Essential RV Extras: The Top Upgrades Real RVers Want!

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Welcome to episode 5 15 of the RV

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podcast. And this week, we talk about essential

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RV extras,

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the top upgrades that real RVers want.

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Welcome, everybody. I'm Mike Wenland, and this is

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my lifelong traveling companion and my healthy bride,

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Jennifer.

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Me, I'm the puny one this week. I

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am not, feeling up to snuff.

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It's been a grandkid cold. Least that's what

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I'm blaming on. Every year, I get a

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cold at this time of the year. When

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school starts? When school starts. Couple weeks after

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school starts,

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the grandkids bring it home, and they get

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it gets me. But, so we've got a

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lot.

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Our main topic is is when I hope

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RV manufacturers listen to this podcast.

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I don't think they do because

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very few RV manufacturers even RV, so they're

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not nearly as interested in it as you

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are, a real RVer. But I would hope

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that somebody in their industry would listen, particularly

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their marketing thing, to realize that

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all of

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the chinsing

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that we have seen over the last few

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years as the industry

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has tried to keep costs down and make

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it more attractive in times of inflation and

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high interest rates, they've cut off a lot

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of of things that people that are really

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important to think people, little things. Alright. Now

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you're calling it chinsing. They call it making

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the RVs more affordable.

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Chinsing.

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Come on. It's it's what it is. It's

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all somatic. Right? And I understand that that's

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what they have to do because they the

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industry is still in decline

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and sales are down.

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You know, we're waiting to see if the

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interest rates are gonna go up. But in

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that process over the past couple of years

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since this this decline began,

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it has,

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it has seen a lot of things that

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you used to expect to find in an

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RV

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an extra,

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which means it cost you more money and

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time and you got to find it. So

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we're gonna talk about that. We had a

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really interesting conversation in our RV lifestyle community

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about it, and we got a long list.

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And these are the things that, if if

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I was if I was an RV manufacturer,

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I'd build one of those many of these

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things as I could put in it because

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it's not none of them are really in

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and out of itself except for a couple

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of little things, but most of them are

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not very expensive.

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So we're gonna talk all about that coming

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up, and it'll be a fun conversation. Just

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a couple seconds here. But we wanna, first

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of all, tell us, tell you all

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that, we are very much in celebration

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mode this week. We are so excited to

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share

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that RV Lifestyle won 2 separate

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campers choice awards,

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also known as the campies.

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And, this is a contest that is sponsored

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by RVshare.

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One of the ones that we won is

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the best RV

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camping

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YouTube channel. That was pretty exciting. And then

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the second one was for the best RV

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and camping blog.

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Woo hoo.

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And what makes this extra exciting is that

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we won because of you.

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You nominated us. Yeah. You nominate nominated us

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and you voted for us, and we are

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so thankful. So thank you for giving us

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your trust and support,

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and thank you, RV Share.

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Now for those who didn't know, the RV

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lifestyle YouTube channel

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has over a 1000 videos. I think it's

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have not already,

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And our RV blog, rv lifestyle.com.

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It contains more than a dozen years of

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to RV inspiration,

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So once again, thank you everyone. We are

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so honored to have these awards and thank,

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RV share for sponsoring the contest.

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And we got something else to celebrate. Yeah.

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We've got a new giveaway.

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We're giving away

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2 to 2 lucky winners.

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Number 1 is 1st prize, a Waggle Pet

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Monitor Pro Plus,

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which keeps track of the temperature inside your

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rig and sends alerts via

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SMS, email,

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and in app notification

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when it exceeds

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your set threshold.

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So if you have your dog you're going

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out to go through a museum or something,

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the dog's out there in the parking lot.

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They give you a little tag that says

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temperature inside is monitored

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remotely monitored and controlled.

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you will get an alert if you say,

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I I wanna know if that temperature gets

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up to 87 degrees. It'll send you a

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text alert, or you can just call it

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up yourself and see what the temperature is

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inside. It's a really hey. We've had 1

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5, 6 years, and that's a must have.

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And the new one, is really great. This

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is their latest updated one,

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the Pet Monitor Pro from Wengle.

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We're gonna give away that. And then, what's

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the second prize? Well, the second prize is

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the RV Mini l

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AI cam that lets you monitor your pet

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virtually with its 360

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degree camera.

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And you can see that it, shows you,

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on your smartphone down at the bottom here,

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it shows you this is a smartphone, and

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it will show you,

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what's going on inside your camera. You can

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it's 303

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160 degrees, so you can see it. It

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has two way audio,

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real time motion tracking,

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and, you can set that up for,

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you know, to let alert if there's motion

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inside the unit, if there's noise, excessive noise,

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if your dog's barking a whole bunch, you

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can listen.

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And, you can also talk to your dog,

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and you can say

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I'm not gonna my dog is sleeping over

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here. Yeah. We don't wanna upset him. Yeah.

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So but it's really handy, and we're giving

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that away to a second Twitter. So these

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are just great safety options for RV pet

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owners.

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So to enter, all you have to do

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is go to rvlifestyle.com/sweepstakes.

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Rvlifestyle.com

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sweepstakes. You can enter as many times as

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you want. In fact, there's, I think, 14

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different ways, and each one of those gives

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you, an entry in the contest.

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We will, announce the lucky winners on September

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29th, 2 winners,

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and this, this will, run for for quite

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a while. We're pretty excited about it. And

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one other thing that we're interested in doing

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and we're excited about this has to do

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with our RV lifestyle community.

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Are you a member yet? You should be.

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Go to community.rvlifestyle.com.

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We are going to have meetup week, the

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week of September 27th to October 4th. And

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the RV lifestyle community is organizing the first

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of what we hope will be many regional

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meetups,

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and details can be found at the events

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tab at,

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community.rvlifestyle.com.

