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No problem. The LED bulbs I installed work great for us!

Thank you, Marc!

Thank you! Yes, the new bulbs really made a big difference! Again, check the laws in your area and make your decision regarding halogen, HID or LED.

Thank you!

Thanks for watching!

Thank you much. That is very helpful.

@@keckojones3324 Thanks! I'm getting caught up on my RV videos. I installed LED headlamps a year ago and am finally getting to work on that one! I also installed new speakers (also quite a while ago) and might make a video about that.

@@panoramictravelsthat would be great. We have thought about both those modifications so that would be helpful for us.

@@keckojones3324 Stay tuned!

Thanks, Mitch! Happy New Year to you and Karen! Will you be at the Napa Pano Gathering in June? We're not sure if we will or not. If we do, we might "cheat" by flying to our son's house in Washington and driving their Panoramic RV down to Napa!

Karen retires on May 31, so I think the timing might be a bit tight for Napa for us.

@@mitchcherniack2804 Congratulations on Karen's upcoming retirement!

Well, you're way ahead of me. I was already a few years into my retirement when I decided to start this channel! I'm still not comfortable in front of the camera, but I'm forcing myself and hope to get better over time. I don't know if you have an Apple computer, but if you do you might want to check out Final Cut Pro (FCP). That's what I use to edit videos. I paid $299 for it once over a decade ago. All updates since then have been free. Ripple Training overs reasonably priced video tutorials for how to use FCP. Most of my content comes from my iPhone and a DJI Mini 2 drone. I recently bought the DJI Mic 2 wireless mics. Good audio is very important!

Thank you, Martin!

Thank YOU! I'm looking forward to my travels in 2025 and documenting them on this channel!

It WAS a lot of fun! I think I remember seeing you on the boat!

It's called "Canal 3" by Quincas Moreira. It's available in the TH-cam Audio Library. Musicians upload their music to the library and allow TH-cam content creators to use it without copyright infringement. I've pretty much adopted Cana 3 as my channel's "theme song"!

Guilty as charged - 37 year career as a test lab engineer and manager in the auto industry!

I hope this gave you a good overview of what you'll see in a few months. Enjoy your cruise and the opportunity to reflect on the sacrifices of others.

Thanks, Fred! Did you watch my "Panoramic RV Walk Through and One Year Review" video? If not, check it out! We haven't had to run the AC a lot. It can definitely ruin off of our 440 Amp-hours of lithium batteries, but - I'm just guessing here - probably for only around six or eight hours at medium. Then you would have to plug in, run the engine or get some photons from the sun!

Thank you for sharing that information. I'm not sure why that is happening on this video. It has over 15k views and only two comments about an audio problem, so I hope most viewers are having no audio problem.

Thank you, Debbie! Make sure you go to Volunteer Point on the Falkland Islands! It was definitely one of the high points of this cruise!

Thanks, Leslie! I enjoyed your "german shepard singing" video!

Thank you for your kind comments! Please make sure you're subscribed - we just got home from two more Viking river cruises. It's true, the video is just about exclusively from my iPhone (presently an iPhone 15 Pro) and my DJI Mini 2 drone. I also get some video from the iPhones of the people we travel with. I also get some photos from my wife - she's the photographer. She has a Nikon Z6 II and two lenses, one being a 100 - 400mm lens.

Thank you for your fast response - I am so glad you confirmed my decision to buy exactly that lens. What is your wifes second lens ?

@@photographicamateur Her main lens is a Nikkor 24 to 120 mm/4S. The telephoto lens is a Tamron 100 to 400 mm/4.5 to 6.3.

Thanks so much 😊

Thank you for saying so! I hope you go on the cruise and this series of videos gave you a good preview of what you can expect.

Thank you!

Hi, Christine, I'm glad I could give you a preview of what to expect. Enjoy your Viking cruise!

Thank you for your comment! I'm glad you found the walk through informative. There are more Panoramic RV videos coming out later this year.

I'm glad you found my channel, too! I will have more Panoramic RV in the next month or two.

It really is a special place!

Thank you for subscribing, Greg! Before you contact Panoramic get back with me. I can send you a Panoramic Ambassador Card that will save you $500. I appreciate your comment about the music. Maybe it's just me, but a video with sections without sound seems like "dead air". Maybe I'll use music less frequently and/or bury it a little more in the mix.

This video has over 13 thousand views. You are only the second person to say there is no sound. The sound is working fine. I think the problem is on your end.

Thanks! No, no motion sickness. That's something people might experience on an ocean cruise, but not a river cruise. The rivers are pretty calm. Sometimes we didn't even realize we left port until we looked out a window and saw that we were underway! Check out my three part series Viking South American Ocean Cruise. You will see some big waves there!

Wow, thanks! You will love the Viking Grand European cruise!

Thank you, Chris!

@@Prange57 the united states is a big market and the people are different from europeans. i went to see one in chambly quebec this week. i have to say that it is even better in real life than on video, very good quality product, congratulations on your purchase

@@renedugas2396 Hi, Rene! Regardless of who Panoramic's customers are, I don't think we ever have to worry about them compromising their quality. And, as for gadgets, Panoramic seems to focus on smart, but simple, design features. I don't think they're going to add a "gadget" unless it will add value to the overall customer experience.

Love your video. I bought my first (&last rv) new Panoramic 2024 December 4th. I bought the MAGMA pots & slowly stocking things. I copy your stuff in the drawers, cabinets etc. What is the outdoor mat thing 0:06 you put in the pizza oven? I only caught the word sand? Thank you for helping me.

