Snow Peak Solid Stakes 'Stead of Rebar

[BadKittenOnARampage]

Howdy, ePlayateers!

This is my fourth burn, but my first solo and I'm thinking of getting these super-cool Snow Peak solid stakes (can be driven through ashphalt!): http://www.backcountrygear.com/snow-pea ... stake.html instead of rebar for my tent and shade structure and wanted to consult the shared wisdom of the ePlaya . . . thoughts? Opinions? Bad Puns?

Thanks in advance!!!

[forty_eight]

Someone used them before ... sounded successful:

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... 8&start=30

I was camping with someone in the Sierra Nevada who used them on a tarp with freestanding legs and the thing was bomber ... we didn't have much wind that week, though.

I was convinced enough to buy 8 of the size #40 which come in just under 16".

There was another thread asking for advice on them, and someone suggested bringing the known solution - rebar.

I'll bring a bit of that, too.

Overengineer ... all of the things!

And bring them!

[Capt. RON]

Depends on the size...... 12inch pounded in FLUSH to the playa is good, but bang for the buck, I'd go with the 16in.
They come out way easier than rebar.