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We have,

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volunteer hosts

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in 5 states so far. We'll probably have

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more who have offered to organize a meetup,

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a get together at a fun location near

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them

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so that, members of the community can gather,

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meet each other, hang out,

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and just have a great time. Many of

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them are restaurants. We're doing one,

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on the 27th

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at a really awesome winery, Brewhouse

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in, Paw Paw, Michigan right in the in

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the heart of Michigan's wine growing area.

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And each state is has a separate,

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event announcement,

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and, just go to, again, community.rvlifestyle.com.

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Click the event tab, find the one you

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want, and then RSVP.

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But we have them in Southwest Michigan.

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Where else? And Tucson, Arizona,

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San Antonio, Texas.

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Fairfield, Iowa. And, North Central Ohio winery. Yeah.

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And I and I think we have a

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couple of others that we're we're talking to

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people about. So we think this is gonna

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be fun,

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and it's hard. We know that everybody all

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around the country would love to gather.

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I know that what we're doing, people are

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talking about actually coming in and camping nearby,

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so they can come hang out with us

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on, that Friday night, 27th.

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And I suspect the others will see the

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same thing. But the whole point of our

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RV lifestyle community, and you hear us talk

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about it every week,

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is making relationships,

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is connecting

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RVers at different stages of the RV journey

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with other people in the same stage,

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with the same type of RV, the teams,

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interest in camping.

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We have so many activities and and, live

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streams.

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This, is being released

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on September 18th and the 19th, I'm doing

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the live stream in the community

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on the latest Internet. What's the latest in,

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mobile Internet? So many changes just in the

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past few months.

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Sheree and Chris from the mobile Internet, Resource

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Center will be our our guests, and that's

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coming up then. So

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it is gonna be a fun time. So,

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make sure you've joined, the community community at

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army lifestyle dot com.

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That's a lot of talking for doctor. Oh,

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it's good for you. Should we do the

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conversation of the week? I think it's time.

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Alright. The conversation

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of the week.

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You know, it seems like today's RVs, they

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seem to come so bare bones,

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and basic things you think would be their

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art.

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And some things don't cost that much. But

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as, you know, manufacturers, they've tried to cut

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costs so that these would be more

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affordable

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these days of incredible

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ball inflation. Things are every, the price of

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everything is just, you know, going crazy and

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the high interest rates. And,

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you know, they started leading a lot out.

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So we recently asked our RV lifestyle community,

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what items they thought should be standard.

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And we have so many suggestions that we're

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gonna kinda go through a bunch of them,

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read you a couple of quotes, but

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we we noticed,

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that we bought a fairly high end, we

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have a fairly high end, 5th wheel in

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Montana,

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and it has a lot of extras in

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it, but still

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little things like,

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you know, hooks to, you know, hang up

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a robe or your clothes in the bathroom.

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Yeah. I really would like some hooks in

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the bathroom. I I mean, we could put

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up

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some little command hooks, but I hate to

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put anything too big and substantial up. I

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guess it's harder it's it's harder for some

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people to find the right location on the

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wall where there's studs and support to put

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these

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big hooks on rather than just the little

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command strips. That's probably the thing that that,

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you know, we we see the most that

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we wish they would they would Yeah. I

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mean, I like a couple hooks in the

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bedroom, like for my robe or the clothes

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that I'm gonna pop on in the morning

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to hang them up there. So it's easier

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for me to get to in the daytime,

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and I'd like something, you know, kind of

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attractive.

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So I'd like a couple hooks in the

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bedroom, and I'd like some hooks definitely in

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the bathroom.

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And I I did add a couple little

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sticky Command hooks

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in the skylight by the shower just, for

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like a wet bathing suit or something that's

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wet so it can drip into the shower

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pan rather than That's a great tip. Other

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other places. But I I think all of

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us can relate to

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to hooks and and towel bars. I'm thinking

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now instead of hooks, maybe I want a

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towel bar. Here's

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here's the thing. When we do,

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RV reviews, this tells me whether the RV

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manufacturer is even slightly in tune with the

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market. It's such a silly little thing. Ready?

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But it's USB,

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receptacles.

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Most of them are using USB,

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2, the big USB a, you know, the

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big ones.

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That is not the standard anymore. The standard

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is USB c

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c, not a. So, you know, if you

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have a halfway new smartphone,

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a new laptop,

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almost all of them, the universal standard in

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the tech industry is universal is USB C.

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And so

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even now in brand new RVs, they're putting

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in these old USBs. They must have bought

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a lot of them. And they're just I

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would. That's it. But it's such a pain.

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You go to charge and you don't nobody

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has a, you know, an an a connector

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anymore. I know somebody out there watching this.

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Oh, that's what I have.

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Then you're gonna be happy. But those of

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us who,

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have halfway new stuff, it's universal c, and

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it just shows it's a little touch. Also,

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there's never enough charges. They'll put a couple

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charges next to one side of the bed,

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but not on the other.

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Little things like that that just show,

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I think almost a lack of respect for

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the for the RV er because it's just

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so easy. I mean, why should one person

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have be able to charge their cell phone

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next to the bed and not the other

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one? Most people have at least 2 people

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in the bed, right? You know, in the

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RV, if you got little kids, you might

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have like 65 of them. They all pump

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and a dog. But

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but those are those are just a couple

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of examples from ours. Now, here are the

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things that we just want to run through

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these this generated a ton of thoughtful communication

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in our community.

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And, why don't you read the first bunch,

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and then I'll pick up after you. So

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someone said a better latch on the screen

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door.

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Boy, that's true. They pop out all the

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time. Yeah. Better latches on the cupboards. Oh,

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that's a big one. Better latches on the

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cupboard. And they throw in make sure there's

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a good latch to close the refrigerator.

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Keep it keep it shut when you're driving

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down the road.

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Better,

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towel holders. Paper towel. Paper towels.

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Yeah. Minnie said that. In the kitchen. Yeah.

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And some, they don't have a toilet paper

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holder. Many people said that.

