Overlanding and Offroad articles

Quick Facts: Topic: How to pick a portable water heater for camping showers. Top pick: Joolca HOTTAP V2 Outing kit, a 37,500 BTU tankless heater with a 12V pump. Self-contained pick: Joolca HOTTAP Go, with a 3.2 gal tank and built-in pump. Fuel: Propane, from 1 lb canisters or...

Quick Facts: Vehicle: Jeep Wrangler Commando 392, the final vehicle of the 250-unit program, built with FOX Factory Vehicles. Where: Bring a Trailer, listed with no reserve. Dates: Opened Nov. 11 and closes Sunday, Nov. 22, at 1:05 p.m. (the listing does not name a time zone). High bid:...

Quick Facts: Topic: Choosing an auxiliary fuel tank or a replacement tank for a truck or SUV. Tank types: Replacement, auxiliary transfer, spare tire and in-bed. Capacity examples: 12 gallons added (Titan Trail Trekker II) to 33 gallons total (Long Range America Tacoma replacement). List prices: $399 for the...

Quick Facts: Short answer: A 1,000W pure sine power inverter for truck camping fits most stock alternators. Picks: Wagan Pure Line 1000W and 2000W pure sine inverters. Battery current: About 93A at 1,000W and 185A at 2,000W on a 12V system. Alternator at idle: Roughly 40 to 50% of...

Quick Facts: Short answer: Scout's 2028 delivery target is unchanged. Topic: Scout validation builds at the Blythewood, South Carolina plant. Vehicles: Early test versions of the Scout Traveler SUV and Scout Terra pickup. Announced: November 12, 2026. Plant investment: More than $2 billion. Validation builds run: Into 2027. Customer...

I've camped and overlanded most of my life, and my rig has gotten bigger over time. I started in a tent, moved up to a bumper pull trailer, and later bought a fifth wheel. I've tried plenty of other camp setups along the way, too. I'm not a full-timer,...

Quick Facts: Vehicle: 2028 Honda CR-V, the seventh generation. Powertrain: a new two-motor hybrid, with no gas-only version. AWD: a newly developed electric AWD unit. Fuel economy goal: more than 10 percent better than today's hybrid. Arrival: 2027, according to Honda. Price and EPA ratings: not announced.  6 min read In...

Quick Facts: Product: Scout Harvester, the range-extended version of the Traveler SUV and Terra pickup. Reservations: About 212,000, up from more than 160,000 in March. Harvester share: About 87% of reservations; pure electric versions hold about 13%. Model split: Traveler SUV about 75%, Terra pickup about 25%. Deposit: $100,...

Quick Facts: Topic: BYD Ti7 ruling, a preliminary decision by the District Court of The Hague on 11 November 2026. Order: JLR must destroy the files its bailiff seized from BYD's Dutch offices in August. Deadline: Instruct destruction within 24 hours of formal service, then confirm it to BYD...

Quick Facts: Topic: Winch rope repair for synthetic line, plus a steel cable fix Skill level: Intermediate; practice on spare rope first Strength kept by a deep bury splice: 90 to 95% (Orion Cordage) Strength lost to a bowline knot: Up to 65% (Marlow Ropes chart via Factor 55) ...