Recent content by pluton

Pretty good price for 828 Wh batt plus 110W panels. Brand is unknown to me. I favor more capacity in the battery, like 2000Wh.

I also am looking to acquire one of these. After a couple years of "research", I will be getting either an Ecoflow or Bluetti unit. Bluettis seem to go on sale fairly frequently. They're are on sale right now. I'd get the Elite 200V2 for my uses. *1 more day of the sale*

If your system is really charging at 14-14.1V when fully warm, that's way better than my '97 Toyota which charges at about 13.2-13.5 when hot. An occasional full charge on a smart charger wouldn't hurt, but may not be strictly necessary.

I expect all free online services/apps to go bad eventually. But Gaia is pay, so it's a little different. Time will tell if Gaia has jumped the shark, price-wise. BTW, some of the techs who worked on Gaia are starting a new topo map-on-your-device app to be called 'Goat Maps'. They say it's...

The non-pay version is only online, right? The whole point (for me) is to be able to carry [multiple] maps in the device w/o needing internet connection.

In their recent (late July, 2024) automated email, Gaia GPS claims they have "millions of subscribers", which I take to mean maybe around a million. If the $20 subscription increase goes to all 1 million subscribers, they just increased their take by $20,000,000 per year. If they actually...

Thanks for the nice clear shots that show what's there. Very useful.

Could your issue be that you have a large collection of maps in your Gaia account which Gaia keeps trying to download to your phone because you haven't disabled "Auto resume map downloads" for the maps you don't want? BG: I have Gaia on phone and tablet. The tablet has a big collection of maps...

Glass is hard and won't become abraded by fingers. If it's really glass AND you have no plans to use it in a way that it could be dropped or bashed into a hard object, you shouldn't need a protector.

I have had a National Luna PPP (the gray one with the small panel) for 11 years. It only gets used when I go camping, which varies from 1 to 7 times a year, so light use. It has never failed in any way and I'd buy another one. Put my own AGM batt in it and rigged extra leads directly to the...

Switch to a phone that has a larger display? Here's what I'm getting on an iPhone Xr, 6.1" display.

My last August renewal was $40. I've got time to watch them and see if they slow down on the screwups or continue to dissipate the app into oblivion.

When I'm logged in, it doesn't show any subscription price, just that it renews in August. When not logged in, it's says $60/year (shown as $4.95/month.)

For the last month or two (or maybe 3), Gaia maps have been slow to load and I frequently have to switch to airplane mode to make it work with the offline maps stored in my phone. Question: Are these the symptoms of mismanagement at Gaia or is my hardware too old to keep up? It's been 5.5...

I always prefer cotton next-to-skin unless it's too cold. Except for socks. For me, cotton is no go for socks. Synthetic with a small percentage of wool is the best I've found for socks.