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A Mid-Height Double-Sided Teardrop Flag That Stakes Into Grass
A teardrop flag holds its branding in a rounded, taut sweep that stays readable even as the wind drops, and the mid-height TF3200DS plants that shape on a spike for soft ground. Its curved glass fibre pole rises from a steel stake that pushes into grass or soil, so it stands with no base to weigh down or haul, and the added height over the compact size carries the message further across an open site. Each face is printed on its own panel around an opaque core, so the design reads forward whichever way the crowd comes. It is tall enough to be seen down a row of stalls yet still light for one person to pitch. Best suited for outdoor events, garden centres and sports grounds where the ground is soft and the display needs a stake rather than a base.
Why This Teardrop Display Reads Across a Field
- A bright graphic on each face: Two printed panels enclose a light-blocking liner, so each side carries its own correct image and the other never reads through dim and reversed. With a crowd gathering on all sides outdoors, the branding lands the right way for everyone, and the print is part of the order, so you send art and it comes back finished.
- A spike that grips the ground: In place of a weighted plate, a steel stake drives into grass or soil and the pole seats onto it, so the earth anchors the flag with nothing heavy to assemble. Being light to lift is what lets a crew carry and pitch several across a site in one go.
- A mid height with real reach: Standing taller than the compact size, it lifts the message above heads and stalls to carry down a row or across a field, while staying short and light enough for one person to handle and move on their own, a balance the tallest flags trade away for sheer height.
- A rounded shape that holds in calm air: The curved pole keeps the fabric under tension, so the teardrop stays open and the message legible even on a still day. It will not droop into a slack wrap around the pole the way a loose rectangular flag tends to when the breeze fades.
- A pole that flexes through gusts: The glass fibre mast and its GRP whip bow and recover in a blow rather than holding rigid, so out in the open the flag rides a wind of up to 45 kph (28 mph) where a stiff pole would give way.
- Light to carry, quick to pitch: With no base in the kit, the pole splits into sections and the fabric rolls into the bag supplied, so one person sets it up or strikes it in a couple of minutes with no tools. Every flag carries a 1 year guarantee against manufacturing faults.
Where This Event Banner Earns Its Pitch
| Outdoor Events and Country Shows | Marks an entrance, an arena or a trade row across a grassy showground, where carrying weighted bases would slow a crew down. The stake goes in quickly, the flag reads from all sides, and the lot folds into a bag for the journey to the next show. |
| Garden Centres and Nurseries | Calls out a seasonal line or an event from among the beds and the parking edges. The spike sinks into a border or grass strip in moments, the flag stands without a base underfoot, and it draws out cleanly when the display moves on. |
| Sports Grounds and Clubs | Brands a touchline, a club gate or a tournament field on turf. The stake bites into the playing surface, the mid height clears the action and the crowd's eyeline, and it packs down small to travel to away fixtures. |
| Festivals and Music Events | Flags a bar, a stage or a zone on a festival field. A run of them along a walkway steers the crowd, each reading from both sides, and one pull frees every stake from the turf when the site is struck. |
| Visitor Attractions and Parks | Guides visitors toward an entrance, a trail or an event across a lawn or green. It stakes into the soft ground without digging or fixings, stands on a tiny footprint, and lifts away without a trace afterwards. |
| Roadside Verges and Open Days | Pulls passing trade toward a launch, a viewing or an open day from the grass beside a road or a unit. It pushes into the verge in seconds, reads to traffic from both directions, and comes up just as fast at the close. |
Pitching It on Hard Ground?
The spike has to grip soft ground. Where the pitch is tarmac, paving or a forecourt, the same mid-height teardrop comes with a drive-on car base that a vehicle wheel holds down instead, giving you the same shape and print on a footing built for hard surfaces.
Not sure which base your ground takes? Ring 01279460460 or message the team and we will help you choose, or quote for a run across pitches.
TF3200DS is a 3m double-sided glass fibre teardrop flag from Displaysense, supplied with a ground spike base and printing on both faces. Its differentiator is a mid-height teardrop on a spike that drives into soft ground, with no weighted base to carry. Height 3000mm, width 698mm. A printed graphic of 698mm x 2067mm sits on each face. Built on a glass fibre pole carrying a GRP whip, a polyester flag and a steel ground spike; inner pole diameter 16.8mm. Comes through winds to 45 kph (28 mph), Beaufort Scale 6. Raised by hand in about two minutes, with a carry bag and a 1 year guarantee in the box. Suited to outdoor events, garden centres, sports grounds, festivals and visitor attractions. A single-sided version, a drive-on car base for hard surfaces, and taller 4.4m and shorter 2.2m sizes are also available. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978.
What stops the back of this flag reading as a faded mirror image is the way it is built: two printed panels with a light-blocking liner sandwiched between them. Each face then holds a bright, correctly-oriented graphic on its own, independent of the other. For an outdoor crowd that gathers on every side of a flag, that is what makes printing both faces worth doing, since the message stays legible from each approach rather than only the front, which is the difference between a flag that works the whole crowd and one that works half of it.
The teardrop is the rounded outline, with a curved pole arcing over the top to pull the fabric tight into a raindrop form. That tension is what keeps the graphic open and on show when the air goes still, where a flat rectangular banner would simply hang limp against its pole. The mast is glass fibre, fine glass strands in resin for a light, springy pole, and it is finished with a GRP whip that bends in a gust. The inner pole diameter is 16.8mm across the range, so fittings carry over between flags.
There is no weighted base in this version; a steel ground spike does the holding. It drives down into grass or soil and the pole seats onto it, so the earth anchors the flag and nothing heavy has to travel with it. Light to carry means quick to deploy, which matters when a site needs several flags out at once. The trade-off is that a spike has to grip something soft, so on a hard forecourt or a paved pitch the drive-on car base is the right choice instead, swapping the grip of the earth for the weight of a parked vehicle.
The colour is fixed by dye sublimation, a heat process that vaporises the inks and drives them into the polyester until they dye the cloth itself rather than coat the surface. Set in this way, the print stays bright through sun and showers at an outdoor pitch and copes with being rolled up and unrolled after each use without the colour flaking. Every face carries a printed area of 698mm by 2067mm. You supply the artwork, both sides are produced for you, and the flag pitches by hand in about two minutes.
What Ships in Your Pack
- 1 x 3m double-sided glass fibre teardrop flag, printed on both faces from your artwork
- 1 x steel ground spike base
- 1 x carry bag
Staking Out a Full Event or Tour?
We print and supply teardrop flags in volume for event organisers, garden retailers, sports clubs and touring teams across the UK. For a matched run of flags, a set of stakes to line an entrance, or repeat artwork to a fixture list, the team can quote it and turn it round to your dates.
Let us know the plan: call 01279460460 or send the brief across and we will reply with a quote.
TF3200DS is a 3m double-sided glass fibre teardrop flag from Displaysense, supplied with a ground spike base and printing on both faces. Its differentiator is a mid-height teardrop on a spike that drives into soft ground, with no weighted base to carry. Height 3000mm, width 698mm. A printed graphic of 698mm x 2067mm sits on each face. Built on a glass fibre pole carrying a GRP whip, a polyester flag and a steel ground spike; inner pole diameter 16.8mm. Comes through winds to 45 kph (28 mph), Beaufort Scale 6. Raised by hand in about two minutes, with a carry bag and a 1 year guarantee in the box. Suited to outdoor events, garden centres, sports grounds, festivals and visitor attractions. A single-sided version, a drive-on car base for hard surfaces, and taller 4.4m and shorter 2.2m sizes are also available. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978.
