Ultralight Tent Stakes 9 Inch – 4 Pack - Lightweight Aluminum Pegs with Easy Pull Nylon Cord for Camping, Hiking, and Backpacking; Durable Outdoor Gear for Secure Tent Setup

I have used these stakes for staking out my tent's (Marmot Pulsar 2) rainfly, as well as pitching different tarp configurations. These are of the y-pattern design meaning they have three ridges that are 120 degrees from each other. This type of design makes these stakes much more rigid than a typical lightweight aluminum stake, due to the fact that it increases the bending moment of the stakes cross-section. What this means is that you won't have to chose between having to deal bent stakes or carrying 2 oz steel stakes. I weighed the individual stakes, and they come out at 0.5 oz each. They can be used to hold guy lines in place, or when pitching a tent's rainfly. It should be noted that these do not work very well for staking out the corners of a tent, due to the fact that there is no shepherd's hook to hold down the loops or rings on the tent body. I still use four shepherd hook stakes for my tent's body, but all other stakes I use are these due to their superior stiffness. For comparison, I live in Minnesota, and camp generally in the boundary waters or along the shore of Lake Superior. The soil there is littered with glacial rocks, and I generally plan on bending a few regular shepherd hook aluminum stakes when I go. I have pushed these stakes into the soil with my shoe, and even had them angled to get around the edges of roots and rocks. Likewise the stakes seem to push dirt out of the way before they bend, and I have yet to bend a stake.In conclusion, these are the best lightweight stakes I have used, and would highly recommend them if you have problems with bending stakes.

These stakes are hard almuminum, and take hammer hits well. Pulling out of most soils was easy enough. Their shape provides good holding power and easy removal. Where they fall short of Ground Hogs, is their bending point. Wall thickness is thinner, and they will bend even when driven up to their necks. To give the stakes credit, I was loading them very heavily; far more than I could have loaded wire stakes, and others.Overall, I like them. For only $7 I had to give them a try. I am a recreational camper who doesn't need ultra-reliable stakes, and these were actually pretty good. Probably a good purchase for campers who don't really need eight Ground Hogs (like me).Those who travel all over, and need reliable stakes to pound into concrete will need Ground Hogs, but for those who need good stakes for regular dirt, these work well.P.S. I straightened my 2 bent stakes, and they will hold pretty much anything I tie on them. Just not the ridiculous load that originally bent them.Update Oct., 2010Just returned from a week-long hammock trip through Arkansas and Texas. I bent the stakes again, by stepping on the guy lines in the dark. Straightened them out by wedging them in between the slats of a picnic table, and bending back. The soil was hard sand, and compacted gravel/sand. They held up okay for the remainder of the trip. As both a tent camper and a hammock camper, I wouldn't choose these stakes again. They are too large for what they do. Spending the time and effort to pound several 7 inch stakes into the ground just to have them bend, isn't worth it. Extraction is easy enough, but they just don't have the strength-to-usefulness ratio right. I'm going to buy Ground Hogs.

The length is great for soft soil in the forest

Pros:* Inexpensive -- buy many!* Easy to drive* Easy to remove* Good holding power* already has lanyardsCons:* two did bend slightly -- it's still usableI purchases these for a new tent and tarp sun-shade. I angled them properly for the load, so I don't know how they'd hold if you just drove them straight into the ground, but when properly angled they worked very well. I've tried them in soft woodland loam and sandy (hard) camping site as well as standard hard. They held in significant (but not hurricane force) winds in each case (the loam also had tree sheltering so it was less extreme).They are easy to get out -- if one is stuck just put another one through the loop and use it as a handle.I did have a couple come out of the hard ground with a slight arc to them -- but I drove them in with a shot-filled mallet and didn't stop just because they hit a rock. They are still usable.They are inexpensive, light and small enough that you can have a lot with you while camping.

Nice item for the price. Bought this and the Boldstar 9-Inch Tent Stakes for comparison.The Boldstar product is about the same size, shape, of the Coghlans product. It comes with it's own carry sack and has lanyards for pulling out of the ground which would make it a great product if the finish were better.The Coghlans have a nicer finish with smooth edges. They have their own lanyards but no sack. At 3$ for 4 stakes they are a bargain. The Coghlans also seem to be a little (by a hair) wider.The Boldstars have a rough finish with where the edges of the notches for tent tie down are unfinished, sharp, and will abrade.Would recommend for use. Will update when product is used next camping trip.UPDATEUsed while camping in Rockies and at Mesa Verde. Worked great without bending.Would only use with backpacking tents though; our big family tent loops barely stayed attached.