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And, you know, I looked at that, you

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know, when we were looking through different rigs,

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and I thought, I wonder if that's because

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people want different styles or something. I think

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most people would just like a toilet paper

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holder

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that they can put up or the that

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the manufacturer is put up. Put it in

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manufacturer. Sometimes it's in the drawer, and then

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if look in the drawer if you don't

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have a paper towel holder, then ask them

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to install it before you take possession of

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your rig. Yep.

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A deeper medicine cabinet.

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Oh, that makes all the difference in the

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world,

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the deeper medicine cabinet. And the same thing

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goes if they have a little indentation for

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you to hang up a coat, a jacket,

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dog leash, whatever.

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And when you first come in, make sure

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when you first come in, make sure that's

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deep enough

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so that everything doesn't fall out every time

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you walk past it because you brush it.

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This is a good one, a better shower

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head. Oh my goodness. That's huge. That is

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very big. Now I you can get a

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really nice shower head for

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not very much money at

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all. And to be able to advertise that

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even, and we have a deluxe,

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rain shower shower head.

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Man. Now you boondockers, exclusive boondockers, you're gonna

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just still be doing those Navy showers. A

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big shower head is a really nice, a

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better shower head. And then I think I

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already got on this one, towel rods. Many

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people said that. A lot of people said

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they want towel rods in the in the

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bathroom, please.

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Shoe storage near the door.

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Many said they you need a place when

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you come in the door to put your

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shoes. I also want a hook to hang

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my coat and my gloves, my mittens, whatever,

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but a place to put those dirty shoes,

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you want to take your shoes off. You

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don't want to leave them outside. I know

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I have a pair of Crocs. I usually

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wear inside the RV

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and almost always, you know, I have those

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they're in the bedroom or they're in the

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living room next to the fireplace, and then

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that means I'm tracking in with all those

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yucky shoes Yep. Making a mess for you,

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and you always go, there's the vacuum. And

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so we just have to put some shoe

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storage there for at least 2 sets of

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shoes because most RVs have 2 people again,

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at least.

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What else? A factory installed GPS system. For

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you guys in motor homes. It's surprising how

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many of the

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of the less expensive entry level,

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motor homes out there don't really have

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a robust GPS system factory installed. That's still

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a problem. I love this one, a proper

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trash can. What's that? Well, he used to

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get very upset with me when I would

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take a plastic bag and put it over

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the headrest. You know, we were in a

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B. I just kinda, and then

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that meal's trash was in that bag, and

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then I could go toss it. But a

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proper trash can, it is nice to have

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a place to put your trash. And for

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those of you in towables,

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several people said sufficient

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sway control so they don't have to buy

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a bunch of extras.

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Big big issue for people in towables.

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Another one,

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soft start built in

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so that you can run your 2 air

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conditioners on 30 amps as we can. We

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have soft startup that we use, which plugs

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in the receptacle box.

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I'll put a link to that, by the

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way, because that's really that's that's a great,

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great Christmas present for somebody thinking about But,

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build it in so we have more efficient

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use of, the power system in the RV.

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Soft start does so much

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to help with that.

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Tire pressure monitoring system, certainly in a motor

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home, but

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also and I think even more important in

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a towable

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because

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when a towable tire blows,

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chances are it is going to do major

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damage to the underside of your RV

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with cables and wires and all sorts of

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stuff. We've seen so many catastrophic damage done.

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And and a lot of that could be

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avoided

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if you had a

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a a good TPMS,

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tire pressure monitoring system. Make that standard. And

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boy, that rear view camera for driving.

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Oh, a camera.

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I mean, that's something that you really need

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when you're trying to back in.

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I mean, you run into a branch, you

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run into something, oh, you could have afforded

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that camera. I mean, I think you should

494
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like insist that there's always a rear view

495
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camera and you can driving at parking and

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everything. You can buy extras and do all

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these on your own, but it's always better

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if the manufacturer does the installation for you.

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So that's good.

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A place to hang keys. Never enough room

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to hang your keys.

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People have commented on that.

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And towel,

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rods in the kitchen. They might put 1

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in the bathroom, but not in the kitchen.

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And a place to put your broom and

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Swiffer.

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I've I've never had a place to put

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the broom.

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Yeah. We always well, you know what? We

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could keep it, but I it's Under the

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bed. Under the bed. But I don't Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Yeah. That's I I keep it in the

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bed. We we can kinda put them in

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our pass through outside our storage. Got the

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washer dryer. I could put things in there,

518
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but now I got the I got the

519
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washer.

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Yeah.

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Snap pads. Snap pads have made such a

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difference. We've had those on our rigs now

523
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for several years, both our class c motor

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homes

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and our towable 5th wheels.

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You know, snap pads go on the levelers

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and, they give it they spread it out

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a little bit, give you a little more

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stable

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platform to

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level the RV on. Snap pads would be

532
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very nice to have standard. And another big

533
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thing, it's a little more costly, but it's

534
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so nice to have a surge protector.

535
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Yeah. You can do so much damage.

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And let's face it. A lot of the

537
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campgrounds that we visit are,

538
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old campgrounds. They haven't been upgraded in years,

539
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particularly state campgrounds around the country.

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It's not uncommon at all to find wires

541
00:18:57,494 --> 00:18:59,035
reversed, grounds missing,

542
00:18:59,654 --> 00:19:01,734
all sorts of things that, could just do

543
00:19:01,734 --> 00:19:04,474
serious damage to your RV and that surge

544
00:19:04,695 --> 00:19:07,174
protector or a battery management system that you

545
00:19:07,174 --> 00:19:09,390
plug in and then plug plug that in

546
00:19:09,390 --> 00:19:11,710
the receptacle and then plug your RV cord

547
00:19:11,710 --> 00:19:12,369
into that

548
00:19:12,670 --> 00:19:14,750
would really be a great another one is

549
00:19:14,750 --> 00:19:16,769
a minimum 200 watt inverter.

550
00:19:17,230 --> 00:19:19,250
I mean, 2,000 watt. 2,000

551
00:19:19,549 --> 00:19:21,330
watt inverter, not a,

552
00:19:22,750 --> 00:19:24,369
standard ones on

553
00:19:24,784 --> 00:19:27,444
many RVs, still a 1,000 watt inverters.

