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    New Alucab Camper?

    This thing just makes so much sense in terms of an ultra-light camper package. The problem with regular pop up campers as overland rigs is the "kitchen inside the camper" concept, which sucks when you're cooking typical camp food (like bacon, sausage, etc) with grease spattering all over the...
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    Yeti Lawsuit

    Coleman started selling lamps in 1900, so 117 years ago!
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    Denver Outfitters - OverRoam RTT

    I suspect that there are more than a few examples of a Chinese made tent that maintains a level of quality control and design intelligence. But realistically, you have to examine the labour pool and quality control aspects in detail in order to be realistic about what to expect, and wonder if...
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    Question: Cooking with cast iron

    There really is never a need to do much more than a quick scrub with a bristle brush and some warm water if a guy uses low-med heat, and leaves that heat on long enough to completely heat the pan up before putting the first bit of food in the pan. I see a lot of folks run med-high heat with...
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    Denver Outfitters - OverRoam RTT

    Generally speaking, it's a workmanship and design issue. Screws rusting because they're not stainless steel, design elements that simply don't work as they should (presumably because they reuse previous technology and design without detailed testing), models that show up for sale one year, and...
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    Denver Outfitters - OverRoam RTT

    You'd have to contact Denver Outfitters to find out for sure, but outside of the Bundutec, Autohome Maggiolina , and James Baroud style of brand name tents (there are others as well) ... it's highly likely that most roof top tents available today are a re-badged Chinese tent. Nothing...
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    Yeti Lawsuit

    I never really understood the "shade" some folks like to throw on YETI. The Overlanding world is full of what are definitely "lifestyle" products that can easily be dismissed - Earthroamer (a "way too large" vehicle for Overlanding) but very cool, Snow Peak (seriously overpriced) but very well...
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    Question: Cooking with cast iron

    Lodge note on their website that a little bit of mild dish detergent won't damage or "de-season" a well seasoned cast iron frying pan. Personally, I wouldn't ever use detergent on my cast iron ... as it's just not needed unless completely re-seasoning - but used in a judicious manner as...
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    Limited Special Edition Woolrich Camper Models -- (available soon)

    Equipt starts pricing on the Granby (non-shell model) at around 18K. http://www.equipt1.com/item/grandby-8-long-bed It would be easy to get to 26K with options over the base model, but as you note ... that's still a huge jump in price!
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    Limited Special Edition Woolrich Camper Models -- (available soon)

    I'm not really understanding where the Woolrich Granby (for example) is worthy of asking more than twice as much money as a regular Granby? $18,000.00 for a stock Granby, vs. $42,000.00 for the Woolrich version of the same camper? I see the differences, and understand that the Woolrich comes...
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    Yeti Lawsuit

    When bringing a product to market, respectable companies choose to innovate, market themselves better, and offer features or service the competitors don't. Others turn to ripping off the successful designs of existing manufacturers :rolleyes: (I fixed that for you).
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    new 750 lb, durable truck camper <$10k

    Shells can tend to leak (water AND cold air), and are completely uninsulated. A small heater in the camper, and you're warm and dry. Horses for courses I guess.
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    new 750 lb, durable truck camper <$10k

    Very nice! The Tuffport comparison is inevitable I suppose, but IMO it's not really a comparison that warrants making. The Tuffport is traditional fiberglass construction and all its associated goods (strength, appearance, etc) and bads (weight, delamination, water ingress, fading, lack of...
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    Four Wheel Campers- company sold to new owners

    https://blog.saltcreekcap.com/2016/09/29/salt-creek-capital-acquires-four-wheel-campers/
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    FWC Raven Pop Top Camper - For short bed trucks.

    Looks absolutely mint! Best set of pictures of that specific FWC shell model I've ever seen.
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    HEMA Explorer North America

    Often, when a branded piece of hardware that does everything the "assemblage" can do (and perhaps much more with additional "branded only" features?) is offered, I'm interested in knowing more. Sometimes, it's nice to just buy a box, unpack it, power the contents up, and use it ... foregoing...
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    HEMA Explorer North America

    I think it's a hands-down given that, if Hema offered a unit like the hx-1 in North America, with its full feature set repurposed for North America, they'd sell one to each and every overlander in NA - I know I'd buy one as soon as they went on sale. But the hx-1 and the NA app are like chalk...
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    A Hawk in the Arctic

    I think noting that the Articpac type of product for pop-tops represents a "big" step might be slight overstatement ... it helps, but doesn't come anywhere near to solving the problem. The house wrap noted a few posts ago has a declared R value of "6", which is substantial. Without knowing the...
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    A Hawk in the Arctic

    Sort of wandering off-topic I believe. Comparing condensation issues in an uninsulated camper (which is the thread topic, FWC, ATC) to condensation issues (or lack of them) in an insulated camper seems ... well, counterproductive.
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    A Hawk in the Arctic

    There's nothing wrong with a company sticking with a product that sells faster than they can make them, and choosing not making any significant modifications to that product during its lifetime. I think the point of this thread is for folks to really understand clearly that what they're getting...
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