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Personreggiewac
25/8/2011 at 9:51pm
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I'm with John4703.

You don't NEED Deltas. Yes, they can make life easier, but people were camping without major trouble long before they were invented. To imply they are essential is just misleading.

I like to think of them like central heating in a house. It makes life easier, but you can spend a bit more time and make a fire and be plenty comfortable. In the same spirit you can spend a bit of time and double peg if you have to and be safe enough. The times you need to double peg are few and far between anyway!

Before anybody has a dig... I do own Deltas. I think I have 10 or 12 of them. And I do use them sometimes. I also own a few other goodies made by Rob which I rate very highly, especially the traditional stainless steel pegs which are beautiful

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PersonOdds
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Just returned from Argyll and before we left I bought the Blue Diamond Hard Ground Pro Pegs from GO, £9.90 for 20.  The gales we had one day were very frightening and took out a couple of tents, I used these pegs all round and they were excellent.

Pete.


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Whats wrong with the polypropylene pegs? Its' an engineering plastic. The only problem is that it degrades in strong sunlight. I can't see this being a problem in the UK. Plastic pegs are generally unsuitable for use in southern Europe in summer because of the hard ground anyway.


PersonRob Orr
26/8/2011 at 8:11am
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They are brittler than nylon.

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AWARDED BEST ACCESSORY BY 'CAMPING' MAGAZINE MARCH 2011
Delta Ground Anchors..the strongest, most secure tent pegs in the world! Nylon anchors twice as efficient as rock pegs in 'average' soil! Quality stainless pegs for tougher soil are available.


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Quote: Originally posted by Rob Orr on 26/8/2011
They are brittler than nylon.
It shouldn't be a problem, plenty of plastic pegs are polypropylene, provided they are driven in with a rubber mallet & used in stone free ground, ie in correct conditions they will be ok.


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PersonRob Orr
26/8/2011 at 8:59am
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We'll see what mintster thinks of them if they are used this year.

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AWARDED BEST ACCESSORY BY 'CAMPING' MAGAZINE MARCH 2011
Delta Ground Anchors..the strongest, most secure tent pegs in the world! Nylon anchors twice as efficient as rock pegs in 'average' soil! Quality stainless pegs for tougher soil are available.



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