554
00:19:28,144 --> 00:19:30,565
You can't even run a little ceramic heater

555
00:19:31,184 --> 00:19:31,845
on that.

556
00:19:32,224 --> 00:19:33,924
Those are 1500 watts.

557
00:19:34,304 --> 00:19:37,664
So at least a 2,000 watt, inverter. We,

558
00:19:37,664 --> 00:19:38,404
we recommend,

559
00:19:39,490 --> 00:19:40,309
a 3000.

560
00:19:40,690 --> 00:19:42,369
And even if you, when you're buying your

561
00:19:42,369 --> 00:19:44,150
RV, if you could update it to that,

562
00:19:44,210 --> 00:19:45,890
you might not think you'll need it, but

563
00:19:45,890 --> 00:19:47,730
it's a difference between maybe like being able

564
00:19:47,730 --> 00:19:49,569
to use the microwave when you stop at

565
00:19:49,569 --> 00:19:51,490
a, at a rest area and you want

566
00:19:51,490 --> 00:19:52,470
a warm up lunch,

567
00:19:53,014 --> 00:19:54,234
but at least 2,000

568
00:19:54,694 --> 00:19:57,755
let's stop putting 1,000 watt inverters in RVs.

569
00:19:58,694 --> 00:19:59,755
Those are so

570
00:20:00,214 --> 00:20:02,534
that's long before solar and all that stuff.

571
00:20:02,534 --> 00:20:04,855
And they're, and they're so cheap. So, and

572
00:20:04,855 --> 00:20:06,474
a lot of people don't know

573
00:20:06,940 --> 00:20:08,859
that that thousand isn't enough. And they'll say,

574
00:20:08,859 --> 00:20:10,539
yeah. There's got a thousand watt inverter, and

575
00:20:10,539 --> 00:20:11,740
they'll say and they say, wow. That sounds

576
00:20:11,740 --> 00:20:13,420
like good, but it's not enough. Sounds good,

577
00:20:13,420 --> 00:20:14,400
but it's not enough.

578
00:20:14,859 --> 00:20:18,240
Yeah. Alright. Here's some comments that people made.

579
00:20:18,460 --> 00:20:20,880
If you're going to eliminate gas refrigerators,

580
00:20:21,795 --> 00:20:24,134
then full lithium solar package

581
00:20:24,755 --> 00:20:27,075
so you can, do 2 to 3 days

582
00:20:27,075 --> 00:20:29,235
of boondocking. That's what one of our and

583
00:20:29,235 --> 00:20:30,835
they got a lot of positive thumbs up

584
00:20:30,835 --> 00:20:31,735
on that comment.

585
00:20:32,115 --> 00:20:32,934
Another one,

586
00:20:33,235 --> 00:20:34,295
exterior ladders

587
00:20:34,674 --> 00:20:35,174
securely

588
00:20:35,475 --> 00:20:37,335
attached to access the roof.

589
00:20:38,539 --> 00:20:40,859
But an another member saw that and took

590
00:20:41,019 --> 00:20:43,180
it had some comments about He said that

591
00:20:43,180 --> 00:20:44,240
federal regulations

592
00:20:44,539 --> 00:20:47,740
recently changed increasing the weight bearing capacity of

593
00:20:47,740 --> 00:20:48,720
RV ladders

594
00:20:49,019 --> 00:20:51,184
so they cost more, And that's why so

595
00:20:51,184 --> 00:20:53,184
many new RVs don't have one at all.

596
00:20:53,184 --> 00:20:54,565
I think most of them,

597
00:20:55,585 --> 00:20:58,005
have like a 250 pound

598
00:20:58,305 --> 00:20:58,805
capacity.

599
00:20:59,585 --> 00:21:00,085
And

600
00:21:00,384 --> 00:21:01,845
as the nation has

601
00:21:02,384 --> 00:21:04,244
struggled with the obesity issue,

602
00:21:04,690 --> 00:21:06,130
There's a lot of people who exceed that,

603
00:21:06,130 --> 00:21:07,330
so maybe I don't know I don't know

604
00:21:07,330 --> 00:21:08,690
if that's true if they did up it,

605
00:21:08,690 --> 00:21:11,029
but, that would make sense. Mhmm.

606
00:21:11,730 --> 00:21:13,430
I some more comments that people,

607
00:21:14,130 --> 00:21:15,809
left us about this question when we put

608
00:21:15,809 --> 00:21:17,650
it in the community that we think also

609
00:21:17,650 --> 00:21:19,754
fit well. Oh. Here's one from Bert. Oh,

610
00:21:19,754 --> 00:21:21,274
yeah. This is a good one. I wish

611
00:21:21,274 --> 00:21:22,174
all manufacturers

612
00:21:22,875 --> 00:21:23,375
omitted

613
00:21:23,754 --> 00:21:24,815
crappy mattresses.

614
00:21:25,595 --> 00:21:27,855
We all end up buying a quality replacement

615
00:21:27,914 --> 00:21:28,414
anyway.

616
00:21:28,954 --> 00:21:31,570
Why not shave those pennies off the price

617
00:21:31,570 --> 00:21:33,890
and put it in, better faucets and shower

618
00:21:33,890 --> 00:21:34,390
heads?

619
00:21:35,170 --> 00:21:36,930
Well, what does he want? Better faucets and

620
00:21:36,930 --> 00:21:38,309
shower heads or a better mattress?

621
00:21:38,769 --> 00:21:40,549
Well, he wants to buy his own mattress.

