Bushwalk Australia

Inspired by Mic's pic of her pegs I thought to put an update (as if anyone cared) about my peg usage.
There is the possibility that I, at some point, poo pooed thin pegs but in my last walk I had a shelter that takes a minimum of 6 pegs and works better with 8, so as usual I wanted a couple of spare ones.
That is a total of TEN pegs...
So I opted to take 2 of those thin Ti shepherd hook thingo .

I used those for the guylines.
As it happens , on the last pitch I had a beautifully flat and elevated rectangle for my floor area but an uneven and rocky vestibule and surrounding soil.
At this point the thin Ti pegs worked really well because it was very easy to push them in between the roots and rocky bits.
One of the guylines was right into the wind, still the peg did not move, in fact did not turn it self as I was sort of expecting.
My verdict : well worth looking into them.
(about 6g each. On my scale 3 are "15g" 4 between 20 and 25 g)
Available on eBay (nothing to do with me...)
Note : individually painted. I know that it looks superprofessional but I did it myself.

Franco

Franco I have used these with some success ,what paint did you use and how did you change the shape
They are available from http://www.adventurefriends.com.au for around $3.00 each with free delivery.
corvus

Looks like some good, practical pegs. I too was very skeptical of thin pegs, but I've found them to work better than expected, and they are LIGHT. Tent pegs are an ideal application for titanium in my opinion, far better than in cookware where to my mind the value is a bit questionable.

HJ

Hi Corvus
No they are not the Vargo.
I just had a quick look on eBay and I cannot find them but they ere sold from Hong Kong.
So they come with that shape purposely so that if they turn the head will still catch the line.
They are about 3mm thick , from memory a bit thicker tan the Vargo.
(they could be available from BackpackingLight.com.au)
My crappy paint job was from a can of enamel orange safety paint (it was on special at bunnings...)
It rubs off..

Jim
Yes Ti is good for boiling water...
I like it and use it because of the weight and because it does not dent easily, however I use aluminium to melt snow.
A mate has the new JetBoil Sol in aluminium, his pot kept the heat noticeably longer than my Ti mug.
(works really well even with some wind. I use the TiTri Caldera Cone)
That is why I would not bother with the Ti version of the Sol.
Franco

Oh well looks like I need to try the two pliers trick
corvus

Franco wrote:A mate has the new JetBoil Sol in aluminium, his pot kept the heat noticeably longer than my Ti mug.
(works really well even with some wind. I use the TiTri Caldera Cone)
That is why I would not bother with the Ti version of the Sol.
Franco

Agree that Ti use on cookware is questionable, but also note that the Al version of the Sol comes with a thicker cozy than the Ti and your Ti mug has?

Pegs sound good, must try mine, I shelved them for the same sort of reasons...

Watch you dont snapem'

Will use mini gas torch to make them more malleable
corvus

Nuts wrote:Watch you dont snapem'

Ti is quite strong. My older Al pegs bend pretty easily. The Ti ones resist bending much better. Just one person's experience.

HJ

They are tough. However, I went to bend the two for my caldera Cone (so they would fit in the pot with everything else) the first snapped at the bend so i did the same with the second (the shorter peg was actually fine by me so i didn't bother heating it).

Anyone know where I can buy Titanium tent pegs in Australia, trying to put together my home made tarp tent made from thermal blankets, last piece is some light weight pegs.


Cheers.

John Sheridan wrote:Anyone know where I can buy Titanium tent pegs in Australia, trying to put together my home made tarp tent made from thermal blankets, last piece is some light weight pegs.


Cheers.

Hi John,

I may be able to help. We have a good selection of titanium tent pegs here http://adventurefriends.com.au/tent-accessories/

Plus we offer free shipping and 10% discount store wide to the members of the forum. Just use the code BUSHWALK at check out.

Rico

Rico thanks for the pegs I got me 12 of them, yet to use them, but saw a few posts where they are said to work well, showgrounds with tough ground are conquered with them

They be FRACKING LIGHT


Cheers.

The Vargo pegs work well, had to get some new one from Adventurefriends.
I made the stupid mistake of putting my pegs in my carry-on luggage when leaving NZ, you got it, I lost them.

Hi

Just when I thought I found an indestructible peg I found a person that could bend it. Have a set of Hilleberg (probably another brand sold under that name) titanium spikes for tricky hard ground. They are about five mm or greater in diameter. I have used them as nails at times (only in dead trees mind you) and found them tough as, o’well no pun , as nails. But my friend managed to bend one quite badly. And before anyone askes, no tools were involved Also “destroyed” were a few of the lighter weight aluminium ones but they are not particular strong. I think that the un-bendable or un-breakable peg has met its match.

Cheers