Will Starlink Work in a Forest?

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Today I test if Starlink will work in a forest with a ton of obstructions around. Can you even get internet here? If so, is it enough to game, live stream, or work remotely off of? Find out in this video!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Epic Intro
0:38 What to know about Starlink & The Forest
1:35 Starlink obstruction Test
3:25 ROG Flow X13
4:00 Starlink Forest Speed Test
5:24 Gaming on Starlink in a Forest
7:03 Closing Thoughts
#Vanlife #Starlink #Offgrid

[@imnameless__]

I'm just imagining if a Hiker found him just casually gaming in the middle of the woods

[@TrentTheTraveler]

I’m waiting for that day lol.

[@WHOAMI_]

Hahahha

[@royal-hx9cz]

LOL

[@royal-hx9cz]

you need telescopic pole

[@MuhammadSaad-bq5vv]

@@TrentTheTraveler 😂

[@thecsabel]

Imagine someone on the game chat roasting him about being disconnected “Are you gaming from a forest dude?” Him: “….Yes”

[@WarlordRising]

I can't think of another channel that helps inform the public of mobile PC gaming as much as this. This is also helpful for those who live in remote areas for whatever reason, and want to enjoy high speed internet. Keep up the good work, sir.

[@BabyMachine]

Ive been contemplating vanlife for a long time, the gaming part has always been a fear of mine. I cant give up games. lol

[@zuesr3277]

Starlink is expensive

[@Vodak_]

Beginning to think Starlink lowkey hired you as a salesman and that's really who is sponsoring these videos. Each video you create of you using Starlink is making me want to buy it lol

[@Vodak_]

@@NicholasMaietta my man, it was a joke lol

[@SooshiHD]

A lot of people forget that the disconnecting in streaming things like FPS games on Starlink will come when the satellites swap your connection over as they pass by. It's sort of like a handshake between the satellites that has to complete before you can continue the packets.

[@christopherrowley7506]

having some sort of extendable flag pole attached to your van could potentially help EDIT: I guess you mention that at the end. You don't have to get the dish above the trees, any elevation will help. Starlink wants 100 degrees which is not horizon to horizon luckily. If you were in a clearing surrounded by 100ft tall trees, and it was 100ft away to the base of the nearest tree, you'd have 90 degrees. If you were able to raise the dish 20ft, you'd get 102 degrees of sky view, which would be enough.

[@micheljr.beaudry21]

That's a really good info thank you sir!

[@LanK111er]

Thanks

[@FortheBudgies]

people that comment with math and knowledge are sexy as hell! This is awesome.

[@jwstolk]

It will also improve with more satellites being launched. With a denser mesh, the closed satellite is closer to vertically above you. Starlink also uses the red blocked area's to predict when the satellite it is using will be blocked, and can switch to a different one just before that, IF another one is available, which depends greatly on the number of operational satellites.

[@Braydaft]

Been awhile since I’ve used that math, but glad to see it has a real life use lmao

[@dietwaffles5907]

This is an awesome video man! Great camera work, editing, and screen presence. Killing it!

[@M3Croft]

Really impressive the fact you can get internet in the middle of nowhere. For the streaming would be a bit tricky for sure but other than that it’s very cool. Awesome video buddy, cool as always oh yeahhh 🤘🤘

[@ralphjim]

Agree. Nice try though hahaha Still awesome that you get Internet at all from the area. Nice vid/review/testing

[@iDoit4LoLz]

Love this. That is a gorgeous area to game. Welcome to the future, boys. Starlink is looking pretty phenomenal early on. Just wait for it to get more optimized.

[@AxylusMaximus]

They wanna put 30k satellites in the coming years and right now they have maybe a few hundred I think? It's about to blow up and I'm gonna join Trent and other van life gamers on the road ASAP.

