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I leave my phone on the roof inside the cratch cover. If I want to make a call, I go outside. If the weather isn't so great, I use 3's app that lets you use wifi (or call on whatssapp/Facebook/whatever). I use an Osprey 2 wifi unit from EE, £20 a month for 15GB which is plenty for me. I get 24MB download and 3MB upload by putting it where my phone goes.

A floating shipping container? Yikes. £50k spent on an actual boat would make more sense. I don't wonder why I don't watch television.

Took delivery this morning, very, very happy with quality, way better than expected, can't recommend enough

I wanted a cross bed because of the extra space, only takes a few seconds to put up/down. The length of the bed is fine, I'm 6ft tall and sleep very well indeed!

I agree with Alan about surveys. After 2 days of buying my boat, I needed my engine lifting out and rebuilding. Brokerage less than helpful & previous owner rude & hid the problem/truth despite me pointing out several RCR callouts identifying the problem I had with comments that the engine needed lifting out blah blah. Some people are just rotten but hey, I love this life, I love MY boat and I'm taking care of her properly - ok, ok, so I really should wash & clean the outside bit sometime soon! Have since read through my survey report a few more times (after several weeks and finding about my boat) and have seen some errors but it was generally helpful as I knew very little. Saying that, I still think it was worth having a survey done, I'd have felt very unsure without this despite my experiences.

I like the Texas from BB but like many, the depth is too much when in sofa mode - think it's about 89cm? I'm hopefully going to see a few from http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/elegantboatsofabeds4uas I'm not too far away and lots of theirs have a depth of 70cm which is what I'd like. Will post when I have.

I now need cake!

I really like Nabru but as they are fold-out and not fold-flat all of their sofas would be too wide for my boat unless I turn them sideways so they open out down my boat and not across. Worth double checking dimensions. Totally ok if you don't mind moving it around to use as a sofa bed.

I had the same issue, replaced pipe, smell lingered for a while but it went away after a few weeks. Maybe using onions will speed things up

This looks ok http://www.tesco.com/direct/home-haus-manuel-3-seater-clic-clac-sofa-bed/677-9022.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=269-7831 I'm looking for a sofa that can be used as a bed not a do-all 'is perfect' sofabed. I quite liked the Texas from Benson Beds but when I went in to a store to enquire the man there said sorry & that they were out of stock and then just carried on looking at his computer screen. Classic!

'Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances of survival for life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet' - Albert Einstein :)

Lit stove last night, almost melted but it felt very snug!

Did you mean/get the Texas from Bensons? How did you get on getting it in the boat, my doors are 135x66 with a cratch cover

I've been self-employed for over 10yrs, doing just fine. No way would I ever be employed again. Besides, I'm very unemployable, far too used to doing my own thing

Went for a 24" Samsung in the end, got it from Curry's/PC World for £200, in stock to carry out. Full HD and some other tek stuff, the most useful of which is it plays video from a USB stick which is handy. Fits my boat well, glad I didn't go any bigger. Sound is surprisingly good. Power use is about 23w. Tried it out with a USB after I bought it. I don't have an aerial as not fussed about watching actual television programmes. Not had time for a movie since so it's stayed switched off but it fills a gap on my shelf Thanks for everyone's help

Much appreIated info Sooo, I'll look for HD proper, still not sure of size, still a bit puzzled by the power stuff but I think what matters is how many watts are used when it's switched on, which varies from 20 to 40, so I'm thinking less than 30 as being good/better/preferable. Mostly, I spend my evenings cooking, reading, dreaming, listening to the radio & sleeping - lovely non-technical things

I have 4 x 230Ah AGM domestic batteries & 120A Victron charger/inverter (plus travel pack generator). I don't cruise every day because of work, usually long weekends. Work is location based so, so long as I'm near my car, it doesn't really matter where I am. Have fridge, washing machine (used at mo when on shoreline only), microwave (not used other than as a bread bin!). Guessing the sound from the 22" wouldn't be so great. Budget not really an issue tbh - when I get a TV I won't change it for years so not on a bargain hunt, more so something that makes sense power-wise (original point of post!) and is quite good (where post is drifting towards maybe...). Otherwise just use power to charge phone/iPad though I do that when driving as much as I can. I drive lots.

Just looked at Argos thanks Rob, this one seems to be a happy l'il thing http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/2787369.htm

Hi Bottle, Just looking at some now and the smaller Tv's which are HD (now I know the difference - thank you!) mostly seem to use more power than the larger ones....

V. True, I was initially thinking more about the power side than size, this 24" seems pretty good & is super low on power by comparison.I do have a battery monitor Lola http://www.johnlewis.com/panasonic-24cs500b-led-hd-ready-720p-smart-tv-24-with-freeview-hd-and-built-in-wi-fi/p1959443#tooltip

Hi Old Goat, That Samsung looks very good, prefer that to the LG. Yeah, I do have shoreline so I know that much isn't an issue (yey!) but I like to roam so was wondering if 240v is a bad option when cruising?

I have a shelf with a depth of 32cm over some cupboards... - answer to question about viewing distance!

Yup, plenty of space for 28" TV, I'm quite minimalist and my boat is quite long

The world of electricity continues to totally confuse me... There is an old telly on my boat which I don't use, it's a Hyundai and says 100-240v-1.0A 50/60Htz on it. I'm looking to replace it with something that has HDMI ports but I don't understand any of the power things with anything (please don't shout at me, I'm not very bright - at all). The searches I've done here all seem to do with 12v TV's. I have 240v sockets, an inverter, domestic batteries plus shoreline power. So does that mean I can't use a 12v TV anyway and need 240v? If so, this one looks like it doesn't use much power but I really don't trust myself. http://www.johnlewis.com/lg-28lf491u-led-hd-ready-smart-tv-28-with-freeview-and-built-in-wi-fi/p1981301?imageCount=1 Any advice appreciated Thank you :)