It is 8:30 on a Friday night in the Florida Panhandle. The wind is pushing 105 mph across Destin. The power went out an hour ago, and the cell signal went with it. You have a full battery on a phone that cannot reach anyone.
That was October 9 for a lot of people on the Gulf Coast. And it happened in one of the quietest hurricane seasons on record.
Everyone posts the photo of the dish sitting on the hood. Nobody posts what happens when you drive under trees.
Here is what happens. You are rolling down a forest service road at dusk, the passenger is on a video call, and the Starlink Mini on the crossbars is pulling 150 Mbps. Then the canopy closes overhead. The call freezes. The app shows obstructed. Two minutes later you break into a clearing, the dish finds a satellite, and the call comes back. Then the trees close again.
That is not a defect. That is physics. And once you understand it, the Starlink Mini becomes the best piece of overland gear you own.