That's the first thing I noticed. Its like his lower lip is permanently paralyzed in a grinning position; it doesn't really move. Sorta annoying really.
4 years ago I watched this video and stocked up on SupaPeg steel pegs. I finally bent the first one last weekend into some of the hardest dirt I've ever tented on. Good pegs.
In a store and came across these and remembered this video.Bought a set, used them for a 9 day trip, had no issues with them. For a dollar each you can't go wrong.
Stores won't stock them because there is no replacement market. You buy the crapy wire ones for every second trip, Apart from loss, you probably never need to replace these so they loose money.
Bridge spikes work well ~ 8-10 in (20 - 30 cm) nails. Some time ago when a leader of a youth travel camp, was in Waterville Valley New Hampshire, had done all the permits etc to have a dozen kids plus staff in a Forest Service Campground. A Forest Service pick up drives by, stops and backs up. I walk out to met the guy, mind racing through how did I "mess" up. I get asked what are you using for tent pegs. The perfect flat area was an abandoned paved road covered in 3 inches (~ 75 cm) of dirt. No other group been able to set tents there. I did acknowledge the bridge spikes did resist driving, but were holding super. BTW when backpacking we used Aluminum pegs or for cut wooden ones.
I used to do this as well but still managed to bend them. Started using Supapeg and never went back. They are high tensile. Not worth the time and money making my own any more.
I carry some thick so called earth nails, made of stainless steel. Had the same issues with tent pegs bending, especially in the mountaineous terrain. Once you hit a rock, 99% of pegs bend. The earth nails never let me down! Cheers, Marc
I only use light pegs because mine is a small tent that I occy to my motorcycle but yep, pegs tend to swivel, bend, etc. I normally just carry about twice as many as I need but I'll be looking into this. Thanks mate.
Another tip is you can take 3/8 (10 mil for those other folks) square stock mild steel. Cut a 45 deg angle on one end, go back about 16 inches and do a standard 90 deg cut. Take a torch or campfire and heat the 90 deg end at about 2 inches ( 50 mil) and bend it over a little past 90 deg. You then have one heck of a good tent peg that only cost you about $ .10 US and some elbow grease.
I use Supa-peg polycarbonate sand pegs as I camp in places like Moreton Island. I do have the pegs that come with tents and use them for ground sheets. I do like these pegs that you like and have found them in two different camping stores. One store has 20 of them for $40 (2024 price) which is 0.15c cheaper per peg than the other store.
I like using tent pegs but, it's cheaper to use 12.7mm or 1/2" rebar grind a little notch or even bend a separate piece of metal into a small u shape and weld it to the rebar works great for just about anywhere I've been camping
Nice find mate, but something i started doing recently, i carry my small cordless drill with me and a long masonry drill bit just a tiny bit narrower than the tent peg, so i zip the drill bit into the ground, stick the tent peg in and holds perfectly. We have lots of roots and rocks in our soil, so i got tired of hitting them and destroying tent pegs, the drill bit makes quick work of roots and most rocks
@@SeekAdventure FYI - we've embedded this video onto all of our product listings now, so hopefully we can help you get some more views on this one! Keep up the good work - great videos! You can see it embedded here: www.tentworld.com.au/buy-sale/supa-Peg-175x6.3mm-galvanised-steel-key-head-tent-peg
The superpeg pressed metal peg is also very strong and has the advantage that it will hold well in sand. I have bent one once but it took real abuse. And the flexibility of also being able to use them on sand means they are my pick.
Michael I found the Supapeg about 5 years ago and used them at Whitecliff Well in western NSW. It was the only peg that would go into the concrete like soil without failing. Also used them in the Gammon Ranges where shale tris your patience on ever hammer blow. Great product and great review.
Nice test, mate - for small stakes they look like good ones. I use the larger Galvanized steel spiral anchor pins with clear plastic protective sleeve. They don't bend and never come out, unless you want them to come out. They even work great in pure sand.
I have used nails 6 or 8 inch ( 160 200 mm ) carpenters ones are a cheap alternative but take a claw hammer so you can pull them out later. I have thought taking big wood screws with hex or torx heads and using a speed brace and socket or even a battery drill if are car camping.
