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Best Rechargeable Flashlight
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I admit to being a little bit of a gadget freak. I like the very best in folding knives, camping stoves, multi-tools, all that stuff. I grew up with the MagLite flashlights, and the plug in "one-mile" beam spotters and the "tactical" flashlights, but this one seems to fit the bill for overall best fla...
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Acheron2010
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FMCA Rolls Out Unlimited Verizon Hotspot Plan
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https://www.rvmobileinternet.com/fmca-rolls-out-unlimited-verizon-hotspot-plan/
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bjoyce
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Finally found a new travel weather app!!
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We used to use Weather Underground where you could use their travel maps and find weather forecast along our route. Over a year ago, when they upgraded their app they broke that feature, that IMO was the best feature. Finally found a replacement!! Weather Route, allows you to put in start, end, aver...
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NWescapee
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T-Mobile ONE 2 line 14G Data each .. $130 flat fee
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I just switched off my Hotspot ZTE yesterday and moved over to the T-Mobile ONE. Flat rate and offers a "KickBack" of $10 per line if you only use 2G or less of your data. We now have 14G on each phone at 4G LTE and unlimited 3G after that. The new purchase for T-Mobile of the 600MHZ band will bring better rec...
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jeflyn
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Verizon Brings Back Unlimited Data Plans – With Some Catches
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https://www.rvmobileinternet.com/verizon-brings-back-unlimited-data-plans-with-some-catches/
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bjoyce
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Changing DirecTV DNS coastal feed
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When we started FT'ing, we signed up for DirecTV's Distant Network Service. For the last several months, we've received the East Coast (New York) network feeds, which are the ones associated with our billing address (Livingston, TX). We will be on the West Coast (or at least in Pacific time zone) for...
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David and Cheryl
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Internet and Cell Phones on the Road
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As Canadians we have to totally change our internet and cell phone service for our US travels. What is the recommended set-up for full timers? We need email, Internet, streaming, VPN. I have an iPad, hubby has a Surface, and we both have iPhones. I checked out Technomadia but they are complicated and...
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Hazel
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Maximum Signal Amplifier systems
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The reviews are starting to come in . There are some user reviews on the escapee forums . The response has been overwhelming. We should be shipping the car units in the next few weeks for those with smaller RVs. Thank you everyone for the patience after all the trials and tribulations over the last 3 year...
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Max Signal
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I got tired of being Hacked!
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How to delete your Yahoo accountGo to edit.yahoo.com/config/delete_user and log in to your email as normalIf you sign in using a phone number visit this page instead and do the sameRead the information carefully under the heading "Before continuing, please consider the following informati...
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PIEERE
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Stream smart system
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This is my first post so I hope I am doing this right and put this in the right spot. I wanted to see if anyone has heard of this unit or has it. We saw it at an RV show this weekend and it almost sounds to good to be true. You buy this box and it runs through your wifi. You can get pretty much any show, sports...
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Chrissweeney
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Satellite TV Question - Full Timers
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We are getting ready to go full-time in several months - and we are very excited. We are in the process of researching satellite TV and we are interested in learning about the pros and cons of a roof-top mounted dish vs. a dish on a tri-pod. I would imagine that there are limitations with a roof top dish if...
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Barb and Frank
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Have it all app
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I was looking for an app which shows all things we RV campers need, especially propane filling stations. The apps I use don't list propane stations. I found this app "Camper's Helper - Campgrounds" which supposedly does if you upgrade for $10. Would like to know if anyone uses this app or if they know of...
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tincanman
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Digital photo frames
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I've always just used my laptop in screensaver mode to display photos, but it's starting to be an issue with overheating. Does anyone have a photo frame they recommend for road use, as in durable, etc? Do you mount it on a wall, or stow it while traveling? I know in the past they were plasma screens and...
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melody
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Question on the Winegard Trav'ler Sat Dish
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I have the Winegard Trav'ler automatic Sat Dish. My question is about the inside control panel ... the one that has the on/off button and displays the satellites that are acquired. In the past, it has always remained powered on with it's blue backlight always on. I've been in place now about two mon...
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RonC
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Satellite TV Question
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We are putting together a budget for full-timing next year and would like to know the approximate monthly cost for satellite TV service - more than likely it will be Direct TV. If anyone has an idea of the cost for installation of the system - that would be appreciated too. Thanks much. Barb
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Barb and Frank
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Confusing coaxing & weak signals
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Hello - I have a brand new (March 2016) Fuzion 5'er. Wintering in Florida it was the first time I hooked up cable to my home. With the cable service connected to the single cable port, we noted; weak signals, a lot of noise (which the cable tech didn't like) and very low Internet speeds. I was expecting to g...
