Showing posts with label Upgrades. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Upgrades. Show all posts

Friday, 17 April 2015

Power Bright PW1100-12 Power Inverter | Gear Review



For better or worse, electronic devices play a big part in our travels. Keeping all our equipment charged and ready to go can be a nightmare. The solution? Mains power in the truck. It was time to go shopping for a power inverter. The range of power inverters is overwhelming and there are a few factors […]

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Wednesday, 11 February 2015

Let there be LED light!



After spending the best part of two months in Alaska and Canada we were used to having plenty of daylight as we setup camp and prepared the evening meals. Unfortunately, as we headed further south, the nights got darker and we were forced to start using our head-torches.  It wasn’t long before we realised that our head-torches and our single […]

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Wednesday, 17 December 2014

Tires (Tyres)



Who doesn’t like a new pair, or four, of shoes? We have been needing new tires for a while and had been holding on for the lower USA to buy them. We have had several punctures, destroyed a tyre driving on it flat, replaced that with a second-hand tire, and ended up with three different types of […]

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Wednesday, 10 December 2014

Too much stuff: A Second Roof Rack



Somehow the 4Runner was filling up with stuff (more than could fit in the front seats if we needed to sleep in the back). Also, our spare fuel container had leaked inside the car on the Dalton highway, which prompted us to never have any sort of fuel stored inside the car. The main roof rack […]

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Tuesday, 21 October 2014

Onboard Shower



Oh yeah! Hot water at the touch of a button—or rather the attaching of alligator clamps… and a 15min wait for the car to warm up. One of the creature comforts we have decided we cannot do without, is the ability to have regular hot showers. This is not only because we like to be clean, […]

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Saturday, 11 October 2014

Second Battery and a Fridge



Second Battery There are a several reasons why we decided to install a second battery. The main reason being we intend to install a fridge in the car, but it would also run the power inverter and LED lighting. Although we could run it all from the main battery, it is perhaps not a good idea […]

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Wednesday, 10 September 2014

Fixes and upgrades. 1.



Factory Roof Rack fail. It was about six the morning of the third night in our roof top tent when we heard the first loud pop, which was followed about 15 minutes later by second loud pop but this time it was accompanied by the tent shaking … oh dear. Half asleep we stumbled out of the […]

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