Big improvement over the typical stock stakes! But I prefer MSR Groundhogs. They work in a variety of soil types. Small down side is they can be a little shorter and they are aluminium. I have not had a problem yet with them being aluminum but the head does get a little beat up with a metal hammer using a plastic "camping" hammer gets torn up by the stake. Not all triangular designs like them are the same either. I used a Coghlans once and it sucked.
I have a pop up bug tent and I just anchor it with 12in/30cm spikes with a dollar washer. It is the second season for it now and the only time it moves is to and from the shed. A claw hammer plucks them out.
I use 8 or 10mm rebar cut into between 30 and 60 cm lengths and, if necessary, ground to a chisel point. Cost: next to nothing. They do not bend. Period. And they are the only things that will hold my 4x4m awning - especially at the beach - even several days at a time w/o me stressing every hour or 2 because something has come loose. I use short lengths of light gray 12mm plastic conduit to mark the tops and keep bare feet off at night.
I Use a rain gutter spike. It's a giant nail . To remove them use two of the spikes. And there cheap. Also you get them in different sizes. Coleman sells them with plastic cap not cheap. Ask a sheet metal worker where to buy them.
I guess I am lucky, I went looking for pegs that didn’t suck and went to tent world and got these pegs without knowing much except liking the look of them.
Mick, these are now only $1.59 for the 300mmm x 8mm that's a bargain if they work as you say, Drifta have the forged pegs but start at $9.50, which is still ok as they are hand made in Japan, but will add up if you buy a few.
I live on the shores of the southern ocean, and I have put up tents with 36 inch long tent pegs (yes, 1 yard) and the wind still pulls them out. I'll believe in a super peg when it will work here in a 100kph sou'wester. Till then, no tents for me.
Just realised that I own these. Bought a Supa-Peg tarp and pole kit before chrissie, have only used once so far, though off camping in a couple of weeks.
Overall good tent pegs and better than anything else out there but having said that I bent the first one I used on compacted gravel which to be fair is like bedrock.
The pegs that come with the oztents are bloody good value aswell. I see at the start your guy rope is the same orange and had the same plastic hook as an oztent so assuming it is, have you bent one of their pegs aswell?
Bought those from TentWorld here in Melbourne. Great product but I found them too big to put through the eyelets in my Colman tent fly. Wish they had 1 size smaller available.
3/8 inch by 12 inch long spike (nail) does the trick. About $15 for 5 lbs. Just hook a piece of cord around it and a hatchet handle to pull them out. Paint blaze orange if you like. Ain't gonna bend it and relatively cheap.
I took that idea a little further with the spike and welded a long link chain link cut off at the bottom to form a long U-shaped to go through the grommet of the tent. Works great.
Bought some pegs from BCF made from angle iron. Camped about a hundred km east of Norseman. Needed my 5Lb wacker to get it in. It's still there. Would not come out.
Ivica Banovic : just checking, would that be "Angle Iron" (25mm Equal Angle) Or if you are really desperate, take a few 400-600mm star pickets/posts...
Yep... ALL (absolutes are generally wrong) cheap (especially Aluminium) "kit" pegs in low-end tents are rubbish.... 200mm Construction Nails / Spikes are part of the way to solving the bending problem.... (use a wrapped wire loop under the head, to tie the rope to) The "cranked" end design, works well to stopping "adverse rotation"... NB.. One could also buy 400x12mm survey spikes - or equivalent 10-12mm bar/wire, sharpen the ends and bend the head to any desired configuration.... Camping on compacted gravel (necessity is the mother of all genius).... A heavy duty spike, with a 2kg lump hammer works well.... lots of little taps, simulating a "jackhammer" gets it in betweeen the "chunks" of rock - let the hammer do the work.
love your work Michael, those pegs look great, but the hardest ground I camped at was Karijini Eco resort, we took a hammer drill and masonry bit 3 holes and the bit was melted!
Another one for ya ... Try using 400 long screwdrivers they also work well with the handle holding the rope and you're hitting straight on it with a chisel head!!!
