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Monthly Archives: June 2015

My Favorite Alternative Sport

In one of my church meetings this past Sunday (Elders Quorum, for Mormon readers), everyone in the room introduced themselves by name and answered a question to help us get to know everybody. Last Sunday in the same group, they asked everybody what their favorite meal was. This time, we all shared our favorite alternative…

Gear Review: 6 Reasons WOOM Is the Best Kid’s Bike Out There

We knew Cara was in the market for a new bike, but we kept putting it off. With how much we ride bikes (including the crazy mountain biking she’s done on her strider- see our YouTube video here), we also knew that a cheap bike from Wal-Mart was just not going to cut it. Since…

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  • Nate

    I bet the resell value would be good on these too after your little one is done with it. Walmart bikes are dangerous and worth almost nothing after the first month of riding them.ReplyCancel

  • Nathan Legakis
  • Lucky Cara! The bike looks great!ReplyCancel

  • Excellent review. I never knew that about the coaster break. My 2 year old loves her scoot bike. I can’t wait till she starts a pedal bike. This one looks awesome.ReplyCancel

  • Janet Van Note

    How old/ how tall is she? (Such a nice blue color for a little girl!)ReplyCancel

  • Janet Van Note

    Thanks! Helps me decide to get the woom2.

    Seeing your daughters picture made my little girl think a blue bike is cool. Which is great because we just had a little boy.ReplyCancel

  • […] 4. Woom Bike – I’m not sure I can express how much we LOVE our Woom. So much that the older two kids are begging for one. Full review here. […]ReplyCancel

Airstream Kitchen: Turkey Lettuce Wraps

Tacos are a super easy staple in any kitchen, and when you don’t have a lot of room “easy” is pretty awesome. I recently found a recipe that I LOVE that doesn’t use any store bought taco seasoning, so I know what’s it in and its all healthy. Plus, we’ve found we like ground turkey…

Solar Power Upgrade Part 4 – The Wire Panel

With the solar mounted on top (part 1, part 2) and the wires run to the forward compartment (part 3), there was only one thing left to do. The next step in my project was to connect it all up! Underneath Cara’s bed is the wiring panel where the battery is connected to the rest of…

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  • Alright! Now I know that I can do this myself. Nice series of articles. Really liked the pictures.

    I do have a portable 200w fold out that I charge with and a know that the angle of the panels and the declination makes a big difference as well, but we can’t keep moving our Airstream around to follow the sun. Do you believe you will ever add the tilt up brackets? I know Rich Luhr and he just has 2 panels (flat mounted) on his 31 footer and has never had to use a generator (or carry one). So, it is a detail and I’m not sure that I’ll consider it either. We are not big consumers of Amp hour.

    Actually, our Zamp Solar 200w fold out charges our two stock 27 batteries up after a night of use. I know I’ll go over-kill on as many panels as I can fit on our 2015 27ft Serenity… so I’ll probably just run with them flat. Not even sure how I’d tilt them as we don’t carry a ladder.

    Great article. Please f/u with an article on how the user interface works in real life, the amount of Ah you collect, your storage capacity as you use it with your particular habits, what you might have done differently or options for others, etc…

    Thanks for spending the time reporting,

    DaveReplyCancel

  • Garrett Tershel

    Agreed, great group of articles. We are considering going full time out onto the road and this would be a huge consideration. Like the previous comment stated if you could document actual usage and storage that would be great. I work online and have need for electricity. I would like to do some boondocking and this would help make that happen.ReplyCancel

  • Thanks for an outstanding series of articles about your DIY solar setup, much appreciated.ReplyCancel

  • Thanks for an outstanding series of articles about your DIY solar setup. It’s a very professional-looking job. Much appreciated. One day we hope to do the same, upgrading our dealer-installed 150 Watt Zamp system to something *much* more capable.ReplyCancel

  • […] II – Self-Install Combiner Box Solar Power Install Part III – Self Install Running Wire Solar Install Part IV – The Wire Panel Adding Bigger Batteries Installing a 2000 Watt Pure-sine Inverter Automatic Transfer Switches Cost […]ReplyCancel

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