low budget camping challenge

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Ive got a good deal on dehydrated water
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I've taken this on a few trips and it's been handy. Doesn't weigh a ton but has just enough weight to be useful.
I might chop the handle down on mine though. They're quite long.

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do any take a collapsable trowel for burying stuff?. I got one from some where can a bit heavy but then it has to dig holes? could also do duty for knocking tent pegs in or self defence against the wild life
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mercalia wrote:do any take a collapsable trowel for burying stuff?. I got one from some where can a bit heavy but then it has to dig holes? could also do duty for knocking tent pegs in or self defence against the wild life


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Mallet?
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We don't carry a mallet, and we've often had problems finding a suitable object.

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Instead of a mallet, I use a rubber (cupped) tip from a walking pole, placed upside down, to push pegs in. It has a metal insert inside which prevents the pegs from tearing through the rubber, and the flared rubber end provides a comfortable support for your hand when pushing the pegs in. Works really well for y or straight pegs, but looped pegs won’t fit in the ‘cup’. The tip weighs next to nothing and fits in the peg bag.
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hoppy58 wrote:Instead of a mallet, I use a rubber (cupped) tip from a walking pole, placed upside down, to push pegs in. It has a metal insert inside which prevents the pegs from tearing through the rubber, and the flared rubber end provides a comfortable support for your hand when pushing the pegs in. Works really well for y or straight pegs, but looped pegs won’t fit in the ‘cup’. The tip weighs next to nothing and fits in the peg bag.


That's a really good idea :)

Sorry to go off topic but I've got some pegs like the one in your photos but haven't used them much yet. How are you finding yours perform?
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To be honest I have only recently bought these and haven’t tried them properly, but they seem ok, especially if you put them in at an angle.
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I have 9g square section aluminium pegs that look like that. Highly Recommended.

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Jdsk wrote:I have 9g square section aluminium pegs that look like that. Highly Recommended.

Jonathan


Thanks Jonathon :)
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PaulaT wrote:
hoppy58 wrote:Instead of a mallet, I use a rubber (cupped) tip from a walking pole, placed upside down, to push pegs in. It has a metal insert inside which prevents the pegs from tearing through the rubber, and the flared rubber end provides a comfortable support for your hand when pushing the pegs in. Works really well for y or straight pegs, but looped pegs won’t fit in the ‘cup’. The tip weighs next to nothing and fits in the peg bag.


That's a really good idea :)

Sorry to go off topic but I've got some pegs like the one in your photos but haven't used them much yet. How are you finding yours perform?


I like that idea too -- and I have spare tips for standard nhs alloy adjustable sticks which are a little bigger and think they might fit my plastic pegs ( they're like angle section and very strong and light ) which I like to use.
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Jdsk wrote:We don't carry a mallet, and we've often had problems finding a suitable object.

But we've just put up the tents and remembered that on the last tour we took one of these.

It's a plumbing T piece, mass 18g.

Worth trying.

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There's bound to be something that we carry that has a duel use one being to push in the pegs like that T piece. ( great idea BTW )
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Jdsk wrote:But we've just put up the tents and remembered that on the last tour we took one of these. It's a plumbing T piece, mass 18g.


Same here.

But then I blow the weight savings on carrying extra pegs to cope with every situation. For example, the only way to get a peg into the ground in my back garden without bending it is to use a chuffing chunky Ti nail.

And I use walking stick ferrules on the bottom of my folding camping chair, to stop it sinking into soft ground.
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