Capacity is 1024 Wh at 120v. That makes it an 85 amp hour battery at 12v. For reference your average car battery is between 40 to 65 amp hours at 12v. I'm not comparing its use to a standard lead acid car battery just giving a point of reference, I will say some cars do have the room for an extra car battery under the hood and its a good cheap addition to have. Most of the time the second battery would be a deeper cycle used fo RVing. The difference is the RV battery is designed to slowly expend its charge and then slowly be recharged unlike a normal car battery that is designed for staying fully charged most of the time but able to dump a lot of charge in a relatively short amount of time if needed. If your vehicle doesn't have room you can buy higher capacity car batteries that will fit in the same space as the original and ones that are more dual purpose and will function more happily as both an RV and starting battery. But again, this is just an additional step to take as well as having a power box. Powerboxs are a wonder in their versatility and convenience.
How would you deal with it? That's pretty much how it's done. I love full time in my minivan. I have a gym membership for showers and conditioning for hikes.
Neat. I need one. But the rear subframe on my Ford Mondeo estate (perfect car camping option) is broken. So my current car is a classic 1999 SAAB 93 Cabriolet! So not great for car camping. Great for sunbathing at the beach though. Thank you for sharing.
Thats good and all, I just wanna know, like how you go duty, As In, you go in the jungle with tissues? Or you carry a small container of water or something? Need to know pls 😅
Does this solar panel come with the power bank? If not ~ do you have recommendations for one? (Idk if size matters, but could I get away with one smaller … as I’m typing this is makes sense that bigger is better with solar panels … just any advice would be helpful for this lost soul. thnx)
Some people think they are camping when they go to a "campground" with something the size of a greyhound bus and use full hookups. Where do you draw the line? I do a lot of car camping and feel funny telling somebody I was camping because they might think I hiked into the woods and slept in a tent (which I also do). I guess it's a matter of degrees. I would prefer camping in my car in a remote spot with no people to sleeping in a tent in a crowded campground whether it's camping or not.
The whole point of having this thing is to avoid using your car battery when the engine isn't running and risk having it unable to start the car. Madison's description of how to use it was absolutely correct.
I think im in love lol, your everything a man could want😂 and you live in your outback just like me lolol mine is a 2nd gen outback,wrx conversion, ive slept in mine every night for nearly 4 years now, if your ever in ky you gotta check out red river gorge
If you really depend on ya car consider a high output alternator. Ya its not cheap but so are some of the fancy battery charger things 😂 deisel gen still probably the best but just sayin 😊
I have done a lot of car camping with a dual battery setup with a switch so I could isolate one battery in camp and have the other for starting the car. I have also used an electric winch a lot on my truck in my tree business. I have heard that I might want a more powerful alternator, but I have never had the slightest problem just using the one that came with the vehicle.
I bet that car could be modified to ride higher. It might be worth the expense since you seem to be very serious about camping and also, it's part of your 'job' since you make income off of these videos. Search RU-vid for video titled "Training day car scene" to see how cool you could make your car. 👍
Please be careful camping out there by yourself make sure you have protection I know you have your dog with you and that’s great but still bring something to protect you and your dog
very cool. I do have a recommendation. plugging it in uses extra gas. Maybe you can find a way to attach the solar panel to the top of the car? if it's flat the air resistance is negligible. Otherwise place it in your car so it gets sun. such as the inside of the sun roof or rear left trunk window?
