Blue Screw offers two plastic pegs at 310 and 580mm long. They are ideal in sandy environments with exceptional high-hold abilities. Blue Screw suggest its pegs work well in snow, sloppy mud and underwater too, which would be ideal for a boat mooring. The rope hook on top is large enough to attach multiple guy ropes. This product is aimed squarely at sand and soft soil use; forget trying to twist it into hard ground – it simply won’t work. As the Blue Screw is so flexible and long, you need to ensure it’s wound all the way in if pulling it at an angle, but works equally as well if screwed in line with the rope pull instead of at an angle, which could bend or twist the shaft beyond its limits.

Compared to large, traditional pegs, these drill in tent pegs are much lighter, and you get away with much smaller pegs as they provide far more grab into the ground than a traditional peg. I’d have no issues using half size screw in pegs, as long as the ground is solid. Using Screw in Tent Pegs No doubt there are a couple of best screw in tent pegs, but for us the Bunnings Whites option works just fine. Simple, easy to use and strong as Should you get a set of screw in pegs?

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The major issue with traditional pegs is that they can be a mission to pull out. Sure, you can use another peg to make it easier, or a peg removal tool, but sometimes you still struggle for a long time, and that’s not much fun. The screw in pegs simply unwind, and cause you no stress or issues at all. Light weight We're currently on a Big Lap of Australia living out of our 4WD and Hybrid Camper Trailer with our two young boys. Over the couple of years that we had it the corner that you hit got so flattened down that they would snap off, and you’d be left with just a piece of straight peg. Easy to take out With my drill I just wind the appropriate peg into the ground and the job is secure until I need to move. I’ve lost count of the number of tent pegs that I’ve bent, or flattened so badly that they’ve snapped from smashing them into the ground.

The first pull was set to be pulling the peg out of the ground at a 45° angle, replicating use on a tarp, awning or tent – in effect, trying to bend the peg as well as pulling it free from the ground, and that’s a no-no for some of these pegs. At Winfields Outdoors, we can’t express enough to customers how important having better quality or the correct peg for the correct ground is for your tent, shelter, or awning. Garden Haven Set of 20 Heavy Duty Hard Ground Pegs with Luminous Heads and Plastic Case with Tent Peg Puller Anyone found any pegs that screw in with minimum effort and hold? Or can someone explain how they manage with the common screw pegs?

DIY screw in tent pegs

Not only that, but if your tent pegs aren’t quite up to the challenge, you may find yourself in a situation where your tent isn’t strong enough to withstand the elements, such as strong gusts of wind. Peggy Peg can even supply long masonry bits to pre-drill holes into ridiculously hard ground. A combo tool can be used to help twist the pegs into the ground should your drill not do the job and there are purpose-designed anchor plates that accommodate up to seven separate pegs for extra ground-hugging force as well as slots to take awning legs. After several years of using these, I finally broke a couple. The first one snapped from too much torque on the drill, trying to go into seriously hard ground, and it basically just twisted the steel off. We're about to dive into the world of awnings. We've decided on the Kampa air awning. A friend said we should get better pegs than those supplied with the awning. I've been looking and there seems to be screw in or large nail types. Do the screw in pegs need a cordless drill to use (I don't have a drill). We mostly pitch on hardstanding so will the nail type pegs be enough.

The Kampa ones are good on grass but useless on hard standings. I use the giant nail type with a good lump hammer. I also carry a crowbar to remove them easily.

I’ve snapped and bent a couple

If you’ve not used them before, know that everyone who has them raves about them, for good reason. Over the years, camping has become so much easier, and more comfortable, and little inventions like this go a long way to making this happen. We are very pleased with our Bunnings Screw in Pegs, and have recommended them to a heap of people already.