The technical detail for the mid-height 3m double-sided teardrop flag with its ground spike base. Printing is included on both faces, a GRP whip gives the glass fibre mast its flex, and the wind rating runs to 45 kph. Built for soft ground at outdoor events, anchored on a spike.
| Specification | Detail | What This Means for You |
|---|---|---|
| Total Height | 3000mm (3m) | A mid-range height that carries the message down a row or across a field, while staying light and manageable for one person to pitch alone. |
| Width | 698mm | The rounded teardrop gives a bold graphic on a slim base, so a whole line of them marks a route or an arena edge without crowding the ground that people walk through. |
| Display Type | Double-sided | Each face reads forwards, so a crowd circling the flag takes in the same branding from any side and never a reversed logo on the rear. |
| Printed Graphic Size | 698mm x 2067mm per side | A full-shape canvas on each face. Set your artwork to this size and both sides come back printed and ready to pitch straight from the bag. |
| Pole Material | Glass fibre with GRP whip | Springy, not rigid. The curved mast tensions the teardrop, and the whip lets the pole bend in a gust and spring straight again rather than break. |
| Inner Pole Diameter | 16.8mm | The shared fitting across the whole flag range, so poles, spikes and spares interchange freely with the other teardrop and feather flags you take to events. |
| Base | Steel ground spike base | Drives into grass or soil to hold the flag with nothing to weigh down or carry. For tarmac or a forecourt, the drive-on car base is the one to pick. |
| Flag Material | Polyester, dye-sublimation printed | Colour is dyed into the fibres rather than laid on top, so it stays bright through sun and showers and rolls away after each event without flaking. |
| Wind Resistance | Up to 45 kph (28 mph), Beaufort 6 | Stays standing through a strong breeze as the flexing mast spills the wind rather than toppling. Take it down ahead of severe or gale-force weather. |
| Assembly | No-tool, around 2 minutes | One person has it pitched or struck in a couple of minutes, with no screws or bolts and just the spike to push into the turf. |
| In the Box | Flag, ground spike base, carry bag | The flag, its spike and a bag for the fabric travel together, light enough to carry several out to a far corner of a field in a single trip with no bases to drag. |
| Guarantee | 1 year | Covered against manufacturing faults for a full year from delivery, for confidence right through a busy season of outdoor events. |
Print to order. We handle the artwork process with you.
We send a template, you submit your artwork, we produce once approved.
Delivery
Free
UK Mainland, Zone 1
Lead time
3 to 5 days
From artwork approval
Template sent
Within 24hrs
After your order is placed
Returns
Bespoke
Non-returnable unless faulty
How It Works
-
1You
Place your order
Payment taken at this stage. Your lead time does not start until your artwork is approved.
-
2Us, within 24 hours
We email you a print template
A personalised template with full instructions. Please check your inbox and spam folder.
-
3You, next step
Submit your artwork
Follow the template instructions and email your artwork back to us.
-
4Us
We review and approve
If anything needs adjusting we will contact you. Once approved, your order enters production.
-
5Us
Production and dispatch
Lead time begins from artwork approval, not your order date.
Need it faster?
Express Print Service Available
Turnaround and pricing on a quote basis. Contact us before ordering.
Bespoke print orders are non-returnable. If your item arrives damaged or contains a manufacturing error, we will put it right. Returns policy · Delivery information
Frequently Asked Questions About This 3m Teardrop Flag
Q: What is the best mid-height teardrop flag for outdoor events on grass?
A: For grassy events the TF3200DS strikes a good balance. Its steel spike drives into soft ground so there is no base to carry, and at 3m it reads further across a site than the compact size while staying light to pitch. Printed on both faces, it stays legible from any side as people circle it.
Q: How does the ground spike keep the flag standing?
A: The spike is a steel stake that drives down into grass or soil, and the pole seats onto it once it is set. With the earth taking the load, nothing needs weighting or bolting down. You press it in by hand or with a foot, and a single pull lifts it back out when the event ends.
Q: Can it stand on a hard surface such as tarmac or paving?
A: No, the spike has to grip soft ground, so it will not stand on tarmac, concrete or paving. On hard standing like that, use the drive-on car base version, held down by a vehicle wheel. The spike model is built only for grass, soil and similar soft ground.
Q: Does this outdoor marketing display work for garden centres and sports grounds?
A: Yes. Garden centres sink it into a border or grass strip to flag a seasonal line, while clubs stake it along a touchline or by a gate. The spike bites into turf and soil, the mid height stays clear of play and the crowd's view, and the double-sided print reaches both directions.
Q: Can this teardrop flag be used at a festival or country show?
A: Yes. On a festival field or a showground the spikes drive in fast with no weighted bases to lug, which is what event crews want. A run of flags along a walkway steers the crowd, each one reading from both sides, and the whole set packs into bags to move between sites.
Q: How quickly does it go up, and is it easy to move?
A: It pitches in about two minutes by hand. Slot the pole sections together, pull the printed banner over them, and drive the spike into the turf. With no weighted base in the kit it stays light, so one person carries several out to a field and sets them without tools.
Q: What height is it, and what is the printed area?
A: It stands 3000mm, around 3m, the mid-range height in the teardrop range. Each face is printed across 698mm x 2067mm, the size to set your artwork at. The rounded teardrop gives a bold graphic on a slim footprint that plants neatly into a row of flags.
Q: What is the difference between the double-sided TF3200DS and single-sided TF3200SP?
A: These two run the same ground spike, so the print is what separates them. The TF3200DS prints a forward-reading graphic on each face around a blockout core, reading correctly from both sides. The single-sided TF3200SP prints one face, shows a faint reversed image on the back, and costs less. Choose double-sided where a crowd sees the flag from all around.
Q: Is double-sided worth it for an outdoor pitch?
A: It comes down to the spot. Out in the open where people approach and gather on every side, double-sided keeps the branding forward-facing from each angle. Backed against a fence or a stand and seen only from the front, a single-sided promotional flag covers it for less.
Q: How well does it hold up to wind and rain?
A: Within its rating, well. The flexing glass fibre pole sheds wind rather than fighting it, so the flag holds in a breeze up to 45 kph (28 mph), and the dye-sublimation print is set into the fabric so rain and sun leave the colour alone. When a gale or storm blows in, take it down to be safe.
Q: Is UK delivery free for this teardrop flag?
A: Yes. It is sent out with free UK mainland delivery. Displaysense has supplied display products to UK businesses since 1978 from its base in Hertfordshire. The flag reaches you printed and ready to assemble, with the ground spike and carry bag boxed alongside it.
Q: Are there other sizes or a base made for hard ground?
A: Yes. The same teardrop flag is made in a taller 4.4m and a shorter 2.2m, and in a single-sided version for one-way viewing. Where the ground is hard, a forecourt or car park rather than grass, a drive-on car base takes the place of the spike to anchor it with a vehicle.
Guides for Teardrop Flags and Outdoor Event Branding
A teardrop flag is a low-cost way to claim a patch of ground outdoors, but where you stand it and what it carries decide how many people it pulls over. The guides below cover catching the eye at an event, standing out on a busy show or market field, and choosing a format that fits the setting, so a line of flags draws the crowd in rather than vanishing among the stalls.