[@Sam-TheFullBull]

@@AxylusMaximus that is really depressing, there should not be 30k satellites that will only be in commission for only a few years and then end up being space junk

[@kccorbett368]

@@Sam-TheFullBull totally agree. IMO they should make the technology to ENHANCE the signal from existing satellites...

[@AxylusMaximus]

@@Sam-TheFullBull I've not read anywhere that they don't plan to use them for many many years but I'm not totally sure anymore. It is an alarming number when you consider there's about 4000 satellites currently in orbit. Knowing space x though they will probably be able to retrieve and reuse the old satellites someday. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if Star link/space x were going to be the first to start actually doing something about space debris in the first place.

[@chriskreidler1137]

@@Sam-TheFullBull The satellites are in very low orbit skimming the atmosphere. They will burn up shortly after going out of commission.

[@ejdetailing7189]

Great vid as always man i can see the reason why this is your job, your damn good at making high quality content man keep it going

[@bullzeye6579]

Great vid as always, all you need now is a telescopic pole mounted on the back of your van to help gain better coverage in those obstructive areas.

[@trentweber8349]

Yoooo Trent! That intro was great my man, you always know how to make me laugh without even trying lol. Crazy how you were able to get such great speeds being in the middle of the Forrest like that! As someone who plants to work remotely in places like this, this video was definitely motivating🙏🏻💯. I look forward to more to come! See you on twitch, CC107.

[@DerrickRG]

Your first speed test is literally what I get with my Concast plan.....So that's pretty darn impressive right there.

[@robertoaguila9874]

I love your Van man! I wish I did that when I was younger . Btw! Before I forget , you are awesome guy personality and sense of humor!

[@TrentTheTraveler]

To everyone saying "Starlink sells a pole mount that would help in this scenario," I highly encourage you to watch the entire video before you comment. Watch me live stream in remote places like this! www.twitch.tv/ttthefineprinttt

[@christopherrowley7506]

It should be noted that you don't have to get the dish above the trees, any elevation will help. Starlink wants 100 degrees of unobstructed sky, which is not horizon to horizon luckily. If you were in a clearing surrounded by 100ft tall trees, and it was 100ft away to the base of the nearest tree, you'd have 90 degrees. If you were able to raise the dish 20ft, you'd get 102 degrees of sky view, which would be enough.

[@TrentTheTraveler]

@@christopherrowley7506 that’s some really great info. I didn’t know that!

[@jvtech388]

FCC just gave Starlink approval to operate on Car, Boats and Air planes while in motion. So I'm think a new terminal design might be coming out soon, something that will work while in motion

[@treynewsom1817]

that's awesome news... we're almost done with our build and could use a fresh design!

[@jvtech388]

@@treynewsom1817 I imagin the new design looking like the TracVision A9 but obviously alot Smaller and sleeker. but I could be way off, that's just what came to mind

[@goranstojanov1160]

And still not all satelites are up and in place and it still gives good results let alone when all is set in place from aprovals to satelites being up.

[@ryanjones7681]

Yeap! I was about to buy the mobile version but my van still has a few months of build to go. So I'll be patient and maybe something great will come out. 🤞🤞

[@pulse3732]

No WiFi was the only thing really stopping me from doing a Van/Truck build, looks like I'm out of reasons to not do it lol

[@nVygg]

love it, I found you in some tiktok comments and it made my day when you actually replied on there! keep up the videos man

[@listonlane]

Wicked video dude! Also these locations you’re pulling out are amazing!

[@TrentTheTraveler]

Wait until you see my next video. It looks like a DREAMMMM

[@listonlane]

@@TrentTheTraveler I’m ready! 😀

[@patrickdulfo7792]

hitting that spacebar hard, I love your contents bro

[@trunkoovv]

Awesome man, I think people who are thinking of getting Starlink should definitely watch your vids! Keep it up :)

[@TrentTheTraveler]

Share it! ❤️

[@friendoftellus5741]

Thank you very much for this most valuable test !!! ❤😊💎

[@jennyenniophotography]

Super glad working is an option!

