Starlink Review: The Ultimate Back-up Internet for RVers
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There are times when being disconnected from the world is a good thing. RV travel offers that kind of respite. It also offers the ability to explore, connect with family, and travel for weeks, months, or even years. For almost all RV travelers these days, the internet is something that has to be figured out. For those that work from the road, it's essential. We've had our fair share of all-day visits to coffee shops and uploading videos from hotel lobbies. In Holmes, AK, we sat at the public library for hours and hours. When they closed, we moved to our truck (just outside the library) hoping the internet would stay on. In New Zealand, one cafe didn't like us camping at a table even though we were buying food and drinks each hour. Suddenly and mysteriously, the internet stopped working.
In short, it's been a problem. We're not usually early adopters of new technology. We tend to get it early, but not first. Hence the shape of our dish (or Dishy, as it was named by Elon) is rectangular, not round like the first edition. Still, we were eager to get Starlink to see if it would make producing videos from the road any easier. Overall, we're thrilled with Starlink and think it's worth every penny of the $135/mo subscription ... as long as we keep our cellular plan. In this episode, we share our first impressions, the pros and cons of Starlink, and who we think it's best for.
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The Star Link unboxing...Mark is like, "parts, parts, & more parts". Trish is like, "oh pictures and so clean!" Jusay'n, it struck me as a Mars/Venus thing. 🤭
I thought the same thing!
Stwrlink provides a needed service.
The space junk from ALL providers is horrible.
Soon to be regulated harsher by FCC.
Thanks so much for all the solid, useful information in this episode.
Starlink is a complete game changer for off-gridders.
Imagine being on a sailboat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and having 150mb of service.
Your rational of using multiple plans is spot-on, also.
In our world today, connectivity is the key.
We love seeing Caleb. His youthful, creative energy adds so much to each episode.
Also, Charlie. His sweet, playful nature is a joy to see.
Keep On Truckin’
We’ve had Starlink at home for about 2 months! We love it! We are in a rural area and our AT&T was barely better than dial up! We are now enjoying fast internet!
That was fun! I was laughing at how delighted all you guys sounded talking about this...boys and their toys!!!😂
This was a great video. I just received my notification while watching your video that my Starlink shipped. I am going to check out some of the suggestions you had for storage and mounting.
Yes! SO helpful!! Thank you! We bought the RV traveling Starlink plan. Arriving to us in UT (where we are currently) in about a week! Very excited to have this as we are headed to the Black Hills of SD for the rest of the summer and we hope and pray we have as much success as everyone else seems to be having with this internet service.
Warms my heart to know that you can keep in touch as love your channel. Happy Fathers Day Marc!!! Big Hugs to Charlie as so loveable. Stay safe and take care. See you next week. Love y'all
Great jobs on explaining how the system works. I have been using the system for 3 months now and I have had the same experience. Works great but really is a supplement to other services for now. My expectation is that this will change as they put more satellites up. Keep up the great work. We love watching your videos.
Happy Father’s Day to Mark and all the RV dad’s out there!!
Happy Sunday funday KYD family!!
We were lucky and got Starlink well over a year ago. We use it at our home since we have never had good internet service providers and cell service was low. We have enjoyed our Starlink so much.
Love it! Congrats y'all. We used Flagpole Buddy & their set-up. Rolling with SL through 6 states so far & no issues. Full time work & running a non profit from the road.
We travel full time and have had starlink for a few months now. Love the mounting tips from the guys. Will definitely be using them. And you're right not something we use all the time but awesome as a back up.
We have been using Starlink for over a month now and just love it! So far not one issue! It is a little expensive but well worth it to be able to camp anywhere and have internet
Very informative on Starlink. The guys at FSI are the best ! They worked wonders for me. I found them through your past install jobs. Safe Travels
Mark, thank you for the insights on Starlink. I really appreciate the pro/con portion. Thank you for not being a one-sided commercial.
We just bought our Starlink and we LOVE IT! Thanks for the video. Loved it.
Hi guys, Great to see this episode, we're in Mackinaw City, Mi watching it over starlink 😀. We're in a campground where It's working well with a relatively small gap in the trees and a thunderstorm, we love it.
I’m so interested in this. I want to see how well it works. I’m glad that so many of you are showing us how starling works. I’m commenting as I’m watching so I don’t forget to thank you for sharing this. Thank you so much. Happy Fathers Day.
gee you would have to really try hard not to see a review of this on just about every RV channel. This is way late. Can' use it with any obstructions.
It’s awesome but like mark said trees make it sucky I enjoyed mine up until I got to this heavy wooded area, no complaints though as I knew about this before I bought it.