- 10 Event Signage Ideas to Grab Attention at Your Event
- How to Attract Attention at Your Exhibition Stand
- Market Stall Display Ideas to Grab Attention
- How to Choose the Right Pop-Up Banner for Your Next Event
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Double-Sided 3m Glass Fibre Teardrop Flag with Ground Spike BaseOverview
A Mid-Height Double-Sided Teardrop Flag That Stakes Into Grass
A teardrop flag holds its branding in a rounded, taut sweep that stays readable even as the wind drops, and the mid-height TF3200DS plants that shape on a spike for soft ground. Its curved glass fibre pole rises from a steel stake that pushes into grass or soil, so it stands with no base to weigh down or haul, and the added height over the compact size carries the message further across an open site. Each face is printed on its own panel around an opaque core, so the design reads forward whichever way the crowd comes. It is tall enough to be seen down a row of stalls yet still light for one person to pitch. Best suited for outdoor events, garden centres and sports grounds where the ground is soft and the display needs a stake rather than a base.
Why This Teardrop Display Reads Across a Field
- A bright graphic on each face: Two printed panels enclose a light-blocking liner, so each side carries its own correct image and the other never reads through dim and reversed. With a crowd gathering on all sides outdoors, the branding lands the right way for everyone, and the print is part of the order, so you send art and it comes back finished.
- A spike that grips the ground: In place of a weighted plate, a steel stake drives into grass or soil and the pole seats onto it, so the earth anchors the flag with nothing heavy to assemble. Being light to lift is what lets a crew carry and pitch several across a site in one go.
- A mid height with real reach: Standing taller than the compact size, it lifts the message above heads and stalls to carry down a row or across a field, while staying short and light enough for one person to handle and move on their own, a balance the tallest flags trade away for sheer height.
- A rounded shape that holds in calm air: The curved pole keeps the fabric under tension, so the teardrop stays open and the message legible even on a still day. It will not droop into a slack wrap around the pole the way a loose rectangular flag tends to when the breeze fades.
- A pole that flexes through gusts: The glass fibre mast and its GRP whip bow and recover in a blow rather than holding rigid, so out in the open the flag rides a wind of up to 45 kph (28 mph) where a stiff pole would give way.
- Light to carry, quick to pitch: With no base in the kit, the pole splits into sections and the fabric rolls into the bag supplied, so one person sets it up or strikes it in a couple of minutes with no tools. Every flag carries a 1 year guarantee against manufacturing faults.
Where This Event Banner Earns Its Pitch
| Outdoor Events and Country Shows | Marks an entrance, an arena or a trade row across a grassy showground, where carrying weighted bases would slow a crew down. The stake goes in quickly, the flag reads from all sides, and the lot folds into a bag for the journey to the next show. |
| Garden Centres and Nurseries | Calls out a seasonal line or an event from among the beds and the parking edges. The spike sinks into a border or grass strip in moments, the flag stands without a base underfoot, and it draws out cleanly when the display moves on. |
| Sports Grounds and Clubs | Brands a touchline, a club gate or a tournament field on turf. The stake bites into the playing surface, the mid height clears the action and the crowd's eyeline, and it packs down small to travel to away fixtures. |
| Festivals and Music Events | Flags a bar, a stage or a zone on a festival field. A run of them along a walkway steers the crowd, each reading from both sides, and one pull frees every stake from the turf when the site is struck. |
| Visitor Attractions and Parks | Guides visitors toward an entrance, a trail or an event across a lawn or green. It stakes into the soft ground without digging or fixings, stands on a tiny footprint, and lifts away without a trace afterwards. |
| Roadside Verges and Open Days | Pulls passing trade toward a launch, a viewing or an open day from the grass beside a road or a unit. It pushes into the verge in seconds, reads to traffic from both directions, and comes up just as fast at the close. |
Pitching It on Hard Ground?
The spike has to grip soft ground. Where the pitch is tarmac, paving or a forecourt, the same mid-height teardrop comes with a drive-on car base that a vehicle wheel holds down instead, giving you the same shape and print on a footing built for hard surfaces.
Not sure which base your ground takes? Ring 01279460460 or message the team and we will help you choose, or quote for a run across pitches.
TF3200DS is a 3m double-sided glass fibre teardrop flag from Displaysense, supplied with a ground spike base and printing on both faces. Its differentiator is a mid-height teardrop on a spike that drives into soft ground, with no weighted base to carry. Height 3000mm, width 698mm. A printed graphic of 698mm x 2067mm sits on each face. Built on a glass fibre pole carrying a GRP whip, a polyester flag and a steel ground spike; inner pole diameter 16.8mm. Comes through winds to 45 kph (28 mph), Beaufort Scale 6. Raised by hand in about two minutes, with a carry bag and a 1 year guarantee in the box. Suited to outdoor events, garden centres, sports grounds, festivals and visitor attractions. A single-sided version, a drive-on car base for hard surfaces, and taller 4.4m and shorter 2.2m sizes are also available. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978.
Description
What stops the back of this flag reading as a faded mirror image is the way it is built: two printed panels with a light-blocking liner sandwiched between them. Each face then holds a bright, correctly-oriented graphic on its own, independent of the other. For an outdoor crowd that gathers on every side of a flag, that is what makes printing both faces worth doing, since the message stays legible from each approach rather than only the front, which is the difference between a flag that works the whole crowd and one that works half of it.
The teardrop is the rounded outline, with a curved pole arcing over the top to pull the fabric tight into a raindrop form. That tension is what keeps the graphic open and on show when the air goes still, where a flat rectangular banner would simply hang limp against its pole. The mast is glass fibre, fine glass strands in resin for a light, springy pole, and it is finished with a GRP whip that bends in a gust. The inner pole diameter is 16.8mm across the range, so fittings carry over between flags.
There is no weighted base in this version; a steel ground spike does the holding. It drives down into grass or soil and the pole seats onto it, so the earth anchors the flag and nothing heavy has to travel with it. Light to carry means quick to deploy, which matters when a site needs several flags out at once. The trade-off is that a spike has to grip something soft, so on a hard forecourt or a paved pitch the drive-on car base is the right choice instead, swapping the grip of the earth for the weight of a parked vehicle.
The colour is fixed by dye sublimation, a heat process that vaporises the inks and drives them into the polyester until they dye the cloth itself rather than coat the surface. Set in this way, the print stays bright through sun and showers at an outdoor pitch and copes with being rolled up and unrolled after each use without the colour flaking. Every face carries a printed area of 698mm by 2067mm. You supply the artwork, both sides are produced for you, and the flag pitches by hand in about two minutes.
What Ships in Your Pack
- 1 x 3m double-sided glass fibre teardrop flag, printed on both faces from your artwork
- 1 x steel ground spike base
- 1 x carry bag
Staking Out a Full Event or Tour?
We print and supply teardrop flags in volume for event organisers, garden retailers, sports clubs and touring teams across the UK. For a matched run of flags, a set of stakes to line an entrance, or repeat artwork to a fixture list, the team can quote it and turn it round to your dates.
Let us know the plan: call 01279460460 or send the brief across and we will reply with a quote.
TF3200DS is a 3m double-sided glass fibre teardrop flag from Displaysense, supplied with a ground spike base and printing on both faces. Its differentiator is a mid-height teardrop on a spike that drives into soft ground, with no weighted base to carry. Height 3000mm, width 698mm. A printed graphic of 698mm x 2067mm sits on each face. Built on a glass fibre pole carrying a GRP whip, a polyester flag and a steel ground spike; inner pole diameter 16.8mm. Comes through winds to 45 kph (28 mph), Beaufort Scale 6. Raised by hand in about two minutes, with a carry bag and a 1 year guarantee in the box. Suited to outdoor events, garden centres, sports grounds, festivals and visitor attractions. A single-sided version, a drive-on car base for hard surfaces, and taller 4.4m and shorter 2.2m sizes are also available. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978.
