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4keys

06/30/2019 06:45PM

Which are your favorite tent stakes?

Our favorite so far are hex, hook style, orange/red, and I think they might be titanium. After several years they have not bent, and have held up well. The problem is there is no brand name on them, and after a quick search, I have not been abl to find hem online. Anyone else have something similar ?

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h20

06/30/2019 06:57PM

I use skewer stakes..not a brand name but a style. There like screws that you pound in. I get them at my local outdoor supplier.

Buy the ticket, take the ride .Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

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drnatus

06/30/2019 07:48PM

msr groundhog.

Never criticize someone until you walk a mile in their shoes....by then you'll be a mile away and they will be shoeless!

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boonie

06/30/2019 08:08PM

+1 Or some very similar ones like Kelty Nobendiums. There are also some very similar ones on Amazon under various names - one was recommended on Andrew Skurka's blog. They have been good but my experience is more limited than the MSR Groundhogs, which I have used for many years.

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Tomcat

06/30/2019 08:49PM

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awbrown

07/01/2019 10:43AM

MSR groundhog stakes. They are tough and hold well. The only complaint I have is that dirt sticks to them and they are a bit harder to clean than a spike type stake would be.

I set a goal of losing 10 lbs. this year. I only have 15 left to lose.

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Hank

07/01/2019 12:44PM

Aluminum gutter nails/spikes work great. Cheap too.

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. -Robert A. Heinlein

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awbrown

07/01/2019 02:13PM

Hank: "Aluminum gutter nails/spikes work great. Cheap too."

I used to use those also. However, they are "ring shank" nails meaning that they almost have threads for the last couple of inches near the tip. Eventually this rough surface will wear out your stake loops.

I set a goal of losing 10 lbs. this year. I only have 15 left to lose.

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unshavenman

07/01/2019 05:18PM

MSR Groundhog for me as well. I own enough that I can lose a couple every trip and still be fine through this century......

Endeavor to persevere.

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butthead

07/01/2019 07:27PM

awbrown: "
Hank: "Aluminum gutter nails/spikes work great. Cheap too."

I used to use those also. However, they are "ring shank" nails meaning that they almost have threads for the last couple of inches near the tip. Eventually this rough surface will wear out your stake loops."

I use a lot of ring and barn nails for rocky/gravely camps, but I put SS split keyrings on the tent loops so they don't wear out.
Piles of stakes,

MSR Groundhogs and clones, barn nails, twisted hardened aluminum. Not in the photo but 2 years ago started using Titanium spike stakes as shown by Tomcat.
4keys, are the twisted aluminum hooks what your talking about?

butthead

"never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups" George Carlin

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DanCooke

07/01/2019 08:02PM

I prefer the Easton Aluminum stakes- 3 lengths 6,8, or 12" Smooth round stakes that do not cut into loops or cordage. A loop of rope on top can assist with pulling out of the ground..

Dan Cooke

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awbrown

07/01/2019 08:08PM

DanCooke: "I prefer the Easton Aluminum stakes- 3 lengths 6,8, or 12" Smooth round stakes that do not cut into loops or cordage. A loop of rope on top can assist with pulling out of the ground.."

As you may remember, I've been buying Easton stakes from you every year at the Winter Camping Symposium. I like them and may switch completely from my MSR Groundhogs.

I set a goal of losing 10 lbs. this year. I only have 15 left to lose.

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MossBack

07/01/2019 09:23PM

I must be doing it all wrong. The cheapie steel question mark stakes are the only kind I can reliably get in between the crevices in the rock tent pads I seam to inhabit.

MB

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Tomcat

07/02/2019 05:40AM

I add stake loop extensions so that I can move the stake if I hit a rock without moving the tent and I sometimes add grommets to run my stake through if I use titanium spikes.

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ozarkpaddler

07/02/2019 08:33AM

Love those groundhog stakes myself and that's what I use up north and most places. But around here I have a bunch of those plastic stakes that hold better on gravel bars. I always have some paracord on mine to make them easier to pull out, AND to attach them to a carabiner so you don't lose them.

"Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." Mark Twain

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Northwoodsman

07/02/2019 12:16PM

I have dozen of MSR Groundhog stakes. My only complaint is that when I drive them into the ground when rocks are present the edges may get VERY sharp because they are soft. So sharp that I have cut myself, tent stake bags, and even a tent. I now store them in CCS stake bags that are much thicker.

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