My scale also said 0.6 Oz for the wire stakes & the groundhogs, but I never trusted that (Very OLD scale) so only carried 4 MSRs thinking I was saving weight. carried 4 wire stakes, but have gone through 8 of them in the past 3 months. Just finished switching out all the wire stakes for MSRs, Thanks!!!
I have yet to bend a Groundhog. Yet!
Obviously your tarp stake video wasn't as boring as you first thought!
When you have a backpack on, no matter where you are, you’re home.
PAIN is INEVITABLE. MISERY is OPTIONAL.
My local REI has MSRs for 1.95 each. That is 8 for less than $16.00.
Nice review on a dull subject. Another plus of the reflective loop is if the stake is really stuck in the ground you can put another stake thru the loop and use it as a handle to pull the ground stake out.
The alloy used is important and I wonder if the Groundhog clones might not be lower quality.
Knotty
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No offence to BWDD, but I feel they are.Originally Posted by Knotty
I'll beat on some this week and see if my gut is right on that.
I like them 'cause their blue!
I've bent both the MSRs and clones. Never did side-by-side comparison.
Knotty
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