Specifications
The technical detail for the mid-height 3m double-sided teardrop flag with its ground spike base. Printing is included on both faces, a GRP whip gives the glass fibre mast its flex, and the wind rating runs to 45 kph. Built for soft ground at outdoor events, anchored on a spike.
| Specification | Detail | What This Means for You |
|---|---|---|
| Total Height | 3000mm (3m) | A mid-range height that carries the message down a row or across a field, while staying light and manageable for one person to pitch alone. |
| Width | 698mm | The rounded teardrop gives a bold graphic on a slim base, so a whole line of them marks a route or an arena edge without crowding the ground that people walk through. |
| Display Type | Double-sided | Each face reads forwards, so a crowd circling the flag takes in the same branding from any side and never a reversed logo on the rear. |
| Printed Graphic Size | 698mm x 2067mm per side | A full-shape canvas on each face. Set your artwork to this size and both sides come back printed and ready to pitch straight from the bag. |
| Pole Material | Glass fibre with GRP whip | Springy, not rigid. The curved mast tensions the teardrop, and the whip lets the pole bend in a gust and spring straight again rather than break. |
| Inner Pole Diameter | 16.8mm | The shared fitting across the whole flag range, so poles, spikes and spares interchange freely with the other teardrop and feather flags you take to events. |
| Base | Steel ground spike base | Drives into grass or soil to hold the flag with nothing to weigh down or carry. For tarmac or a forecourt, the drive-on car base is the one to pick. |
| Flag Material | Polyester, dye-sublimation printed | Colour is dyed into the fibres rather than laid on top, so it stays bright through sun and showers and rolls away after each event without flaking. |
| Wind Resistance | Up to 45 kph (28 mph), Beaufort 6 | Stays standing through a strong breeze as the flexing mast spills the wind rather than toppling. Take it down ahead of severe or gale-force weather. |
| Assembly | No-tool, around 2 minutes | One person has it pitched or struck in a couple of minutes, with no screws or bolts and just the spike to push into the turf. |
| In the Box | Flag, ground spike base, carry bag | The flag, its spike and a bag for the fabric travel together, light enough to carry several out to a far corner of a field in a single trip with no bases to drag. |
| Guarantee | 1 year | Covered against manufacturing faults for a full year from delivery, for confidence right through a busy season of outdoor events. |
Delivery & Returns
Print to order. We handle the artwork process with you.
We send a template, you submit your artwork, we produce once approved.
Delivery
Free
UK Mainland, Zone 1
Lead time
3 to 5 days
From artwork approval
Template sent
Within 24hrs
After your order is placed
Returns
Bespoke
Non-returnable unless faulty
How It Works
-
1You
Place your order
Payment taken at this stage. Your lead time does not start until your artwork is approved.
-
2Us, within 24 hours
We email you a print template
A personalised template with full instructions. Please check your inbox and spam folder.
-
3You, next step
Submit your artwork
Follow the template instructions and email your artwork back to us.
-
4Us
We review and approve
If anything needs adjusting we will contact you. Once approved, your order enters production.
-
5Us
Production and dispatch
Lead time begins from artwork approval, not your order date.
Need it faster?
Express Print Service Available
Turnaround and pricing on a quote basis. Contact us before ordering.
Bespoke print orders are non-returnable. If your item arrives damaged or contains a manufacturing error, we will put it right. Returns policy · Delivery information
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions About This 3m Teardrop Flag
Q: What is the best mid-height teardrop flag for outdoor events on grass?
A: For grassy events the TF3200DS strikes a good balance. Its steel spike drives into soft ground so there is no base to carry, and at 3m it reads further across a site than the compact size while staying light to pitch. Printed on both faces, it stays legible from any side as people circle it.
Q: How does the ground spike keep the flag standing?
A: The spike is a steel stake that drives down into grass or soil, and the pole seats onto it once it is set. With the earth taking the load, nothing needs weighting or bolting down. You press it in by hand or with a foot, and a single pull lifts it back out when the event ends.
Q: Can it stand on a hard surface such as tarmac or paving?
A: No, the spike has to grip soft ground, so it will not stand on tarmac, concrete or paving. On hard standing like that, use the drive-on car base version, held down by a vehicle wheel. The spike model is built only for grass, soil and similar soft ground.
Q: Does this outdoor marketing display work for garden centres and sports grounds?
A: Yes. Garden centres sink it into a border or grass strip to flag a seasonal line, while clubs stake it along a touchline or by a gate. The spike bites into turf and soil, the mid height stays clear of play and the crowd's view, and the double-sided print reaches both directions.
Q: Can this teardrop flag be used at a festival or country show?
A: Yes. On a festival field or a showground the spikes drive in fast with no weighted bases to lug, which is what event crews want. A run of flags along a walkway steers the crowd, each one reading from both sides, and the whole set packs into bags to move between sites.
Q: How quickly does it go up, and is it easy to move?
A: It pitches in about two minutes by hand. Slot the pole sections together, pull the printed banner over them, and drive the spike into the turf. With no weighted base in the kit it stays light, so one person carries several out to a field and sets them without tools.
Q: What height is it, and what is the printed area?
A: It stands 3000mm, around 3m, the mid-range height in the teardrop range. Each face is printed across 698mm x 2067mm, the size to set your artwork at. The rounded teardrop gives a bold graphic on a slim footprint that plants neatly into a row of flags.
Q: What is the difference between the double-sided TF3200DS and single-sided TF3200SP?
A: These two run the same ground spike, so the print is what separates them. The TF3200DS prints a forward-reading graphic on each face around a blockout core, reading correctly from both sides. The single-sided TF3200SP prints one face, shows a faint reversed image on the back, and costs less. Choose double-sided where a crowd sees the flag from all around.
Q: Is double-sided worth it for an outdoor pitch?
A: It comes down to the spot. Out in the open where people approach and gather on every side, double-sided keeps the branding forward-facing from each angle. Backed against a fence or a stand and seen only from the front, a single-sided promotional flag covers it for less.
Q: How well does it hold up to wind and rain?
A: Within its rating, well. The flexing glass fibre pole sheds wind rather than fighting it, so the flag holds in a breeze up to 45 kph (28 mph), and the dye-sublimation print is set into the fabric so rain and sun leave the colour alone. When a gale or storm blows in, take it down to be safe.
Q: Is UK delivery free for this teardrop flag?
A: Yes. It is sent out with free UK mainland delivery. Displaysense has supplied display products to UK businesses since 1978 from its base in Hertfordshire. The flag reaches you printed and ready to assemble, with the ground spike and carry bag boxed alongside it.
Q: Are there other sizes or a base made for hard ground?
A: Yes. The same teardrop flag is made in a taller 4.4m and a shorter 2.2m, and in a single-sided version for one-way viewing. Where the ground is hard, a forecourt or car park rather than grass, a drive-on car base takes the place of the spike to anchor it with a vehicle.
Knowledge Hub
Guides for Teardrop Flags and Outdoor Event Branding
A teardrop flag is a low-cost way to claim a patch of ground outdoors, but where you stand it and what it carries decide how many people it pulls over. The guides below cover catching the eye at an event, standing out on a busy show or market field, and choosing a format that fits the setting, so a line of flags draws the crowd in rather than vanishing among the stalls.
