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Subject Topic: Alpkit tike and spike pegs Post Reply Post New Topic
Personnibbo
04/9/2006 at 3:34pm
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Has anyone tried these pegs that are in the features and tips section? Thay look rather good for using in stoney ground.

Nick


PersonSpalt
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I'm afraid I don't know, but I'd be interested in finding out the answer too...

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PersonWebmaster
04/9/2006 at 4:28pm
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Hi, we tested them and I have some here, they are really good, perfect for hard and stoney ground. Anything else I can tell you about them?

Ian

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Personnibbo
04/9/2006 at 4:38pm
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Thanks Ian...are they worth the money or would i be better off with something else. It's just that i've been on a site a couple of months ago and bent nearly all my pegs due to such a stoney ground. I'm after some decent quality pegs to peg out my Norfolk Lake (I use Delta pegs for the guys)and want something that will go in any ground and last a long time and also hold the tent firm.

Nick


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Hi, well, as you suggest they are not the cheapest, but in this case I believe you do get what you pay for. They are extremely strong, and probably should last a lifetime. The fact you can get them out easily as well with the attached cords is a huge help, and will ensure you dont loose them too. With the cost and quality, I suppose they are the 'Rolls Royce' of pegs

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Personnibbo
04/9/2006 at 4:53pm
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Thanks again Ian. One last thing before I part with my money...would the Spikes be upto the job of most sites or would the Tikes be better. i imagine the Tikes are more for pitching a tent on the top of a mountain in very rocky conditions. Any discount negotiated for UKCS members??

Nick


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I could be tempted to go for the Tikes, okay half as much again, but much lighter being made of Titanium, and stronger, and should be more secure with the v shape. It's a one off spend I suppose ... But unfortunately no discount for UKCS

Ian

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I used both sorts of peg this weekend at Lea Marston that has ground seemingly made out of concrete. I managed to bend one of the Tikes getting the peg into the ground and one of the Spikes lost its head They did (mostly) go very nicely into the ground - a considerable step up from the mild steel pegs that came with my tent. Getting the Tikes out is easier than the spikes, I had to use a claw hammer to get the spikes out.


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19/7/2010 at 10:12pm
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Has anybody had any experience of the Spikes in the 4 years since this thread was last added to?!

I'm after some rock pegs and am happy to fork out the initial outlay for these if they work and last. The ones with plastic heads just don't add up to me. Surely the plastic will crack leading to less than a lifetime of use?

Spikes

The Spikes look the part, but they don't seem to have any sort of hook under which to place the guy. I can see (just) how this might work on angled guys, but what about pegging down the bottom of the tent where the line is near vertical?

Any thoughts guys & gals?



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Personsanhozay
19/7/2010 at 10:23pm
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They are really backpacking rock pegs for use primarily on guys. Steel rock pegs are likely to be stronger coming up against rocks.

Pegs like that do need to go in at an angle, whatever you are pegging. I don't understand how you would have a vertical guy?

Note what they say on the Alpkit site about rocks bending them.

Also: Petesy on Tent Pegs

and Ultralight Tent Peg Review

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Personreggiewac
19/7/2010 at 10:50pm
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Not a vertical guy! I meant pegging out the tabs on a SIG or similar. The kind of thing where really a non-fancy candy peg does the job just right.

Still searching for the perfect rock peg..
Spikes - no knob or hook
Tarzan - look painful to tread on!!
'Normal' - plastic head that is surely fragile to repeated use

There is a solution and therefore money to be had here!

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PersonMagicman2
19/7/2010 at 11:44pm
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 Spikes seem to be the answer to the stoney ground problem, I just wish that "Alpkit" had a rock peg that could be used with equal confidence !!! 

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