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Apple and AAA teamed up to allow users of the iPhone 14 and 15 Pros to message AAA for roadside service when out of cellular range. AAA members get the roadside service per the regular part of their plan. Non AAA members would pay out of pocket. Apple isn't charging for the sat service for at...

Anyone found a wireless qi charging solution for use in the vehicle? ideally something that would work with a RAM mount? I was hoping I could find something that would fit under my iPhone in my X-shaped RAM mount, but so far I haven't see anything. Several kinda cheesy plastic mounts with...

Check out this unfortunate event, where an accidental activation cost some traveller tons: http://packrafting.blogspot.com/2017/09/inreach-fail.html I intend to leave mine off when possible.

The excellent Canadian mapping resource Backroad Mapbooks stuff is available for 20% off right now if you buy them to use in Avenza's app, so in the US that's $16 instead of $20 for say the Canadian Rockies one, or S AB, or whatever...

I'm wondering about using DMR, especially out in the boonies. I've seen one demo'd and the quality is phone-like. But it seems it would be meh to use out in wilder places. But maybe I'm missing something; I'm pretty unfamiliar with it.

I used Avenza's PDF Maps app, but apparently now I cannot import my maps any longer without a subscription. Kinda blows for what is just a PDF viewer with GPS coordinates. Any good alternatives that can use georeferenced PDFs? any way to get the Avenza maps I bought out of that app?

Some of you might be interested in these Costco down quilts; 700 fill duck down 60"x70", two for $30US. https://www.costco.com/Double-Black-Diamond-Packable-Down-Throw-2-pack.product.100314979.html

I've got a Hein Gericke jacket XL and Fieldsheer jacket and pants XL for sale over on Craigslist: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/mpo/5809386124.html http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/mpo/5809391507.html And some leathers too: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/mpo/5809378041.html And a ton of...

I've whined here a couple of times about issues with contacting emergency roadside services, something we as offroaders would be concerned with. I didn't want an Inreach because none of the ERS providers would dispatch from a user who texted (some will do so by app). I contacted some and it was...

I'm wondering what people here recommend for a photo hosting site for an amateur. I've got a lot of stuff at Flickr, but I'd like a site where I could use my own domain, and where I could put up more info than just photos (and besides, who knows what's gonna happen with Yahoo maybe dumping...

Delorme is offering a rebate through the end of the year; $75US or $50US off the Explorer or SE respectively. Of course you still have to pay for the communications plan to use them effectively and that doesn't seem discounted. Cheapest price I saw for the SE was $270 at B&H before the rebate...

One of the goTenna people is doing an IAMA on Reddit that's rather interesting: https://www.reddit.com/r/CampingandHiking/comments/3tfx2x/were_the_founders_of_gotenna_a_device_that_lets/ It's a device that connects to another goTenna via MURS, and each is interfaced by a smartphone. Sort of...

One of the goTenna people is doing an IAMA on Reddit that's rather interesting: https://www.reddit.com/r/CampingandHiking/comments/3tfx2x/were_the_founders_of_gotenna_a_device_that_lets/ It's a device that connects to another goTenna via MURS, and each is interfaced by a smartphone. Sort of...

I guess I haven't been paying attention, but turns out in iOS 8.3 Apple has changed the Airplane Mode to allow GPS. Not that I fly, but this means you can disable voice, etc to save power and only use the GPS function. Previously it was more of an all-or-nothing approach. I got the info from...

I've asked this before, but it's been a while. Does anyone know of an emergency roadside service (like AAA, Good Sam, your insurer, etc) that provides service via text messaging, or maybe via text from inside its own app? I ask because first, text is more reliable with spotty cell coverage...

I need a water container that's square, made of HDPE for water storage, and is one gallon. I'd like something like the one gallon gas containers, which are a perfect fit, but have plastic that imparts a bit of a taste since I guess the one I tried is polyethylene. And the spout was awful. Seems...

Are the Garmin TOPO 24k or 100k maps worth getting? They look kinda old. I don't use automatic routing much, and probably would prefer to download their raster maps. I've been doing that with GaiaGPS and it works fine for me (although Gaia does have a better selection of maps). They are...

http://www.rei.com/product/855741/garmin-oregon-600-gps Touchscreen, very viewable in bright light, compass, atmospheric barometer, can connect to heartrate monitor, microSD slot, etc. That's about $100 off. While they last.

I am seeking a GPS unit to use for geotagging photos. But of course it would be nice to use it for more than that (and yes, I have a smartphone that'll do GPS but it isn't working out for me so let's not go offtopic on that issue). At first I thought perhaps I could kill two birds with one...

Has anyone used the Instapark Mercury27 portable solar panels? They're a 27 watt four panel folding system, with USB 2.1A and 12v outputs. Otherwise fairly minimal with no battery and such (which I don't need, I even have a spare controller). Look like decent deal @ $130US Amazon, $109 eBay. But...