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I've had my final piece of bad luck, or bad workmanship, or bad customer service from Jackery and am looking for recommendations for a power station brand to switch to. Someone with both a great product and great customer service. Got any recommendations? Size: 1000Wh is not enough; anything...

Recently back from four weeks living out of my 4Runner in Wyoming, Alberta & on the U.S. Pacific Coast. Was planned for more like 6 weeks, but (a) the wildlife was pretty scarce in Wyoming & Alberta, (b) there were too damn many people, and (c) turns out that boondocking along the PCH is pretty...

I'm recently back from a month-long trip to the Jackson Hole area in Wyoming--living out of my 4Runner and photographing mostly grizzly bears. I just finished doing all my accounting for trip, so thought I'd share an interesting comparison... and a few grizzly bear photos, because it can't all...

Been planning all spring to head up to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to photograph bears and then continue on wandering ... somewhere ... Montana, Idaho, Washington ... maybe? This trip would be difficult because it was multi-purpose and 5th gen 4Runners simply aren't all that large. The trip would...

I'm in the middle of my third trip with my Jackery 500 and solar panel. First two trips: great. Third trip, this trip, not so great. Part of it is my fault, part of it is just plain poor product quality or design. My fault: I had the Jackery at the back of my 4Runner and it bounced around...

I’m planning for this spring’s travel and wanting to do more stir-fry type cooking. Found a cute little mini rice cooker (does 0.5 to 1.5 cups (uncooked) of rice) for $25 and just tested it today running off my Jackery 500. Worked great! For 0.5 cups rice it maxed out at about 200 watts draw...

I did Potash Road and the White Rim Trail February 17-20 of this year, perfectly book-ending the trip with serious snowstorms in the mountains the morning before and afternoon after... but with perfect weather on White Rim itself. I was solo in my stock 2018 4Runner TRD Off Road and saw more...

One can only stay in a small house with a wife, two daughters, a dog, a cat, and two bunny rabbits for so long... so over the summer I did a lot of research, purchasing, and preparation to take off around Labor Day weekend and work from the wilderness from then until the election...

I'm just back from my inaugural trip of about 2 weeks working my regular job from out in the wilderness. I'm a software product manager and my job involves being on a computer and/or calls all day, so the two things I had to solve were power and internet. For power, I went with a Jackery 500...

Planning to hit the road but still needing to work (software systems)... the two big things I have to solve are power and cell service. My Jackery 500 and 100W solar panels just arrived and I’m sitting at my desk but running the laptop and monitor off the Jackery, with the solar panel outside...

What are you all doing as preventive measures to keep critters from eating your wires?

My last longer adventure in my 4Runner was three weeks--I slept inside the vehicle and ate dehydrated camping food or instant oatmeal for 2/3 meals each day and generally ate one meal in a restaurant each day. I was mostly not way in the backcountry. I'm planning a longer trip this fall &...

Am recently home from a solo 3-week experiment traveling in Wyoming & Montana. Was it an "expedition"? -- definitely not by the definition in this forum! Was it "overlanding"? -- I'm really not sure, but probably not! It was my first experiment in traveling & living out of my new 4Runner for...