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Bad practice to store your cooler inside your vehicle in bear country! An all too common misconception is that the bear-proof cooler requirements in places like Yosemite and similar parks are for “you” in order to preserve your food, when they’re really intended to prevent the bear from...

If your city chlorinates the water, rule of thumb is that it‘s “good” for drinking for approximately six months in a completely sealed container. If you use a portable salt chlorinator, you can keep re-chlorinating your stored water and stretch it out indefinitely, although things like changing...

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I've long used a couple of blue 20L Sceptre's, along with the beige 10L Sceptre as an "emergency" back-up ... but I'm very impressed with the entire Dometic Go water system infrastructure ... robust and easily cleanable container, internal USB power bank powered faucet, magnetic faucet holders...

To each their own ... but I think it's just common sense that additional crap riveted inside your stove will somewhat compromise the otherwise incredibly easy cleaning procedure, as well as expose one to another potential failure point down the road.

I contemplated the piezo modification, but then recalled that every single BBQ I've ever owned (with piezo starter) had that piezo completely fail at some point, and for a variety of reasons ... so I stuck with the simple extended butane lighter ... which as you note, works every time!

The premium you pay for a dedicated off-road camper buys you frame construction methods that aren't present in a Palamino. It's been my experience that older campers with these kinds of issues simply have twisted (or loose) frames.

I prefer Lodge cast iron for bacon, sausages and the like, and a decent non-stick for eggs. I like my eggs very specifically cooked, and not scrapped around a pan such that they're a total mess when they're served. Maybe it's just me, but I'm not at all partial to eating eggs out of a cast iron...

Self sufficiency is a hallmark of overlanding and expeditions, and it doesn't seem to speak to using disposable paper and plastic products, which by their very nature will "run out" at some point, causing somewhat of a mess in the process. Personally, I don't see any room for disposable food...

Best tarps available IMO are Aquaquest tarps: https://aquaquestwaterproof.com/ I have no affiliation, I suggest the Defender tarp for vehicle use. Aquaquest are headquartered on Vancouver Island, and their tarps are designed to accommodate the kind of rain we get here in the Pacific Northwest.

No need for gold, as even in aluminum, when you handle a Cook Partner you can see the total value of the dollars spent in the quality, fit, and finish of the stove. Folks who own these won't debate that they're expensive to purchase ... but nobody I know who owns a Partner Stove has anything...

Stoves are aluminum. I don‘t recall them ever being stainless. You can optionally get some stainless accessories though … like their kettle, intended for direct placement into the campfire.

I fought for quite a while trying to remedy error codes for my HS2000 "in a toolbox" ... and then I purchased a Manometer, and set the bar levels to exactly what Propex requires in their manual, after which all the error codes simply vanished. IMO, and based on experience ... (and accepting...

There's nothing around at any price that will even come close to a Partner Stove. If you are familiar with welding slang, you may have heard the term "stack of dimes" ... which is definitely what the welds on a Partner look like. If you own a Partner Stove, you already understand ... and if you...

The tolerances on a propane stove (or BBQ) are extremely loose … so just bend it. It’s just a roughly bent tube, no big deal to bend it as required for a good fit.

Partner Steel very strongly suggest one and a half or two inches clearance on all four sides when using a griddle. Without that clearance, heat build-up is an issue on multiple fronts … from “too hot a griddle”, to potentially melting the rubber grommets that seal the propane valves.

I find that Jackery (like Goal Zero) has fallen substantially behind the times in terms of advanced tech vs. price (and as well, there are occasional reliability issues with both of those brands). When compared to Bluetti (for example) one see's GZ and Jackery still using older Lithium...

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A roof-top tent on an expo type trailer is a completely different experience than a roof top tent high up on a roof … a far better one IMO. As a long time owner of a CVT Mt. Jefferson, I just think potential buyers have a somewhat skewed skewed vision of how “easy” roof-top tents up high...

Actual bearings shouldn‘t be taken from inside a motor vehicle. Casual direction of travel is fine, but not bearings. For boating and flying, one obviously can’t “step out” of the vehicle … but for overlanding you can … and likely should. Nothing beats a high quality, deviation adjusted (for...