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Hiya

My first post so hi everybody and thank you in advance.

I’ve been wondering something and hope that this is the right place to find out.

I’m new to camping and have noticed that there is a range of tent pegs for different types of ground - rock, soft etc, but there doesn’t seem to be any mention of the type of tent that they are suitable for.

Does the type of tent make a difference to the tent pegs one should use? For example, I have a couple of wild country 2/3 man tents and they’ve come with the standard red alloy v pegs - I like them as they’re light and easy to use. I’ve recently also bought a Wild Country Homestead 52 which is a big, solid family tent. That came with decent, heavy steel pegs in the old fashion. Is there any reason not to use the red alloy pegs on my Homestead?


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no reason at all of not using your v pegs on the tent, if thats what suits you best, most people do get rid of those flimsy things that come with their tent and just replace with rock pegs that will work with any ground conditions


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Suck it and see. I use rock pegs whatever the tent. As long as you have enough and they are placed into the ground correctly there shoukd be little problem unless the weather gets very wild.


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It depends on the design of the tents. Most 2/3 man tents are a wind-shedding design to a greater or lesser extent to there's less strain on the pegs. A large family tent with big flat surfaces is likely to put more strain on the guys/pegs in windy conditions.


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That makes sense.

Wild Country know what they’re doing so I’ll continue to use the ones supplied.


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You’ll also need different pegs if you’re on a site where you pitch onto hardcore (rock) rather than grass. There are several threads about those if you search, because they’re not strictly tent pegs so you don’t go to a camping equipment shop for them.

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Whatever happened to Delta pegs??

Sort of arrow head shaped pegs that sit flat on the ground when banged in (that doesn't sound right...) but you know what I mean. Also called ground anchors.

You need to see a picture.

https://deltagroundanchors.co.uk/




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