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RV & Overlanding

Gear for the rig and the road: 12V compressor fridges, rooftop tents, recovery boards and winches, inverter generators, and the power systems that keep it all running off-grid. These are big-ticket purchases with big price gaps between rivals — which makes a head-to-head verdict worth more here than anywhere else on the site. Two contenders per duel, scored round by round, and a verdict that says exactly who each one is for.

Latest duel Rooftop Tents iKamper Skycamp 4.0 vs Roofnest Falcon 3 EVO Roofnest Falcon 3 EVO Air — at two-person size it's cheaper, faster to pitch, dramatically slipperier on the highway, and taller inside. The Skycamp's fold-out genius doesn't have much to prove against a tent this size. Read the full duel →

Recovery Gear

MAXTRAX vs X-Bull MAXTRAX MKII — recovery boards are insurance, and insurance is judged on the day it's needed. The X-Bulls work impressively often; the MAXTRAX work when a failure would mean walking out. →

Inverter Generators

Honda EU2200i vs Predator 2000 Honda EU2200i — more real power, roughly half the perceived noise, a legendary engine, and a 3-year warranty. It costs Honda money because it's the one that just works, for years. →

12V Fridges

Iceco VL45 ProS vs Dometic CFX3 45 Dometic CFX3 45 — it does the same cooling job on meaningfully less battery, weighs 9 lb less, and its display and app are the best in the class. Off-grid, efficiency is the spec that compounds every single day. → Dometic CFX3 45 vs ARB Zero 47 Dometic CFX3 45 — same cooling for half the battery draw, less weight, a better app, and ~$300 less. →