Easton 6″ Full Metal Jacket Stakes

[Jay Wilkerson]

Any friends have experience with these stakes? A set of (6) ways 1.2oz–They seam a little pricey but I might just pull the trigger to save a OZ. Are the durable?

[Steven Paris]

Jay,

Not to steer you away from carbon, but have you looked at the SMD L Stake? .3 oz/stake, so a total of 1.8 oz for 6 stakes. Biggest difference is the price: six stakes would be $8.40 plus shipping. I'm planning to pick some up soon, as SMD is only a few miles from my house (whenever they have their open house for the new space). These will replace my older Easton stakes, so I'll have a combination of Ti hooks and the SMDs.

[Jay Wilkerson]

Steven, I too use a combo of stakes: 2 MSR groundhogs for ridge-lines and the old school Hi-Vis BPL stakes. I also just got some new Vargo Orange Heads which I like also. I think I would use the Easton's for my tarp sides and not the ridgeline. I will check out the SMD stakes. Thanks!

[Nathan Coleman]

The stakes look like they are sections of Easton Full Metal Jacket arrows cut and then with inserts glued in.

I can vouch for the arrows. I've been shooting these since 2008 and they are the toughest I've ever used.

[Greg Mihalik]

Define "durable".

If the tips are solid I'd guess they will be OK.

If the tips are hollow-formed you will need to exercise a little care.

[Jay Wilkerson]

Nice link Greg. Durable meaning tough and being able to with stand the Sierras and the Granite plus being pounded in by Granite rocks over and over again. I like the simple Ti stakes but just checking if these Eastons will be durable over the long run? It seems like they could possibly shatter in time.

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