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Before our shower set up it was sponge baths. Now we have a shower set up. Hot water navy showers are a huge improvement over wiping down with water & a rag. My wife used to be a clean freak as was I. No longer, just don’t bring dirt into the tent or the vehicle. Other than that, a little dirt...

Not an issue with our Tepui. We are on unlevel ground all the time and use local rocks or firewood to level up. Do you have the telescoping type ladder? If not, then getting one would be a much easier solution. If you have a telescoping ladder then just use as is, and angle it accordingly...

Off brand discount fridges just don’t get it. We are out right now with a friend that has a brand new, iceclo (?) dual zone. Hundreds of dollars of food lost because of malfunction. Dometic is not an off brand, but I’ve seen them and wonder aloud if they can withstand hundreds of miles of...

I’ve been using a Frontrunner rack for a bit over a decade. I added another to the trailer 3 years ago to mount the tent on. Zero regrets and zero rattles. Not a single fastener has ever worked its way loose after thousands upon thousands of miles on dirt, gravel, washboard and technical trails.

We were down on Kelly’s Point a couple years ago. Get a map of the region by calling the BLM office for the Arizona Strip. I believe the offices are in St George, Utah, they will send you a detailed topo map for 10 bucks or so. Driving range is a consideration as well. Kelly’s point is...

Wow, never said anyone was wrong for doing so, the only thing I responded to was the comment about criminals. That’s it. It’s an old argument and no longer relevant to the debate, because, unfortunely, law abiding citizens, usually young men, went over the edge. I carry, my friends carry...

Now that’s hilarious! Yes, I’m laughing at you. Instead of reading what I wrote & taking it into consideration, you attack what you believe to be my world view as being indoctrinated . Thinking outside of your box, does not make another indoctrinated. As usual this conversation comes to an...

Sir, my comments are well thought out and have been formed over the past 7 decades. If it offends you that I think as the rest of the civilized world thinks, especially my Canadian friends, then it may not be I that is the problem, but in fact, a part of the solution. I’ve friends that have...

That’s a given, you did not read my comment or you misinterpreted what I wrote- again, I tire of the straw man argument . Those that have committed mass murders were not previously criminals.

I’m just gonna toss this question out there. Why?, because I hear the “ criminal “ argument all the time. It is the go to bumper sticker saying. When was the last time a criminal committed a mass shooting? The answer is extraordinarily rarely, a negligible percentage that one could say with...

The most important three things, ( says the guy who is extraordinarily outfitted ) is a good, no, an excellent 3 season tent , really good sleeping bags, and a really good cot. Once you get that sorted out, everything else will fall into place as your wants/needs progress. We wasted a lot...

For us? Dual batteries all the way for our overland truck/cruiser. The vehicle is our power plant, solar panel on top, dual batteries under hood with 175 amp hours. We don’t have to think about it. The entire system charges up all by itself with nary a thought. All the wiring runs through...

I'm confused, easily sometimes, so bear with me here. You bought a fridge 5 years ago and it is malfunctioning. Yet, you're going to purchase the same brand of fridge and do it all over again thinking that 5 years is a good lifespan? I've two fridges. One is used as a dedicated freezer, and...

Well then, tell us of your experience with it. Look- I have tarped more than a couple of loads over the course of my life and quickly found a different approach. I hope yours stays down, doesn’t flap around in the wind, doesn’t develop rips or tears and lasts a decade or two. I almost put...

You actually bought one of these things? That’s a lot of fiddling around packing & unpacking. I must ask, is the company giving you a discount as you have shamelessly advertised for them? I know I’d at least want some free gear for doing it. Imagine what these forums would look like if...

I’m hoping other manufacturers are influenced by the Grenadier ( AKA 110 platform) platform and begin getting us back to basic vehicles that are extraordinarily reliable and that encourage us to maintain, modify and wrench on them, by design. As far as the Grenadier itself? I’ll never buy...

Agree with all of your points. Including your opinion of diesel engines in small vehicles. I too am retired from the transport industry and the last thing I ever want to hear, feel, or see again is a diesel under the hood in front of me. The old school mechanicals are loud, rough running...

If you’ve never been there, the heat you will experience will be nothing at all like the heat you’ve experienced in Mass

Well, being able to power a fridge while the unit is charging would be pretty important, my Renogy Wanderer PMW does that. Even the cheapo $12 controllers do. I thought all controllers do that. So the HF Jackery does not? We must have a different definition of features.

I’m always amused wth the term “features” and the importance of them or visa versa. Most features exist for the bling factor and have little to do with operational systems. For example, an MPPT controller is basically overkill for any system having less than a 300 watt solar array. Other...