Fantastic UL tent stakes...

[Rob]

So I picked up a set of tent stakes that I am truly impressed with.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MYZOKHJ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

These things are 9 inches long.  They have a mushroom head and can take a pounding by a hammer or Rock to set if need be.

The core is Carbon fiber, and the shell is Aluminum.

They weigh in at 0.49 ounces each.  This is a shade heavier than some of the other light weight stakes out there (1/10 to 2/10's)  but having a 9 inch stake in soft or loose ground can be the difference between staying put, and pulling out.

MSR makes a 6 inch version that is lighter than pretty much anything else I have seen on the market (Perhaps even lighter than the titanium Shepard hook stakes).


They are far from cheap, but I love them!  I think they actually lift my pack up off the ground like helium when I pack them.

[fowl smacker]

I use the MSR groundhog stakes and they've been amazing over the last 10 years.

[Skyvalhunter]

Do you mind if I ask what kind of a tent you are using these on?

[Rob]

I have heard good things about those.  certainly cheaper.

I was just excited to find a 9 inch stake you can pound on with a hammer that was under 1/2 an ounce!

[Rob]

Do you mind if I ask what kind of a tent you are using these on?

I am a tent collector....

I got them for my seek Cimarron.  But I have used them on my Big Agnus Fly creek too.

[Skyvalhunter]

cool thanks

[savagehunter]

I use these for my golite teepee

[jackelope]

The MSR groundhog stakes have served me well. Those look nice, but I have a hard time stomaching $50 in tent stakes. Now...that MSR hammer in Amazon's suggested combo purchase looks handy. I wonder if it would suffice as an ice axe for the high hunt too? Pound stakes, open beers and axe some ice?
Hmmm....



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[kentrek]

The msr cyclones are pretty dang good as well....im all about being as light as possible but some items ya just need to pack alil extra...stakes is one of them...need a variety of styles and weights pending on the location of the shelter and the style of soil...and wind conditions 😳

When my all carbon steaks bust this winter I will be replacing them with the ops suggested 

[3dvapor]

Thanks the stakes seek sent with my tent suck.

[Rob]

The seek tents are great...  the stakes they sent with it are the worst I have ever had!  I bent 1 to 2 every time i set it up.  2 broke.  I have never broken a stake before!

This is what sent me on the mission to upgrade.

The Msr carbon cores are over priced but I could not be happier!

[actionshooter]

I run these for $3 each... never bent one

https://www.rei.com/product/682543/msr-ground-hog-stake

[yakimanoob]

@jackelope a hammer is no substitute for a REAL ice axe. 

Only T-rated carbon fiber ice tools are sufficient for the high hunt.  Everyone knows this. 

This is the one I used on the VII climb up into the basin where we found that bear, and also to dispatch the wounded animal. 

[444Marlin]

The seek tents are great...  the stakes they sent with it are the worst I have ever had!  I bent 1 to 2 every time i set it up.  2 broke.  I have never broken a stake before!

This is what sent me on the mission to upgrade.

The Msr carbon cores are over priced but I could not be happier!

I thought I was the only one that was destroying the seek outside stakes.  I think I've slowly replaced most of them.  It when I camp in designated campsites that have very hard-packed ground/gravel that is the problem. I use the Nine Inch Nail - steel stakes for car camping.  I might pick up a few of those MSR stakes for the trail trips.

[Rob]

I think they are hard to beat when it comes to length, weight and strength. 

I find it hard to believe that Seek has such great tents, and they go cheap on the stakes.  Such a spendy tent with garbage stakes!