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tincanman
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EMS possibly saved my A/C, TV, who knows what else.
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Arrived at new to me RV park and plugged in electric. Progressive EMS shut everything down (low voltage, 98). Notified management and they at first said it must be my equipment, proved to them that was not the situation. They moved me to a good (electrically space). Yea! And Kudos to Progressive EMS s...
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Cowdog353
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Cellular Game Changers - Is Verizon Losing Ground?
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Without question looking at most coverage maps lately, Verizon for the most part seems to still have the edge on more coverage than any other provider, but equally they also charge handsomely for that privilege. We're starting to hear more and more about T-Mobile gaining immense ground and offeri...
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Someday
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Neat new product
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Saw this at the Canadian Wireless Trade show yesterday. Might be of interest to RV'ers http://www.zigeedock.com/
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Max Signal
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Check Verizon's new plans for those who took advantage of Verizon's "Double Your Data" plan
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In October 2014 we took advantage of the Verizon "Double Your Data" plan at a Verizon store in Elkhart IN. We were happy with our 40GB per month plan, but when the "New Verizon Plan" came out last month we were interested in the new features of Canada/Mexico service and roll over. I figured we would be p...
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bjoyce
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Testing Your Cellular amplifier
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If you own an android device. These are all amazing apps for testing RF signal and performance. Open Signal, Real Signal, Signal Check Pro, Network Info II , and Network Signal INFO . These downloads are all pretty well free. They will help you separate the pretender from the contenders
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Max Signal
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Big Trip and several questions.
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We will be heading out West next spring on a 8 month tour of the National Parks.In the process we expect to rack up a lot of road miles both on our tow vehicle and our 5th wheel.
Till now we have gotten along fine with out a monitoring system but feel it's the right time to get this in place before we go.
First...
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Team Murc
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Do you use a GPS?
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I'm looking for a GPS to use in the motorhome. I've been looking at those units that include info for rver's and truck drivers. Does anyone use or have experience with a trucker GPS that they would recommed?
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Trabuco
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What do we need?
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Recently we were in a COE campground that had NO cell service, even though we were only a few miles from town. My iPhone 5s was able to see a signal once in a great while, so I'm thinking that if I had an antenna up in the air a bit I might have been able to get a signal. We're full-timers and depend on our Verizon...
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kb0zke
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Cellular signal boosters and the rules
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After ordering a cellular signal booster, I downloaded the manual for it and started reading. That's when I learned about registering the booster with my carrier. I followed the link in the PDF manual to the specific Verizon web page and read that Verizon "would like" (same language used in the manua...
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Second Chance
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GPS unit
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We were just wondering if there was a GPS unit out there that allowed you either download a route exactly like you chose it, say from Mapquest or something like that, or would let you "drag" the route to the specific road you want on the unit itself? We own two GPS units, one that advertised the...
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constant problems with winegard pathway x2---wtd?
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so after much reading I finally bit the bullet and ordered the winegard portable satellite dome from dish tv. it's been one problem after another since installation on Wednesday. we lose the satellite signal at least every two hours, and it's down for another two to six hours after that. we've moved i...
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suse1023
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DirecTv for the Full Timer
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Robin and I just left Costco after listening to the DTV pitch, and I gotta tell ya I almost jumped on it. But I am not the impulsive type and thought I should run it by the RV Dreams experts. We currently reside in our S&B in upstate NY and intend to be FT in our Fiver come June 1st. In our S&B we have Tim...
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MikenRobin
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4G and Voice Booster
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Looking for a booster that will work with Verizon here in Texas. The location were heading to has 4G but only at 1-2 bars at best. Our equipment is 2 smartphones and the Millenicom MIFI jetpack 4620L. I know in the past before the 4G speed that a Wilson SOHO 60 worked well as an all around solution for pho...
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Alie and Jims Carrilite
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EMAIL DATA BREACH please be aware
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This is very important-EMAIL DATA BREACH..... PLEASE change your passwords asap. Here are the details. It was also on Good Morning America and other News outlets today. http://www.pcmag.com/news/344244/russian-hacker-trades-millions-of-stolen-records-for-social
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