Overlanding & Vehicle Setup

The honest split: cheap traction boards work fine until things get genuinely bad, and then only the good ones survive. When MAXTRAX is worth it, when a budget pair is plenty, the technique that stops you melting either, and what to skip.

Two specs decide it: CFM (how fast it fills) and duty cycle (can it air up all four big tyres without overheating). The set-and-forget pick, the value workhorse, the bombproof one, what size you need for 35s vs 37s, and the cheap inflators to avoid.