Damn I wish you showed your tent setup. I am curious where you sleep, I would have preferred to get a fold up tent on top of your roof instead of an on-ground one, personally
you didn,t pay much attention watching this video. Watch it again and you will see his sleeping set up. 1 minute 25 seconds. Or maybe you should of gone to spec savers. stay safe. ;-)
Great job Michael. I bought 20 of these after watching your video. Cheap as chips and really work. I hate bent tent pegs. These things are very impressive. Thanks for the tip. Enjoying your other videos, too. Cheers PP
I do cycle touring. I have a set of Coleman pegs which are basically massive nails and they put a plastic bit on it for the guy wire. I think your ones are better, but there are definitely good pegs out there. Why people persist with crap I don't know. I'd prefer to carry 4 heavy steel pegs than 16 aluminium ones that come with light weight sleeping bags. Come-on. Sure, the aluminium weighs less, but you've gotta carry something that works right? Otherwise you're carrying lightweight stuff that doesn't work which is just wasted energy, instead of heavier weight stuff that will always work.
Legend has it that when he hits his thumb with the hammer he still smiles
noturaveragewatcher hahahahaha
That's the first thing I noticed.
Its like his lower lip is permanently paralyzed in a grinning position; it doesn't really move.
Sorta annoying really.
4 years ago I watched this video and stocked up on SupaPeg steel pegs. I finally bent the first one last weekend into some of the hardest dirt I've ever tented on. Good pegs.
And this is why I like your channel. Sometimes the minor often forgotten but important things can make a camping trip better.
In a store and came across these and remembered this video.Bought a set, used them for a 9 day trip, had no issues with them. For a dollar each you can't go wrong.
Dude. I just found your channel and love it. Totally deserves more subs. You have just earned one
Hey mate, you've gotta be the best reviewer / story teller ive heard, awesome, love watching your vids mate
Stores won't stock them because there is no replacement market.
You buy the crapy wire ones for every second trip, Apart from loss, you probably never need to replace these so they loose money.
.... We've stocked them for 10+ years.... I'll let the bean counter know where we've been going wrong!
make your own from rebar, never bent mine and they hold better than smooth steel
@@debeeriz good idea - the 9 inch Stakes are pricey
I go to Home Depot and buy 8-10 inch galvanised nails! They cost from $.50to 1.00 each. Work wonderful. Never have bent one yet.
Slip a fender washer on before you pound it in. Gives you a nice wide "top" so lines can't slip off past the nail head.
Bridge spikes work well ~ 8-10 in (20 - 30 cm) nails. Some time ago when a leader of a youth travel camp, was in Waterville Valley New Hampshire, had done all the permits etc to have a dozen kids plus staff in a Forest Service Campground. A Forest Service pick up drives by, stops and backs up. I walk out to met the guy, mind racing through how did I "mess" up. I get asked what are you using for tent pegs. The perfect flat area was an abandoned paved road covered in 3 inches (~ 75 cm) of dirt. No other group been able to set tents there. I did acknowledge the bridge spikes did resist driving, but were holding super. BTW when backpacking we used Aluminum pegs or for cut wooden ones.
Bloody impressive! Didn't think there would ever be an unbendable peg out there hey
I'm a metal fabricator and I make them out of 8mm stainless steel round bar and a brake press. Also works. Love your videos!
I used to do this as well but still managed to bend them. Started using Supapeg and never went back. They are high tensile. Not worth the time and money making my own any more.
I carry some thick so called earth nails, made of stainless steel. Had the same issues with tent pegs bending, especially in the mountaineous terrain. Once you hit a rock, 99% of pegs bend. The earth nails never let me down! Cheers, Marc
by far the best tent peg on the market...ive already swapped out all my tent, gazebo, awning & rain shelter pegs with Supa-Peg's
I only use light pegs because mine is a small tent that I occy to my motorcycle but yep, pegs tend to swivel, bend, etc. I normally just carry about twice as many as I need but I'll be looking into this. Thanks mate.
That last shot of him chuckin' the log on with the piss-poor peg still in it had me in stitches. Good job ol' smiley mate!
