Quote: Originally posted by Hairywol on 04/6/2008
A nylon peg is a nylon peg - even a Delta.
I've considered buying some, but would have to be steel 'cos nylon breaks & splinters - as even Delta owners admit.
As of now, & have done a fair bit of camping with big tents, my trusty steel rock pegs have never let me down. Lost a tent for the first time in the gales a couple of weeks ago, but it wasn't the pegs that gave, it was a steel tent pole.
Have to give it to Rob though - brilliant design (an obvious idea that anyone could have thought of - but only Rob did ).
Hi Wol, sorry but there are different grades of nylon. We use a toughened nylon composite which is why Delta pegs are more expensive.
I know we have had some say that their pegs have cracked at the top but they have to be used correctly. One of the members here has stated that she has had our pegs for 5 years.
I tried another in our rather densely soiled garden tonight to see if there was something wrong. Not a problem. When I pulled the peg out I noticed it had also gone through a piece of slate as well.
Maybe it's because I'm a boilermaker (feels a song coming on) that I can wield a hammer (sorry, you must use a mallet with Delta pegs) with accuracy. If you hit them at 45 degrees on a rounded piece of the striker which is not over a rib, then there is a good chance that it will crack. It still doesn't make them unusable though.
Seriously, you must use a mallet, you must hit them squarely on the striking plate and if there is a fair resistance ....stop hitting and move the peg to a slightly different position as you would with any other peg.
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. . . I am thinking about getting the metal ones but may need 16 ouch . . . !!
