1440p for the win!

There are a LOT of waterfalls in Iceland, that much is true, there just wasn’t any point on that trip where I had the slightest inclination to go camping - a lot of it is very exposed with very little in the way of natural shelter or facilities. Our typical day when we went was four or more hours of driving with maybe two or three amazing points of interest en route. The vast open space in between was stunning in it’s own way too, but there’s a lot of it.

There may well be some part of Iceland that’s ideal for backpacking, the West Fjords maybe now I think about it, but then you’d be missing out on what the rest of that incredible place has to offer if you hop in a car.

Most of my camping experience is in the UK. If you’re lucky with the weather, wild camping in the west of Scotland is extraordinary. After a two day drive and a ferry crossing we once had the most magical night camping at a white sand beach on Vatersay in the Outer Hebrides on what was supposed to be the first night of an epic bikepacking adventure… The next day the rain was so bad we aborted the trip. Back on the mainland the NC500 is legendary.

Alternatively, we had a great backpacking trip once interailing around Europe. No camping, just cheap accommodation in towns/cities en route. If you’re young an interail ticket is quite economical. We did Paris, Zurich, Milan, Nice/Monaco, Barcelona and Toulouse among other smaller towns on a 10 day trip.

On my bucket list is to bikepack mainland Europe. There are some quite famous routes and the vycle paths in countries like Netherlands and Germany are very good quality.

Boat hopping and wild camping around the Croatian islands is another one a friend of mine has done and enjoyed.

So many options, not enough time - even for us based closer!

To answer your question directly, I have an MSR HUBBA HUBBA 2 and would recommend it as a great piece of kit for the money, if perhaps slightly over your ideal budget.

However, as both a keen camper and having been to Iceland myself, I’m not sure what you propose sounds like a good idea to me. Iceland is a pretty sparse place once you get beyond the ‘Golden Circle’, and in September average temperatures are between 5°C and 10°C (about 41°- 50° Fahrenheit). Backpacking with a tent is going to be very cold and you’re likely going to miss out on seeing a lot of the island.

In my experience there are two good approaches to exploring Iceland. Firstly you can base yourself in Reykjavik and focus on exploring the ‘Golden Circle’. This is easily achievable by coach day trip(s) from Reykjavik. Secondly, you can hire a car from the airport and do a lap of Route 1. This way you’ll break free from the most well trodden tourist sites and see a broader array of landscapes and places of interest.

The joy of camping is a great thing to want to share with your wife, but a sparse, cold island formed primarily out of volcanic rock isn’t the right starting point; if getting into backpacking is an important goal for your September break I suggest you consider mainland Europe instead.

Nice reference: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005725/wireless/legacy-intel-wireless-products.html

I guess my point is that it isn’t a particularly important part of the design of Wi-Fi - they included it in the very first iteration in 1997 and realised by 1999 they didn’t need it. Therefore Wi-Fi would likely have been born regardless of the invention; Bluetooth would not.

Great to recognise this invention.

I was surprised by the choice of ‘Mother of Wi-Fi’ though - Wi-Fi hasn’t used ‘frequency hopping’ as such since 802.11b was released back in 1999 - so very few people will have ever used frequency-hopping Wi-Fi.

GPS only uses it in some extreme cases I think, but I’m not an expert.

However, Bluetooth absolutely does depend on it to function in most situations, so ‘Mother of Bluetooth’ might have been more appropriate.

Haha, funny you should say that, my friend I often share this platter with always orders an entire dish of Unadon on the side to compensate