- 10 Event Signage Ideas to Grab Attention at Your Event
- How to Attract Attention at Your Exhibition Stand
- Market Stall Display Ideas to Grab Attention
- How to Choose the Right Pop-Up Banner for Your Next Event
Downloads
Double-Sided 3m Glass Fibre Teardrop Flag with Ground Spike BaseDouble-Sided Glass Fibre Teardrop Flag with Ground Spike Base inc. Graphic Printing - 3m
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A Mid-Height Double-Sided Teardrop Flag That Stakes Into Grass
A teardrop flag holds its branding in a rounded, taut sweep that stays readable even as the wind drops, and the mid-height TF3200DS plants that shape on a spike for soft ground. Its curved glass fibre pole rises from a steel stake that pushes into grass or soil, so it stands with no base to weigh down or haul, and the added height over the compact size carries the message further across an open site. Each face is printed on its own panel around an opaque core, so the design reads forward whichever way the crowd comes. It is tall enough to be seen down a row of stalls yet still light for one person to pitch. Best suited for outdoor events, garden centres and sports grounds where the ground is soft and the display needs a stake rather than a base.
Why This Teardrop Display Reads Across a Field
- A bright graphic on each face: Two printed panels enclose a light-blocking liner, so each side carries its own correct image and the other never reads through dim and reversed. With a crowd gathering on all sides outdoors, the branding lands the right way for everyone, and the print is part of the order, so you send art and it comes back finished.
- A spike that grips the ground: In place of a weighted plate, a steel stake drives into grass or soil and the pole seats onto it, so the earth anchors the flag with nothing heavy to assemble. Being light to lift is what lets a crew carry and pitch several across a site in one go.
- A mid height with real reach: Standing taller than the compact size, it lifts the message above heads and stalls to carry down a row or across a field, while staying short and light enough for one person to handle and move on their own, a balance the tallest flags trade away for sheer height.
- A rounded shape that holds in calm air: The curved pole keeps the fabric under tension, so the teardrop stays open and the message legible even on a still day. It will not droop into a slack wrap around the pole the way a loose rectangular flag tends to when the breeze fades.
- A pole that flexes through gusts: The glass fibre mast and its GRP whip bow and recover in a blow rather than holding rigid, so out in the open the flag rides a wind of up to 45 kph (28 mph) where a stiff pole would give way.
- Light to carry, quick to pitch: With no base in the kit, the pole splits into sections and the fabric rolls into the bag supplied, so one person sets it up or strikes it in a couple of minutes with no tools. Every flag carries a 1 year guarantee against manufacturing faults.
Where This Event Banner Earns Its Pitch
| Outdoor Events and Country Shows | Marks an entrance, an arena or a trade row across a grassy showground, where carrying weighted bases would slow a crew down. The stake goes in quickly, the flag reads from all sides, and the lot folds into a bag for the journey to the next show. |
| Garden Centres and Nurseries | Calls out a seasonal line or an event from among the beds and the parking edges. The spike sinks into a border or grass strip in moments, the flag stands without a base underfoot, and it draws out cleanly when the display moves on. |
| Sports Grounds and Clubs | Brands a touchline, a club gate or a tournament field on turf. The stake bites into the playing surface, the mid height clears the action and the crowd's eyeline, and it packs down small to travel to away fixtures. |
| Festivals and Music Events | Flags a bar, a stage or a zone on a festival field. A run of them along a walkway steers the crowd, each reading from both sides, and one pull frees every stake from the turf when the site is struck. |
| Visitor Attractions and Parks | Guides visitors toward an entrance, a trail or an event across a lawn or green. It stakes into the soft ground without digging or fixings, stands on a tiny footprint, and lifts away without a trace afterwards. |
| Roadside Verges and Open Days | Pulls passing trade toward a launch, a viewing or an open day from the grass beside a road or a unit. It pushes into the verge in seconds, reads to traffic from both directions, and comes up just as fast at the close. |
Pitching It on Hard Ground?
The spike has to grip soft ground. Where the pitch is tarmac, paving or a forecourt, the same mid-height teardrop comes with a drive-on car base that a vehicle wheel holds down instead, giving you the same shape and print on a footing built for hard surfaces.
Not sure which base your ground takes? Ring 01279460460 or message the team and we will help you choose, or quote for a run across pitches.
TF3200DS is a 3m double-sided glass fibre teardrop flag from Displaysense, supplied with a ground spike base and printing on both faces. Its differentiator is a mid-height teardrop on a spike that drives into soft ground, with no weighted base to carry. Height 3000mm, width 698mm. A printed graphic of 698mm x 2067mm sits on each face. Built on a glass fibre pole carrying a GRP whip, a polyester flag and a steel ground spike; inner pole diameter 16.8mm. Comes through winds to 45 kph (28 mph), Beaufort Scale 6. Raised by hand in about two minutes, with a carry bag and a 1 year guarantee in the box. Suited to outdoor events, garden centres, sports grounds, festivals and visitor attractions. A single-sided version, a drive-on car base for hard surfaces, and taller 4.4m and shorter 2.2m sizes are also available. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978.
What stops the back of this flag reading as a faded mirror image is the way it is built: two printed panels with a light-blocking liner sandwiched between them. Each face then holds a bright, correctly-oriented graphic on its own, independent of the other. For an outdoor crowd that gathers on every side of a flag, that is what makes printing both faces worth doing, since the message stays legible from each approach rather than only the front, which is the difference between a flag that works the whole crowd and one that works half of it.
The teardrop is the rounded outline, with a curved pole arcing over the top to pull the fabric tight into a raindrop form. That tension is what keeps the graphic open and on show when the air goes still, where a flat rectangular banner would simply hang limp against its pole. The mast is glass fibre, fine glass strands in resin for a light, springy pole, and it is finished with a GRP whip that bends in a gust. The inner pole diameter is 16.8mm across the range, so fittings carry over between flags.
There is no weighted base in this version; a steel ground spike does the holding. It drives down into grass or soil and the pole seats onto it, so the earth anchors the flag and nothing heavy has to travel with it. Light to carry means quick to deploy, which matters when a site needs several flags out at once. The trade-off is that a spike has to grip something soft, so on a hard forecourt or a paved pitch the drive-on car base is the right choice instead, swapping the grip of the earth for the weight of a parked vehicle.
The colour is fixed by dye sublimation, a heat process that vaporises the inks and drives them into the polyester until they dye the cloth itself rather than coat the surface. Set in this way, the print stays bright through sun and showers at an outdoor pitch and copes with being rolled up and unrolled after each use without the colour flaking. Every face carries a printed area of 698mm by 2067mm. You supply the artwork, both sides are produced for you, and the flag pitches by hand in about two minutes.
What Ships in Your Pack
- 1 x 3m double-sided glass fibre teardrop flag, printed on both faces from your artwork
- 1 x steel ground spike base
- 1 x carry bag
Staking Out a Full Event or Tour?
We print and supply teardrop flags in volume for event organisers, garden retailers, sports clubs and touring teams across the UK. For a matched run of flags, a set of stakes to line an entrance, or repeat artwork to a fixture list, the team can quote it and turn it round to your dates.
Let us know the plan: call 01279460460 or send the brief across and we will reply with a quote.
TF3200DS is a 3m double-sided glass fibre teardrop flag from Displaysense, supplied with a ground spike base and printing on both faces. Its differentiator is a mid-height teardrop on a spike that drives into soft ground, with no weighted base to carry. Height 3000mm, width 698mm. A printed graphic of 698mm x 2067mm sits on each face. Built on a glass fibre pole carrying a GRP whip, a polyester flag and a steel ground spike; inner pole diameter 16.8mm. Comes through winds to 45 kph (28 mph), Beaufort Scale 6. Raised by hand in about two minutes, with a carry bag and a 1 year guarantee in the box. Suited to outdoor events, garden centres, sports grounds, festivals and visitor attractions. A single-sided version, a drive-on car base for hard surfaces, and taller 4.4m and shorter 2.2m sizes are also available. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978.
