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SMC Sno-Tent Stake

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Item # 358111

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The SMC Sno-Tent Stake provides extra holding power when pitching your tent in the snow or sand.

When inserted, holes in stake fill with snow (or sand), helping to anchor stake in place
Can also use one of the lower holes to tie off stake if necessary (burying cord in snow), rather than using the traditional top hole

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SMC Sno-Tent Stake Customer Reviews

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SMC Sno-Tent Stake

4.3

(based on 8 reviews)

88%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Lightweight (5)
Durable (3)

Cons

Best Uses

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Sep

2007

(6 of 8 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

awsome!

By slowbutsteady

from Kamloops, BC

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

holds great in sand

Cons

bends in harder soil

Best Uses

Beach

Comments about SMC Sno-Tent Stake:

This will hold down a tarp on a beach in huge winds. It doesn't hold up if you are thinking of using it is hard pack dirt.

Mar

2010

(4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Use for snow or sand, not sandy soil

By Charlie2

from Chicago

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Pros

Compact
Lightweight

Cons

Not Durable

Best Uses

Backcountry
Winter Camping

Comments about SMC Sno-Tent Stake:

These stakes are meant for snow or loose sand --- the kind that you can dig through with your hands. They will hold hard and fast. I use them with a non-freestanding tent that would fall over without staking it out.

Do not use these for sandy soil or regular soil. In those situations use regular stakes or tie off to rocks/trees. These stakes will bend.

Bottom Line: If you use them for their intended purpose, they work perfectly.

Mar

2009

(4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Works great in the snow!

By BkpckrJules

from Seattle, WA

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Pros

Cons

Best Uses

Mountaineering
Snow Camping

Comments about SMC Sno-Tent Stake:

Used these several times on snow camping trips in the Cascades this winter - worked amazingly well! I haven't tried them in sand, but they sure do their job in the snow. Lightweight and easy to use.

Apr

2008

(4 of 12 customers found this review helpful)

3.0

Bends Easily

By CHoffman

from Hollywood CA

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Pros

Lightweight

Cons

Flimsy Construction

Best Uses

Backpacking

Comments about SMC Sno-Tent Stake:

Watch using these in the desert. If they find a rock they bend. Take a second set with you. You're going to go through them.

May

2010

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Held up to 50 mph winds no problem

By Travelingteacher

from Las Vegas, NV

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Pros

Compact
Durable
Easy Setup
Easy to Use
Good Design
Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Beach Camping

Comments about SMC Sno-Tent Stake:

Just got back from using these for the first time camping at Lake Mead. The winds kicked up to about 40 mph with 55-60 mph gusts (according to the NWS), and these stakes held like cement. A few of them were pounded into loose sand, and a few went into firmer soil. All four held great. I used a small hammer to pound them and took it slow, so as not to bend them. No problems, and even the next morning I really had to pull to get these things out. They didn't even budge all night.

I've lost two tents already to the Mojave Desert windstorms, and wasn't about to lose anymore. The tent will shred and the poles will snap before these stakes let go. I don't recommend using them in regular soil, however. they would be difficult to pound in and retrieve.

Aug

2009

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Very Effective when used in the sand...

By RickMan

from Chicago, IL

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Pros

effective
Functional
Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking
Car Camping
Day trip

Comments about SMC Sno-Tent Stake:

I used this product this past weekend while camping on sandy beaches while canoeing the lower Wisconsin River. The stakes worked very well at holding the tent in place. However, I do agree that the stakes will bend if there are rocks in the sand but what do you expect...

Jul

2010

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Good, solid, reliable design

By ProjectMgr

from Silver Spring, MD

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Pros

Sturdy

Cons

Best Uses

Beach

Comments about SMC Sno-Tent Stake:

A good, solid design.
I used these while camping on a windy beach in Assateague National Island Park, Maryland, USA. They held tightly in the sand while tents using regular stakes collapsed, and shelters using regular stakes rolled across the beach like tumbleweeds.

These stakes didn't move an inch. Still, I would like to see a somewhat longer version of these stakes for use in extremely high winds.

Dec

2009

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

GREAT TENT STAKE FOR SNOW

By tnfhiker

from SAC, CA

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Pros

Durable
Easy to Use
Good Design
Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Winter Camping

Comments about SMC Sno-Tent Stake:

GREAT TENT STAKES FOR SNOW CAMPING AS THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE MEANT FOR. LIGHT WEIGHT. STRONG. HOLD WELL IN THE SNOW. I HAVE HAD MINE FOR ABOUT 5 YEARS NO PROBLEMS. DEFINATELY RECOMMENDED!!