Starlink Review: The Ultimate Back-up Internet for RVers

ℹ️ About the Episode
There are times when being disconnected from the world is a good thing. RV travel offers that kind of respite. It also offers the ability to explore, connect with family, and travel for weeks, months, or even years. For almost all RV travelers these days, the internet is something that has to be figured out. For those that work from the road, it's essential. We've had our fair share of all-day visits to coffee shops and uploading videos from hotel lobbies. In Holmes, AK, we sat at the public library for hours and hours. When they closed, we moved to our truck (just outside the library) hoping the internet would stay on. In New Zealand, one cafe didn't like us camping at a table even though we were buying food and drinks each hour. Suddenly and mysteriously, the internet stopped working.
In short, it's been a problem. We're not usually early adopters of new technology. We tend to get it early, but not first. Hence the shape of our dish (or Dishy, as it was named by Elon) is rectangular, not round like the first edition. Still, we were eager to get Starlink to see if it would make producing videos from the road any easier. Overall, we're thrilled with Starlink and think it's worth every penny of the $135/mo subscription ... as long as we keep our cellular plan. In this episode, we share our first impressions, the pros and cons of Starlink, and who we think it's best for.

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[mikedoran]

The Star Link unboxing...Mark is like, "parts, parts, & more parts". Trish is like, "oh pictures and so clean!" Jusay'n, it struck me as a Mars/Venus thing. 🤭

[HARE]

Thanks so much for all the solid, useful information in this episode.
Starlink is a complete game changer for off-gridders.
Imagine being on a sailboat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and having 150mb of service.
Your rational of using multiple plans is spot-on, also.
In our world today, connectivity is the key.
We love seeing Caleb. His youthful, creative energy adds so much to each episode.
Also, Charlie. His sweet, playful nature is a joy to see.
Keep On Truckin’

[RobertShrimpton]

6:40 Marc, look for "reusable zip ties" they're really useful! 🙂

[badgerpa]

Happy Father's Day Marc. The Elkhorn Antique and flea market is the 26th, Trish would have fun. It is at the County fairgrounds. Also watch out for the Beast of Bray Road in Elkhorn area. lol. I hope you have time to enjoy some of Wisconsin while you are there. If you head west it is a nice scenic drive to take Highway 14 between Madison and LaCrosse, it was missed in the last glacier event and has bluffs and valleys and a nice road. Be safe.

[TheSmallsRVAdventures]

I’m so interested in this. I want to see how well it works. I’m glad that so many of you are showing us how starling works. I’m commenting as I’m watching so I don’t forget to thank you for sharing this. Thank you so much. Happy Fathers Day.

[thomasmoquin]

Marc and Tricia, So glad to have met you both at Kunes RV in Elkhorm, WI. What a great day! Wonderful seminars. Keep up the good work.
Sincerely, Tom Moquin Airstream 25’ International Serenity RB

[lurellewolfe]

We’ve had Starlink at home for about 2 months! We love it! We are in a rural area and our AT&T was barely better than dial up! We are now enjoying fast internet!

[christoff]

Bionic Sound at 11:00 as the Starlink looked for satellites was awesome!!! Nice touch!! Great review as always.

[woof]

we were camped out in the Utah desert last year, turned around one night and there was a dotted line of Star Link Satalite, s in the sky, made our week

[carl]

Go check out 10:57. If you're old you will recognize the sound effect... Feel free to post it! Have fun! Marc and Trish you guys are a lot of fun to watch. Thank you for your videos.

[OriginalOutdoorplayer]

I have had Starlink for over a 1.5 years now. It has made it possible for me to work from home full time in the middle of nowhere Idaho.

[theteagues]

So glad you folks got into the Air force Museum! Hope it was our comment that prompted your visit there.
So looking forward to next Sunday's.. wait! wait! that's tomorrow's episode!
(Woo hoo! There appears to be an upside to falling a little behind! 8- )

[BillandKelleyAdventures]

We were lucky and got Starlink well over a year ago. We use it at our home since we have never had good internet service providers and cell service was low. We have enjoyed our Starlink so much.

[robertosgood]

Thanks for sharing this information on Star link. My wife and I don't work from the road and look forward to our travels to disconnect. One of the highlights of arriving for us is to put our phones on "airplane mode" or just turn off. My wife will play a few games on her tablet, and I go outside to fish, hike, sail, kayak, grill....

[scottmccoy]

Always do a reboot from within the Starlink App on the wifi and the router once a day. That will dramatically help with speeds... Also put the dish into stow mode and then hit un stow once a day and that will also force to dish to find a more preferred satellite which helps the speeds big time. I am in a waitlist area with the RV vesion and my speeds are always up near 70-100Mb download. Get 2-3 mesh units as well.... Huge difference !! AWESOME!!!

[gimply]

after watching you and some others for a few years now and seeing how you do this and this new video has made up my mind i think star link it right option for me.

[thechamp]

Received our Starlink RV 2 weeks ago. it is so awesome to have internet ANYWHERE now.

[cariboudave]

I've had my RV version for about 2 weeks. I work camp in cell, wifi, cable blackout zone. We had storms that knocked out power and phone lines at the campground for almost 4 days. Starlink ran off my bluetti a d genny and gave me and others connections to phone and internet. After 8 seasons with 4g iff you hang a phone in the window and maybe get a signal... its a game charger. I LOVE it so far... and have t-mobile on my phone too.

[scottforrest]

We use ours for out primary source of internet and use our cell service for backup. Been that way for 15 months now. Works very well for us.

[sailingmj]

after all said and done - it sounds like for the most of us, we probably could live without Starlink. ....i have had great luck using my "Hotspot" on my phone. and if i'm in a place without Cell service, ... well, I'm camping ! lol