Greetings,
When I first hit the scene, the only way you could acquire titanium was if you knew someone in a government aerospace program or something like that.
Obviously, things have changed.
I also bought a Vargo stove a while back. Not my cup of tea, but nothing to do with the quality or function of the item. I gave that stove to a friend of mine who lives in Alaska. It's just more useful to her than it ever was to me. Either way, that stove was my first experience with Vargo, as a company/manufacturer, and it left me confident in doing future business with them.
These new tent stakes, however, are JUST RIGHT. Purchased to replace the original tent stakes that came with a small backpacking tent I use. They are very lightweight, as expected, and quite strong/tough, which was also expected. I will probably invest in more of these tent stakes in the future, for use with my other tents etc. Also, I have yet to lose a tent stake, but a couple of backups wouldn't take too much room, or add too much weight.
The transaction was as smooth as could be, and the stakes arrived in my mailbox earlier than expected. All in all, I would certainly recommend titanium tent stakes for anyone interested in such an item, and I sugest purchasing them from this company too. Vargo is a company based in The United States, who has all it's manufacturing done in China. So far, they've been easy to deal with.
Happy camping