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Hello, we’re Lisa and Anne & we’re glad you’re here! After years of thinking about building our perfect teardrop, we decided to purchase one instead so we could start to live tiny, live free! Free to explore more of our surroundings with our "bed and kitchen on wheels" with the world as our front yard! We are weekend and vacation warriors, since we both have day jobs. We've still been able to explore 9 states and traveling nearly 5000 miles in our tiny camper in 1 year.
Most important can you make coffee on it and of course I mean with a coffee pot also the second most important can you make hard shell tacos. Without buying the hard shell but making it yourself
Hmmmmmm....i kinda wonder that a smoke tube/tray/box mighthave helped. Just barely large enough to fit under the lid. Fill wwith chips. Light the end (or corner it smoke tube) let burn for 5-10 minutes and blow out . With it now slowly smoldering, the smoldering should slowly travel thry the rest of the accessory for the remainder of the cook. S8nce skottles get warmer as time marches on, its best to do this at a lower (or medium low) temperature turning chicken every few minutes to keep from scorching.
Great question! My answer is, "it depends on what you're cooking." But we can easily get a few hours of cooking time on one bottle - so a few camping trips worth. Next time we fire it up, I'll do a quick experiment and find out.
We had a similar dilemma about which awning to go with too. Ultimately we decided that waiting/saving longer to avoid that gap was best for us. I hate the price we paid, but we're glad we held out for the zipper. Our camper is more of a squaredrop, but if we had a teardrop I would have gone with your setup since we'd already have the gap near where the galley meets the wall/awning.
I've been thinking about a 180° awning for years, but honestly - I think we found the perfect setup for us! We're definitely MoonWall and MoonShade fans.
The MoonShade is great in the rain provided it's not raining sideways. 😀 It handles strong winds well too. We've never had an issue in up to 30mph gusts. If it is raining sideways, then that's where the MoonWall comes into play. We'll post that review soon.
Fair enough. We tried using an Easy Up before, but it's too hard for just one of us to put up and take down. The MoonShade is a great alternative for us, plus it packs up super small. Thanks for watching!
It's more than a tarp, it's more like a tent top, comes with the shock corded poles and actually sheds water, so there's that....and that's actually a big thing.
After posting this video, I learned from the staff at Timberleaf Trailers that they do NOT recommend using anything that contains ethanol or a propylene/ethanol blend as an antifreeze because it will degrade the seals in the water system. They recommend using Splash RV Antifreeze or a propylene glycol based antifreeze.
The mfg of the teardrop I own makes them specifically to be used with the MoonShade. It goes across the length of the hatch and can extend outwards to either the 7 foot or 9 foot length. It locks in place. It's basically a square tube in a square tube that can pull out and be locked in place. You could achieve something similar with square tube in tube and then use a small pin to lock it to the needed length. I'm not sure if that helps or not.
Good review! I purchased a Moon Shade a couple of years ago and really like it. We use it on our TAB 320 but instead of using it on the rear hatch, we mount it over our entry door using the suction cups on the top of the trailer. The suction cups that you showed in the video look much improved over the ones that came with our Moon Shade. Also, Moon Shade has available a keter rail attachment option. I bought a pair but found that they don't readily fit because the screw heads that attach the keter rail to the trailer are too high. Maybe someday I'll replace the screws with a flat head screw, that should allow them to work.
Thanks Rob! Yes, the suction cups are pretty robust now. They definitely work best if your vehicle is clean. We had to wipe down the Soob in that area a few times before it stuck perfectly. I’d be interested in seeing the keter rail mount once you get it working.
We didn't notice a difference in taste at all without it browning. But there was a HUGE difference in how moist the cornbread was. Usually, it's so dry and crumbly when we bake it in the oven. So this was actually a big improvement! Thanks for watching!
@@CoolTearsMagazine I don't have a real skottle. I have a cast iron version I built using some conduit pipe, a horseshoe and some steel cable, but you can bet I'll be trying this next time I go camping.
Oooo, I am watching this series! I love, love, love my skottle (despite all the naysayers). It hasn't had a ton of use this year due to limited camping, but next year is a different story because I will be retired.
Thanks for taking up my challenge, sorry for the mess!!! Interesting approach with smoking, I was thinking more of a marinade, perhaps like you did with Olive oil and maybe soy. But they sure look delicious!! Can't wait for baking, that's always a challenge when camping.
Wood chips in foil. I can remember that. I may have to try that in my Dutch oven. Now I just have to find a little cooking rack that will fit inside my Dutch oven. Great video.
No mechanism needed. The shelf is about 23" deep and the legs/cross pieces are only about 16 or 17" apart. If you go to 2:11 in the video, you can see a shot of the left cross piece. Also, at about 1:37 you can see the "L" brackets on top of the legs/cross pieces. Since the shelf is deeper by about 6 or 7 inches, I can safely push it in several inches before I get close to falling off the front bracket. I hope that makes sense.