622
00:21:40,690 --> 00:21:43,269
Okay. Alright. Well, then Yeah. Because the mattresses

623
00:21:43,330 --> 00:21:45,330
normally are not good. And if they are

624
00:21:45,330 --> 00:21:46,869
kinda good, usually after

625
00:21:47,224 --> 00:21:49,464
a few use uses, they're like, you know,

626
00:21:49,464 --> 00:21:51,545
2 ravines. Yep. And, really,

627
00:21:52,904 --> 00:21:55,144
the the best upgrade you can make, I

628
00:21:55,144 --> 00:21:57,545
think, for Is a mattress. Is a better

629
00:21:57,545 --> 00:21:59,144
mattress. Right. The stuff that you get from

630
00:21:59,144 --> 00:22:00,744
the manufacturers are not They're really not. Not

631
00:22:00,744 --> 00:22:02,890
good. Here's one from Susan who said that,

632
00:22:03,130 --> 00:22:04,269
they're a month in

633
00:22:04,650 --> 00:22:06,330
in their RV lifestyle, and the amount of

634
00:22:06,330 --> 00:22:08,350
things they felt necessary to purchase

635
00:22:08,809 --> 00:22:09,549
is crazy.

636
00:22:10,170 --> 00:22:12,509
Why don't RVs come with all this stuff?

637
00:22:12,730 --> 00:22:14,190
Personalized door locks.

638
00:22:15,085 --> 00:22:16,605
And she says she guess she can understand

639
00:22:16,605 --> 00:22:18,605
that because they wanna have different combos. But,

640
00:22:18,605 --> 00:22:20,065
yes, we use

641
00:22:20,365 --> 00:22:22,944
RV lock, which is a combination lock.

642
00:22:23,404 --> 00:22:25,005
And it's so much better than having to

643
00:22:25,005 --> 00:22:27,244
fumble around with the keys. Mhmm. And it

644
00:22:27,244 --> 00:22:28,524
just does a great job. If you have

645
00:22:28,524 --> 00:22:30,599
your keys with you or not. And,

646
00:22:31,619 --> 00:22:33,619
and she also says a surge protector, a

647
00:22:33,619 --> 00:22:34,839
water pressure regulator,

648
00:22:35,539 --> 00:22:37,940
snap pads, backup cameras. She said all that

649
00:22:37,940 --> 00:22:40,740
should be standard. Hoses for this. Hoses for

650
00:22:40,740 --> 00:22:42,419
that. We were given the tour of our

651
00:22:42,419 --> 00:22:44,819
new rig. Where did it end? The store.

652
00:22:44,819 --> 00:22:47,205
That's where the very helpful store manager that

653
00:22:47,205 --> 00:22:48,724
took us up and down every aisle and

654
00:22:48,724 --> 00:22:50,644
showed us all the must have things that

655
00:22:50,644 --> 00:22:51,305
could wait

656
00:22:51,924 --> 00:22:52,424
$780

657
00:22:53,765 --> 00:22:54,265
later,

658
00:22:54,964 --> 00:22:56,884
and there's still so much more we felt

659
00:22:56,884 --> 00:22:57,945
compelled to buy.

660
00:22:59,059 --> 00:22:59,559
That's

661
00:23:00,180 --> 00:23:02,740
that's kind of scandalous. And you're all excited

662
00:23:02,740 --> 00:23:04,180
because it's a brand new RV and you

663
00:23:04,180 --> 00:23:06,019
want all this stuff, but that's a lot

664
00:23:06,019 --> 00:23:07,880
of money. And I think,

665
00:23:08,900 --> 00:23:10,440
you know, those great big

666
00:23:11,025 --> 00:23:13,904
RV dealers, massive ones, you know, there's there's

667
00:23:13,904 --> 00:23:15,585
2 big ones in the country, 2 big

668
00:23:15,585 --> 00:23:17,904
chains. There's several, really. That they're big stores.

669
00:23:17,904 --> 00:23:19,105
That's where they make a lot of their

670
00:23:19,105 --> 00:23:20,705
money. And so they'll sell their RV, and

671
00:23:20,705 --> 00:23:22,465
they're delighted as barrel bones because then they're

672
00:23:22,465 --> 00:23:24,164
gonna take you over their retail end.

673
00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:26,880
And, and in your excitement about the rig,

674
00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:28,400
you're gonna spend way more than you would

675
00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:29,519
if you had a chance to go home

676
00:23:29,519 --> 00:23:31,839
and even search on Amazon to buy it.

677
00:23:31,839 --> 00:23:33,599
You know, you really need some time to

678
00:23:33,599 --> 00:23:34,179
sit in

679
00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:37,039
something before you buy it Yep. And look

680
00:23:37,039 --> 00:23:39,664
at over good. Like this next one, Walter

681
00:23:39,664 --> 00:23:41,904
says, a bathroom sink faucet that you can

682
00:23:41,904 --> 00:23:44,305
actually fit your hands under. I mean, you

683
00:23:44,305 --> 00:23:46,625
just presume you can fit your hands under

684
00:23:46,625 --> 00:23:48,065
there. So now you've heard that. If you're

685
00:23:48,065 --> 00:23:49,744
ever gonna buy an RV, make sure you

686
00:23:49,744 --> 00:23:51,509
can put your hands under there to wash,

687
00:23:51,670 --> 00:23:53,269
and make sure you can lean forward and

688
00:23:53,269 --> 00:23:55,029
not hit your head. And when I When

689
00:23:55,029 --> 00:23:56,309
you brush your teeth what I call the

690
00:23:56,309 --> 00:23:57,990
spit test. When we do a review, you'll

691
00:23:57,990 --> 00:23:59,529
always see me. I'll go up to the

692
00:23:59,670 --> 00:24:01,750
RV and the counters the the sink is

693
00:24:01,750 --> 00:24:03,269
underneath, and I'll put my head as if

694
00:24:03,269 --> 00:24:04,570
I was brushing my teeth.

695
00:24:04,904 --> 00:24:06,365
Many times, the the

696
00:24:06,825 --> 00:24:08,285
the sinks are so tiny,

697
00:24:08,664 --> 00:24:11,305
and they're trying to conserve space that you

698
00:24:11,305 --> 00:24:13,225
can't spit unless you put your head right

699
00:24:13,225 --> 00:24:14,045
in the sink.

