- Luke here from Tentworld Toowoomba.
Just thought I'd take you through
what is a very large range of pegs
and give you a bit of an idea
of what some of these pegs are
that you would use,
the different sizes, different materials.
So I'll give you a bit of a pan
of the range of pegs that
we carry here at Tentworld.
This is certainly not every peg
that's ever been made,
but it is certainly quite a large list.
So that's a bit of a range
of the pegs that we carry.
So I'll take you through them.
A lot of people think
that just a sand peg's a sand peg.
So there's a lot of sizes.
Basically these are a polycarbonate,
so they're nice and hard.
They can be used in a mixture of grounds:
clay, sand, dirt, compacted ground.
These are a polypropylene peg.
Now these are sand only
cause they are a softer material.
You might even be able to hear it,
so (tapping sound) soft material.
(tapping sound) A lot harder material.
So something like these is
something that you would use
if you're holding down a
very large surface area,
like a large tarp
or a very large gazebo into soft sand,
so on the beach.
Okay?
These ones here,
again on the beach.
I actually use these ones myself
for my 6x3 gazebo
because I've found that
once I've used these,
it doesn't move.
It doesn't fly away.
I've certainly had it fly away
using smaller pegs in the past.
Might seem excessive but that was actually
in clay and black soil that it flew away.
So I use these now
and I don't have any problem.
So again, sand peg if you're on the beach
or even in a caravan
park with some grass etc.
Alright one of the most
popular sizes we recommend here
for any I guess standard sized tent
is your 300ml,
so obviously sand only.
I certainly prefer these.
I use these in all of my own kit
for any tent I use.
So these are a polycarbonate,
pretty much can use them anywhere.
I've actually seen these
driven though 18ml ply.
So they're a very very tough peg.
And fairly recently we also got them
in glow in the dark.
So again stop you tripping over them,
you know, when it gets night time.
So they are a really good
good combination of pegs.
They do come in other sizes,
but I won't go through all of them
or we'll be here forever.
So then you go
and you get your angled hurricane pegs.
Again, you can sort of use these anywhere.
Mostly people use them in sand,
but again you could use
them in grass, dirt,
rocky terrain, obviously
being a metal peg.
Then you get into your large range
of screw in pegs.
So you got two main types here.
These are a polycarbonate type.
And they actually have
a hex head on the end
so you can use a driver to drive these in
or you can use a pole
or something like that
in there to twist em in.
Then you've got your BlueScrew.
These ones here, just
put your pole in there
to screw those in.
So these are becoming more popular,
particularly with the hex head.
We do supply those here,
so you can buy them.
You can get them in a kit.
So again really really handy.
You got your pressed metal peg,
that's a hi-tensile steel.
So again, you know, a range of soil types.
I probably wouldn't want
to use that in soft sand,
but certainly in a grassy area
near the beach where it's sandy and grass
they would be fine.
Then you have your very
large range of steel pegs.
Now
this here is a steel peg,
so whilst it's very thick
it's still just steel.
These, the rest of the range I'll show you
are a hi-tensile steel.
So they're very very difficult to bend
and they also have this really
great flat head on them,
so it's really easy on a hammer
to drive those in instead of trying
to hit this very little spot here
and having it glance off of the top.
So certainly makes it a lot
easier with these flat ones.
So
the most popular one
we sell for tents here
is your 225x8.
So that's 225 millimetres long,
8 millimetre thick.
You have galvanised so it's gonna minimise
the chances of it rusting.
And obviously just a standard hi-tensile.
They are both hi-tensile,
but this one is galvanised.
So really any tent
in any soil types,
just not sand okay?
Most tents you find will come
with pegs very similar to this.
So we certainly always recommend
that you check the pegs
that it comes with in your tent.
And we always suggest
that you would upgrade.
Last thing you'd want is
a peg to be pulled out
just cause it's a little
bit windy, bend your tent.
Cause that's not gonna
be covered by warranty.
So always upgrade your
pegs wherever possible.
Then you've got your little polycarbonate
spy key or a nail.
That's for driving into your ground sheets
in the eye holes there, the eyelets,
just to hold it down so
you don't trip over it.
The last one here is a polypropylene one.
Now this one's quite interesting.
So you actually drive it in the soil.
Your tent will be here.
The more it pulls,
the more it pulls in.
So again
(sighs) grass, sandy grass.
You could use it in sand
but I probably wouldn't want to use it
for a very large surface area
like a tent or something like that.
But basically the more it pulls,
the more it pulls out.
Now the important thing when
putting in your pegs, okay,
they're not all the same.
So if your load is here,
or your tent or your tarp,
pegs like these or your steel pegs
you'll drive them in at roughly a 45
with your rope going up.
Okay?
With your screw in types,
you actually screw them
either straight down
if you've got two ropes
or again if your load is here
and your rope's coming down,
you actually screw these
in line with your ropes.
Okay?
So there is a difference
in how you use them.
So make sure you put
in your pegs correctly
depending on the style
and type you purchase,
so that you make sure
that you're getting the
maximum out of your pegs
and what you're trying to
hold down doesn't blow away.
So Luke from Tentworld Toowoomba.
Thanks for watching.
