Advice

A few weeks ago, someone in the Practical Caravan forums asked about ways to measure electricity use in a caravan. The consensus was that...

FOR ANYONE who’s unwisely wintering in a caravan, the weather has taken a turn for the worst just lately. And when it’s well below...

IF YOUR CAR dashboard is draped in cables that connect various devices to the stereo, then the Scosche MotorMouth II is a little gadget...

SETTING UP A satellite dish is straightforward enough if you’re only doing it once, but doing it for a portable set-up every time you...

Hopefully, most Practical Caravan readers are now comfortable with the new forum system, but posting images still seems to be an area for some...

Caravaners are perhaps a little more protected than other holidaymakers from the vagaries of the weather, but it’s still nice to know whether the...

There’s a tradition in the US for stores to hold a huge sale on the day after Thanksgiving to kick start the Xmas shopping...

They’re called ‘laptops’ for a reason, but sitting with one in the way nature (or at least laptop manufacturers) intended does pose a few...

If the prospect of pulling into a service station with the van in tow just so a passenger can spend a penny doesn’t appeal,...

Caravan security is a perennial problem and few anti-theft measures will deter a determined thief. That certainly seems to be the case for one...

Not all dogs can stand to be in the same room as a vacuum cleaner, let alone be given a going over by one,...

If there’s no Wi-Fi hotspot at your favourite pitch and you need to wander around the campsite just to get a strong enough 3G...

If you thought changing the clocks from BST to GMT at the weekend was confusing, spare a thought for the poor iPhone. Like many smartphones,...

23 is quite an age for an inventor to receive recognition from a panel of Nobel Prizewinners, but that’s just what’s happened to Emily...

The Auto Trader Mobile app is a great freebie for iPhone owners who want to look up used car prices on the go, but...

Although you might have your own ideas about where people should stick their iPhones, the Gear4 AlarmDock Halo is perhaps a more constructive option...

TomTom has updated its iPhone route-finder app to version 1.5. Among the new features are updated maps and updated graphics specifically for the higher...

Most sat-nav devices and paid-for smartphone route-planning apps offer traffic monitoring of some description, but these features are really intended to help you avoid...

After scrapping Windows Mobile earlier this year, Microsoft finally launched its replacement mobile operating system on Monday, called Windows Phone 7. So, if don’t...

We’ve mentioned the free iPhone and Android sat-nav software, Skobbler Lite, before, but here’s some news about an update to the paid version of...

Noise-cancelling headphones are a great way to filter out ambient distractions when you’re listening music and audio books, and Denon reckons that its latest...

Here’s a heads-up for Android smartphone users. Researchers at Intel and two US universities have discovered that many Android apps routinely send private user...

Mozilla doesn’t make smartphones — it makes web browsers, like Firefox. Still, if it did, it this designer’s video shows what one would look...

There are all manner of nifty in-car iPhone accessories, but the Scosche MotorMouth II is the neatest we’ve seen for a while. In short, it’s...

You may know it more for the universal remote controls that help wrestle complicated TV set-ups into submission, but One For All is now...

Facebook’s Places feature is now active in the UK, which means anyone in your Friends list can not only see where you are at...

There isn’t any single solution to make drivers stick to speed limits and it’s a particular problem in suburban areas, where road humps and...

If you’re on the lookout for a new portable computer and can’t decide between a slender touch-screen gadget like the iPad and a more...