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Guide to Tent Peg Materials


Tent peg featureGenerally speaking, there are three types of materials used for family tent pegs:



Wooden Tent Pegs

Benefits Cons
You can create your own
 Heavy and bulky
Durable (if you use quality wood)
 Can be easily damaged if you hit
hard objects, such as rocks
Best suited for soft ground 

Metal Tent Pegs (steel/aluminium)

Benefits Cons
Durable Heavy
Performs well in stony ground Steel will rust
Strength properties of steel Cost
  Aluminium is lightweight but can be damaged
and deformed easily

Plastic Tent Pegs

Benefits Cons
Cheap
 Breaks or deforms easily if it hits a stone, or if you hit it incorrectly
Performs will in hard to soft ground
 Light
Easily cleaned and maintained
Metal stake tent peg
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