[@Alucard0MEGA]

Keep living your dream brother! Good for you.

[@DavidAndTheDummies]

Hell yeah! Another upload from my dawg! 🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@TrentTheTraveler]

early gang

[@h4l0Pwn]

Excited for another great vid :)

[@byronhowe6753]

nice test :) for the average person ie: RVr the ability to stream is all that counts , your video is worth so much to alot of us rvr's need to get out

[@adamstringer875]

Dude your awesome. its great day when you post

[@-emshalinka-4773]

YOU ARE LIVING MY DREAM!!!! currently saving to make this my reality!!

[@ankitrai4288]

It's pretty amazing that content you bring

[@TrentTheTraveler]

I really appreciate the feedback man!

[@benburchfield2116]

From a fellow full time Rv’er and gamer, we use T-Mobile home internet and it works great even in some remote places. Not as good as starlink but we are on the waiting list for it still. Love the content man !

[@LanK111er]

What do you mean you use T-Mobile home internet?

[@benburchfield2116]

@@LanK111er T-Mobile does home internet now

[@yuukiyukinon6282]

this helps a lot for me to decide I will get Starlink I will only use it for work. but so far this is great. as long as you are in a wide-open area you have internet.

[@IllTouchYou101]

The good news is that there is STILL some internet in the middle of nowhere. Maybe the best games to play with those obstructions would be single player games 😅 Love the video Trent, great job!

[@pomberorajy]

Ohh, I wish I can get Starlink soon in more areas in south america! I'll be totally doing this every weekend.

[@PlanetEleethal]

Over time Starlink will be launching more satellites into orbit and the connection stability will improve in those areas. Awesome video thank you!

[@JoeGoesOutside]

Great informative test of starlink in the wilderness. I didn't realize that was Millie at first at 7:22 lol, I thought a wild animal was casually strolling behind you.

[@user-ln4so5fp5r]

Well... At least you have internet. And Single player games in that location. And an amazing view as well. So, You know? It's not that bad. Also, The video was entertaining. Like always.

[@stxrfighter]

consider doing a packet loss test along side the speed test. Love your channel bro! been watching for a fat minute. this is my first comment lol

[@CrossBorderCamping]

Starlink sells a setup kit for a pole. If it an expandable pole, it would help get you above the treeline at least a bit. That is how we plan to set up to game while camping, but we also know we should have a really open camp spot to not disconnect during raids. (

[@BLACKOP0420]

JOUAV CW-25H Drone can fly for 330mins which is roughly 5 and a half hours of gaming. The drone can lift your Starlink satellite up high enough for excellent service and all you would need is long enough cables. Drones can fly stationary too.

[@Dorlocor]

Great video again!

[@joaocalhandro]

Time for a collapsible van mast for that dish, right? TV news van style!

[@AntonMaroun]

The only thing this video was missing was a clip of you making avocado toast, always love watching you cook!

[@ItZJohn117]

You switched to the X13/XG Mobile couple !! I've been using this badboy for over a year now and it was the messiah for me ^^

[@Notreal76]

I hope you get a sponsorship out of Starlink 🙂 Informative and entertaining video.

[@henk5785]

the qaulity on the videos is insane!

[@DeLaSoul246]

Thanks for this!

[@hamzabr7743]

That's really impressive, for me Having a high internet speed while camping is a big thing to me, i wish we could have Starlink here in Algeria.

[@DeannaAKADeanna]

I live in a redwood forest (in trees TALL AF) and have Starlink (came on in Beta) as well as a (low bandwidth) radio wave transmitted internet for more consistency. Starlink here is great for our update & other larger downloads. Sometimes it works for videos if allowed to buffer enough of it to fill in gaps from that. As they continue to launch more satellites, it improves a bit. We're at a decent latitude (the further north, the greater the concentration of satellites) which I'm sure helps a bit. We'll see how it goes from here.