Another tip is you can take 3/8 (10 mil for those other folks) square stock mild steel. Cut a 45 deg angle on one end, go back about 16 inches and do a standard 90 deg cut. Take a torch or campfire and heat the 90 deg end at about 2 inches ( 50 mil) and bend it over a little past 90 deg. You then have one heck of a good tent peg that only cost you about $ .10 US and some elbow grease.
These pegs are amazing hey. I found these a year ago at Tent World too and will never buy another peg again. Price is amazing for the quality 👍🏻
I use Supa-peg polycarbonate sand pegs as I camp in places like Moreton Island. I do have the pegs that come with tents and use them for ground sheets. I do like these pegs that you like and have found them in two different camping stores. One store has 20 of them for $40 (2024 price) which is 0.15c cheaper per peg than the other store.
I like using tent pegs but, it's cheaper to use 12.7mm or 1/2" rebar grind a little notch or even bend a separate piece of metal into a small u shape and weld it to the rebar works great for just about anywhere I've been camping
Nice find mate, but something i started doing recently, i carry my small cordless drill with me and a long masonry drill bit just a tiny bit narrower than the tent peg, so i zip the drill bit into the ground, stick the tent peg in and holds perfectly. We have lots of roots and rocks in our soil, so i got tired of hitting them and destroying tent pegs, the drill bit makes quick work of roots and most rocks
you are so correct about them not being readily available at camping stores, a real shame as they are great
Great video on Awesome pegs! We've loved them here for a long long time, Supa-Peg are a terrific innovative Australian company!
It's a mystery to us too but shhhh we prefer it that way!
@@SeekAdventure FYI - we've embedded this video onto all of our product listings now, so hopefully we can help you get some more views on this one! Keep up the good work - great videos! You can see it embedded here: www.tentworld.com.au/buy-sale/supa-Peg-175x6.3mm-galvanised-steel-key-head-tent-peg
The superpeg pressed metal peg is also very strong and has the advantage that it will hold well in sand. I have bent one once but it took real abuse. And the flexibility of also being able to use them on sand means they are my pick.
I’ve seen 3 of your videos so far and you seem to be smiling the whole entire time 😁 you must have brass cheek bones
Michael I found the Supapeg about 5 years ago and used them at Whitecliff Well in western NSW. It was the only peg that would go into the concrete like soil without failing. Also used them in the Gammon Ranges where shale tris your patience on ever hammer blow.
Great product and great review.
Nice test, mate - for small stakes they look like good ones. I use the larger Galvanized steel spiral anchor pins with clear plastic protective sleeve. They don't bend and never come out, unless you want them to come out. They even work great in pure sand.
This the most important video on TH-cam!
I have used nails 6 or 8 inch ( 160 200 mm ) carpenters ones are a cheap alternative but take a claw hammer so you can pull them out later. I have thought taking big wood screws with hex or torx heads and using a speed brace and socket or even a battery drill if are car camping.
Big improvement over the typical stock stakes! But I prefer MSR Groundhogs. They work in a variety of soil types. Small down side is they can be a little shorter and they are aluminium. I have not had a problem yet with them being aluminum but the head does get a little beat up with a metal hammer using a plastic "camping" hammer gets torn up by the stake. Not all triangular designs like them are the same either. I used a Coghlans once and it sucked.
I have a pop up bug tent and I just anchor it with 12in/30cm spikes with a dollar washer. It is the second season for it now and the only time it moves is to and from the shed. A claw hammer plucks them out.
Great channel.... The best tent "pegs" I have found are U.S. G.I. 12" Aluminum Tent Stakes.
I use 8 or 10mm rebar cut into between 30 and 60 cm lengths and, if necessary, ground to a chisel point. Cost: next to nothing. They do not bend. Period. And they are the only things that will hold my 4x4m awning - especially at the beach - even several days at a time w/o me stressing every hour or 2 because something has come loose. I use short lengths of light gray 12mm plastic conduit to mark the tops and keep bare feet off at night.
Just bought some from Snowys online. 225mm was $1.00. Look forward to tring them.
