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Craig Taylor

Mythbusting: should tent pegs really go in at an angle?

Cheerful and smiling campers set up a tent for camping in the woods.

When camping somewhere windy, it’s very important to ensure your tent is pegged out properly. We all know this. But what does “properly” actually mean? Should tent pegs go into the ground at a 45° angle? Or are you better off driving them straight into the soil? In our latest Mythbusting article, we take a deep dive into proper peg etiquette to answer a burning question that’s been keeping the world awake at night: what’s the best way to stake out pegs?

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