Peggy Pegs Jumbo set - Tested and reviewed

Peggy Pegs are screw in tent pegs with a unique fixing system that mean they can be used in rocky or root filled ground where you may not be able to insert them to their full depth.
They could be a great solution as a more reliable way of pegging out your tent or awning when on less suitable ground. As well as avoiding some of the potential strains when trying to remove them.
In this video I tested them for speed and staying power to see just how well they worked.
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[@RichMints]

Hi Dave, thanks for your reply. I e taken on board your comments, which make perfect sense. I’ve decided that I will make a Peggy pegs purchase of the lihutweight aluminium pegs, which I’ve done some research on. They are practically indestructible, but I will have to pay a premium price for them. I do think it’s a case of you get what you pay for. I believe that, for a pack of four aluminium pegs is around the £20 mark.

[@DTSquared]

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[@RichMints]

Hi Dave, you’ve cleared up one or two things for me…firstly, do I use a drill or an impact driver for drilling or removing pegs? I was originally advised to purchase an impact driver, by a company where I purchased some hard duty pegs from…after listening to your review on Peggy pegs I’m so pleased I didn’t buy an impact driver. One other thing I noticed in your video. You were testing, using a weight luggage weighing scales, how much resistance each peg was by using the digital scales, which after seeing how much the digital scales cost (£13.99) on Amazon. I’ve used a peg puller before, and the metal hook part of the peg puller started to straighten out rendering it virtually useless. So after seeing how you were pulling different pegs from the ground, would it be a good idea to invest in digital scales (Meilen) to pull the pegs from the ground, after all, the the scales are able to withstand up-to 50 kilograms of pulling weight, and may be a better solution than using a plain peg puller. I’d be interested to read your comments.

[@DTSquared]

Hi Rich, I'm glad you found the video helpful. An impact driver would be fine until you met significant resistance such as a tree root. At which point it would put so much torque into the peg it would sheer it. I've sheared 4inch steel wood screws with impact drivers before. In terms of extracting pegs I don't think scales are the way to go. I used them because I was putting pegs into ground that was not SO solid that extracting the pegs would be challenging. It was a test of the peg adhesion rather than the puller. If you have a situation where a peg is lodged into the ground. For example if it has bent under a rock, gone thru a tree root or the ground has baked hard. Then the force required to pull it will probably be way more than 50kg. The only option is a good quality puller, I've seen some with a brass hook screwed into the end of a mallet handle. Which wouldn't last 5 seconds with a stuck peg. This is where pepgy pegs have the advantage since unscrewing a stuck peg is easier (more likely to be successful) than pulling it. Think about how easy it is to remove a screw compared to a nail. Hope that helps. Dave

[@SphericallyChallenged]

Best channel on KZbin, thank you sir for your service. Fantastic wee video. A diamond in the rough. ❤

[@DTSquared]

Thank you, that's very kind of you to say. I'm glad you liked it.

[@mikeroutledge8879]

Thank you for this review. It was very timely for us as we are looking into using this type of screw peg. If used instead of standard large pegs for storm straps this should stop you hitting your hand with a hammer whilst first holding the pegs in place :)

[@DTSquared]

Glad you enjoyed it. I didn't push the point to much in the review but there's definitely an argument to make that they reduce the risk of injuries both in trying to extract stubborn pegs and as you say accidentally hitting your hand when banging them in. Peggypeg do make some other products specifically for awning straps and tie downs but I haven't tried these ( . . . yet ).

[@chrisrobo4208]

on the negative side its a tad skewed only on 1 point where you talk about the need for a drill, my set came with a tool to do that by hand, although that was 8 years ish ago. and i can see on your desc you have the same tool your just missing the blue bit..

[@DTSquared]

The tool is still in the kit and I do mention it in the video. It comes in two parts the bit that goes in the drill and then an orange handle that it can attache to. I also point out that it's probably not practical to put a lot of pegs in with the provided tool as that would take quite a while.

[@CosmicBrain21]

I don’t think this product looks very good. You might as well use the steel pegs which you can break ground with an impact driver. The issue with traditional mallet-in pegs is that they break, if these break then it doesn’t solve the problem.

[@DTSquared]

The standard bang in plastic pegs have to be in fully yo be of any use because the hook is at the top. Whenever I've broken one it's been trying to get it deep enough in hard ground. Rock pegs can also get bent in same way. The idea with these is that you can stop before breaking them but still have a usable fixing. But I understand where you are coming from and if you're happy with steel.screw pegs then that that's cool.

[@CosmicBrain21]

@@DTSquared Thanks for the reply, and great informative video (I should have started my last comment with this). I see what the product is trying to do and it makes sense, if they weren’t so expensive I’d be tempted to try them.