StoneWave · Field Guides

Field Guides.

Long-form pieces on the kit, the questions a buyer should ask a maker, and the math behind a real outdoor purchase. Written by the StoneWave editors for serious outdoor and overlanding customers — not a catalogue rewrite and not a listicle. Two guides are live today; each one corresponds to a category in the shop and is reachable from the top bar.

StoneWave · Editorial
A calm campsite beside a vehicle and rooftop tent at golden hour, lantern and canvas chair settling into the evening.

StoneWave · Field

The catalogue

Two guides, published one at a time.

Field Guides sit in the top bar alongside the shop categories, and each one corresponds to a category in the live catalogue. Open either card for the long-form piece; the next guide lands on the same template as the corresponding category comes online.

  • Field Guide 0216 min read

    Power sizing for overlanding trips.

    Sizing math for a portable power station, run on paper before you commit — daily watt-hour budget, inverter headroom, panel curves, and cold-weather derating.

    A portable power system earns its place on the trip the way a rooftop tent earns its place on the roof: by holding up on the fourth night. This guide walks the math — daily watt-hour budget across cooking, refrigeration, lighting, and comms; inverter headroom; panel output curves; weather and dust loss; and cold-weather derating.

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  • Field Guide 0114 min read

    Rooftop tent comparison.

    Six questions a buyer should ask a rooftop-tent maker before committing — and the answers worth hearing back.

    A rooftop tent is a long lead-time purchase that spends its life on the roof of a moving vehicle. This guide walks the six questions a buyer should ask a maker — mount compatibility, shell material and seasons rated, weather rating, warranty track record, supplier reliability, and shipping reality.

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