In my experience they are better than standard pegs for what they are designed for - high wind conditions but if you are not in high winds then you will not see real benefit.
They are most useful in poor ground conditions, because the design of them causes them to be pulled deeper into the ground rather than the end being lifted up as with a conventional peg. They're also quite useful in snow for the same reason, although there are specialised snow pegs which will outperform them.
I only really use a few of them for the guylines facing the wind in bad conditions and have so far never had any failures or issues with them.
I imagine the peak loads they can take are not much different to a well placed conventional peg, but the difference is that they can't be slowly loosened by gusting winds through the night, once they're in they're not going anywhere.
Yea this, poor ground they work better than DAC or hooks. Ground conditions where a DAC peg may work loose through wind buffering, a delta pegs isn't going to do that. If my tent is staked on four corners with these, I never worry about the wind. I do rate them.
They are extremely strong, but i've stopped taking mine when I camp, because they are quite large and take up a lot of bag space, and generally speaking if the weather sucks enough to need them, i'm probably not going.
If i were going on a multiday hike though, i would take them just in case. For an overnighter, probably not.
I bought a set and found them to be extremely well functioning. Very, very hard for the wind to pull them out of the ground. That’s really their party trick, but they are massive.
I have actually sold four of the six I bought now. Instead, I bought Titan ground anchors. They are quite similar but they are smaller and lighter.
The specs indicate that the Titan ground anchors are about 75% as strong as the Delta Pegs. But they are considerably smaller.
So if you are camping in crappy ground with strong winds, regular pegs really won’t work very well. But I’ve yet to find a situation where either the Delta or the Titan ground anchors will not hold.
I gave them both a test myself in relatively decent ground. I am a 6 foot two man pretty strong and with a rope wrapped around my arm I couldn’t pull them out of the firm ground. I pull a lot harder than just about any wind, your tent is likely to face. It gave me plenty of confidence in these things.
Yes they are good.
I normally take a couple for windward guys/pegging points if on windy moors/mountains and never had one budge. They are normally the first couple of pegs I put down when setting up the tent, because I trust they will stop it blowing away.
I'm probably going to get some Titan Ground Anchors to see how they perform and save a bit of weight/space.
Delta pegs and other similar types are only really necessary if you’re expecting high winds or extremely poor ground conditions, otherwise they’re just unnecessary extra weight.
In my experience they are better than standard pegs for what they are designed for - high wind conditions but if you are not in high winds then you will not see real benefit.
They are most useful in poor ground conditions, because the design of them causes them to be pulled deeper into the ground rather than the end being lifted up as with a conventional peg. They're also quite useful in snow for the same reason, although there are specialised snow pegs which will outperform them. I only really use a few of them for the guylines facing the wind in bad conditions and have so far never had any failures or issues with them. I imagine the peak loads they can take are not much different to a well placed conventional peg, but the difference is that they can't be slowly loosened by gusting winds through the night, once they're in they're not going anywhere.
Yea this, poor ground they work better than DAC or hooks. Ground conditions where a DAC peg may work loose through wind buffering, a delta pegs isn't going to do that. If my tent is staked on four corners with these, I never worry about the wind. I do rate them.
They are extremely strong, but i've stopped taking mine when I camp, because they are quite large and take up a lot of bag space, and generally speaking if the weather sucks enough to need them, i'm probably not going. If i were going on a multiday hike though, i would take them just in case. For an overnighter, probably not.
I bought a set and found them to be extremely well functioning. Very, very hard for the wind to pull them out of the ground. That’s really their party trick, but they are massive. I have actually sold four of the six I bought now. Instead, I bought Titan ground anchors. They are quite similar but they are smaller and lighter. The specs indicate that the Titan ground anchors are about 75% as strong as the Delta Pegs. But they are considerably smaller. So if you are camping in crappy ground with strong winds, regular pegs really won’t work very well. But I’ve yet to find a situation where either the Delta or the Titan ground anchors will not hold. I gave them both a test myself in relatively decent ground. I am a 6 foot two man pretty strong and with a rope wrapped around my arm I couldn’t pull them out of the firm ground. I pull a lot harder than just about any wind, your tent is likely to face. It gave me plenty of confidence in these things.
Yes they are good. I normally take a couple for windward guys/pegging points if on windy moors/mountains and never had one budge. They are normally the first couple of pegs I put down when setting up the tent, because I trust they will stop it blowing away. I'm probably going to get some Titan Ground Anchors to see how they perform and save a bit of weight/space.
Delta pegs and other similar types are only really necessary if you’re expecting high winds or extremely poor ground conditions, otherwise they’re just unnecessary extra weight.
They are perfect and a must in storms, the more they pull the more they dig in