700
00:24:14,424 --> 00:24:16,585
That's gross, isn't it? But it's a you

701
00:24:16,585 --> 00:24:17,644
know, it's important.

702
00:24:18,169 --> 00:24:20,429
Alright. Claude says better instructions

703
00:24:20,890 --> 00:24:23,529
in layman's words for a regular person to

704
00:24:23,529 --> 00:24:25,950
understand how things work. Amen on that, Claude.

705
00:24:26,009 --> 00:24:29,210
Yeah. And Karen said, most RVUs travel with

706
00:24:29,210 --> 00:24:32,215
at least one other person. So 2 hooks,

707
00:24:32,275 --> 00:24:34,615
2 towel racks, a place by the door

708
00:24:34,674 --> 00:24:35,174
inside

709
00:24:35,475 --> 00:24:38,035
for 2 pairs of shoes, equal amounts of

710
00:24:38,035 --> 00:24:39,255
drawers for clothing

711
00:24:39,555 --> 00:24:40,455
for 2 people,

712
00:24:40,994 --> 00:24:44,115
and an outside compartment that will hold 2

713
00:24:44,115 --> 00:24:44,615
reasonably

714
00:24:45,075 --> 00:24:46,695
sized camping chairs.

715
00:24:47,130 --> 00:24:48,509
Very good. Patty,

716
00:24:48,970 --> 00:24:51,210
not so much an accessory, but maybe a

717
00:24:51,210 --> 00:24:52,190
full schematic

718
00:24:52,970 --> 00:24:55,390
of the RV electrical and plumbing lines.

719
00:24:56,570 --> 00:24:58,250
Yeah. I would add something else to that

720
00:24:58,250 --> 00:24:59,849
too. She says it would help us to

721
00:24:59,849 --> 00:25:02,484
diagnose problems and possibly fix them without having

722
00:25:02,484 --> 00:25:03,865
to take them into a dealer.

723
00:25:04,484 --> 00:25:06,005
Example, a few years ago, I had a

724
00:25:06,005 --> 00:25:07,365
leak in the bay. I couldn't find the

725
00:25:07,365 --> 00:25:09,204
issue. I took it to 2 dealers, neither

726
00:25:09,204 --> 00:25:11,525
knew anything about the rig, and one wanted

727
00:25:11,525 --> 00:25:13,384
to take off my entire bathroom.

728
00:25:13,909 --> 00:25:15,609
The leak turned out to be the connector

729
00:25:15,669 --> 00:25:17,429
at the water pump with the panel in

730
00:25:17,429 --> 00:25:18,089
the hallway.

731
00:25:18,390 --> 00:25:19,829
A guy at our RV park we were

732
00:25:19,829 --> 00:25:21,750
staying at for 2 months knew where to

733
00:25:21,750 --> 00:25:23,210
look, fixed it on the spot.

734
00:25:23,509 --> 00:25:25,929
We rely too much on the dealers technicians

735
00:25:25,990 --> 00:25:27,990
to know every RV they come across, and

736
00:25:27,990 --> 00:25:29,924
they don't, as you just said. Excellent.

737
00:25:31,184 --> 00:25:33,125
We just had a case in point too.

738
00:25:33,505 --> 00:25:35,585
One of the wires in my little seven

739
00:25:35,585 --> 00:25:36,484
way connector,

740
00:25:37,184 --> 00:25:39,445
at the pin box on our 5th wheel,

741
00:25:39,904 --> 00:25:40,644
came off.

742
00:25:40,945 --> 00:25:42,625
And I took the box off, and I

743
00:25:42,625 --> 00:25:44,400
said, well, I can fix that. But I

744
00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:46,320
didn't have a direct I didn't have a

745
00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:46,820
schematic.

746
00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:49,920
Now, fortunately, I have a Montana from Keystone,

747
00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:52,400
and I called my everybody who buys from

748
00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:53,840
them, you get a dealer wrapped in there.

749
00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:55,279
I called them and they said, oh, here,

750
00:25:55,279 --> 00:25:56,559
here you go. And it showed me right

751
00:25:56,559 --> 00:25:58,240
where I hooked them up. But that would

752
00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:00,914
be nice to have in your material. So

753
00:26:00,975 --> 00:26:02,674
you can open up your little

754
00:26:03,055 --> 00:26:05,154
manual, your owner's manual right then.

755
00:26:05,695 --> 00:26:07,234
Well, that was a lot of stuff.

756
00:26:07,695 --> 00:26:09,295
And we missed. What do you guys think

757
00:26:09,295 --> 00:26:11,055
we missed? Oh, I'm sure there's a whole

758
00:26:11,055 --> 00:26:12,919
bunch out there that we missed. Well, we

759
00:26:12,919 --> 00:26:14,039
can do a part 2 in this a

760
00:26:14,039 --> 00:26:15,799
little later on. Send us the things that

761
00:26:15,799 --> 00:26:17,019
we missed in that list.

762
00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:19,500
And, our email address is mikeandjen@rvlifestyle.com.

763
00:26:22,279 --> 00:26:23,880
Okay. This part of the podcast is brought

764
00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,599
to you by Greenwood Ranches in Arizona, and

765
00:26:26,599 --> 00:26:27,720
I wanna tell you a little bit about

766
00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:29,105
them. Greenwood Ranches,

767
00:26:29,644 --> 00:26:30,464
is a development,

768
00:26:31,005 --> 00:26:32,144
that sells large

769
00:26:32,525 --> 00:26:33,424
RV acreage

770
00:26:34,045 --> 00:26:34,785
from 49.9

771
00:26:35,164 --> 00:26:36,464
for 5 acres.

772
00:26:36,924 --> 00:26:39,404
They will owner finance for prequalified buyers, and

773
00:26:39,404 --> 00:26:41,505
these parcels are being sold off

774
00:26:42,210 --> 00:26:43,349
Saturday, September

775
00:26:43,650 --> 00:26:44,869
28, 2024.

