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That's the 120w version? No battery charge controller, but we use the CI's internal optional controller? Fitting in the storage bins is a big deal for me! I don't like to be working around the stuff that comes out only sometimes... I've really liked the look of the Renogy folding 100w, but it...

I’ve been researching and thinking over the last few days, purchased the Kelty Backroads to use as a kitchen semi-tent, and a Mr. Heater Portable Buddy to warm it up. $50 Black Friday at BiMart, a regional store in OR-WA. This is in preparation for a long awaited April trip to Utah parks, in...

One more tidbit: AGM anticipated service life: 3-5 yrs Lithium: 10 years I myself have run a premium 60ah AGM as a second batt dedicated to cpap use, a so-called “pony” battery. 3 years on the dot and it was cooked. Defect? Rough use (lots of washboard roads this summer)? Deep discharge...

Silver is the best color, well done! As Sweeney posted everyone’s use is a little different! In the west there are a lot of National Forest campgrounds without electricity to the site. We favor these! A couple things to add to your calculations: A lithium battery will safely deliver 80-90% of...

That sounds like no regulators - did you connect to the Big Buddy’s screw-in tank port or the quick disconnect? Thanks!

Och. Thanks for these details. I have time to learn more about your and others’ results before preparing for Utah… Perhaps the Big Buddy will be the thing that works best.

Ah, but did you filter, bleed, & prime? I’m fortunate that I have a local retailer with the regular Buddy and filter, just down the road, so I can easily test. It’s humbling, I find propane distribution confusing. So far. I guess that’s how some might feel reading my pages and pages of...

Well, isn’t this a thing! RMB, your experience is that the regular Buddy works direct from the CI’s rear gas spigot, no further filtering or regulator, with a little attention to finicky air bleeding and priming? Edit: sorry, I see you DO use a filter. Between the gas hose & buddy? I guess...

Speculatively: Pull the 11 or 20-LB tank off the tongue after dinner & dishes on a cold night. Fire-up the on-tank radiant heater in the Backroads on the kitchen hatch or as a side tent. Pull out that 1-lb. tank emergency adaptor that obsessive CI owners like me bought but never used because we...

I too have been wondering about using a Mr. Heater Buddy inside the (on order) Backroads. It’s something we never got around to with our ARB Awning Room, but we do have an early spring trip coming up where we could use the heat! IIRC the CI has a second stage regulator as well, bolted to the...

Yes - Backroads. $138 was the price on the product page after logging in. It may be the sales tax - Oregon has no sales tax!

Ordered! REI shoppers: Final price $138.69 shipped. A 25% discount for members through 11/20.

Ordering… that youtube link made it easy to visualize. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NXOvnXqIHGE We don’t have a side tent, but did buy the awning room for our ARB 8’ awning on the passenger side. LOVE the awning. The awning room is meh, or worse. Just a hassle all around for not very good...

Thanks for that clarification on the sizes. The Backroads looks very good! It seems like a good compromise of the various things we need at the rear hatch… converting for different weather conditions seems awesome. Maybe not quite the same square footage as the venerable REI Alcove, but tucked...

Thanks! I did a little more research as well, and found out that if you own a boat for the party afloat you might want underwater lighting off the stern… because it looks cool. Apparently that’s a thing. I suppose it goes with the ground effect lighting under your car and thumping bass. I...

No worries. I think you’re right about entitled campers; they must be tough to deal with sometimes.

Not a ranger, a camp host, per OP. Not a citation, a notice, per OP. Not a fine by ranger/law enforcement, a public education effort. My own interpretation is not politics, just a sloppy camp host. Why… Power tripping? Exhaustion & frustration? Just following the protocol that doesn’t...

It does take quite some time to cut a piece of 3/16” that big with my puny 4-1/2” angle grinder! Not to mention the opportunities for the cut to wander… My advice is to grab a piece of that stock and see what damage you can do with your grinder. If you find that fun?

For small stuff like a jack plate you only need: A good vise An angle grinder with a stock metal grinding wheel to cut and clean up edges A drill press w/good bits Safety glasses & hearing protection (edit) I’ve been totally surprised at what I can do with an old garage-sale Makita angle...

Yes! But yikes, the price! it may be that 1000 lumens is too much?