Thanks for the Starlink review and the other services available for internet. My Silverado 2500HD LT has an AT&T WiFi hot spot built in and we can connect up to 8 devices. We have an unlimited service plan for about $39.95/month. It works very well in all of the areas we have been in (like the mountains between Taos and Cimarron NM) and has reasonably good speeds.
Thanks for the video. We have used our Starlink in a remote place in the Adirondacks recently and loved it!!
We have this at home for redundancy and plan to take it with us as we begin our camping adventures. It works great and we love it! I was super excited when they announced its portability.
I've had my RV version for about 2 weeks. I work camp in cell, wifi , cable blackout zone. We had storms that knocked out power and phone lines at the campground for almost 4 days. Starlink ran off my bluetti a d genny and gave me and others connections to phone and internet. After 8 seasons with 4g iff you hang a phone in the window and maybe get a signal... its a game charger. I LOVE it so far... and have t-mobile on my phone too.
We're preparing to flip to full time RV life and I work remote with a need for a ton of data so this video is super helpful and something we've been putting a lot of thought into. Hard to make decisions without testing but I appreciate your input!!!!!
Happy Father's day Marc! Love yall 3000!
We have had Starlink at our home base for a few weeks now. Your review is accurate! We have trees around us and they do affect our reception. But the lapses are intermittent and tolerable. I am excited to use it when we hit the road again in the fall! We do a lot of boondocking and it should be awesome!
We have starlink at home and have been so interested to hear how it does on the road. Thank you for putting this video together!
Nice review ( well for having it for such a short time) definitely good information👍, thanks guys and safe travels.😎
Thank you for posting this! We have been looking into Starlink for our travels and this is extremely helpful.
Bionic Sound at 11:00 as the Starlink looked for satellites was awesome!!! Nice touch!! Great review as always.
I love how creative those fellow campers were!
Waiting for our Starlink! Thank you for the tips!!!! You guys always speak the truth + we love that! We’ve been super happy with our TMobile 5G tower for $50 a month but really excited to have the backup for those spots the 5G isn’t the best. Especially since we both work remote.
Thank you for the review. Can't wait to next week episode
I have had Starlink at my remote mountain cabin for approximately six months. It has been very fast, approximately 130 MB per second on average. It has never gone down despite high winds, rain and snow.
Thanks for sharing this information on Star link. My wife and I don't work from the road and look forward to our travels to disconnect. One of the highlights of arriving for us is to put our phones on "airplane mode" or just turn off. My wife will play a few games on her tablet, and I go outside to fish, hike, sail, kayak, grill....
Very nice review. I appreciate your honesty
We have been using Starlink on our 20 acre rv land in south central Wisconsin since March. It has been working well for the most part. We now are using a 2nd Starlink for our business that is located close to our rv land we fulltime on March- early Nov in our Luxe 5th wheel. Both locations we have no access to high speed internet. We actually were quoted 26k to get connected to high speed through the local cable company to run 1000ft of wire. We upgraded to the mobile feature, but we have not had the opportunity to try it yet.
Haha, the pole gets it closer to the satellites lol. Happy Father's Day Marc!
Happy Father's Day Marc. The Elkhorn Antique and flea market is the 26th, Trish would have fun. It is at the County fairgrounds. Also watch out for the Beast of Bray Road in Elkhorn area. lol. I hope you have time to enjoy some of Wisconsin while you are there. If you head west it is a nice scenic drive to take Highway 14 between Madison and LaCrosse, it was missed in the last glacier event and has bluffs and valleys and a nice road. Be safe.
Received our Starlink RV 2 weeks ago. it is so awesome to have internet ANYWHERE now.
Thank you Marc, great show, great review!
So glad you folks got into the Air force Museum! Hope it was our comment that prompted your visit there.
So looking forward to next Sunday's.. wait! wait! that's tomorrow's episode!
(Woo hoo! There appears to be an upside to falling a little behind! 8- )
Marc and Tricia, So glad to have met you both at Kunes RV in Elkhorm, WI. What a great day! Wonderful seminars. Keep up the good work.
Sincerely, Tom Moquin Airstream 25’ International Serenity RB
6:40 Marc, look for "reusable zip ties" they're really useful! 🙂
Thank you for the Star-link test and opinions.
That’s awesome. I bought the swivel mount and mounted it to my AC cover and it is solid. Unfortunately im in a heavy wooded area for my current contract so I’ll be ordering the AT&T device you got, glad I saw this and glad I can turn off service to my star link until I get to my next location.
The Gulf Coast Bird Observatory got Starlink about two months ago. We went from 2 Mbps to 150. Big difference. Have been looking for 5 years for an option and this finally worked.