776
00:26:45,410 --> 00:26:47,509
So if you're listening or watching this podcast

777
00:26:48,049 --> 00:26:49,429
after September 28th

778
00:26:49,970 --> 00:26:50,470
24,

779
00:26:50,929 --> 00:26:52,130
you can go to their website, and they

780
00:26:52,130 --> 00:26:54,289
may still have some stuff available. But but

781
00:26:54,289 --> 00:26:56,069
the last time they did this,

782
00:26:56,474 --> 00:26:58,174
they sold them very, very quickly.

783
00:26:58,795 --> 00:27:01,115
This sale they're doing on Saturday, 28th, starts

784
00:27:01,115 --> 00:27:02,095
at 8 AM.

785
00:27:02,795 --> 00:27:05,035
Greenwood Ranches is about an hour and a

786
00:27:05,035 --> 00:27:06,174
half or so south

787
00:27:06,714 --> 00:27:07,035
of,

788
00:27:07,595 --> 00:27:10,414
of, Las Vegas right off Route 66.

789
00:27:11,250 --> 00:27:12,690
Space is limited. You have to have an

790
00:27:12,690 --> 00:27:14,609
appointment to attend because I'll take you out.

791
00:27:14,609 --> 00:27:16,529
You'll actually look at the property and walk

792
00:27:16,529 --> 00:27:17,029
it.

793
00:27:17,410 --> 00:27:19,730
You can build. You can RV. You can

794
00:27:19,730 --> 00:27:21,490
recreate. You can then use it as an

795
00:27:21,490 --> 00:27:23,809
investment. It will eventually go up as more

796
00:27:23,809 --> 00:27:25,509
people find these awesome properties.

797
00:27:27,055 --> 00:27:29,134
It's in a great climate for the desert.

798
00:27:29,134 --> 00:27:30,434
They're at about 4200

799
00:27:30,815 --> 00:27:32,515
feet, so a little higher elevation,

800
00:27:32,815 --> 00:27:34,995
not quite as as hot in the summertime.

801
00:27:35,455 --> 00:27:38,095
There's lots of vegetation. We just did a

802
00:27:38,095 --> 00:27:39,455
tour of it not long ago. You can

803
00:27:39,455 --> 00:27:41,549
see it on our YouTube channel. These are

804
00:27:41,549 --> 00:27:42,049
level,

805
00:27:42,669 --> 00:27:44,769
parcels, endless mountain views.

806
00:27:45,309 --> 00:27:47,329
The 5 acres is a 180

807
00:27:48,029 --> 00:27:49,169
times larger

808
00:27:49,710 --> 00:27:51,490
than a typical RV site.

809
00:27:52,029 --> 00:27:54,029
So this is awesome. It's located,

810
00:27:55,275 --> 00:27:57,275
an easy drive to everything you wanna see.

811
00:27:57,275 --> 00:28:00,075
The Grand Canyon, Vegas, Hoover Dam, the Colorado

812
00:28:00,075 --> 00:28:00,575
River,

813
00:28:01,275 --> 00:28:02,414
Sedona, Flagstaff.

814
00:28:03,515 --> 00:28:05,934
This is 100% ownership. No HOA.

815
00:28:06,634 --> 00:28:09,055
Super low taxes under a $100 a year.

816
00:28:09,195 --> 00:28:10,414
Electric is available.

817
00:28:10,759 --> 00:28:12,920
Of course, solar is what everybody seems to

818
00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:15,320
really love using out there. And there's nearby

819
00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:18,360
shopping and historic Kingman. There's hospitals, a VA

820
00:28:18,360 --> 00:28:21,740
clinic. The properties have county maintained road frontage.

821
00:28:22,279 --> 00:28:23,820
You can landscape your property,

822
00:28:24,360 --> 00:28:25,900
the way you want it to do.

823
00:28:26,815 --> 00:28:29,375
Fence and family, plan it now, retire it

824
00:28:29,375 --> 00:28:32,095
later, build if you want, get information, and

825
00:28:32,095 --> 00:28:33,715
a virtual tour of the property

826
00:28:34,335 --> 00:28:35,154
at arizonarvland.net.arizonarvland.net.

827
00:28:41,519 --> 00:28:43,299
Alright. Back to the podcast.

828
00:28:43,759 --> 00:28:46,240
Yes. And now we have Wendy Boyer, and

829
00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:48,259
she reports on the hot issues

830
00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:51,279
most talked about this past week on social

831
00:28:51,279 --> 00:28:54,240
media and our RV lifestyle community group. It's

832
00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:56,660
Wendy with the social media buzz.

833
00:28:57,494 --> 00:28:58,315
Hi, everybody.

834
00:28:58,855 --> 00:29:01,654
Over in our RV lifestyle communities, tweaks, and

835
00:29:01,654 --> 00:29:02,154
DIY

836
00:29:02,455 --> 00:29:05,494
space, we recently asked the group, what is

837
00:29:05,494 --> 00:29:08,134
the most impactful modification you've made to your

838
00:29:08,134 --> 00:29:09,515
RV and why?

839
00:29:09,950 --> 00:29:12,750
Well, this was a gem of information. So

840
00:29:12,750 --> 00:29:14,990
many ideas that were just excellent in the

841
00:29:14,990 --> 00:29:16,829
dozens and dozens shared. I gotta share a

842
00:29:16,829 --> 00:29:18,910
couple with you. One was from Bert. He

843
00:29:18,910 --> 00:29:21,569
said, without a doubt, it was their lithium

844
00:29:21,630 --> 00:29:24,910
battery bank, 3,000 watts with inverter and solar

845
00:29:24,910 --> 00:29:25,410
panels.

846
00:29:25,755 --> 00:29:27,914
Now when they wanna go camp, dry camp

847
00:29:27,914 --> 00:29:29,055
in the middle of nowhere,

848
00:29:29,515 --> 00:29:31,115
the only thing holding them back for how

849
00:29:31,115 --> 00:29:33,375
long they stay is their fresh and wastewater

850
00:29:33,595 --> 00:29:34,414
tank capacity.

