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STARLINK RV 12V Review – Off-Grid Internet in Northern Australia

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Straight up we need to say that THIS IS NOT SPONSORED!!!! We filmed our unboxing, setting up and testing of Starlink as a while back we told you that we’d purchased it with the hopes of being able to access good internet with all the remote travel we do, and so many of you wanted us to share our experience.

So here it is… we did our first test run at Barred Creek which is a free camp just north of Broome. At present Starlink is not guaranteed in the northern areas of Australia and our phone internet in this spot was pretty crappy, so we were keen to test this bad boy out!

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  2. Run it straight from your 12v battery. It can be done and it will halve your power usage (I've been informed). First thing you need to buy is a IOP. Starlink sell its Ethernet adapter for around $80. An IT smart friend of yours can adapt it and get a buck converter to up the Kombi battery to 48volts (don't panic it isn't hard to do). Anyway, all instructions are online so its an option to consider, okay.
    Overseas people like Canadians and northern USA viewers can only dream of walking on a beach in OZ. The beautiful warm sun, the smooth sand between your toes and that lovely cool dip in beautiful blue sea at the end of your walk. Now that's why it's called the lucky country.

  3. Really curious how direct the RF signal is from the satellite to the dish on the ground with this technology? Or whether it is putting off RF signals around the whole area? Last thing you would want is one of these on top of your camper or RV IMO, just more EMF smog gradually degrading the functionality of your mitochondria and cellular function. If it is very direct that is kind of cool, maybe there is not much of a field created at all.

  10. Haha, Love how you said Mega Bytes per second (it's mega bits 🙂 ) then mega pixels per second when talking about 4G…
    Entertaining non the less…!
    Thanks good to see raw video like this, and the size of the unit.

  12. Hey guys, awesome video! I'm also keen to know how you guys are powering your Starlink what inverter your using and how power hungry it is or are you using a genny? 🤗

  15. My starlink is a game changer for me . Very poor service resolving issues though, mine took three months with the monthly payments drama I experienced. Be sure that the payments go through, it worked for four months then It was cut off. I love the shit yous put that old Kombi through.

  16. considering Main Street Airlie Beach yesterday (home) internet was 0.03 Mb on 3 phone service providers I say bring it on 🙂 thanks for doing this. Starling site states that area has no coverage.

  20. Thanks guys, awesome video! So very exciting for those of us who can already work remotely. I'm also keen to know what inverter you're running and how power hungry it is. 😁🤗

  22. Hi 👋
    Just found your channel yesterday and watched all your episodes in 27 hours straight
    Love the content , kombi and little zoo zoo
    Greetings from south africa 🇿🇦

  27. Love the videos, you lot are great. Obviously you run the dish through an inverter, and idea how much Amps per hour it pulls out of your 12v system?
    Keep safe and thanks for all the fun videos.

  35. Starlink installer here… you will find that the speed will vary from time to time and you can expect up to 270Mb download but upload won't be huge…..best I have had in Victoria is around 18Mb. $139 a month is comparable to a decent 100/40 NBN fibre connection these days so I think the value is superb.

  38. WOW Many thanks for turning the music down . That star link is really something .. I'm just about to order one … Thanks again for re making this vid I am sure many were interested.. Take Care guys from Qld