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Garmin strikes again - after they dumped the Monterra (right after I bought one) now they drop support for another expensive device after only a couple of years. I'm using Gaia on a Samsung tablet very successfully and have a box of obsolete Garmin devices down in the basement. They are not...

My sister and I both have the Joolca shower tent - she uses hers a lot more than I do and says its the best shower tent she has seen at any of the many events and campgrounds they have been to. I had a Pa Ha Que shower tent that was a bit of a pain to set up - the Joolca is sturdier and sets up...

I use ProClip mounts in all of my vehicles. Excellent products that I have used in an LR3, D90, D5, new 110 and a Miata.

The 265/70R18 BFG AT KO2 tires I'm running on my P300 are 32.6" tall - no clearance issues once I trimmed 1/4" off of a small lip on the leading edge of the front mud flaps. Its gone everywhere I was willing to drive it so far.

I sold my Stihls and bought the EGO 56V 18" chain saw - tested it out on a fallen 16" pine tree in the corner of my back yard. Walked through it "like buttah" - for my needs this thing is going to work just fine - especially since I have three batteries that will work on it. I got a padded case...

I know a bit about Land Rovers since I've owned twenty of them over the last 51 years. I bought my first Land Rover (an old Series II 88" wagon) in 1972. In addition to these three I'm restoring a 1967 SIIA 88" pickup. The diesel powered D-90 is my choice for rugged trails but I've been very...

I went with the P300 and so did three other guys in our local Land Rover club. Its got plenty of power and lower gearing in the axles so it actually is better geared for off road work. It also doesn't have the added complication of the MHEV system and comes with 18" wheels. Make sure you order...

That's my truck and I didn't have the locking struts deployed for that photo. They fold up from the bottom and snap into place on the lid to keep everything taut. They take only a few seconds each to attach. There is less slack when its all set up right - maybe not as drum taut as my old...

I used CAD (Cardboard Aided Design) to design a custom nose box for my old Eriba Triton travel trailer and then took the pattern down to a local sheet metal fabrication shop. A week later I had a custom fitted box that would hold a twenty gallon propane tank, chocks and leveling blocks for the...

I've been looking at getting one of the EGO saws - I have their string trimmer and blower and they are exceptionally good tools. The 16" would probably do what I need but the additional features of the 18" saw make it look like the better choice. I have three old Stihl chain saws (great tools)...

The roof rack on the Maggiolina was a pretty light duty tubular aluminum perimeter frame with some vertical uprights at the front corners. It had gotten snagged on a vine and twisted even before I ran under a low branch and thoroughly bent it. Since I only used it one time in eight years I...

I kind of ran into an overhanging tree with my Maggiolina a few years ago. Here's how I fixed it: First I took a die grinder and opened up the cracks so I could fill them with a two part epoxy filler. Then I riveted a strip of stainless steel across the back of the gap and filled the crack...

Take a good look at the Terrapod clamshell roof top tent - made in Gainesville, Georgia by a friend of mine who had the same problem as you. Chad is 6'7" and couldn't find a roof tent big enough for him so he decided to build one. Since he's an industrial designer that used to work at Boeing he...

My Maggiolina was an absolutely great tent except it was really bigger than I needed - it was over twelve years old when I got it and I used it for eight years. I ran it into an overhanging tree and cracked the front corner but since it was fiberglass it was easy to fix. It stood 14" tall and...

There are two hard safety struts that snap into place and tighten everything up plus there is a small awning that slides into a groove in the extrusion around the lid. My Solo model weighs around 85 lbs - the full width Terrapod is around 115 lbs and they stand about 5-1/2 inches tall.

The original steel ladder on my old Maggiolina had 14mm square steel rungs - you couldn't have designed a more painful ladder without putting spikes on the treads. I bought one of the telescoping aluminum ladders and it was much better.

I didn't know IKamper tents were made in Korea - I have a couple of pieces of camping furniture made by Kovea that I bought at one of the Overland Expos after talking to the manufacturers rep for a while. Apparently the camping market in Korea is huge - and the quality is top notch. I agree...

Chad - the designer/builder is also about 6' 7" tall so he made it long enough for oversized humans. He had custom aluminum extrusions made to his design for the perimeter frame of the tent. When he showed me the cad design of the tent I was sold - even though I had a really good existing tent...

The D5 diesels don't like puttering around town all day every day according to the mechanic that worked on mine. As long as you get it on the freeway periodically it doesn't have a problem with the DEF system clogging up the exhaust system. Just using one for an intown commuter on city streets...

Check out the Terrapod roof tents - very low profile and lightweight. I had a Maggiolina for about ten years but it stood about 14" high and weighed around 130 lbs - it was a great hardshell tent. But an industrial designer friend of mine (ex-Boeing engineer) decided to take his knowledge of...