Nature Calls Backpacking

How to start Backpacking- How To Set The Proper Backpacking Tent Stake Angle

There seems to be a debate on what the proper stake/peg angle should be when setting up your backpacking tent for maximum holding power.  The big carnival tent industry with their huge steel rebar-like stakes did a test and determined that the stake is best if it is put into the ground perpendicular, or 90 degrees to the ground.  Through this  demonstration though, that for lightweight backpacking steaks/pegs that is not the way to go.  I did a 45 degree angle to the ground, or 90 degrees to the guyline, or close to it, in every case held better.