fratermus

don't get me started on golf courses and the municipalities that enable them

Jaysus, this is why mods should be able to limit visibility to subscribers only.

if it controlled redistricting

IMO no party should control redistricting.

Agreed. In my case the panels are flat-mounted and I do my best to avoid snow for other reasons. I get caught about 1x every two years.

In my particular case water the soaking water is more valuable than the additional Watt-hours. When I lived in a house with city water I did pre-soak all dry beans for the reasons you give.

Been parked at a sweet BLM spot near Moab for almost 2 weeks now

I haven't been to Moab, but I've been close enough on the Colorado side that you could basically see Moab from up high. :-) I think there are some fires in that general area; do you use Watch Duty or similar to track those? I was trapped on the Oregon coast by wildfires for about a month once and it was less fun than it sounds....

At the moment I'm at ~9400ft in Colorado on forest service land. Nice and cool up here but the view attracts hordes of chaotic/messy weekenders who leave litter and toilet paper on the ground. :-(

I’ve found some amazing sites using the FreeRoam app - it shows you cell coverage too which is clutch when you need to work remotly

I don't see freeroam on the google appstore. It's listed on Amazon appstore but people are saying it's no longer accessible. Hmmm.

is there anything wrong with Jackery?

There is nothing inherently wrong with Jackery in particular or "power stations" in general. They will perform to spec and as designed. Here's my copypasta on the topic of power setups:

== begin ==

In general the process is:

• assess daily power requirements <- arithmetic, not guessing
• think critically about charging options, based on your particular use case. Full-timing or long expeditions require more robust field charging than does weekending.
• read and understand relevant specs (not marketing) on everything under consideration
• choose whatever components or all-in-one solutions meet power needs...
  • under the worst conditions you are likely to encounter (winter? bad weather?)
  • at a price (money and effort) you are willing to pay.
• only then break out the credit card

== end ==

IME, anyone who does the legwork will get good results with either approach, whether DIY or a "power station".

The problem is they are marketed as Magic Solutions to folks who don't/won't/can't do the legwork. "If I just spend a lot of money on it I'm sure it will be fine". And maybe it will. Often it won't, because the buyer didn't know what they needed or what they actually bought. I help owners of power stations frequently over on reddit; such help mainly consists of quoting relevant sections of their own device's manual to explain why it's doing what it's doing.

I understand it can be an onslaught of information at first so I try to help with overviews like: choosing solar panels for your power station.

After all the dog hair I've ingested over the past 50-odd years I ought to be at least and honarary part-dog.

How often do you get your dogs nails trimmed?

I trim my dog's nails about every 2-3 weeks. She tolerates it because I give her a mini marshmallow after each paw. I regularly touch her paws in non-trimming activities to get her used to it. She went from fear to something like annoyance.

I used to have a greyhound that was so used to handling from the track that he would fall asleep while I dremeled his nails.

"When Fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross"

my nickname in college was Floppy Surprise

I had a dobie who was obsessed with eating tubes of chapstick. Had to put them way up high when they weren't in my pocket