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It’s a huge difference in size, weight and complexity between the two. I would never take my Starlink Mini out in a long hike but won’t think twice about the Garmin.

Runs and drives fine but in the shop for a new ring and pinion. Interesting take on it.

I’ve used Google Fi all over the world. It’s a great option if you’re traveling and don’t want to mess with individual SIM cards for each country/area.

Unless you stop for 6 hours and point the panel directly at the sun on a perfect day you won’t get anything near that kind of production. You can count on about 100 watts output from that panel on a sunny day if it’s mounted on the trailer.

That’s a great combo but holy Jesus does Alaskan charge some obscene price markups for their solar panels and batteries. I’d say hold onto the truck and camper, especially for the trip down. You’ve got around 25 days of non-chargeable travel days and PTDY before you even cut into actual leave...

Nah, it still fits with the intent of creating and retaining industrial jobs inside America by American companies.

I’ve been wearing Forma adventure low boots for a few years now and have no complaints. They definitely will not protect as well as a true adventure or MX boot but are an excellent compromise between safety and comfort. I’ve been down off-road a number of times and hit by a car while wearing...

Vinyl in mine with weather tech floor mats on top for even easier cleaning.

You spelled bourbon wrong.

The quad is good, but not great, off-road. A conventional ICE vehicle with lockers performs far better than a quad Rivian with its current software implementation. Individual motors sound great but if the software controlling them isn’t done right (like on the Rivian’s now) they suffer from...

That article has the wrong measurements - comparing mirrors out with mirrors in for example. Mirrors unfolded width (inches) - Rivian R1: 87.1 - Scout: 91.6 - F150 Lightning: 96.0 Length (inches) - Rivian R1S: 200.8 - Scout SUV: 207.9 (without spare tire) - Rivian R1T: 217.1 - Scout Truck...

Based on everything I’ve been taught on Arctic exposure/survival and from personal experience you can’t get frostbite if the ambient temp is above freezing, regardless of a windchill value. You will absolutely lose heat faster but the exposed skin won’t drop below the ambient temperature and...

They don’t though. It is not possible to cool through natural means below the ambient air temperature. If the ambient temperature is 35° with 50mph wind (windchill 18°F) you will not get frostbite. The same way your batteries or floor will not get below 35°.

@Martinjmpr you can swap the trailer’s onboard AC/DC converter for fairly cheap in about 30 minutes. I did that in order to have it be lithium compatible and saw 35amp charging from shore and generator power.

Do the lessons to get a good baseline introduction and feel for it and then buy a Catalina 22. Small enough to easily handle but large enough to teach good sailing habits and have people along with you fairly comfortably.

One caveat - it’s charging not discharging that challenges lithiums in cold weather. I had no issues running everything in my trailer (to include instantaneous 100+ amp draw to start my onboard generator) even with -20°F cold soaked lithiums.

I like the truck. Looks like a good combination of modern but not over the top and maintains a lot of mechanical input rather than relying on just one big touchscreen. Range extender variant solves a lot of concerns with range and charger availability for rural areas or longer off-road trips...

Not at all in my experience when there is a decent breeze. The cooling effect of moving air over and around the surface outweighs the radiant heating from the sun.

That’s basically what I said. The batteries (and their housing if applicable) will cool faster with the added convective cooling caused by the presence of wind rather than just conductive and radiated cooling in a no wind situation.