So timely. I'm actively looking for a mounting pole for my Starlink dish. Now I also have absolute justification for a new 3D printer too. ;-)
Good information to have. We really love the pole and storage ideas as well. We stay amongst the trees a lot. We use the AT&T Netgear Nighthawk M1 with the Mobley unlimited data plan, T-mobile through Calyx and we have unlimited Verizon. We have really only had issues at Yosemite. We are still waiting a bit to decide. Thank you for sharing. Mary💕Fred
Thank you for all the great information. Blessings
Great video and very informative. I agree a big downside to Starlink is the tree situation. But the 110 power supply it needs is an issue as well. We rarely have hookups when we camp and we don't have an inverter for our rig. I looked into it for our home, but even though we cant get cable in our location, Starlink is not available yet. We are about 3 miles directly west of Cave Creek Regional Park which I know you are familiar with. Keep the great content coming I look forward to your videos every week
I’ve had Starlink since January 2021, love it! I live in NE Washington State, with very poor broadband and poor cellular signal. Starlink has been a game changer!
what is the ping relay?
Great video on Starlink. I was wondering how well it's works and the price. Your video helped explain a lot about it and how and where it can actually provide good internet. Thanks guys, great video.
after watching you and some others for a few years now and seeing how you do this and this new video has made up my mind i think star link it right option for me.
We got our Starlink last week , we are pretty impressed with the performance so far but we’re keeping our all our cellular (Verizon,Visible and Cricket) for when we are in the woods .
I have had Starlink for over a 1.5 years now. It has made it possible for me to work from home full time in the middle of nowhere Idaho.
Happy Father’s Day Marc!
we were camped out in the Utah desert last year, turned around one night and there was a dotted line of Star Link Satalite,s in the sky, made our week
We're going to be mostly boondocking in the SW. So to me, Starlink will be our primary internet with a hot spot from a carrier as our backup. Great video btw.
Always do a reboot from within the Starlink App on the wifi and the router once a day. That will dramatically help with speeds... Also put the dish into stow mode and then hit un stow once a day and that will also force to dish to find a more preferred satellite which helps the speeds big time. I am in a waitlist area with the RV vesion and my speeds are always up near 70-100Mb download. Get 2-3 mesh units as well.... Huge difference !! AWESOME!!!
Thank you for a very interesting and informative video
We are currently using t-mobile and love it! We have only had a couple of places that it did not do well. We have been in the midsouth and the Midwest. The price is amazing. Lynn and Danny
Great Starlink information, thanks.
Good honest Starlink review Marc. PS. Jared signed my KYD hat 👍
Happy Father’s Day 🍺🤟🏼great video and hi Charlie 🤟🏼
Thank you, that was a great video ❤️
Great video and very informational!
Thanks for the extremely informative video.
Can't wait till we see StarLink up here. AT&T works with Booster and Antenna in air about 30 foot for me. i.e. Tech guy able to work "remotely". Tree's don't get me started, even with AT&T it can be a problem. Great Video enjoyed the fun with your friends. Life is about the fun!
We use ours for out primary source of internet and use our cell service for backup. Been that way for 15 months now. Works very well for us.
Reminds me of when I was in intelligence for the Air Force 25 years ago I had an INMARSAT system. I had to regularly build the satellite array and use a compass and a laptop for signal strength. Then make a phone call to test the line, log in to a specific website, then send a secure email. Took all day. Technically has come a long way.
I keep researching and considering the Star Link option but was worried about the de-prioritization and you made a good point about where you would be possibly if SL was at capacity. We have both the T-Mobile home 5G internet and the Verizon Mifi hotspot. The T-Mobile has been the best for us so far. Thanks for great info and perspectives!
I've got one of those flag polls at home. I suggest you drill holes through the couplers and put either a bold, or snap key into it. The poll tends to retract in the wind, and you don't want that to happen when you've got the dish on it.
Nice presentation, good info. Good luck in Wisconsin.
We love our Starlink Internet!
We went rhough FMCA and picked up the 50 (flat) a month T-Mobile unlimited setup. Very nice. Works well enough so for and zoom calls are good. There is a 50Gb throttle but only in congested areas so we have not seen that yet plus we only hit 80gb in the two week periods that we are on the road.
Great information 👍 Safe Travels guy's 💙
Awesome, good info !!
Thank you for the *Techno-groovy comparisons & what vibes best for you depending on the dependence or independence. 🤳
Aw a month to early for us to see you we will be at Chilton WI for Airventure 2022!!! Happy Fathers Day Marc!!!
