Fall issue of Overland Journal gear "News from the trade"

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Wow, as always, a great read.
The "new from the trade" section has some very cool new gear out.
I will link to some of the gear.

Surefire Saint headlamp

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Trailcharge solar power panel

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Now I dig the above.
It can keep an ARB/Engel fridge running by itself during the day, or just hook the unit up to your battery to keep it topped off while using a fridge for an extended trip.

Auspit
Battery operated BBQ cooker
Video on this page

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Brunton Brewfire

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Campchef Oven propane
Seen it before, but worth a posting again.

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Cool stuff huh?
I really like the solar panel, will have to read up more on them.
 
Wow - just but the Brunton Brewfire on my birthday list with my wifey. Very sweet. Unfortunately, just bought a campfire percolator that makes coffee just fine after two trips with it so far, which might mean I won't get it - boo hooo....

The Surefire Saint headlamp is a bit disappointing from an output perspective. I have a 2 year old headlamp that was admittedly ahead of its time and way underpriced at $25. But it's a Cree LED putting out 85 lumens, is water resistant with O rings, has 3 levels of output, weighs half what the Saint does, has the SOS flash, and goes one better by providing a red LED in the rear battery case so it makes an excellent bike lamp. Today's small lights are approaching 500 lumens for the Saint's $185 price tag. Not to get down on Surefire but they always seem to make quality products that are well down in performance - their one weakness - and this is a perfect example.

Thanks for the links - some cool stuff there.

DougM
 
Saw the TrailCharge in action last week

I ran into one of the guys from the company that makes the trailcharge last week. He was testing it out near Divide, CO. It's a pretty hard core unit. He ran the battery down on his pickup with a winch to the point where it would no longer start his truck. He then put the trailcharge on the battery and 15 minutes later started the truck. It's waterproof, impact resistant, yadi, yadi, ya.
 
IdahoDoug said:
Wow - just but the Brunton Brewfire on my birthday list with my wifey. Very sweet. Unfortunately, just bought a campfire percolator that makes coffee just fine after two trips with it so far, which might mean I won't get it - boo hooo....

The Surefire Saint headlamp is a bit disappointing from an output perspective. I have a 2 year old headlamp that was admittedly ahead of its time and way underpriced at $25. But it's a Cree LED putting out 85 lumens, is water resistant with O rings, has 3 levels of output, weighs half what the Saint does, has the SOS flash, and goes one better by providing a red LED in the rear battery case so it makes an excellent bike lamp. Today's small lights are approaching 500 lumens for the Saint's $185 price tag. Not to get down on Surefire but they always seem to make quality products that are well down in performance - their one weakness - and this is a perfect example.

Thanks for the links - some cool stuff there.

DougM
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Doug,

Care to list the make and model of the headlight you are talking about? Sounds like a good buy.
 
Got it at either Home Depot, Lowes or Wally world. It's a Ray-O-Vac Sportsman Extreme headlamp. Be sure the box says "85 lumen" and you've got the right one. Check out ROVs website to see what it looks like for further assurance of getting a hot one.

DougM
 
What's the point if one is not prepared to roughen it out there.
 
The point of what?

DougM
 
I have an Auspit get the Stainless steel version and the vegitble basket, best thing since sliced bread, how ever cant be used on fireban days, can be next to useless if its seriously windy ect so always pack another means of cooking just in case
 
All I am saying is that the very reason that I have purchased a offroad vehicle was to get away from the modern items that we often find ourselfs dependant on. Here in Africa and especially Namibia the buaety of nature do not allow you time to enjoy luxuries. a Bag of wood, a barbeque grit is all you require.
 
Johans said:
All I am saying is that the very reason that I have purchased a offroad vehicle was to get away from the modern items that we often find ourselfs dependant on. Here in Africa and especially Namibia the buaety of nature do not allow you time to enjoy luxuries. a Bag of wood, a barbeque grit is all you require.
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We Americans like our farkles...

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