Hilux loyalty or brand agnostic — honest talk about bakkie choices in SA
Sitting around the braai last night and this came up.
My view: Solo overlanding is underrated. Yes it is riskier. But the freedom of going where you want, when you want, at your own pace is worth the planning it requires..
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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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.
— marco_joubert
The solar setup gets mocked by people who have not tried it. Let them mock. The sunsets from a campsite 232km from the nearest traffic light are not something you can explain to someone who has not experienced it.
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.
13 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.
The best piece of gear I own is not the most expensive — it is my Garmin inReach Mini. Everything else can be improvised or worked around. That one item cannot.
Interesting take — the community here is already better than what I have found on other SA platforms.
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.