The technical detail for the mid-height 3m double-sided teardrop flag with its ground spike base. Printing is included on both faces, a GRP whip gives the glass fibre mast its flex, and the wind rating runs to 45 kph. Built for soft ground at outdoor events, anchored on a spike.
| Specification | Detail | What This Means for You |
|---|---|---|
| Total Height | 3000mm (3m) | A mid-range height that carries the message down a row or across a field, while staying light and manageable for one person to pitch alone. |
| Width | 698mm | The rounded teardrop gives a bold graphic on a slim base, so a whole line of them marks a route or an arena edge without crowding the ground that people walk through. |
| Display Type | Double-sided | Each face reads forwards, so a crowd circling the flag takes in the same branding from any side and never a reversed logo on the rear. |
| Printed Graphic Size | 698mm x 2067mm per side | A full-shape canvas on each face. Set your artwork to this size and both sides come back printed and ready to pitch straight from the bag. |
| Pole Material | Glass fibre with GRP whip | Springy, not rigid. The curved mast tensions the teardrop, and the whip lets the pole bend in a gust and spring straight again rather than break. |
| Inner Pole Diameter | 16.8mm | The shared fitting across the whole flag range, so poles, spikes and spares interchange freely with the other teardrop and feather flags you take to events. |
| Base | Steel ground spike base | Drives into grass or soil to hold the flag with nothing to weigh down or carry. For tarmac or a forecourt, the drive-on car base is the one to pick. |
| Flag Material | Polyester, dye-sublimation printed | Colour is dyed into the fibres rather than laid on top, so it stays bright through sun and showers and rolls away after each event without flaking. |
| Wind Resistance | Up to 45 kph (28 mph), Beaufort 6 | Stays standing through a strong breeze as the flexing mast spills the wind rather than toppling. Take it down ahead of severe or gale-force weather. |
| Assembly | No-tool, around 2 minutes | One person has it pitched or struck in a couple of minutes, with no screws or bolts and just the spike to push into the turf. |
| In the Box | Flag, ground spike base, carry bag | The flag, its spike and a bag for the fabric travel together, light enough to carry several out to a far corner of a field in a single trip with no bases to drag. |
| Guarantee | 1 year | Covered against manufacturing faults for a full year from delivery, for confidence right through a busy season of outdoor events. |
Print to order. We handle the artwork process with you.
We send a template, you submit your artwork, we produce once approved.
Delivery
Free
UK Mainland, Zone 1
Lead time
3 to 5 days
From artwork approval
Template sent
Within 24hrs
After your order is placed
Returns
Bespoke
Non-returnable unless faulty
How It Works
-
1You
Place your order
Payment taken at this stage. Your lead time does not start until your artwork is approved.
-
2Us, within 24 hours
We email you a print template
A personalised template with full instructions. Please check your inbox and spam folder.
-
3You, next step
Submit your artwork
Follow the template instructions and email your artwork back to us.
-
4Us
We review and approve
If anything needs adjusting we will contact you. Once approved, your order enters production.
-
5Us
Production and dispatch
Lead time begins from artwork approval, not your order date.
Need it faster?
Express Print Service Available
Turnaround and pricing on a quote basis. Contact us before ordering.
Bespoke print orders are non-returnable. If your item arrives damaged or contains a manufacturing error, we will put it right. Returns policy · Delivery information
Frequently Asked Questions About This 3m Teardrop Flag
Q: What is the best mid-height teardrop flag for outdoor events on grass?
A: For grassy events the TF3200DS strikes a good balance. Its steel spike drives into soft ground so there is no base to carry, and at 3m it reads further across a site than the compact size while staying light to pitch. Printed on both faces, it stays legible from any side as people circle it.
Q: How does the ground spike keep the flag standing?
A: The spike is a steel stake that drives down into grass or soil, and the pole seats onto it once it is set. With the earth taking the load, nothing needs weighting or bolting down. You press it in by hand or with a foot, and a single pull lifts it back out when the event ends.
Q: Can it stand on a hard surface such as tarmac or paving?
A: No, the spike has to grip soft ground, so it will not stand on tarmac, concrete or paving. On hard standing like that, use the drive-on car base version, held down by a vehicle wheel. The spike model is built only for grass, soil and similar soft ground.
Q: Does this outdoor marketing display work for garden centres and sports grounds?
A: Yes. Garden centres sink it into a border or grass strip to flag a seasonal line, while clubs stake it along a touchline or by a gate. The spike bites into turf and soil, the mid height stays clear of play and the crowd's view, and the double-sided print reaches both directions.
Q: Can this teardrop flag be used at a festival or country show?
A: Yes. On a festival field or a showground the spikes drive in fast with no weighted bases to lug, which is what event crews want. A run of flags along a walkway steers the crowd, each one reading from both sides, and the whole set packs into bags to move between sites.
Q: How quickly does it go up, and is it easy to move?
A: It pitches in about two minutes by hand. Slot the pole sections together, pull the printed banner over them, and drive the spike into the turf. With no weighted base in the kit it stays light, so one person carries several out to a field and sets them without tools.
Q: What height is it, and what is the printed area?
A: It stands 3000mm, around 3m, the mid-range height in the teardrop range. Each face is printed across 698mm x 2067mm, the size to set your artwork at. The rounded teardrop gives a bold graphic on a slim footprint that plants neatly into a row of flags.
Q: What is the difference between the double-sided TF3200DS and single-sided TF3200SP?
A: These two run the same ground spike, so the print is what separates them. The TF3200DS prints a forward-reading graphic on each face around a blockout core, reading correctly from both sides. The single-sided TF3200SP prints one face, shows a faint reversed image on the back, and costs less. Choose double-sided where a crowd sees the flag from all around.
Q: Is double-sided worth it for an outdoor pitch?
A: It comes down to the spot. Out in the open where people approach and gather on every side, double-sided keeps the branding forward-facing from each angle. Backed against a fence or a stand and seen only from the front, a single-sided promotional flag covers it for less.
Q: How well does it hold up to wind and rain?
A: Within its rating, well. The flexing glass fibre pole sheds wind rather than fighting it, so the flag holds in a breeze up to 45 kph (28 mph), and the dye-sublimation print is set into the fabric so rain and sun leave the colour alone. When a gale or storm blows in, take it down to be safe.
Q: Is UK delivery free for this teardrop flag?
A: Yes. It is sent out with free UK mainland delivery. Displaysense has supplied display products to UK businesses since 1978 from its base in Hertfordshire. The flag reaches you printed and ready to assemble, with the ground spike and carry bag boxed alongside it.
Q: Are there other sizes or a base made for hard ground?
A: Yes. The same teardrop flag is made in a taller 4.4m and a shorter 2.2m, and in a single-sided version for one-way viewing. Where the ground is hard, a forecourt or car park rather than grass, a drive-on car base takes the place of the spike to anchor it with a vehicle.
Guides for Teardrop Flags and Outdoor Event Branding
A teardrop flag is a low-cost way to claim a patch of ground outdoors, but where you stand it and what it carries decide how many people it pulls over. The guides below cover catching the eye at an event, standing out on a busy show or market field, and choosing a format that fits the setting, so a line of flags draws the crowd in rather than vanishing among the stalls.
