, left them freezing overnight or two, and pull them in the morning to simulate when you’d leave camp generally.

I just did an overnight a few weeks ago in Glade Park Co. the Ground was FROZEN! I broke 2 of the yellow "plastic" tent stakes. . . .ended up using my fix for frozen ground, I bring one 60d nail as a hole starter. 😏

All that money on fancy tent pegs and can't afford a peg mallet ! 🤣. Very informative video, thank you.

My question is which I can drive in with the heel of my boot hahah

How'd that stake "restoration" go after bending it? 😉

Great review! I appreciate your efforts! Where did you buy the titanium pegs?

I like the red MSR ones-what I use.

Tnx,I appreciate your common laymans approach,as a beginner.I purchase a one person tent wenzel starlight with the rather steel stakes.! I plan to buy online boundless and voyage ti alloy stakes,20cm long..Is it a good choice?Mody from the Philippines

......silly question Marty but ummm... what happens if you want to camp on top of a layer of snow? Say about 12” deep when compressed.... you’ll either be shoveling out holes to stake out your tent or shovelling out the whole footprint of the tent....?

main problem with ice is not pounding pegs in, but removing them. ice binds to aluminium, making it impossible to remove in the morning, so you have to use all kinds of tricks to loosen it. ice doesnt bind to titan.

Weight to Strength isn't much more than anecdotal. What you really care about is: 1) Does it hold in the conditions you camp in? 2) Does it stay straight when you use it? 3) Does it break? 4) Then weight! And, all pegs are a compromise somewhere. Aluminum bends easier, Steel weighs too much, Carbon Fibre breaks too easily, Titanium is usually round and pulls out too easily in anything other than really hard ground (like frozen). Now, having said all that, perhaps part of what needs to be done is to pick your stakes based upon the weather you are camping in. Oh and I like the guys suggestion of using a "wooden Mallet"! Personally I like the MSR Groundhog and mini-groundhog! Groundhog for "major" stake out points and minor for, well, "minor" stake out points. Oh, and GREAT Video, thanks!

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