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Use the toolMarch 2025. A colleague proudly shows me his Amazon find: a "3000 W" portable power station bought for 149 pounds. Gleaming black case, blue LCD screen, vaguely Asian gold logo. The product listing makes staggering promises: 3000 Wh capacity, "ultra-fast" solar recharge, compatible with "all devices
Six in the morning. A campsite by a lake, somewhere in the Lake District. You are sleeping like a baby in your van, windows open, the sound of crickets. And then... BRRRRRRRR. The bloke across the pitch has just fired up his petrol generator to make his morning coffee. 90 dB of pure joy. Children cr
Last summer, a mate headed off for three weeks in his campervan in southern Spain. Everything sorted: the itinerary, the surf spot, the cold beers. Except one detail. His CPAP. He has been using a ResMed AirSense for two years to treat sleep apnoea. Without it, he snores like a tractor, wakes every
