Road trip gear on a worn wooden table: a weather radio, a tire sensor display, a GPS, a paper map, jumper cables, work gloves, and an enamel mug

Gear kits

Gear for the job, not a shopping spree

Four short lists, each built from products the Megawatt calculators already recommend. Open any item on its own, or send the whole kit to an Amazon cart in one click.

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First boondock weekend

An RV GPS, tire pressure sensors, a weather radio, and a small 200W solar pack. Enough to try a weekend off the grid. It is not a full electrical system.

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Garmin RV GPS

Dr. Megawatt's pick for routing a big rig. Linked from the fuel and license pages.

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TireMinder TPMS

Tire pressure you can read from the driver's seat. Linked from the fuel savings calculator.

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Midland emergency weather radio

The radio the wind calculator links. Keep it in the coach for storm nights.

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200W solar pack

The smallest pack the calculator links. A low-risk way to try solar before you give up roof space.

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Fleetwood Bounder solar starter

A 400W panel pack and a 12V 300Ah lithium battery, sized for a big gas Class A. Measure your roof and check that your converter can charge lithium before you buy. Fleetwood doesn't sell this as a kit.

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400W solar pack

400 watts. Paired with the 300Ah battery in the Bounder solar starter kit.

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Vatrer 12V 300Ah lithium battery

3,840 Wh of 12-volt lithium. It's the battery in the Bounder solar starter kit.

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12-volt lithium bank options

Every 12-volt lithium battery the battery calculator recommends, from 100Ah to 600Ah. Amazon's cart can't take the 100Ah link, so that one keeps its own button.

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Vatrer 12V 100Ah lithium battery

The floor of the Megawatt battery calculator: 1,280 Wh at 12 volts. The short link is kept exactly as James published it.

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Vatrer 12V 300Ah lithium battery

3,840 Wh of 12-volt lithium. It's the battery in the Bounder solar starter kit.

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Vatrer 12V 460Ah lithium battery

5,888 Wh at 12 volts, for loads that have outgrown a 300Ah pack.

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Vatrer 12V 560Ah lithium battery

7,168 Wh without leaving a 12-volt system.

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Vatrer 12V 600Ah lithium battery

7,680 Wh. The largest 12-volt pack on the Megawatt calculator.

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24V and 48V packs

The 24V and 48V batteries the calculator suggests once your inverter gets big enough that 12 volts means very thick cable.

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Vatrer 24V 200Ah lithium battery

5,120 Wh at 24 volts. The calculator moves to 24 volts once continuous loads pass 3,000 watts.

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Vatrer 24V 300Ah lithium battery

7,680 Wh at 24 volts, the bigger of the two 24-volt options.

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Vatrer 48V 100Ah lithium battery

5,120 Wh at 48 volts, for builds whose continuous load runs past 5,000 watts.

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