Overlanding and Offroad articles

Quick Facts: Topic: Overlanding safety tips for drivers past their first season. Best for: Owners of a built rig with a year or more of trips. Cold weather: Most LiFePO4 batteries stop charging below a cutoff from 25°F to 41°F, depending on brand. Power: The Starlink Mini runs on...

Quick Facts: Roam 100GB and 300GB: US, Canada and US territories only, with no use in Mexico. Roam Unlimited: $175 a month, with up to 30 days at a time outside your home country. Global Roam: ended for existing customers on August 17, 2026. Paperwork: passport or photo ID...

Quick Facts: Topic: Bronco Sport camping package for the 2027 Ford Bronco Sport. Trims: Outer Banks and Badlands only. Big Bend and Heritage do not get it. Includes: onboard power, aux switches and wiring, Cargo Management System, liftgate flood lights and second-row under-seat storage. Outer Banks: also gets rubberized...

Quick Facts: Topic: Ram 2500 recall for a steering column module defect. Trucks: Certain 2026 Ram 2500 pickups, 8,329 potentially affected. Campaign: NHTSA 26V651; FCA recall number 90D. Risk: A loss of electronic stability control raises the risk of a crash. Fix: Dealers replace the module free of charge. ...

Quick Facts: Topic: Bypass shocks, remote reservoir shocks and monotube shocks for loaded overland trucks and SUVs. Biggest factor: Weight and speed, because heat builds as the damper works harder. Monotube cost (October 2026): About $125 per Bilstein 5100 shock. Reservoir cost: About $560 per Radflo 2.5 shock, or...

A heater sized too small leaves the van cold on the worst night of your trip. A heater sized too big cycles on and off, which builds carbon on the burner. Van heater sizing keeps you between those two failures, and it starts with one number: the BTU per...

Quick Facts: Recall: Ford speedometer recall, NHTSA 26V653 (Ford 26C46). Trucks: 102,159 Ford trucks, mostly 2025-2026 Super Duty and 2026 F-150 trucks. Defect: Analog tachometer and speedometer needles stick or move erratically. Risk: A wrong speed reading raises the risk of a crash, per NHTSA, but the record shows...

Quick Facts: Topic: Electric cooler vs compressor fridge for overlanding. Cooling limit: Thermoelectric units reach about 36 to 40°F below the surrounding air. Thermoelectric draw: About 3 to 5 amps at 12V, running nonstop. Compressor draw: About 25 amp-hours per day at 90°F on a Dometic CFX3 45. Price:...

Quick Facts: Model: 2027 Kia Sorento PHEV, a three-row plug-in hybrid SUV. Trim: One, the X-Line SX-Prestige AWD. Price: $53,890 MSRP, plus $1,495 destination. Dropped: The EX trim, listed at $48,290 for 2026. New for 2027: Standard head-up display, Pale Gray paint, X-Line seat backs, and wood inlays. Power:...

Quick Facts: Opened: August 20, 2026, after Recall Query RQ26001. Vehicles in scope: 997,743 trucks and SUVs from model years 2021 through 2026. Post-remedy complaints to NHTSA: 499, with 473 after the oil change and 26 after a new engine. Later-built engines: 191 failure reports from engines built after...