packing stakes

I have mine tied with a thick rubber band or inside a thin pouch (one I have is made from Tyvek) between the tent and the tent stuff sack.
Most of the time my tent is at the top of the pack , sometime in the front pocket , occasionally inside the main compartment either across or vertical.
heavy of course but I don't care …

BTW, I do take spares but not that many.

I found a light pencil case that works. I too use tyvek, but wrap them in a square with a rbber band. The tyvek can be used for a doormat or dressing "placemat" to keep feet ans socks clean.

Ti wires and a few bits of Easton tubing.
Silnylon stuff sack MYOG to size.
Stuff sack loose in top of pack.

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+1 on the MYOG tyvek case – cut the corner off a used Tyvek envelope, seal the third side with 2" sealing tape. Leave enough of a flap to secure with a rubber band or hair scrungie.

I'm a big fan of "back to school week" at Walmart. 99 cent pencil cases with 2 or 3 zippered compartments are great for toiletry cases while traveling, keeping small tools together in a larger tool box, keeping pens and pencils together in my briefcase and, especially, for organizing laptop and cell phone cables in my carry-on. But I haven't found any that seemed light enough for UL backpacking uses. Anyone have a lead on something cheap like that, but of lighter material?

I carry my stakes in a Peg Case from Picharpak Workshop.
http://store.picharpak.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=71
It weighs a little over 8 grams. I just attach it to a strap on the outside of my pack.

I keep my guylines tied to my pegs and just bundle them up together (in groups of four) by wrapping the lines around the pegs then passing the ends through the top of the now compressed pegs. Then they go in an outer pocket.

ziploc plastic bag. Any dirt or water is contained. I just put them in the bag with the tent. Maybe once a year I replace the bag.

I use a minilalist tie-closure silnylon sack that I think MLD sent me when I bought some stakes once. I keep the stakes in the front pocket of my pack with my shelter, so I guess I don't have to worry about damaging anything else.

BTW, I would recommend using something more substantial for the four corner stakes of a mid, then use the wire Ti hook stakes only for the sides. Unless you never expect to be out in decent wind. I use MSR Groundhogs, but the Easton tube stakes have a good repuation, too. There is an article around here somewhere about stake holding power.

Stakes are typically kept in a long, skinny cuben stuff sack which is then stored in the front mesh pocket of my pack with other things that are either dirty, wet, or will be needed throughout the day. I figure storing the stakes outside of my pack decreases the likelihood of an accidental puncture of something important in my pack.

Mine (I only carry four for my hammock tarp) have guy lines attached and wrapped around them. I stuff them in a small, beat-up stuff sack and stick that in one of my side pockets There's a mitten hook on the cord which I clip onto a compression cord on my pack so I can't lose the whole thing.

>> I would recommend using something more substantial for the four corner stakes of a mid, then use the wire Ti hook stakes only for the sides.

In desert environments such as Grand Canyon, the Ti hook stakes are the only ones I'm able to drive into the ground – and then only by pounding with a rock, and even then it doesn't always work. The good news is, once they're in, they tend to hold pretty well.

I just ended up rubber-banding 'em together, and then putting them in one of the two velcro loops on the back of my pack (where I also put the pair of socks I'm not wearing, so they can dry out). The velcro can be clamped pretty tightly, and the shepherd's hook shape makes it highly unlikely that they will slip out.