- 10 Event Signage Ideas to Grab Attention at Your Event
- How to Attract Attention at Your Exhibition Stand
- Market Stall Display Ideas to Grab Attention
- How to Choose the Right Pop-Up Banner for Your Next Event
Downloads
Double-Sided 3m Glass Fibre Teardrop Flag with Ground Spike BaseOverview
A Mid-Height Double-Sided Teardrop Flag That Stakes Into Grass
A teardrop flag holds its branding in a rounded, taut sweep that stays readable even as the wind drops, and the mid-height TF3200DS plants that shape on a spike for soft ground. Its curved glass fibre pole rises from a steel stake that pushes into grass or soil, so it stands with no base to weigh down or haul, and the added height over the compact size carries the message further across an open site. Each face is printed on its own panel around an opaque core, so the design reads forward whichever way the crowd comes. It is tall enough to be seen down a row of stalls yet still light for one person to pitch. Best suited for outdoor events, garden centres and sports grounds where the ground is soft and the display needs a stake rather than a base.
Why This Teardrop Display Reads Across a Field
- A bright graphic on each face: Two printed panels enclose a light-blocking liner, so each side carries its own correct image and the other never reads through dim and reversed. With a crowd gathering on all sides outdoors, the branding lands the right way for everyone, and the print is part of the order, so you send art and it comes back finished.
- A spike that grips the ground: In place of a weighted plate, a steel stake drives into grass or soil and the pole seats onto it, so the earth anchors the flag with nothing heavy to assemble. Being light to lift is what lets a crew carry and pitch several across a site in one go.
- A mid height with real reach: Standing taller than the compact size, it lifts the message above heads and stalls to carry down a row or across a field, while staying short and light enough for one person to handle and move on their own, a balance the tallest flags trade away for sheer height.
- A rounded shape that holds in calm air: The curved pole keeps the fabric under tension, so the teardrop stays open and the message legible even on a still day. It will not droop into a slack wrap around the pole the way a loose rectangular flag tends to when the breeze fades.
- A pole that flexes through gusts: The glass fibre mast and its GRP whip bow and recover in a blow rather than holding rigid, so out in the open the flag rides a wind of up to 45 kph (28 mph) where a stiff pole would give way.
- Light to carry, quick to pitch: With no base in the kit, the pole splits into sections and the fabric rolls into the bag supplied, so one person sets it up or strikes it in a couple of minutes with no tools. Every flag carries a 1 year guarantee against manufacturing faults.
Where This Event Banner Earns Its Pitch
| Outdoor Events and Country Shows | Marks an entrance, an arena or a trade row across a grassy showground, where carrying weighted bases would slow a crew down. The stake goes in quickly, the flag reads from all sides, and the lot folds into a bag for the journey to the next show. |
| Garden Centres and Nurseries | Calls out a seasonal line or an event from among the beds and the parking edges. The spike sinks into a border or grass strip in moments, the flag stands without a base underfoot, and it draws out cleanly when the display moves on. |
| Sports Grounds and Clubs | Brands a touchline, a club gate or a tournament field on turf. The stake bites into the playing surface, the mid height clears the action and the crowd's eyeline, and it packs down small to travel to away fixtures. |
| Festivals and Music Events | Flags a bar, a stage or a zone on a festival field. A run of them along a walkway steers the crowd, each reading from both sides, and one pull frees every stake from the turf when the site is struck. |
| Visitor Attractions and Parks | Guides visitors toward an entrance, a trail or an event across a lawn or green. It stakes into the soft ground without digging or fixings, stands on a tiny footprint, and lifts away without a trace afterwards. |
| Roadside Verges and Open Days | Pulls passing trade toward a launch, a viewing or an open day from the grass beside a road or a unit. It pushes into the verge in seconds, reads to traffic from both directions, and comes up just as fast at the close. |
Pitching It on Hard Ground?
The spike has to grip soft ground. Where the pitch is tarmac, paving or a forecourt, the same mid-height teardrop comes with a drive-on car base that a vehicle wheel holds down instead, giving you the same shape and print on a footing built for hard surfaces.
Not sure which base your ground takes? Ring 01279460460 or message the team and we will help you choose, or quote for a run across pitches.
TF3200DS is a 3m double-sided glass fibre teardrop flag from Displaysense, supplied with a ground spike base and printing on both faces. Its differentiator is a mid-height teardrop on a spike that drives into soft ground, with no weighted base to carry. Height 3000mm, width 698mm. A printed graphic of 698mm x 2067mm sits on each face. Built on a glass fibre pole carrying a GRP whip, a polyester flag and a steel ground spike; inner pole diameter 16.8mm. Comes through winds to 45 kph (28 mph), Beaufort Scale 6. Raised by hand in about two minutes, with a carry bag and a 1 year guarantee in the box. Suited to outdoor events, garden centres, sports grounds, festivals and visitor attractions. A single-sided version, a drive-on car base for hard surfaces, and taller 4.4m and shorter 2.2m sizes are also available. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978.
Description
What stops the back of this flag reading as a faded mirror image is the way it is built: two printed panels with a light-blocking liner sandwiched between them. Each face then holds a bright, correctly-oriented graphic on its own, independent of the other. For an outdoor crowd that gathers on every side of a flag, that is what makes printing both faces worth doing, since the message stays legible from each approach rather than only the front, which is the difference between a flag that works the whole crowd and one that works half of it.
The teardrop is the rounded outline, with a curved pole arcing over the top to pull the fabric tight into a raindrop form. That tension is what keeps the graphic open and on show when the air goes still, where a flat rectangular banner would simply hang limp against its pole. The mast is glass fibre, fine glass strands in resin for a light, springy pole, and it is finished with a GRP whip that bends in a gust. The inner pole diameter is 16.8mm across the range, so fittings carry over between flags.
There is no weighted base in this version; a steel ground spike does the holding. It drives down into grass or soil and the pole seats onto it, so the earth anchors the flag and nothing heavy has to travel with it. Light to carry means quick to deploy, which matters when a site needs several flags out at once. The trade-off is that a spike has to grip something soft, so on a hard forecourt or a paved pitch the drive-on car base is the right choice instead, swapping the grip of the earth for the weight of a parked vehicle.
The colour is fixed by dye sublimation, a heat process that vaporises the inks and drives them into the polyester until they dye the cloth itself rather than coat the surface. Set in this way, the print stays bright through sun and showers at an outdoor pitch and copes with being rolled up and unrolled after each use without the colour flaking. Every face carries a printed area of 698mm by 2067mm. You supply the artwork, both sides are produced for you, and the flag pitches by hand in about two minutes.
What Ships in Your Pack
- 1 x 3m double-sided glass fibre teardrop flag, printed on both faces from your artwork
- 1 x steel ground spike base
- 1 x carry bag
Staking Out a Full Event or Tour?
We print and supply teardrop flags in volume for event organisers, garden retailers, sports clubs and touring teams across the UK. For a matched run of flags, a set of stakes to line an entrance, or repeat artwork to a fixture list, the team can quote it and turn it round to your dates.
Let us know the plan: call 01279460460 or send the brief across and we will reply with a quote.
TF3200DS is a 3m double-sided glass fibre teardrop flag from Displaysense, supplied with a ground spike base and printing on both faces. Its differentiator is a mid-height teardrop on a spike that drives into soft ground, with no weighted base to carry. Height 3000mm, width 698mm. A printed graphic of 698mm x 2067mm sits on each face. Built on a glass fibre pole carrying a GRP whip, a polyester flag and a steel ground spike; inner pole diameter 16.8mm. Comes through winds to 45 kph (28 mph), Beaufort Scale 6. Raised by hand in about two minutes, with a carry bag and a 1 year guarantee in the box. Suited to outdoor events, garden centres, sports grounds, festivals and visitor attractions. A single-sided version, a drive-on car base for hard surfaces, and taller 4.4m and shorter 2.2m sizes are also available. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978.
