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It's the glamping version of a $25 canvas tarp folded over....

The Inreach SE is $230 at Amazon right now. And there's a $50 rebate running from Delorme; AFAIK the rebate applies there; Amazon is listed as a reseller in the "where to buy" section of Delorme's website.

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...

I've got an Oregon and have never seen anything specific to it. I've used a small digital camera case for mine. Pelican makes some small hard cases it can fit in, but you need to wrap it in something, and that just seemed like too much for me.

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 haven't used Motion X much lately, but I think you can get the USFS numbers on more recent USFS topos. Caltopo will display them. But you'd need a way to get those onto Motion X. Gaia GPS will do it though.

I made a simple frame with my 100W panel, essentially just two aluminum bars bolted to the aluminum frame of the panel, and then two attached at top with a screw pivot and a chain between so it would stand like an easel. It easily attaches to a rack if need be with rope, bungies, etc. Makes it...

On 21 going east to Milford. Better than the route on 50 through Delta IMHO.

What about the Icom 7000 or even 7100 (the latter is down to $1000 so within at least an order of magnitude cost-wise)? I'm also wondering about antenna options, which seems an even more daunting choice. I'd only use something like the 857/7000 in 2M while in transit, if I did use it, but I'm...

Since folks seem to like night shots. From Loop One at Pinyon Campground, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, CO.

I've used it and like it. But I vary my trips too much, and so other than messing around at home, it didn't help much (his Ultimate Campground app is invaluable though). Unfortunately it also uses Apple Maps on my machine, and I prefer Google. But YMMV heh....

You could probably charge the house battery most easily from an ignition-on circuit; maybe you already have a cig lighter that fits the bill. Fuse it. It's not ideal, in that it's not a smart charger and just throws about 13.8 at the battery, but it's how many trailers, RVs, etc do it. Smart...

There was a thread a few months ago about an almost-too-good price on I think a Canon at Ritz Camera. Turned out it was gray market as well; the buyer was concerned about warranty. Sort of surprised me even they were doing this, but I guess biz is kinda cutthroat. Amazon, OTOH, is almost too...

I disagree about the need. Most ham user radio interfaces, esp for handhelds, are crap. Of course lots of shack radios are run with computers already, and there's SDR sets too. It's just painful to enter a new repeater on a radio you haven't used before; feels like programming a VCR. And the...

If you check the reviews here I think you'll see that the InReach (which I think is what you're talking about) isn't the most versatile GPS unit, although it is pretty killer at its main feature, sat communication. But in that realm you gotta pay, so if you don't wanna pay for it, consider other...

I suppose if I were to have ONE GPS device it would be a cellular capable smartphone, probably Android (and I have an iPhone 6), but close. But I don't have to only own one, and I like the water resistance and vector mapping in my Garmin Oregon. The interface isn't as good as say GaiaGPS on my...

I dunno. I prefer at some some solar that is NOT affixed permanently to the vehicle. I use a 100W in a frame. My RVing buddies all have higher power needs (solar, not 12 step) and use a couple of fixed panels as well as 120 watt portable (as in a Grape solar with a stand, not one of those uber...

I took out all the curtains in my van and now use this stuff, the reflectix. It's useful for insulation (though thin), padding, and privacy, as noted. Keeps a bit more warmth in during cold weather too. If you can put it on the outside, it seems to work a bit better as a sunblock. No hard...

I use a weed sprayer as well. Just spray painted it black. They work great. HF has a $99 one with 15g, although that's a lot for a shower. I just use one of the small ones. And you can use it somewhere besides next to your vehicle, kinda essential when not in the boondocks somewhere. Or maybe...