Great info, thank you
Happy Father’s Day Marc ☝️
The issue I've had with those pre-paid cellular services is that when we head out for the weekend to our land in the White Mountains, we get minimal cellular service from Verizon, AT&T, or Sprint/T-Mobile. As such our Internet service is spotty at best. I may look into seeing if it's possible to add an aftermarket antenna with higher gain to improve the signal. Alternatively, Starlink would work better for us since we have few trees and clear access to the sky. Thankfully, they started offering the Starlink RV service since even up near Snowflake/Show Low, regular Starlink service has limited availability till 2023.
T-Mobile Home Internet has been our favorite mobile solution. $50/mo for unlimited data, in some places in the 900Mb range for downloads. Coupled with a WeBoost RV, we end up getting conections in most places in the SE & Mid-West. Anywhere along the interstates, it does really well, but in CA, T-Mobie was no bueno. I am really looking forward to being able to order Starlink in the future!
Thanks Marc. - Good point that you could replace your home internet with StarLink and use it for both home and mobile.
As of yet I have not had a problem with my T mobile service as I travel but I am interested in star link.
When I travel I don't use or have the need for internet use much, I travel to get away from it all and have fun not spend time on the net.
Keep the rubber on the road and safe travels.
Happy Father's day Mark.
Our SL Mount is double duty like everything in an RV should be multipurpose. I use an expandable fiberglass painting pole (also used for washing the rig) , with a chainlink fence top pole connector adapted, and 2 stainless steel pole clips attached to our ladder.
We have had our Starlink for a few months now, Love it so far. we also have a Hotspot from the Calyx Institute. in my opinion the best cellular deal out there, at $500/year ($250 extra first year for the hotspot) for unlimited unthrottled service. I am 100% with you on having multiple services to have reliable internet.
Thanks for the info.
Think this is a game changer for many people that want to work on the road. Cell service is so patchy in places its just not predictable. However if you can connect anywhere in the States and get 100 down and 10 up you are good to go for just about anything.
So that answers my question on DC to DC charging in the rig from one of the other videos.
Happy Father’s Day!!
Go check out 10:57. If you're old you will recognize the sound effect... Feel free to post it! Have fun! Marc and Trish you guys are a lot of fun to watch. Thank you for your videos.
Thank you! It is very helpful. It’s a rather expensive investment. I have a seasonal spot for my trailer. I never tow it. It’s a beautiful spot in a heavily forested area. I have no line of sight to the nearest cell tower. I have a need to do zoom calls sometimes. I have to travel about 5 miles to a grocery parking lot and sit in my car to be able to zoom. The campground’s WIFI is also very sketchy and doesn’t always work.
Great review. I got Starlink last June, didn't get to use it much but I experienced pretty much the same thing. Trees are bad, mkay, but I did find that if you at least have some open sky, it takes some extra time for the dish to orient itself but it will still give you connection, and the dropouts are not terrible, certainly if that's your only option it's a great option. Good to know about the ATT device, that's not a bad price. I am also subscribed to Grand Adventure youtube channel, he did a nice review as well, from that I learned about Visible mobile, which uses the Verizon network, but their service is 30/month, unlimited everything including data, and if you autopay it saves you $5/month. I've had that too and it works very well. Grand Adventure also suggested the GL Inet travel router, I ended up buying one, it's very compact and tethers easily to your phone hotspot or other hotspot and then you have the benefits of router firewall and all that.
We got ours last week and it’s taken a week just for me to unbox it. I bought the 12g Husky container and the flagpole but now I’m waiting on the adapter to fit it to the pole. We started our full time adventure at the Famcamp at Luke AFB on May 21st. The last week there we experienced 3 days at 115 degrees! We left AZ on June 13th. We have now pulled into a Thousand Trails resort in Alabama. The humidity is real for sure! I have the dish set up on a picnic table for now but we can’t leave it there when we hit town for shopping and dinner. (Full Timer Problems).
I will say this- we have no Verizon cell reception on Lewis Smith Lake. The service from the Starlink setup is essentially a life saver for us!!!
Happy Sunday Fam!
our Starlink for RV is a game changer
Another option over the Netgear Nighthawk is the Travlfi which offers service through AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile, not just one carrier. Inexpensive ($200) for the unit and you pick the service plan for the amount of coverage you desire and can stop it at any time.
$60 for AT&T and only 100GB? I think you might be getting ripped off. Our rig (Keystone) was equipped with the Winegard Air360. I purchased the router from Amazon and the router, like yours, allows for a SIM card to be added. Rather than add a "hotspot," I added an unlimited data line to our plan for $15/month (think of another phone line, without the phone). We've been able to take video calls and have had great connectivity for work and also for streaming Netflix, Disney+, etc. We have the same limitations (need to have a good cell signal) and I'm not particularly a fan of the Winegard unit, but it works very well for us and is $45 less per month!