A complete guide to minimalist overlanding

0:04 What is Broverlanding?
0:52 What is Overlanding?
2:50 Thinks to do when you go overlanding besides driving
4:20 Do I need a fridge to go overlanding?
4:23 The Bouge RV Rocky 40 12v Fridge
6:12 Athletic Brewing Non-Alcoholic beer
8:48 How to camp without a roof-top tent
8:50 Hest Foamy Sleeping Pad
10:38 Making a Manhattan for camping
13:35 Minimalist camp cooking
17:20 How to make camping coffee
21:48 Pooping when you are overlanding
26:14 Recap

Most modern vehicles hold at least 5 people these days.

Certainly, a convoy of two Tacomas and a 4Runner could reasonably be expected to have a nominal passenger capacity of at least 12.

That said, it’s just the three of us on this trip.

And why not?

When you think about it,

Driving out to the middle of Nevada to look into holes

Drink canned beverages

Cook on fire

Sleep in the dirt like a homeless person

And eat random snacks in 100 year old run down shacks.

None of this makes any sense

So why not just grab a beer and embrace it.

What is overlanding?

This is one of those age-old questions. Is it just car camping? Is it something different? Does it matter how much junk you have bolted to the roof? Is my vehicle a rig or just a truck?

I can’t answer these questions for you. You’ll need to go to reddit and do the research for yourself.

One thing I can tell you is that the farther you get away from that last Maverick station, when you lose cell signal, when you remember that you forgot to pack a change of clothes, when you settle into telling dad jokes over the GMRS Radio, the day rolls on, and It just never comes up.

You have to disregard what I say here. I think I hadn’t tried the Lagunitas yet. It’s not good. Don’t buy it

A lot of times on broverlanding trips like this I’ll just lay down a tarp and sleep out under the stars. And while a tent isn’t always necessary, one thing I really need these days is a good sleeping pad. Last spring Hest sent me their Foamy pad and sleep system to review.

The pad comes in a sleeve with straps to keep it rolled up and a durable bottom so you could lay it out on the rough ground with no issue. It rolls out and is ready to use with no inflating.

I’m a side sleeper with shoulder injuries on both sides and the Hest Foamy is ideal for me. I sink right into it and my shoulders are supported and comfortable. If you are a back sleeper, It’ll work even better.

The rest of the sleep system fits in this nice tote bag and includes a fitted sheet, a pillow and a down comforter. If you’re a Broverlander, you might not know what a fitted sheet is, so here’s a quick tutorial.

The comforter has a drawstring on one end so you can slip it over the end of the pad and have a nice warm setup.

The pillow has an excellent, self-contained design that unzips and folds back on itself. A pillow case is also available, making the whole setup quite comfortable, warm, and cozy.

This is the Foamy Pack, which you can find under the Bundles section of their website, and it retails for $525.

I did end up setting up the tent as it got a little windy and I didn’t want a bunch of stuff blowing into my bed. I like the whole system, especially the fact that it doesn’t need to be inflated. Though it takes up a lot more space. But the compromise is well worth it.

Last spring Bouge RV sent me this Rocky 40 fridge to review.

It has two temperature zones separated by a removable partition.

They can be run as a fridge or freezer or one freeze one fridge.

It has digital controls on the top back where you can set the temperature, power mode and low voltage cutoff.

If you are powering this off your vehicle’s main battery, you’ll want to run it at medium or high battery protection so it shuts off before it drains your battery.

I have a second battery setup so I’m running it at low.

I’ve been using this all summer in the back of the Tacoma. It keeps food and drinks cold as well as any other fridge I’ve used, like the Iceco JP30 and the Dometic CFX3 55 IM.

The unique thing about this fridge is that it has a battery slot for a removable 15 amp hour battery. They did not send one of these, so I did not test it. Bouge RV claims it can run the fridge for 5 hours, set to eco, has low battery protection, and has an ambient temperature of 89 degrees.

It also has a solar input instead of a regular A/C input so you can run it off a solar panel. I wasn’t able to test this as the connection isn’t an 8mm DC like my solar panels.

It comes with a DC plug and an A/C adaptor, but the A/C Adaptor uses the DC input at the back of the fridge.

The fridge is quite wide at 17.5 inches at the base. So it barely fits in my Alucab slide. It’s a little shorter than similarly sized fridges though so that means I can open the side hatch and get into the fridge without having to slide it out first.

Overall this is a good value at $549.99 for the 41 quart model.
And that’s literally everything you need to know about overlanding with your bros.

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