6 Pcs Aluminum Tent Stakes - 12.6" Sand Stakes for Tents Suitable for Soft Ground and Snow, Rust & Corrosion Resistant - Easy to Install Tent Stake Set with High Visibility Color & U-Shaped Anchors

Got these to complement some 10" Harbor Freight stakes. The HF stakes are for firm ground. These Cosmos work great in sand. I used them three ways in sand, and they held up find to sustained 20mph winds and gusts over 30mph. In fact, they did this even though I (unwisely) pitched the rather large REI Kingdom 6 tent crossways to the wind, rather than aerodynamically into the wind. I had to TRY to get the view :) The first way I used them was traditional: peg angled down into the sand; tent guy looped over the lip on the stake. This was fine for corners where the wet sand was close to the surface, and I could get the stake perpendicular to the guy line. The second way I used them was less traditional. I fed a bottom loop on the guy line through the small hole near the bottom of the stake, then pulled the loop over the stake. This is a bit hard on the line, but I'd rather replace line than have an anchor pull out. With the line in the small hole I'd cut a thin line in the sand along the expected path of the guy line, then shove the stake into the sand as far as I could, so the guy line was buried. This held up fine even with sand that was dry quite far down. The third way I used them was also traditional. On my large tent (rated for 6 people) there are intermediate tiedowns between the major anchor points near on the tent poles. These are very important to keep these parts of the fly from dripping condensation (or rain) on the tent body. For these I dug trenches about 6" deep and buried the stakes, with line looped as for the second stake. This took short bits of line, with the two loose ends coming up high enough to tie on the tabs on the fly. End result: tent stayed snugly guyed down with almost no day-to-day readjustment of the tie points. I wonder how my tent would do in snow? It would almost be worth it to try, just to see if the stakes work as well in snow as sand! BTW: I think having these be 12x1.38" instead of 9x1" (which is typical of other similar LOOKING stakes) makes a BIG difference! Having over 16 square inches in the sand is much better than just having 9!

Durable and works well. Used 6 to stake down my tent on beach and felt very secure

These worked well for me on a windy beach. Just a few of them securely held a big beach shade/cabana thing that I am sure put quite a load on them. You can either dead-man bury them in the sand or use them the traditional way, they seem to hold really well no matter what. If you are car camping on the beach have or a big beach shade/shelter you want to lock down, these are exactly what you need, just buy them - you won't regret it. These are very specialized stakes for sand and snow. They are absurdly too large for any other conditions, and I imagine that pounding these into hard packed ground would probably damage them - that is not at all what they are designed for. But regular tent stakes just don't work at all in snow or sand. In those conditions you either suck it up and hump these bad boys in, or you get to have" fun" trying to find heavy rocks, and big sturdy sticks to bury and the like. And for those of you that are actually thinking about backpacking with these, the weight isn't horrible for what they are and how well they do it. The main hit to your pack isn't going to be so much weight as volume. They are like a cartoon reproduction of a regular tent stake they are so big. So you have to really need these to take them, but if you are above tree line, in a non-freestanding tent - yeah, maybe bring a couple of these for the critical lines that will give you "tent face" if they let go in the middle of the night.

Perfect for the sand. Literally held down our easy up and tarp shelter at the beach while more than a dozen easy ups and umbrellas went tumbling down the beach throughout the day. We did dig them into the ground and fixed angled away from the structure so it could hold under load. Probably important to do otherwise they slip out of the sand easily

I wanted an easier less time consuming way to set up my Neso sun shade at the beach. The sandbags work just fine but you have to fill the sandbags, maybe bury them, ultimately empty them when packing up. Even then the sandbags may be damp from the sand and need to be dried out. Then there's the need for a shovel unless you want to fill the bags by hand which is even more work. Slapping 4 stakes in ground solves all these issues. And they worked. I was able to pound them in with a short block of wood, no need for a big heavy hammer. They held the shade sufficiently. I was able to yank them out of the ground by hand by wiggling a bit and yanking These come in a set of 6 and I just need 4 so I have a couple spares. A large carabiner works in keeping them together. Sand stakes work fine 5 Stars ...however there's a huge safety concern with these as I almost found out. The stake and the guy lines are a tripping hazard at best, and a possibility of cutting someones foot. People go barefooted at the beach and step on things. So the next time I use these I'm going to bring my shovel which I hoped these would have avoided, and use it to bury each stake in a 2 foot mound, serve as both physical protection and visual clue there's a rope here. So if using at a busy beach, assume someone will step on these, be proactive and bury or cover them.

I’ve taken my family beach camping for the last five years and one of the biggest challenges has been tent stakes holding in the sand. The first year we used the wire tent stakes that came with the tents, absolutely worthless. The next year we got big fat plastic ones which were a little better, but fail with only a little tension. Year three and four we used heavy duty auger anchors, which worked very well, but were large, heavy, and were difficult to screw into the ground. This year I’m trying these, and so far they are working great! They slide into the sand easily but have held the tension very well. I’m using a loop of twine and a carabiner to attach the tent straps, which is working well. And they are lightweight and take up a small amount of space.

These are very good SAND stakes. They are not really designed for hard ground. They are only an 1/8' thick so they are not very strong vertically or will handle higher lateral loads like a steel stake will. They are also concave for a reason- to increase surface area and resistance in soft soil like sand or snow.You DO NOT put a tent guyline around the top of this stake. If you look at the holes in the stake the smaller diameter one at the lower end of the stake is were you put the guyline THROUGH the stake and then you bury the stake in the sand parallel to whatever you are attaching the guyline to. The shape allows you to push it into soft base material very easily but due to its shape and that its buried, it provides a very firm hold. I added carabiner clips to the end of my guyline so I can quickly connect it to attachment points on my tent. I used these stakes for a pop up beach tent which is why the guyline is so short. You can use this stake in the conventional manner but under only very light wind conditions and NOT into hard ground. Every complaint about this stake being too weak or bending is because the individuals were using it incorrectly in the wrong type of base. There are several good Utube videos showing the correct use of this stake.

These were PERFECT for holding taut lines for a tarp over a pet crate in my SW Florida yard, where the soil has the consistency of pure sand. (See my photo of a camo tarp over a pet crate for feeding feral cats outside in wet weather.) I first tried some long but narrow aluminum stakes, and even the lawn root system did not prevent them from pulling out through the ground lengthwise. These are nice and wide and PLENTY STRONG. I mostly pushed them in by hand, and used my foot to push them a couple final inches. Someone complained about them being weak and bending. I disagree; they're not "weak". Sure, you could bend them by hammering with a hard hammer if they hit a rock or hard root, but these stakes aren't designed for those conditions. I'd wondered whether a loop of cord would stay in place around the collar at the top of the stake ... or whether I should pass my cord through one of the holes. But, by angling them correctly (buried toe toward tent, collared head away from tent) and ensuring the concave surface faces the tent, the curved collar was fully sufficient to hold the loop of jute that I used to tie the corners of my tent.