Thanks, Fred!

The engine does strain a bit when going up mountain roads, but it still handles them fine. Panoramic is working on a Ford Transit RV, not sure when it will be available. They will also be offering a Sprinter RV, but that one is probably a few years off. I think you would do fine with the Ram Pano unless you plan on doing a lot of off roading or driving on forest roads.

Hi, David! As you know, this is our first RV. When we were in the market we started looking at Pleasureways and Leisure Travel Vans. We thought a 21' van would be too small. Then, we rented a Travato (also based on the Ram ProMaster 3500) and loved how easy it was to drive and park. It was big enough, so even though we didn't like the floor plan we almost bought it. Then, we heard Neil on the Ultramobility TH-cam channel mention the Panoramic, which we had never heard of before. A few emails and phone calls with Philippe and we had our deposit down three weeks later! Congratulations on your Panoramic purchase. I think you're going to love it! Rumors are that the fourth annual Panoramic RV Gathering will be in northern California in June 2025. Maybe we'll see you there!

Thank you ... and thank Philippe for giving us his time!

Thank you! It was nice of Philippe to give us his time. It was a very busy weekend!

Thank you, Bernie! Janet is such a better interviewer than me. I really appreciate her stepping in!

Thank you! I remember someone giving Janet coffee (thank you). Can you refresh my memory with your and your spouse's names? Apparently, I met too many people at the Gathering! If I remember correctly, you were on the team that we played against during the tournament.

Thanks, Mitch, it was a great weekend and I'm glad I could document it. I hope to see you and Karen at next year's gathering. The rumor is Napa Valley, so that would be a long drive for the two of you.

@@panoramictravels We hope to make it to Napa but it will depend on timing. Karen retires at the end end of May, so if it’s early in June, it may be tough to make

I thought we were "just" buying the best Class B RV. It turns out that we got that - and the opportunity to meet a lot of great people!

Thanks for asking, Rene! We had some problems during the first two months of ownership - Ram problems - not Panoramic problems. They're documented in this video: th-cam.com/video/QUZRC0KFIfk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=OhIcIzySiG76lmyo We had a similar problem a few days after I posted that video. The Ram service facility replace the O2 sensors and a 5A fuse. We haven't had any Ram issues since then. We did have a Panoramic electrical issue last year that turned out to be a bad WeBoost (cellular signal booster). It was replaced under warranty. We haven't had any other major problems in our first (almost) two years of ownership.

Thank you, Renee! I hope my RV videos provide valuable information for more than just Panoramic RV owners. Two years in, I'm happy with over 900 subscribers. I should hit my goal of 1,000 subscribers by the end of this year. Then, I guess I'll have to set a new goal!

Thank you, Mitch, I appreciate the feedback! Now, to get to work on the 2024 Panoramic RV Gathering video!

The purchase went very smoothly. We put down a deposit when we placed our order. We financed the rest when we picked up Harvey the RV in Plattsburgh, NY. The paperwork took five minutes. Then, Panoramic had a representative walk us through all of the systems (and took us to lunch!). Service - with their five year warranty - has never been an issue. The Panoramic tech support team always reply quickly to emails and phone calls. Often times the issue can be resolved over the phone or with an email. Other issues include having work down locally, Pano tech working with the local service facility to resolve the issue and Panoramic paying the local facility. In rare cases, Panoramic will send a technician to your RV's location! The main issues we have had were Ram ProMaster related, not Pano related. I made a few videos of that. Yes, we are very happy with the quality! Yes, the new Truma AC unit can run off of the batteries - if you get the larger capacity option - and it can be programmed with the TrumaCombi Controller. When our RV was built 440 Amp-hours was the maximum offered and that's what we got. Now, I think they offer up to 600 Amp-hours. There are a lot of variables as to how long the AC will run off of batteries. All I can say is it is probably in hours, not days. Of, course you can drive the RV to charge the batteries. There are devices, like the Waggle, that can alert you when the temperature is above or below a preset range. Other than the Ram problems we had in the first few months of ownership, it has been great. It's front wheel drive only, unlike the Ford Transit, for example. Panoramic is working on designs, by the way, for the Ford Transit and the Mercedes Sprinter.

@@panoramictravels Steve, thank you for your input. Can you elaborate on the ProMaster issues you have had and how many miles you now have on the van.

@@RuthAnneBrossman We have 22,000 miles after 1.5 years and seven major road trips. To elaborate on the Ram issue - which is now a distant memory - here is the transcript from my Pano RV Episode 6: As I mentioned in Episode 5, I started up the RV and the Service Transmission Warning came on along with other warnings. I could put it in gear, but it was very clunky. I could drive it, but with the pedal to the floor, it would only go about 20 miles an hour. So, I called Chrysler Roadside Assistance and they sent out a tow truck to take it to a local Ram dealership, namely Szott M59 Ram dealership. Cate, the Service Manager had told me when I dropped it off that it might take a week or two before they even looked at it. Well, four days later they hooked up their OBD2 (On Board Diagnostic Version 2) equipment, made note of the stored warning codes and then cleared them. A few days later they drove the RV, started and stopped it (what Cate called “key cycles”) and they could not reproduce any of the warnings. They did notice that a software update was available for the Powertrain Control Module so they updated it. I’m going to chalk this up to a “computer glitch” and am hoping it doesn’t come back anytime soon!

I don't know the battery brand. They are lithium, but I don't think they're self-heating. They remounted inside the RV in the garage area to the left of the left-side drawers.

The Iguazu Falls excursion was offered by Viking.