Hoist Your Banner On Your Personal Street Light

OK, maybe it's not a street light, proper, but the "Solar ID" is most certainly a unique RV product, and one that a lot of boondockers will appreciate. After all, when we "dig in" to our long-term site, there's something about making our little spot in the wilderness "ours."

For years we boondocked on the Arizona desert every winter. Trying to describe "where we live," is hard enough for folks coming by day, but after the sun goes down, getting somebody out to our little place becomes a feat suitable only for those equipped with a GPS system and night vision glasses. The Solar ID is like your own personal lamp post that you can stick out at the end of the drive up to your RV. The lamp is (like our rig) solar panel equipped--ok, so it's a small solar panel--and the light is a high efficiency LED system that casts light all night long.

With a clever cross-arm system, Solar ID allows you to hang something personal out there. It comes equipped with a rather generic "Welcome" banner, but with all that unique RVer know-how, we can envision anything from personal flags to indicators of hobbies or interests festooning the lamp post cross arm. The whole thing is cleverly designed for travelers--when not in use the cross arm comes out of the post, the post itself telescopes down, and all parts pack into a handy (and included) tote bag.

You won't need a pick and shovel (or mini-backhoe) to set up your Solar ID system. A plastic base unit holds the system upright, and for those used to the the nasty winds of the great open plains (or the deserts) you can add ballasting to the base: Think gravel or sand. The folks who designed this clever system tell us that their home base unit, set up in chilly Nebraska, displayed a ice-storm encased banner--stiffly frozen as if blown by winds--still quite upright despite the weight of the icy banner.

You can order directly from the RVers who designed and built this clever system at uniquelyrv.com.