RVi3 portable brake
What do you think about the RVi3 portable brake system?
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We have a lot of miles on ours and it works well. That said, we had the RVI2 before this one, and I preferred it. The actual braking hardware is the same.
The tablet is larger than the dedicated remote for the 2, it takes up too much dash real estate. And the required WiFi hub is one more piece of electronic hardware to manage. Spend a couple of days boondocking and the hub will discharge its internal battery. So remember to charge it in advance of departure or you'll spend 15 minutes with an inoperable brake monitoring tablet because the network is down.
Now I do still think it's a good braking system. But they've traded plug in and go simple reliability for too much techno bling.
The tablet is larger than the dedicated remote for the 2, it takes up too much dash real estate. And the required WiFi hub is one more piece of electronic hardware to manage. Spend a couple of days boondocking and the hub will discharge its internal battery. So remember to charge it in advance of departure or you'll spend 15 minutes with an inoperable brake monitoring tablet because the network is down.
Now I do still think it's a good braking system. But they've traded plug in and go simple reliability for too much techno bling.
