Solo overlanding safety — which tracking device do you trust your life to?
Been thinking about this one for a while.
My view: The 4x4 tax is real but I have zero regrets. Every rand spent on mods is a rand spent on safety and capability in the places I go..
Keen to hear other opinions — this community has experience across the full spectrum of SA outdoor activities and I think we learn more from disagreement than agreement.
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I see it differently — this is what SA outdoor forums should have been years ago.
The best piece of gear I own is not the most expensive — it is my National Luna fridge. Everything else can be improvised or worked around. That one item cannot.
Been thinking about this one for a while.
My view: The 4x4 tax is real but I have zero regrets. Every rand spent on mods is a rand spent on safety and capability in the places I go..
Keen to hear other opinions — this community has experience across the full spectrum of SA outdoor activities and I think we learn more from disagreement than agreement.
— kobus_bosman
24 years of this and my answer to most of these debates is the same: get out there with what you have, learn what you actually need, then buy the upgrade. The number of people with R500k in kit who go out once a year is remarkable.
Based in Polokwane here — I have done both and the answer changes depending on the season.