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Three worlds Sorted Gear covers: vanlife on the road, sailing at sea, and the portable work setup that travels with you
Vol. 01 · Issue 04 · 2026

A curated guide to gear that makes work-from-anywhere actually work.

Sea, road, and the portable setup that travels with you. We pick carefully, we rank, and we name the things worth skipping.

The Feature
Road · Ranked, with skips named Top Pick

Best Portable Power Stations: The 5 We'd Buy in 2026

Five power stations for off-grid life and remote work, ranked by real run-time, not headline watt-hours. Every pick is LiFePO4, and we name what to skip.

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Road Top Pick

Best RV & Van Bike Racks: 5 Picks by Mount Type, and the Whip-Effect Rule That Saves Your Bikes (2026)

The mount-type decoder for motorhomes, trailers, and vans: why a car rack on an RV rear shakes bikes apart, why the bumper is not a mount, and which rack actually carries e-bikes.

02
Road Top Pick

Best Coolers for Camping, Vans & Boats: 6 Picks, and Why Most People Don't Need a Yeti (2026)

The honest ice math: an RTIC gets most of a Yeti's cold and the same 5-year warranty for two-thirds the price. Why a blow-mold can match a rotomold, and what the premium actually buys.

03
Setup Top Pick

Best Laptop Privacy Screens: 5 to Shield Client Work in Public (2026)

Work on client files in a cafe or on a plane without the seat beside you reading along. Five privacy screens ranked by fit and removability. The honest spine: match the exact 16:9 or 16:10 aspect, and pick a magnetic one you can snap off in the rig.

04
Road

Best RV Water Hoses: 5 Drinking-Water Picks (2026)

The safe $14 default, the heated hose for winter, and the garden-hose mistake to stop making.

05
Sea Top Pick

Protect the Hull: 5 Boat Fenders We'd Buy in 2026

How to size them by boat length, the shapes that actually protect a hull, and what to skip.

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We don't run a lab. We read deeply, weigh the consistent problem over the loudest complaint, and rank for your situation, not best overall. We don't take vendor decks or sponsored placements, and the commission never sets the order.

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