Damn Kasper.. You are one forking talented dude. Excellent photography, nearly monochrome and good choice to let Neil narrate instead of straight interview style. Thanks

That car is a beast! Neil is really making it serve it's purpose

Simple be the better- that's true!!!

Great to watch this and get Neil's first hand experience of how it actually performs. My D3 is complicated enough for me and I dont have to worry about ever having to afford a new defender. However, even though they are complicated as time goes by they too will become old and I wonder if there will be a following willing to take them on and keep them going for another 40 years? Only time will tell I suppose. 👍

Amazing job with all these videos. Thank you for the content!

The best channel ever on you tube 💪😇. All your work is a masterpiece🎉I just love your videos👏

Nice documentation! Thanx for sharing!

First time watching your channel. Super find. Thank you.

I cant imagine camping in those conditions. Wow. Thanks for sharing

Wonderful video as always, I like the new defender and accept the idiosyncrasies of modern vehicles, all vehicles have issues of some description. I’m sat here in Australia trying to cool down and you guys are trying to keep warm, opposing temperature extremes, love it. Stay well guys. 😊

Great video as always mate! 👊🏻

You need to get the new Ineos Grenadier. It’s absolutely incredible off and on road - much heavier duty, and much easier to adapt and mod for your purpose. And no computers draining the battery when you open the doors anymore! Sadly the new defender just can’t do nearly the same severe off road trails a classic defender or new grenadier can do! I’ve tried. the entire lower body panels is clad with plastic so the minute you slide off of a little rock ledge and hit that bumper you destroy the oil coolers, and all the other plastic parts. The grenadier is all metal - as it should be.

Really love your story telling 💚

Seems like the battery issue could be a software/firmware fix from Land Rover, where you can put the vehicle in "camp mode" or something similar that would keep those systems from initiating every time the door is opened.

Great videos and informative, support from Kenya

Great video & nice Defender. With the battery issues, I had the same problem with my 2016 Subaru outback. I was on a 12 day overland trip in Scotland and had the tailgate open for almost 2 days in one location and when I tried to start it the battery was flat. I hadn’t noticed the dashboard had kept a message on saying my tailgate was open so I’m assuming it was that, which caused the flat battery. Now I have to put in carabiner in the tailgate lock so the car thinks it’s closed. Like you say it’s a modern car problem.

Amazing video as usual! I don't care what people say negatively about the new Defender, it is a gorgeous and capable vehicle and I'm happy that Neil loves his! The LR3 was once considered not to be a Land Rover because how different it looked compared to the Disco 2. I love my LR3 and couldn't be happier with it. You are one of the reasons I bought an LR3, was looking at both LR3 and LR4, but ended up with an LR3 for it's simpler system.

Owner of a New Defender 110 since 2021 here, Looking for a car to travel with my family of four, that is comfortable right at the start without having to upgrade lots of different things. The capacity of the car offroad is impressive. The first real test was during 1 month on the Icelandic Highlands. After the trip I was sure that I made the right choice for my family's specific need of an overlander. Traveling trough Europe and later on more have the same complain of the batterie. It wasn't that much of an issue because I usually won't stay at the same place for more than 2 days. During the day I leave the doors slightly open to prevent starting the car but still, I fully agree that it is a buzz killer. Which are for you the best solution for this batterie issue without of course an LR update? Keep up your good work Kasper. 😀✌

Nice Vid, for that reason I recently bought a Mercedes G550, almost no Electronics. Also thought about Inios .. Friend of mine has it, amazing car. Sturdy and reliable even by minus 30c

Great filming and story telling. Good to discuss such hot topic in a quiet and objective way. For the ND: I disagree, because I love the design and the look. All i ever saw of this car so far is on the highway in high speed. Buyers are mainly such as Porsche Cayenne drivers and not been offroaders before. It will stay a golf players car. But there will be a few like Neil that really use it as a overland car. But overlanding is not offroading and therefore the ND is not in heritage of the Defender.

The new defender may look like it’s more of a flash 4x4, but I had the opportunity to drive one off road with Land Rover experience in the UK and it is indeed very much the real deal. The thing is a beast off road. And I would challenge any doubters to take one on a test drive off road. Unfortunately for me it is currently outside my budget to buy

The comment about pretenders is in my opinion to harsh and offending. It was Land Rovers marketing to tell it can do everything better than the old one. It is better onroad, more comfortable and easier to drive. But there are the downtrades which people are struggling. For good reason. It has enough potential as overlander but not as expeditionvehicle or offroader. I like the look a lot. Let’s say it would have coil springs, a real frame under bodying a solid axle in the rear. Or even without the solid rear axle it would have been a good compromise. I am sure it would have gotten more positive reactions from the very beginning.

love your videos :)

Agree entirely with you opinions about the new Defender. The newer ones are a "better" drive, but over complicated and not easy to run on a budget.

Sweet video, the battery issue is the main thing holding my back from upgrading my 110 to the new one. Could a leisure battery with solar panels be the fix?

You Forget the Inoes Grenadier!

A lot of complications to carry to a simple environment. Great vehicle, great presentation (10th time watching). I'm curious, did Neal have anything else to say about the Allicat in terms of weather and functionality?

I have a ‘11 L322, I have the same issue with battery drain. Here’s what I do. I take a battery charger and plug that into my battery bank / box that keeps the charge topped off.

Great video guys,have you got a link to Neils site,thanks.

You should definitely get an indoors space to do some cooking in your new build!

How did you fix the battery issue?

Nice one Kasper! How did you manage to fix the battery issue on your D4?

For me personally, the reason I don't feel the new defender is a "real" defender, is for the exact reasons you were saying, it is overly complicated, the purpose of a defender is, 1: to go anywhere and 2: fix anywhere with a screwdriver and an adjustable. Don't get me wrong, the defender is a lovely car, but could you fix an issue on the side of the road easily?👍

I was having a bad day, until you upload a video...

Digger filmingen ifra overnattingen, sjukt stilig lys!

Did you sell you’re Disco, or do you still own it?

why not go for the 130? too expensive maybe?

Who seriously would want to camp in those freezing conditions.

The new Defender is not a proper Defender. It is however a proper Discovery, and that is not a bad thing, as I've found the Discovery range to be seriously underestimated. And the latest Discovery to be somewhat lacking. If they can fix the battery draining issue, it would be perfect (not for my wallet though...)

I might trust my life to a Honda or a Toyota, but never to a Tata

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Look in to 4xoverland , Andrew St.Pierre White , Australia . He have some good facts and why the NEW Def. are totally unfit to be a `overland/offroad vehicle`. I will in the meantime keep my REAL 2013 Defender , as my daily driver and overland vehicle ,ready for it 😊 PS ! Pardon my english🙃

The new Pretender could never be a true expedition overland vehicle, it has too many things in it to breakdown and could never be repaired at the side of a road, never mind in the middle of nowhere.

I dont know. I actually hate new defender. This design is so much worse. Too many soft lines. :(

Halfway through, and no info about LD performance, bye

Absolute junk on wheels!! For the rich planks who can’t drive! 😂 Awful thing that should have been a top vehicle…but as usual they over complicate it…