Tent world are awesome . Best camping caravan suppliers store ever
mate, im loving your vids, great to see you've got a decent following already, well done :)
I Use a rain gutter spike. It's a giant nail . To remove them use two of the spikes. And there cheap. Also you get them in different sizes. Coleman sells them with plastic cap not cheap. Ask a sheet metal worker where to buy them.
What the heck? I haven't even hit you! 😂😂😂 There's no way I'd tote around stakes that heavy, but I loved your video none the less. Keep it up!
I was told that you should use a mallet rather than a hammer when driving pegs. Something to do with how the force is transferred to the peg.
I got some of those pegs from aldi early this year, 24 pegs and a leg puller all in a handy lockable case.
$23.99 was the price also, the peg puller is crap but the pegs are great
I guess I am lucky, I went looking for pegs that didn’t suck and went to tent world and got these pegs without knowing much except liking the look of them.
Mick, these are now only $1.59 for the 300mmm x 8mm that's a bargain if they work as you say, Drifta have the forged pegs but start at $9.50, which is still ok as they are hand made in Japan, but will add up if you buy a few.
*10* - 8mm x 300m "RHINO" Pegs from bunnings @ $13.
Grind couple angled 'barbs/notches' on each one. Bobs ya Uncle 👍
Bought some pegs, 2 trips later bent about 6 of them. Still better than the standard pegs. Using a 4 pound hammer though.
I haven't seen that much girth since I was in my wife's top drawer
great real world comparison and demonstration. did you ever get the super peg back out?
I live on the shores of the southern ocean, and I have put up tents with 36 inch long tent pegs (yes, 1 yard) and the wind still pulls them out. I'll believe in a super peg when it will work here in a 100kph sou'wester. Till then, no tents for me.
Real world test....bashes pegs into a lump of Jarrah! 😂Excellent, I’ll look out for these.
Just realised that I own these. Bought a Supa-Peg tarp and pole kit before chrissie, have only used once so far, though off camping in a couple of weeks.
To get them in America, they are only US $1.49. The shipping is over $30 though! They seem like great pegs..
Hey there! My 2 cents worth is to go and buy 10” spiral spikes at the hardware store. Never fail and super cheap
Overall good tent pegs and better than anything else out there but having said that I bent the first one I used on compacted gravel which to be fair is like bedrock.
So....Thanks to this video I just bought 20 of these!! love your vids mate keep up the great work!! Daz
The pegs that come with the oztents are bloody good value aswell. I see at the start your guy rope is the same orange and had the same plastic hook as an oztent so assuming it is, have you bent one of their pegs aswell?
I came for the tent pegs, but I stayed for the smile.
Wish they had these in the US --- seem hard to find.
Bought those from TentWorld here in Melbourne. Great product but I found them too big to put through the eyelets in my Colman tent fly. Wish they had 1 size smaller available.
Use yah dremel an shave a mil or two off yah shaft then it should fit in yah eyelets
Keep up the cool reviews man. I just come across your channel last night. Very good keep up the good work.
Cheers Kev Gold Coast Queensland.
very good idea young man thank you for information
3/8 inch by 12 inch long spike (nail) does the trick. About $15 for 5 lbs. Just hook a piece of cord around it and a hatchet handle to pull them out. Paint blaze orange if you like. Ain't gonna bend it and relatively cheap.
I took that idea a little further with the spike and welded a long link chain link cut off at the bottom to form a long U-shaped to go through the grommet of the tent. Works great.
They look amazing!!! Really bummed I can't buy these in the US.
I always use broken off hay rake teeth ground to length and a point
Nice tip mate, time to buy some!
Snowy’s sells these… in case anyone is wondering 👍🏽
thats really dependant on the grain and pre strain on the pegs in question
I can't believe how fast your right hand hammers that peg; I suppose you must practise quite a bit.
Nice work! I just brought 15 after seeing this.
Bought some pegs from BCF made from angle iron. Camped about a hundred km east of Norseman. Needed my 5Lb wacker to get it in. It's still there. Would not come out.
I just made my own out of 25mmx25mm angle line, welded a hoop and flat bit on top for hammering.
