INFLUENCE

[maki2]

Will Prowse does a lot of experiments and reviews with equipment. Guess what, making mistakes is a huge part of learning how best to do things. But some people who watch and then immediately do what he does are going to also end up making those same mistakes. What they want is an infallible, creative inventor who always gets it right but that will never happen, it does not work that way.

Thomas Edison spent years trying to get a working light bulb, the more year improving on the earlier versions because while they worked they did not work all that great. Now we are moving away from his invention into a different kind of light bulb because in the long run his was a real energy hog compared to what can now be done. Was he "unreliable"...yes he frequently was, you can't progress without trials and a lot of errors.

Plus you can purchase a product, the first few times you use it you can feel very enthusiastic about it and write a good review but then after a while its flaws reveal themselves to you and you change your mind and think it was not actually worth what you paid for it. Best to do a wait and see approach before purchasing things that are new and newly reviewed unless you have the funds to make errors.

 

[nature lover]

I know Bob Wells gets a lot of accolades (and a few jealous naysayers) but thinking about influence in the land of vandwellers he has to be number one. Of course there are others but no one quite like Bob. His web site, this forum, his book, youtube, RTR, and more. And all that with a positive attitude, in fact I can't think of one time he was very negative even when others attack. Being a lifetime camper and a longtime part time vandweller I call Bob the best friend I never met. That's why I was upset to miss the Florida meeting in Feb. No one is perfect but when we talk about influence in our community for me it is Bob. Thanks Bob!

 

[nature lover]

Hey - just went back to the beginning of this thread and read that the person who started it said "other than Bob". Sorry if I did not obey that. But not sorry for my post.