[@veronica0406]

We do a lot of camping in the Sawtooth National Forest to shoot astrophotography. All you see when you look up are starlkink satellites ruining the night sky and the Milky Way. ✨ Kind of sucks actually. 😢

[@beckysim6448]

Hey love your videos. May I ask do you use the normal residential starlink or do you use the roam (in motion) version? We are looking to get ourselves but wanted to ensure we get the correct one :)

[@Brandon-bc5um]

This guy has better internet in a forest than I have in my apt

[@isosoriharrison9556]

Honestly, looking forward to this when I start a remote job in IT and see if it is possible for me to work and camp at the same time.

[@Cablev94]

This is still really good. No need to play online games when you are camping like this, but being able to download movies, offline games, send/rec emails/messages etc is nice.

[@viridesc3nt971]

The scenery looks amazing. Maybe do travel blogs?

[@ebolaziaregaming6400]

Hey Bro, they make telescoping flag poles at 20' & 25' but I'm not sure if there is something like that that could elevate your dish. Would be really cool though.

[@keeganvanderkloet9842]

That starlink poll would’ve worked great in this scenario haha! Still super cool that you have internet still!

[@TrentTheTraveler]

In this setting I don't think it would have done much. It would have to be on a REALLY long pole to avoid these trees.

[@nglyo]

I'm curious to see how well it performs in heavy clouds or thunderstorms.

[@Maryjobeug]

We're in the Black Hills (SD) and have a mostly unobstructed view of the sky. Every once in a while, we have a tree or two which knocks it out for a couple of minutes. During a heavy downpour we lose internet, but it has to be a very heavy downpour, like an inch + an hour. We also lost internet during heavy snow storms. (12+ inches)

[@johnrpomeroy]

I just answered this above, & the answer is: it doesn’t perform, at all, in heavy rain.

[@x2TruNation]

This is my dream, as a remote software developer. Screw the competitive games, i’d love to just be able to code in the middle of nowhere 😍

[@glenlynch1]

Great news for us... We have an established once clinical business. Now on-line Platform, I was waiting for a Starlink, or like connection, for travel and clinical pratice "on the road." Realizing a telescopic base might be all we need for sight clearance. Adds to our pursuing adventure!!! We'll see...

[@Grizzledbum22]

You inspire me sir

[@Dionyzos]

I could imagine a balloon or something for these situations that floats tied to a rope/cable. It could even work in dense forests.

[@imrevarga977]

You should use a telescoping pole and put the starlink dish on it. :D Good luck!

[@GeezNutz]

Single player games in the forest only. Got it!

[@xbxb]

You can make a mounting pole for the Starlink, like couple of feet or something. That will help a lot for sure.

[@TrentTheTraveler]

Yeah I meantion that in this video. But in a forest where the trees are super high, it won't help much unless you have a REALLY long pole which isn't practical for someone that lives in a van.

[@mrchickflick4444]

People camp in the woods, bears sh*t in the woods but this guy games in the woods 😅class

[@InDeathOnlyNothing]

Maybe you could build a portable extendable tower for your Starlink Satellite and strap down the parts on the roof when you go places. I don't know. That's what I would try. Get the Satellite higher in the air. Extension cords and all.

[@Styrac]

I can't wait till starlink is available in my area. The internet where I live is really subpar and its in the woods so no one's running fiber optic out here any time soon.

[@dp622]

Bear Gills: Have to change business model

[@johnrpomeroy]

Starlink’s worst enemy is a tropical rainstorm. I am pretty disappointed really. I was convinced by other Starlink videos that because of the low earth orbit that it wasn’t an issue. Wrong, big issue. My connection was out for at least 20-30 minutes today & same nearly every day this time of year in SW Florida. However long it’s storming, the signal is gone. I can’t help but think it would be bad news in Seattle or those type areas too. Am I wrong?

[@anthonynye1747]

Great video

[@icekidrico0118]

Can you do a complete breakdown and review on your laptop setup?

