I got sick of bending tent pegs, then one day I stumbled upon the Supa Peg. I can't recommend them enough! Check them out online www.tentworld.com.au/buy-sale...
That's the first thing I noticed. Its like his lower lip is permanently paralyzed in a grinning position; it doesn't really move. Sorta annoying really.
4 years ago I watched this video and stocked up on SupaPeg steel pegs. I finally bent the first one last weekend into some of the hardest dirt I've ever tented on. Good pegs.
In a store and came across these and remembered this video.Bought a set, used them for a 9 day trip, had no issues with them. For a dollar each you can't go wrong.
Michael I found the Supapeg about 5 years ago and used them at Whitecliff Well in western NSW. It was the only peg that would go into the concrete like soil without failing. Also used them in the Gammon Ranges where shale tris your patience on ever hammer blow. Great product and great review.
Stores won't stock them because there is no replacement market. You buy the crapy wire ones for every second trip, Apart from loss, you probably never need to replace these so they loose money.
Great job Michael. I bought 20 of these after watching your video. Cheap as chips and really work. I hate bent tent pegs. These things are very impressive. Thanks for the tip. Enjoying your other videos, too. Cheers PP
I only use light pegs because mine is a small tent that I occy to my motorcycle but yep, pegs tend to swivel, bend, etc. I normally just carry about twice as many as I need but I'll be looking into this. Thanks mate.
I carry some thick so called earth nails, made of stainless steel. Had the same issues with tent pegs bending, especially in the mountaineous terrain. Once you hit a rock, 99% of pegs bend. The earth nails never let me down! Cheers, Marc
@@SeekAdventure FYI - we've embedded this video onto all of our product listings now, so hopefully we can help you get some more views on this one! Keep up the good work - great videos! You can see it embedded here: www.tentworld.com.au/buy-sale/supa-Peg-175x6.3mm-galvanised-steel-key-head-tent-peg
Bridge spikes work well ~ 8-10 in (20 - 30 cm) nails. Some time ago when a leader of a youth travel camp, was in Waterville Valley New Hampshire, had done all the permits etc to have a dozen kids plus staff in a Forest Service Campground. A Forest Service pick up drives by, stops and backs up. I walk out to met the guy, mind racing through how did I "mess" up. I get asked what are you using for tent pegs. The perfect flat area was an abandoned paved road covered in 3 inches (~ 75 cm) of dirt. No other group been able to set tents there. I did acknowledge the bridge spikes did resist driving, but were holding super. BTW when backpacking we used Aluminum pegs or for cut wooden ones.
Nice test, mate - for small stakes they look like good ones. I use the larger Galvanized steel spiral anchor pins with clear plastic protective sleeve. They don't bend and never come out, unless you want them to come out. They even work great in pure sand.
I used to do this as well but still managed to bend them. Started using Supapeg and never went back. They are high tensile. Not worth the time and money making my own any more.
Nice find mate, but something i started doing recently, i carry my small cordless drill with me and a long masonry drill bit just a tiny bit narrower than the tent peg, so i zip the drill bit into the ground, stick the tent peg in and holds perfectly. We have lots of roots and rocks in our soil, so i got tired of hitting them and destroying tent pegs, the drill bit makes quick work of roots and most rocks
The superpeg pressed metal peg is also very strong and has the advantage that it will hold well in sand. I have bent one once but it took real abuse. And the flexibility of also being able to use them on sand means they are my pick.
Just realised that I own these. Bought a Supa-Peg tarp and pole kit before chrissie, have only used once so far, though off camping in a couple of weeks.
love your work Michael, those pegs look great, but the hardest ground I camped at was Karijini Eco resort, we took a hammer drill and masonry bit 3 holes and the bit was melted!
I guess I am lucky, I went looking for pegs that didn’t suck and went to tent world and got these pegs without knowing much except liking the look of them.
I have used nails 6 or 8 inch ( 160 200 mm ) carpenters ones are a cheap alternative but take a claw hammer so you can pull them out later. I have thought taking big wood screws with hex or torx heads and using a speed brace and socket or even a battery drill if are car camping.
The pegs that come with the oztents are bloody good value aswell. I see at the start your guy rope is the same orange and had the same plastic hook as an oztent so assuming it is, have you bent one of their pegs aswell?
Another tip is you can take 3/8 (10 mil for those other folks) square stock mild steel. Cut a 45 deg angle on one end, go back about 16 inches and do a standard 90 deg cut. Take a torch or campfire and heat the 90 deg end at about 2 inches ( 50 mil) and bend it over a little past 90 deg. You then have one heck of a good tent peg that only cost you about $ .10 US and some elbow grease.
I like using tent pegs but, it's cheaper to use 12.7mm or 1/2" rebar grind a little notch or even bend a separate piece of metal into a small u shape and weld it to the rebar works great for just about anywhere I've been camping
Ivica Banovic : just checking, would that be "Angle Iron" (25mm Equal Angle) Or if you are really desperate, take a few 400-600mm star pickets/posts...
Bought those from TentWorld here in Melbourne. Great product but I found them too big to put through the eyelets in my Colman tent fly. Wish they had 1 size smaller available.
I have a pop up bug tent and I just anchor it with 12in/30cm spikes with a dollar washer. It is the second season for it now and the only time it moves is to and from the shed. A claw hammer plucks them out.
Big improvement over the typical stock stakes! But I prefer MSR Groundhogs. They work in a variety of soil types. Small down side is they can be a little shorter and they are aluminium. I have not had a problem yet with them being aluminum but the head does get a little beat up with a metal hammer using a plastic "camping" hammer gets torn up by the stake. Not all triangular designs like them are the same either. I used a Coghlans once and it sucked.
Mick, these are now only $1.59 for the 300mmm x 8mm that's a bargain if they work as you say, Drifta have the forged pegs but start at $9.50, which is still ok as they are hand made in Japan, but will add up if you buy a few.
I live on the shores of the southern ocean, and I have put up tents with 36 inch long tent pegs (yes, 1 yard) and the wind still pulls them out. I'll believe in a super peg when it will work here in a 100kph sou'wester. Till then, no tents for me.
Bought some pegs from BCF made from angle iron. Camped about a hundred km east of Norseman. Needed my 5Lb wacker to get it in. It's still there. Would not come out.
Overall good tent pegs and better than anything else out there but having said that I bent the first one I used on compacted gravel which to be fair is like bedrock.
I Use a rain gutter spike. It's a giant nail . To remove them use two of the spikes. And there cheap. Also you get them in different sizes. Coleman sells them with plastic cap not cheap. Ask a sheet metal worker where to buy them.
