Looking for a rear seat video/gaming system for the truck - got a long trip coming with the kiddos in Sept. Prefer dual screen wireless with controllers and headphones.

What’s a good one to consider??

 

I was just going to get some iPads or whatnot. I'll be watching this thread to see what other folks are using.

 

I noticed Ford has some kind of rear seat entertainment accessory option. Not complete with gaming system, and not sure if it's capable of doing what you want either.

https://accessories.ford.com/kit-ent...nt-system.html

 

Get a couple of iPads and call it a day.

 

This ^^^ or a couple of nintendo type hand helds that link together if they need to interact and play the same games...

Im thinking the cost of a video game, dvd. dual screens will be much more than expected. ipads would be the best IMO

Good Luck

 

iPads (10 char minimum)

 

I bought a dual screen DVD player from Wally World. Cheap and seem to work well but obviously only plays DVDs. If you're looking for more entertainment value, get Ipads or tablets as mentioned above.

 

Rear seat entertainment? A Rubik's cube and a etch o sketch. Billboard games maybe?

 

With Wifi on board most newer trucks, Tablets/Ipads with headphones is the much cheaper and easier route to go in my opinion. You can also buy some pretty cheap mounts that sit on the seats to hold them in place on Amazon.

 

Having made four road trips this year with a four year-old, fifteen year-old, and a sole-practicing professional with a need to be in constant contact with her office, the most critical advice I could offer you is to ensure the built-in WiFi hotspot is up and running on a paid account, not the trial account. Everyone can connect their own devices and do their own things without issue.

 

IIRC there is a prepay option as well. $25/mo, but they will auto renew on you. Just sign up for the month and then cancel if you don't need it otherwise.

Also I think pretty much every streaming app lets you download episodes to the device. So if/when out of cell coverage no issues.

 

Not sure what the service is today, but when I did the WiFi trial in summer 2019, my kids burned through the data in about 1.5 hours of a 7 hour trip. Three people streaming movies on an iPad destroyed the allotment in the free trial. I turned it off and never looked back. Maybe today there is an unlimited data package. If so, it might be worth it for travel. If not, the data limitations may be a barrier.

 

Just dug up the site again: https://myvehicle.att.com/#/ford/lea...US&language=en

You can do prepaid unlimited data for $25/mo. Or if it's something you'd actually use it's $20/month though I'm not sure if the commitment is 1yr or 2. I don't use AT&T for my phones, and they have unlimited data so this isn't terribly useful for me. But honestly that's pretty good for unlimited data with a hotspot... I don't think I could add unlimited data to the hotspot feature on my phone for that.

 

Amazing how 40+ years changes what goes thru one's mind when that mind reads "rear seat entertainment package"...

 

And....what fun days those were....sigh. If I only knew then what I know now....more fun.