Will Prowse does a good job reviewing the Battleborn and Lion energy batteries. In a nutshell, he prefers the Battleborn batteries over Lion Energy. I agree with his assessment. The Battleborns are mo

Good post David. One thing though -- you wrote: "Who is selling Lion Energy packs today? Not Costco for $700, price seems to be equal to Battleborn." Last I saw, Battleborn batteries were $950, and th

Lithium (LiFePO4) batteries used to be insanely expensive. The logical 'step up' from GC2 batteries was AGM (and even they were/are pricey). The most popular brand was -- and still seems to be -- Life

Sadly, MB used to be right up there with Toyota for reliability. Sherman 2009 VJ -- Western Maryland

Thank you Don, that is very helpful! Years ago, when I bought our ScanGauge II, what it would monitor was very limited. In order to get trans fluid temp I had to find the secret proprietary MB codes o

Hi Scot, You certainly aren't the first person to consider ditching the spare. It is heavy, at ~75 lbs! As you said, blowouts -- and even flats -- are pretty rare these days, especially if one stays o

Hi Don, I appreciate the info -- but we already have all the panels we can fit on our roof -- 2 each 100W Grape Solar. When we bought our 2009 View used in 2012 it came with a satellite TV antenna on