Ivica Banovic
: just checking, would that be "Angle Iron" (25mm Equal Angle)
Or if you are really desperate, take a few 400-600mm star pickets/posts...
Hey mate is that raw steel or galvanized, Which one would you use? Thanks mate
Had some of these for a while with no issues👌
for people who arent from WA , jarrah wood is VERY hard wood btw
Yep... ALL (absolutes are generally wrong) cheap (especially Aluminium) "kit" pegs in low-end tents are rubbish....
200mm Construction Nails / Spikes are part of the way to solving the bending problem.... (use a wrapped wire loop under the head, to tie the rope to)
The "cranked" end design, works well to stopping "adverse rotation"...
NB.. One could also buy 400x12mm survey spikes - or equivalent 10-12mm bar/wire, sharpen the ends and bend the head to any desired configuration....
Camping on compacted gravel (necessity is the mother of all genius).... A heavy duty spike, with a 2kg lump hammer works well.... lots of little taps, simulating a "jackhammer" gets it in betweeen the "chunks" of rock - let the hammer do the work.
The pegs that came with my oztent RV4 ate strong as. I havent bent them but they are thick and heavy. I use them.
love your work Michael, those pegs look great, but the hardest ground I camped at was Karijini Eco resort, we took a hammer drill and masonry bit 3 holes and the bit was melted!
you were just on a rock. LOL
Great channel bud, keep em coming
We have V-shaped ones here in Europe, Very light and very durable too...
Drifta sell Snow Peak pegs There is a video of the owner Luke hammering it into road base and it was perfect. Not cheap tho
🇨🇦 I was wondering the whole way... how the heck will you remove the peg from the log !! 😝
Does Snowys mail outside of Australia? I like some of their other products and I'm in the United States of America.
Another one for ya ... Try using 400 long screwdrivers they also work well with the handle holding the rope and you're hitting straight on it with a chisel head!!!
Gee wiz, now that’s a Tent Peg! Funny how the peg at the beginning of video just bent on its own without being hit...
so you gotta have them mailed from Australia?
bend a hook on rebar cheap and the ridges are like mini barbs
Where can I buy these? Tentworld want $20 delivery which is more than the pegs
Such a beautiful background mate, where is that? Convinced on the pegs just ordered some
Screw in hex screws with the cordless. Never going back to pegs.
Get yourself some short star pickets! Try the ones concretors use for form boards
Damn I wish you showed your tent setup. I am curious where you sleep, I would have preferred to get a fold up tent on top of your roof instead of an on-ground one, personally
you didn,t pay much attention watching this video. Watch it again and you will see his sleeping set up. 1 minute 25 seconds. Or maybe you should of gone to spec savers. stay safe. ;-)
What do you think of using lag bolts?
You’re funny and I like that. It’s why we all go to Y T
Fantastic video mate cheers
Have you tried the Snowpeak pegs from Drifta
Keep it up buddy , lame or not Supa peg are the go...👍🏽.. l threw all my old crap in the bin ...
Great job Michael. I bought 20 of these after watching your video. Cheap as chips and really work. I hate bent tent pegs. These things are very impressive. Thanks for the tip. Enjoying your other videos, too. Cheers PP
i have bent multiple of theirs pegs but 5 mins with a hammer they they are strate agen and good for the next 10 years
DOM Distribution out in Dalby QLD stock them, these pegs are great!!
Did ya get any pigs out there bro
hold the hammer nearer the end for more force
I found a shop in SA that stores them, I just bought a whole heap!
Where in S.A. please?
@@Blbbbb Snowy's
I do cycle touring. I have a set of Coleman pegs which are basically massive nails and they put a plastic bit on it for the guy wire. I think your ones are better, but there are definitely good pegs out there. Why people persist with crap I don't know. I'd prefer to carry 4 heavy steel pegs than 16 aluminium ones that come with light weight sleeping bags. Come-on. Sure, the aluminium weighs less, but you've gotta carry something that works right? Otherwise you're carrying lightweight stuff that doesn't work which is just wasted energy, instead of heavier weight stuff that will always work.
Hey I have been watching your videos great work, keep it up