What kind of stakes do you use?

**G.L.P.** · 04-09-2011, 10:19

I like the Easton stakes...i found them to be the best of both worlds there very light and very strong....

**tritan** · 04-10-2011, 10:35

So I made the 2.5 hour trip to my local REI. :-) I bought two of the blue easton's to give them a try. My kit now includes two knock off coleman Groundhog look alikes and two easton's I am now debating on ordering a set of Shepards hooks or the mountain stakes with the eye loops to keep it light. I figure I can mix it up to keep my stakes light but have stakes for all conditions depending on where I hike.

**G.L.P.** · 04-10-2011, 10:47

Originally Posted by tritan

So I made the 2.5 hour trip to my local REI. :-) I bought two of the blue easton's to give them a try. My kit now includes to knock off colmen Groundhog look alikes and two easton's I am now debating on ordering a set of Shepards hooks or the mountain stakes with the eye loops to keep it light. I figure I can mix it up to keep my stakes light but have stakes for all conditions depending on where I hike.

i use the blue easton stakes there great..you can nail them into a 2x4 and they will not bend thats what i like about them ...there very strong but very light

**Dabberty** · 04-11-2011, 00:20

I use whatever branch i find laying around, oak, birch, it doesn't really matter to me.

**Apollo2112** · 04-11-2011, 15:47

I'm looking to but some new stakes, does anyone know if the Shepard Hook stakes from Zpacks are very strong? They're so lightweight...

**Raul Perez** · 04-11-2011, 15:50

I recently tried the mountainfitter 6" ti stakes in 35-40mph gusts. Wow really held out well. They are small enough to sneak into the rocky crevaces of the AT and long enough to maintain a good grip in the ground.

I did place rocks on top of them for fear of them being ripped out of the ground. Not very heavy rocks and not really positioned with all the rock's weight. I'd like to think they stayed in the ground all by themselves.

In any event really good first test period and I'm really satisfied with them.

**yardman228** · 06-09-2011, 18:13

Although counter-intuitive, I took Shug and others advice and painted my new titanium shepherd hook stakes blue. Because I have aspirations of hanging with some of y'all, I took a lesson from Maine Lobstermen and painted mine with a two bar pattern to distinguish them should they ever get dropped/mixed.

Blue Titanium Stake.jpg

**JaxHiker** · 06-09-2011, 19:58

I recently switched to carbon fiber stakes from titaniumgoat.com. They held in the ground on the AT in NC fine.

**dragon360** · 06-10-2011, 08:01

Originally Posted by Apollo2112

I'm looking to but some new stakes, does anyone know if the Shepard Hook stakes from Zpacks are very strong? They're so lightweight...

These are great stakes. I have a few myself and Joe is fantastic to deal with.

**dragon360** · 06-10-2011, 08:02

Originally Posted by yardman228

Although counter-intuitive, I took Shug and others advice and painted my new titanium shepherd hook stakes blue. Because I have aspirations of hanging with some of y'all, I took a lesson from Maine Lobstermen and painted mine with a two bar pattern to distinguish them should they ever get dropped/mixed.

Blue Titanium Stake.jpg

Good idea. When i used the blue, i was the only one but with it slowly catching on...