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pegs for trailstar

A very happy novice Trailstar owner (It arrived yesterday) would like suggestions for the best pegs to use to stake it out with. Lindsay J.

Re: pegs for trailstar

Hi Lindsay

I got the set of 10 Easton "stakes" comprising two different types of peg that MLD sell with it. The large ones are ok but the smaller ones do not always hold well so I replaced these with some sold by Clam Cleats - V shaped and they seem fine. Which is more than I can say for the TS - but then I doubt you are my height so you should be fine in it.

Re: pegs for trailstar

Hope you like your new Trail star, Lindsay.

I've tried all sorts of stake combinations: some were just not up to the task.

The Trail star is good in high winds but does need anchoring to Terra firma!

After trial and error I've settled on MSR groundhogs x 6 and titanium pins x 4 or thin alloy pins. After some very windy nights with thin useless stakes, I now trust the groundhogs to cope with virtually anything.

Re: pegs for trailstar

Clamcleat Tornado pegs http://www.cleats.co.uk/home/details.asp?id=23 Done.

Re: pegs for trailstar

I use the Clamcleats Tornado pegs as well.
But I do have an MSR Blizzard stake that I use as the main stake at the back.
Makes it al pretty bomb proof.
Unless we get real bombs this year.

Re: pegs for trailstar

You might like to take an MSR Blizzard Stake for the most upwind pegging point. It's very good on peaty soils.

My own Warmlite 2C tent relies totally on a firm upwind peg and I have used this as a solution for the last 7 years, occasionally using a trekking pole pushed in a few feet on particularly soft ground.

However with a Trailstar you won't have that luxury unless you're pegging it right down without a front support pole for a storm setting - in which case the trekking pole anchor at the back will work well.

Re: pegs for trailstar

For Scotland i used with my trailstar
4 groundhogs
4 yellow easton
4 titanium shepherd

the 4 titanium were for my zpaks bug inner and if i encountered rocky ground in the Cairngorms



elsewhere i usualy take
4 ground hogs
8 titanium shepherd



on the cwt i was unaware of Scottish usual conditions so i brought 14 titanium shepherd, i ended camping close to river or streams so i could get 14 big stones everynight for my paratipi