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Wilson turned into weboost at some point, not sure the reason. They are by far the best brand out there. Ive owned maybe 7 different units and they are all great. The black trucker antenna is the best antenna you can get right now, we have dont lot of testing and it can pull the smallest of...

You will be fine, should be no real issues. All those freq are far from each other and should not cause either any real issues. Go for it!

So you have a vehicle with a rooftop tent and your jut looking to charge usb items mostly? Sounds like your best bet is to forget the solar and just get a solid USB battery backup and just charge it while in the car driving. You can bring it up with you to bed and it should power everything...

1. Get you Ham license 2. Do you want this permenantly in your vehicle and more powerful 35w+ or handheld and 5w output. That should narrow it down for you alot. If your going handheld for sure get VHF/UHF since its only a little more and opens alot of repeaters. Plus if you do the mars mod you...

One last note. Look into the big 3 mod. Essentially improveing the grounding of the factory setup whitch it pretty poor. You run a larger ground wire from battery to the frame, body and engine. I went overboard and ran 2 awg. I also ran 2 from the alternator to the battery bypasing the 8awg...

Just get a solar panel on your roof if your worried about all day charging. I have 80w panel on my 4runner roof. Will fix all your worries about fully charged battery.

One more note. Battery volts and amps is fully dependent on temperature. A colder battery can take much higher voltage and charge faster than when hot. Higher voltage makes a battery hot and heat is bad. on a cold morning start your car and check the volts. Ive seen 15.5 volts for the first...

I dont agree with you. I dont tons of research on just about all battery systems. I had 2 optimas in my 4runner for over 8 years and they worked great. I understand it doesnt matter how much extra your alternator is making at he end of the charge cycle. Towards the end of the charge the...

Your alternator will bring the battery to 100% agm or not. Your alternator is about the best charger you can use. The alternator almost always will be makeing way more power than you electrical components than you are using so it always has extra for charging the battery. Your battery isnt...

I would look into the Harbor Freight 3000. Its a copy cat of the Honda but its a fraction of the cost. I used to get all hung up on geting the big names so I bought a Yamaha 2000. A bunch of my friends all have $500 champions or harbor frieghts. They all seem to run the same while camping. The...

I have an older 2002 4runner but I love my heated blanket. It will keep you warm but not the car. I just reach over and start the car before getting out of bed and let the heater warm up the car when im ready to get up. Just know you need a sine wave inverter when using a 120v heated blanket. I...

Great trip report, we are headed into the maze next weekend and this had some great info and lots of pictures. Ill be looking for your other reports going back!

Thats good to hear. I just picked one up on a lightning deal for $160 shipped. I biggest complaint I seem to read is they go into runaway mode and the compressor never shuts off freezing everything and killing the battery. I might look into a external volatage controlled shutoff. I also figure...

Any updates? It seems rediculous to even consider since I already have 2 others but Ive gotten so used to my arb that when I take the prius places I cant stand using ice. The ARB requires the back seats to be folded and and I cant use the rear cover. Amazon regularly has these for $120-140 shipped.

I have sat internet. Its plenty fast now but your issue is setting it up every time you stop would be impossible. It requires a tech every time you change locations. I do get 25mb+ down and 3mb. My advice is cell service covers a lot more of the us than you would imagine. If its super important...

I have no issues with my yeasu when starting the truck, however I have a large agm battery and a solid power wire running into my vehicle. Id imagine with a small wire and standard size battery you would get a good amount of voltage drop/

Yes you can, as stated above the only issue you will have is the used battery with drain the new battery down to the old battery state(when the cars off and the batteries settle). I added a new optimum battery ( same size) to my system a year or two later with now issues. Lasted 7 more years.

X2 free app on Android or Apple. You can still use it without cell service which is nice. It only needs internet for updating the list.

Kinda a long read but prob the best place to learn about prober solar charging of batteries. https://handybobsolar.wordpress.com You can charge you batteries 100% one one day I do it all the time. Just depends on how low you drain them. after 80% they charge much slower so need more time than...

Stay away from flex panels they are a marketing trick. they fail all the time. I used VHB and renergy panels on my trailer roof. works amazing. used something like this http://www.ebay.com/itm/Newpowa-RV-Marine-ABS-Black-Solar-Panel-Side-Mounts-2-Bracket-Plastic-HoleFree-/121474016989 I...