Specifications
The technical detail for the mid-height 3m double-sided teardrop flag with its ground spike base. Printing is included on both faces, a GRP whip gives the glass fibre mast its flex, and the wind rating runs to 45 kph. Built for soft ground at outdoor events, anchored on a spike.
| Specification | Detail | What This Means for You |
|---|---|---|
| Total Height | 3000mm (3m) | A mid-range height that carries the message down a row or across a field, while staying light and manageable for one person to pitch alone. |
| Width | 698mm | The rounded teardrop gives a bold graphic on a slim base, so a whole line of them marks a route or an arena edge without crowding the ground that people walk through. |
| Display Type | Double-sided | Each face reads forwards, so a crowd circling the flag takes in the same branding from any side and never a reversed logo on the rear. |
| Printed Graphic Size | 698mm x 2067mm per side | A full-shape canvas on each face. Set your artwork to this size and both sides come back printed and ready to pitch straight from the bag. |
| Pole Material | Glass fibre with GRP whip | Springy, not rigid. The curved mast tensions the teardrop, and the whip lets the pole bend in a gust and spring straight again rather than break. |
| Inner Pole Diameter | 16.8mm | The shared fitting across the whole flag range, so poles, spikes and spares interchange freely with the other teardrop and feather flags you take to events. |
| Base | Steel ground spike base | Drives into grass or soil to hold the flag with nothing to weigh down or carry. For tarmac or a forecourt, the drive-on car base is the one to pick. |
| Flag Material | Polyester, dye-sublimation printed | Colour is dyed into the fibres rather than laid on top, so it stays bright through sun and showers and rolls away after each event without flaking. |
| Wind Resistance | Up to 45 kph (28 mph), Beaufort 6 | Stays standing through a strong breeze as the flexing mast spills the wind rather than toppling. Take it down ahead of severe or gale-force weather. |
| Assembly | No-tool, around 2 minutes | One person has it pitched or struck in a couple of minutes, with no screws or bolts and just the spike to push into the turf. |
| In the Box | Flag, ground spike base, carry bag | The flag, its spike and a bag for the fabric travel together, light enough to carry several out to a far corner of a field in a single trip with no bases to drag. |
| Guarantee | 1 year | Covered against manufacturing faults for a full year from delivery, for confidence right through a busy season of outdoor events. |
Delivery & Returns
Print to order. We handle the artwork process with you.
We send a template, you submit your artwork, we produce once approved.
Delivery
Free
UK Mainland, Zone 1
Lead time
3 to 5 days
From artwork approval
Template sent
Within 24hrs
After your order is placed
Returns
Bespoke
Non-returnable unless faulty
How It Works
-
1You
Place your order
Payment taken at this stage. Your lead time does not start until your artwork is approved.
-
2Us, within 24 hours
We email you a print template
A personalised template with full instructions. Please check your inbox and spam folder.
-
3You, next step
Submit your artwork
Follow the template instructions and email your artwork back to us.
-
4Us
We review and approve
If anything needs adjusting we will contact you. Once approved, your order enters production.
-
5Us
Production and dispatch
Lead time begins from artwork approval, not your order date.
Need it faster?
Express Print Service Available
Turnaround and pricing on a quote basis. Contact us before ordering.
Bespoke print orders are non-returnable. If your item arrives damaged or contains a manufacturing error, we will put it right. Returns policy · Delivery information
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions About This 3m Teardrop Flag
Q: What is the best mid-height teardrop flag for outdoor events on grass?
A: For grassy events the TF3200DS strikes a good balance. Its steel spike drives into soft ground so there is no base to carry, and at 3m it reads further across a site than the compact size while staying light to pitch. Printed on both faces, it stays legible from any side as people circle it.
Q: How does the ground spike keep the flag standing?
A: The spike is a steel stake that drives down into grass or soil, and the pole seats onto it once it is set. With the earth taking the load, nothing needs weighting or bolting down. You press it in by hand or with a foot, and a single pull lifts it back out when the event ends.
Q: Can it stand on a hard surface such as tarmac or paving?
A: No, the spike has to grip soft ground, so it will not stand on tarmac, concrete or paving. On hard standing like that, use the drive-on car base version, held down by a vehicle wheel. The spike model is built only for grass, soil and similar soft ground.
Q: Does this outdoor marketing display work for garden centres and sports grounds?
A: Yes. Garden centres sink it into a border or grass strip to flag a seasonal line, while clubs stake it along a touchline or by a gate. The spike bites into turf and soil, the mid height stays clear of play and the crowd's view, and the double-sided print reaches both directions.
Q: Can this teardrop flag be used at a festival or country show?
A: Yes. On a festival field or a showground the spikes drive in fast with no weighted bases to lug, which is what event crews want. A run of flags along a walkway steers the crowd, each one reading from both sides, and the whole set packs into bags to move between sites.
Q: How quickly does it go up, and is it easy to move?
A: It pitches in about two minutes by hand. Slot the pole sections together, pull the printed banner over them, and drive the spike into the turf. With no weighted base in the kit it stays light, so one person carries several out to a field and sets them without tools.
Q: What height is it, and what is the printed area?
A: It stands 3000mm, around 3m, the mid-range height in the teardrop range. Each face is printed across 698mm x 2067mm, the size to set your artwork at. The rounded teardrop gives a bold graphic on a slim footprint that plants neatly into a row of flags.
Q: What is the difference between the double-sided TF3200DS and single-sided TF3200SP?
A: These two run the same ground spike, so the print is what separates them. The TF3200DS prints a forward-reading graphic on each face around a blockout core, reading correctly from both sides. The single-sided TF3200SP prints one face, shows a faint reversed image on the back, and costs less. Choose double-sided where a crowd sees the flag from all around.
Q: Is double-sided worth it for an outdoor pitch?
A: It comes down to the spot. Out in the open where people approach and gather on every side, double-sided keeps the branding forward-facing from each angle. Backed against a fence or a stand and seen only from the front, a single-sided promotional flag covers it for less.
Q: How well does it hold up to wind and rain?
A: Within its rating, well. The flexing glass fibre pole sheds wind rather than fighting it, so the flag holds in a breeze up to 45 kph (28 mph), and the dye-sublimation print is set into the fabric so rain and sun leave the colour alone. When a gale or storm blows in, take it down to be safe.
Q: Is UK delivery free for this teardrop flag?
A: Yes. It is sent out with free UK mainland delivery. Displaysense has supplied display products to UK businesses since 1978 from its base in Hertfordshire. The flag reaches you printed and ready to assemble, with the ground spike and carry bag boxed alongside it.
Q: Are there other sizes or a base made for hard ground?
A: Yes. The same teardrop flag is made in a taller 4.4m and a shorter 2.2m, and in a single-sided version for one-way viewing. Where the ground is hard, a forecourt or car park rather than grass, a drive-on car base takes the place of the spike to anchor it with a vehicle.
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Guides for Teardrop Flags and Outdoor Event Branding
A teardrop flag is a low-cost way to claim a patch of ground outdoors, but where you stand it and what it carries decide how many people it pulls over. The guides below cover catching the eye at an event, standing out on a busy show or market field, and choosing a format that fits the setting, so a line of flags draws the crowd in rather than vanishing among the stalls.
- 10 Event Signage Ideas to Grab Attention at Your Event
- How to Attract Attention at Your Exhibition Stand
- Market Stall Display Ideas to Grab Attention
- How to Choose the Right Pop-Up Banner for Your Next Event