We got these as supplemental stakes for our tent.The stakes are very durable and light weight, which is a plus. The can be driven into various surfaces without bending or breaking. We've used this in rocky and sandy substrate both out west (Utah) and in North Carolina.The loops on the ends could be useful, but we haven't really used them thus far.The biggest drawback is that there is no hook of any kind to secure a tent, at least one that has little rings in the corners for the stakes. There are little notches on each blade of the stake, but no defined edge to catch a ring. We've had to make adjustments in how we use them so that they will secure our tent.

Great product

These are great pegs. I may buy some more. However pushing them into the ground with your hand can be a painful experience as the top is a cross shape and not particularly rounded. I used a plastic plate to dampen the digging into my skin

I bought a set of these years ago for my tarp. Love them: light weight, hold better than ROUND tent pegs (by design) and SOOOOO much easier to find laying on the ground than those aluminum (grey) tent pegs.So, I ordered these, for about what I paid for them more than 5 years ago. That's a GREAT value. I would have ordered more, but I don't have anything else to 'pair' them with.These ARE my pegs of choice (and I do own HEAVY round tent pegs, but they are still easily pulled through the ground). Round pegs are fine for staking something DOWN, not so great at resisting lateral forces like guy lines. These '3 face' pegs are GREAT at lateral forces (MORE surface area to resist the force) IF you use them properly. IE face the 'flat' side in direction of the force (NOT the edge). And FYI, the string isn't for tying to, it's to make pulling the peg out of the ground easier.IF I end up with other gear that needs pegs, THESE are my first thought (and order, IF they're still avialible).

Nach meiner ersten Bestellung vor etwa einem Jahr habe ich jetzt alle meine alten Heringe ( MSR Groundhog ) durch die Coghlans Heringe ersetzt.Zunächst einmal wollte ich längere Heringe - da sind die 23cm der Coghlans also sehr gut ins Bedarfsprofil gefallen - zweitens wollte ich haltbare Heringe zu einem vernünftigen Preis.Hier haben mich die Coghlans Heringe unerwartet überzeugt!Sie halten sowohl in Schnee, als auch in Sand und natürlich normalem Boden sehr gut und können auch härteren Steinkontakt ab ohne gleich zu verbiegen oder gar zu brechen.Noch dazu sind die Heringe ein echter Gewichtshammer in diesem Größensegment! Das hat mir natürlich sehr in die Karten gespielt, da ich meine Ausrüstung hauptsächlich auf Fernwanderungen einsetze und man dabei natürlich so viel wie möglich an Gewicht sparen will.Einzig und allein die Bänder zum herausziehen der Heringe wirken sehr billig und wenig haltbar.Diese habe ich direkt nach dem auspacken durch schnüre aus Paracord:  CAMTOA® Paracord Fallschirmschnur Survival Schnür Kit mit 7 Strängen 30m 550lbs 100ft auswahl  ersetzt und bin damit nun zufrieden.Die Farbe und Verarbeitung der Heringe ist so, wie es die Bilder schon vermuten lassen!Das einzige Problem ist, dass man von der Farbbeschichtung nur kurzweilig etwas hat, bevor Sie sich anfängt abzulösen.Das hat MSR besser gelöst.Alles in allem tun diese Heringe genau das, was sie sollen und machen einen guten Job auf fast jedem Untergrund.Ein kleiner Wermutstropfen ist die Unbeständigkeit der Farbbeschichtung, das hätte man besser lösen können.Dafür 4/5 Sterne und eine klare Kaufempfehlung! Mir kommt nichts anderes mehr in den Boden ;-) CAMTOA® Paracord Fallschirmschnur Survival Schnür Kit mit 7 Strängen 30m 550lbs 100ft auswahl

These are longer than typical tent pegs, which you'd typically get with a tent. But I was dismayed that one peg bent when going into fairly hard ground using my foot (without crazy pressure or an acute angle). Perhaps I was just expecting too much for such a crazy low price. They seem to be a bit sturdier than average though, certainly better than the worst pegs. Not sure if I will keep them in the tent set, since they also take up more space since they're longer, and wider).