[@tharunkumarp3110]

this forest feels like that you are in assassin's creed odyssey. awesome stuff.

[@IAmBPala]

I am really curious if something like WoW would work or not on this type of connection. Awesome video though!

[@kingshadow2942]

Love the vid

[@ClashmerSecret]

just syaing if you can find a spot where there are no trees then it would stablise. becuase i had the same problem and i just moved the dish around till it wasnt obstructed.

[@matthewappleby2157]

This is really interesting, I've had a lot of issues with remote internet when travelling and gaming in my caravan in Australia. I was considering Starlink, but staying in a lot of state forests and very remotely a lot of the time, I was worried about wasting my money on something that would not work. I'm playing Lost Ark to US servers which is already 202ms in the city, so this seems like not something that would stand up to gaming remotely.

[@racgrac28]

Yeah, but by the end of this year 2022 starlink will have there version 1.5 satellites working that talk to each other by lasers, so your ping time to the USA will be a lot less than land line!

[@JurgenWander]

Living the dream!

[@Vasileva85]

I live off grid in a forest and my Starlink works fabulously

[@SamVeneman]

I'm up near CDA Idaho and out in the Forest. I am hoping my Starlink will work out here.

[@Shehbaz666]

When the all of the Starlink satellites are in orbit, you should have absolutely 0 problems with connection anywhere, even in a ravine.

[@AxylusMaximus]

What if you attached the dish to a small weather balloon and tethered it to the van or something? The wind might carry it a bit but if you have three or 4 tethers in a pyramid shape it might stay in place lol

[@jermilmcguire7381]

What portable Wi-Fi do you normally use ??? I really wanna know Bc I’m thinking of getting into the van life

[@joekrueger615]

What was the obstruction percentage showing on the StarLink app when you first started?

[@tyman6788]

I Think this winter I would like to see “starlink in a blizzard!”

[@0danfinn]

Camped in that same spot about a month ago, nice spot! Think I may have even saw you out there, were you parked with another white van and a lady van lifer filming some yoga stuff or something like that?

[@TrentTheTraveler]

Yep that was me lol.

[@Hello_there_777]

can you test parsec software how it will work with games and with classic remote work(like excel word etc) work? thanks

[@DocKingliveshere]

Refreshing.

[@carolineclark2304]

Starlink (Skynet) kool

[@Mr_jz_12]

4:20 Speed test in a forrest.......better results than regular internet in australia.

[@MrOrangeonion]

No, dah dish dont connect to sattelites in the sky, they connect to really long poles coming out from ground. But i really love your setup gjob. fantastic.

[@JohnDoe-ds6pr]

You should climb the tree and stick the dish on top. It looks like you have enough cable to reach ..lol

[@frankiefreitas5803]

Van life with Aquaman's brother, fuck yeah!

[@Zanagash]

I was gonna text my wife back, then I saw the notification for your video… so priority first. I’m watching your video 😂😂 the wife can wait.

[@Gtapolice123]

I live with some trees around, but will be able to get it higher, and I would be totally fine with this since Im not playing competetive, but rather slow paced games like Flight Simulator, GTA V RP etc.. :D Will absolutely be better than what I have now (Normal satelite network)...

[@goutamacharya7388]

I'm surprised How is so much power coming from your van and how are you charging the battery now?

[@seatsniffer100]

What do you use to power your laptop , starlink ect ?

[@xbxb]

7:37 Is that your dog behind you? hahahaha

[@TrentTheTraveler]

yo wtf??? it is...

[@elteatrodewill]

Hi, nice video. I was wondering if you could do a test uploading a video to youtube to see if it works. A personal question: if you depended on your salary from youtube, would you trust only starlink? Congratulations for the channel.

[@acy754]

hey man. when are going to do another livestream?. you could test out how starlink does and we could all hangout out and party hardy lol.

[@HyPotterinuse]

I thought he was going to become the first man attacked by a bear while gaming.