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Does anyone use screw in pegs for tents?

Just been having a read about the Peggypegs 

http://www.peggypeg.co.uk/peggypeg_products.php

Basically my pet hate when camping is knocking pegs in and then taking them out, so I thought drilling them in might be much quicker

Any thoughts? Would metal be bettter than plastic?

These screw in pegs seem to have suddenly come on the market. Somebody was advertising them on UKCS a little while back...reflectapegs (scroll down).

My view is that they seem like a good idea but you have to carry a drill with you and personally, when I attach a peg, I thread it through the guy rope or flysheet strap/ring/rubber, pull the peg outwards to put the guy or strap under tension then hammer the peg in at an angle. Applying pressure to a threaded peg with bare hands then zapping it in with a power drill is likely to take the skin off your fingers I would have thought . Could also fray a guy rope.

Whenever you see these pegs demonstrated they always seem to be screwed in straight and not attached to anything and then the guy is supposed to be attached afterwards. I'm not sure tent straps or guy ropes can be tensioned properly that way but then there is always more than one way of skinning a cat I suppose

'I'm not sure tent straps or guy ropes can be tensioned properly that way but then there is always more than one way of skinning a cat I suppose '

I can't see any problem with tensioning a guy like that as long as all the slack isn't used up beforehand.  This sort of peg were originally brought out for use on hardstandings for awnings.

hi i have not bought the make you are talking about but feel i have wasted £36.the width of the thead even though they are for grass is not wide enough.i think only  the dog  lead things that screw in work because they a hold on a much larger area of soil.

the first time i used mine we had windy days but nothing horrendous. when i came to pack up several pegs were loose in their holes. they have to be screwed in straight down. i do not think this helped to resist strain from elastics when wind is blowing.and lugs for elastics are too small.

i have tried all different pegs but have found a good plastic peg, if they will go into the ground, gives the best grip driven in at an angle. i have camped for years and unless the ground is very soft from water i have never had problems except getting them out which is why i thought these screw in pegs would be good

i have a bad back and pulling out a whole set of pegs that are very tight, even with a peg pulling hook, leaves me in pain. i am now back with my trusty plastic pegs but have made my own tool that pulls  them out really easy. i agree with all comments bob61 makes.

OK I think I will stick with rock pegs then thanks for your views everyone

Yrruf - what did you make as your peg puller?

Screw-in pegs came out years ago but never really caught on.

Since then they have been reinvented several times.

Rock pegs are much better as you can knock them in at the correct angle. Also much more fun...it's entertaining to be able to knock in a rock peg with three hits of a mallet when the huge bloke next door is struggling to knock his standard pegs one inch into the same hardcore.

Quote: Originally posted by yrruf on 02/6/2010

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hi i have not bought the make you are talking about but feel i have wasted £36.the width of the thead even though they are for grass is not wide enough.i think only  the dog  lead things that screw in work because they a hold on a much larger area of soil.

the first time i used mine we had windy days but nothing horrendous. when i came to pack up several pegs were loose in their holes. they have to be screwed in straight down. i do not think this helped to resist strain from elastics when wind is blowing.and lugs for elastics are too small.

i have tried all different pegs but have found a good plastic peg, if they will go into the ground, gives the best grip driven in at an angle. i have camped for years and unless the ground is very soft from water i have never had problems except getting them out which is why i thought these screw in pegs would be good

i have a bad back and pulling out a whole set of pegs that are very tight, even with a peg pulling hook, leaves me in pain. i am now back with my trusty plastic pegs but have made my own tool that pulls  them out really easy. i agree with all comments bob61 makes.

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hi rigukc instead of a hook at the top to keep guy rope or elastic on the peg it has a tee shaped lug which rotates,so when the peg is nearly in you can turn the tee bit round  and attach the elastic. the tee bit has to point towards the tent .then screw it down the rest of the way

to make the elastic secure,the tee bit has to meet the ground therefore if put in at an angle this could not happen

hope this makes sense to you i dont know if it would to me

Quote: Originally posted by yrruf on 03/6/2010

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hi rigukc instead of a hook at the top to keep guy rope or elastic on the peg it has a tee shaped lug which rotates,so when the peg is nearly in you can turn the tee bit round  and attach the elastic. the tee bit has to point towards the tent .then screw it down the rest of the way

to make the elastic secure,the tee bit has to meet the ground therefore if put in at an angle this could not happen

hope this makes sense to you i dont know if it would to me

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