I'm wanting to keep it all portable and not mounting anything right now. We are weekend warriors and in the southeast. Dry camping in direct sun is hard to come by and something you really don't want to do in the summer here. So my idea is to keep things portable right now. Later down the road when we are able to full time, then I will probably mount something. Also we do a lot of camping at places with fhu. So the solar is not needed then.