I thought it was fine before. Content's more important than form anyway. Pegs'n'eggs aside.

Look, paragraph breaks...

On the negativity bit, I actually thought there was a fair balance between positive 'great, original idea' feedback and constructive criticism. I don't think it's particularly unfair to ask if a new design is likely to give a genuine performance advantage over existing versions. No-one said that the idea was rubbish, just asked some questions that might, ultimately, help to improve the design.

Innovation's great, but it's not an end in itself.

Just some people were criticising for stuff that it wasn't designed to do, such as secure mountain tents. It's clearly designed for mass-market lowland campers.

I hope this thread as given Mr Tent Peg Man some encouragement. Considering how difficult product development and patenting is in the UK, he probably needs it!

PS Of course content is important, but so is readability/design/form/whatever. It's daft to say one is more important than the other - you need both.

Great content's useless if you can't read it, and a flashy website is useless if it has nothing to say, or buries the useful stuff. Put the two together and you get superb websites like BBCi - or OM!

Er, Dan, if you read Dave (the inventor's) very comprehensive and considered reply earlier in the thread he says "it was originally designed for the mass market of campsite users - but after lots of interested feedback from serious users like yourselves I am now doing all I can to make them fit your uses as well."

I don't think Dave is asking for responses because he needs a pat on the back; I think he is investigating his potential market in a sensible and enterprising manner. No point in him spending a fortune on launching his product in the wrong market.

And I don't think anyone has knocked his idea in a purely negative manner. We have merely made some constructive points which may encourage him to rethink either his design or his marketplace. Which is ultimately to his advantage.

does anyone know what happened to this idea.

I volunteered to test them with me D of Ed groups but I never heard from him again. And I'm no longer at the same school.

My 2c worth

I think they could be fab for sandy conditions.

Might be really good as a backup, carry a couple to peg out main stress-bearing guy ropes. some tunnel tents put far more stress on some lines than others.

As for attachment to guys; what about drilling 2 small holes and using that to add a small rope loop? Then tie the guy through the loop.

bets bit with these is if there are kids running around while you put the tent up...soft little feet plus two sythe like daggers equals no more toes!

i cant seem to get the website to open, just gives the hoster's home page?

Any clues.

Cheers


Nick

I'll stick to my twizzle pegs. No mallet required. Great for soft ground, hard ground, they're light weight etc

i just just about to say has anyone tried twizzle pegs ! made by arktis ! i find them great for bivi's, not used with a tent yet though !

Errr, this thread is over *three years* old and the website is dead anyway...???!!

LMFAO

The basic idea didn't die in the intervening years... these are an excellent product, tho's not designed for backpacking