Renogy 12V Gear Review; 2 years of full time use
Want to know how Renogy 12V gear performs, and compares to other products on the market? In this post, we’re doing a Renogy Review, covering a huge amount of Renogy 12V products that we have been used extensively over the last 1.5 years, with most of that full time, off grid living. This is based…
Damper on a stick; the ultimate kids snack
Damper is one of life’s simple joys when you’re camping, but you can take it to a whole new world if you cook it on a stick! I saw this a long time ago, and always wanted to do it with the kids, and on a recent stay at Sheepstation Creek Camping area when we…
12V fires; a camper trailer burnt to the ground
It’s nearly 1AM and I’m fast asleep, until I get a nudge from Sarah. I sit up with a bit of a fright, and Sarah urgently says ‘Aaron – there’s a fire!’. My heart skips a beat, as I grab my phone, spring out of bed and fly out the door. I’m standing next to…
Induction cooking for camping needs a backup
There’s a big shift in towards Induction Cooktops for camping, and I find it interesting. We made the move about a year ago now, and have been using it full time for at least 6 months while travelling on a Big Lap of Australia. Ask different people about it though, and you’ll get a heap…
Free Caravan Levelling app
We’re not normally into anything fancy or complicated, and if you’re thinking who needs an app for levelling a caravan, bear with me. I had similar thoughts too, until I downloaded and started using it, and now I’d never go back. Funny how the old perception changes once you’ve got real experience with it, isn’t…
Reconn R2 service and Lifestyle production walk through
After 30,000km since we left Perth, I was keen to get our Lifestyle Reconn R2 serviced and checked over. My main concern was the wheel bearings, brakes and suspension, but we opted to get a full service done by Lifestyle in Slacks Creek. At a guess, I’d say our Hypercamper has done around 50,000 to…
Cruisemaster offset spindle install for wheel alignment correction
After nearly 5 years, around 60,000km and more than 600 nights in our Lifestyle Reconn R2, I can very comfortably say that we’re wrapped with the Hybrid Camper, and that it suits us as well as you could ever hope for. However, we’ve always had weird issues with bad tyre wear and wheel alignment, and…
Fixed grey and black water plumbing debacle
Pulling into Cooktown RV stay at the Racecourse, we spy the usual camping sign at the entry, and stop for a look. On it, the conditions specifically mention having a fixed plumbing for your grey and black water system to be allowed to camp, which we don’t have. Frustrated, we drive through, turn around and…
Fan your camp fire, literally
I’ve lit more camp fires in my life than I care to remember, and generally do it with a firelighter, and some matches, along with a few dry leaves, then some tiny twigs, then some larger ones, and so on and so forth. However, when we arrived in Victoria and found out you could have…
Induction cooktop energy consumption on 12v
A few days back, I saw a post from someone who was beating up induction cooktops as being no good. He’d written that to boil water, it drained his 200aH lithium battery setup 28%. When I read it, I thought rubbish; that’s impossible, and I’ve done some testing since to look at the induction cooktop…
Caravan Tyres; are yours any good?
Caravan tyres are one of the most critical parts of a van, but they’re often overlooked. This is particularly the case for those who only pull their vans out a few times a year, but we’ve also seen plenty of people travelling long term running tyres that they really shouldn’t be. If you are running…
Camec wheel levelling ramp and chock review
We’ve had our Camec wheel levelling ramp and chocks now for the better part of 3 years, and given them an absolute flogging, so its time to do a review on their performance. These get used when needed, and if we can avoid using them we will, but its very common to pull into a…