851
00:29:35,115 --> 00:29:36,634
Peter, he said he and his wife bought

852
00:29:36,634 --> 00:29:37,134
SumoShox

853
00:29:37,434 --> 00:29:39,755
for their Sprinter chassis, and it has made

854
00:29:39,755 --> 00:29:41,700
such a difference. Their ride is so much

855
00:29:41,700 --> 00:29:42,200
smoother.

856
00:29:42,740 --> 00:29:44,419
And then Julie said the big thing for

857
00:29:44,419 --> 00:29:46,659
her was just adding more towel hooks. She

858
00:29:46,659 --> 00:29:49,380
said the RV's travel trippers never seem to

859
00:29:49,380 --> 00:29:52,039
have enough hooks for her family's towel needs.

860
00:29:52,179 --> 00:29:54,500
Isn't that the truth? So again, lots of

861
00:29:54,500 --> 00:29:55,634
gems in this one.

862
00:29:56,115 --> 00:29:58,515
Then also in our community, in the amateur

863
00:29:58,515 --> 00:30:00,934
radio space, we have a question from Michelle.

864
00:30:01,075 --> 00:30:04,214
Now Michelle's neighbor just gave them a Sirius

865
00:30:04,355 --> 00:30:06,674
radio, and it came with a remote and

866
00:30:06,674 --> 00:30:08,434
said get a subscription. You can get this

867
00:30:08,434 --> 00:30:10,214
anywhere. So she asked the group,

868
00:30:10,579 --> 00:30:12,259
is this something that we need to get?

869
00:30:12,259 --> 00:30:14,200
Is it true you can get this reception

870
00:30:14,259 --> 00:30:16,519
anywhere? And it led to an interesting discussion.

871
00:30:17,299 --> 00:30:19,640
Richard, he said that he has this SiriusXM

872
00:30:20,180 --> 00:30:22,579
system, and he has it play in his

873
00:30:22,579 --> 00:30:25,565
RV and car. And absolutely, it's he gets

874
00:30:25,565 --> 00:30:28,365
it anywhere. It's satellite operated, so you do

875
00:30:28,365 --> 00:30:29,265
get good reception.

876
00:30:29,964 --> 00:30:32,125
It was a conversation about besides radio, you

877
00:30:32,125 --> 00:30:33,724
can get the news so you're up on

878
00:30:33,724 --> 00:30:36,144
what's going on. You can get weather reports,

879
00:30:36,285 --> 00:30:37,904
podcasts, things like that.

880
00:30:38,210 --> 00:30:40,210
And then Marty and Karen pointed out that

881
00:30:40,210 --> 00:30:42,210
if she does get this account, she doesn't

882
00:30:42,210 --> 00:30:43,809
have to just use the radio. She could

883
00:30:43,809 --> 00:30:45,569
listen to it on her phone or maybe

884
00:30:45,569 --> 00:30:47,910
through something like Apple Pay Apple Play,

885
00:30:48,849 --> 00:30:50,769
listen to it in her RV and car

886
00:30:50,769 --> 00:30:52,309
as well. So great discussion.

887
00:30:53,054 --> 00:30:55,694
And then over in our Facebook group, always

888
00:30:55,694 --> 00:30:57,294
stuff going on there. And we had a

889
00:30:57,294 --> 00:31:00,274
recent post from Ella that got people talking.

890
00:31:00,575 --> 00:31:02,815
Now Ella and her kids have been out

891
00:31:02,815 --> 00:31:04,974
on this epic summer camping trip. Sounds like

892
00:31:04,974 --> 00:31:06,835
they've been on the road for several months.

893
00:31:06,980 --> 00:31:09,799
When she wrote a post, she was mentally

894
00:31:09,940 --> 00:31:11,240
preparing to come home,

895
00:31:12,180 --> 00:31:13,779
and it sounds like she wasn't really looking

896
00:31:13,779 --> 00:31:15,380
forward to coming home because she asked the

897
00:31:15,380 --> 00:31:17,640
group for those who camp for long stretches,

898
00:31:18,099 --> 00:31:20,974
how do you readjust to normal life? She

899
00:31:20,974 --> 00:31:23,055
said last year, they also did a real

900
00:31:23,055 --> 00:31:25,295
full summer of camping being gone for a

901
00:31:25,295 --> 00:31:27,455
long period of time, and that adjustment back

902
00:31:27,455 --> 00:31:29,934
to normal life was really hard, and she

903
00:31:29,934 --> 00:31:32,015
doesn't want to fall into a funk, and

904
00:31:32,015 --> 00:31:33,855
so she just asked for some tips. And

905
00:31:33,855 --> 00:31:35,775
it turns out there were so many people

906
00:31:35,775 --> 00:31:38,160
who feel the same way. You know, you

907
00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:40,480
spend so much time dreaming of this epic

908
00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:42,559
RV trip. You plan. You go do it,

909
00:31:42,559 --> 00:31:44,980
and then you're back home, and it's just

910
00:31:45,039 --> 00:31:47,200
kind of sad sometimes. So how do you

911
00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:49,059
get through that? Great suggestions.

912
00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:52,005
Several people said, you know, get into a

913
00:31:52,005 --> 00:31:54,485
routine at home, yes, but then carve out

914
00:31:54,485 --> 00:31:56,325
time to go sit in your RV. You

915
00:31:56,325 --> 00:31:58,164
know, make it your happy place. Go in

916
00:31:58,164 --> 00:32:00,244
your driveway. Just sit there for periods of

917
00:32:00,244 --> 00:32:00,744
time

918
00:32:01,045 --> 00:32:02,184
and enjoy it.

919
00:32:02,644 --> 00:32:04,325
A few other people suggested she and her

920
00:32:04,325 --> 00:32:06,569
kids do a weekend camping trip, just a

921
00:32:06,569 --> 00:32:08,329
short one here and there, if she can

922
00:32:08,329 --> 00:32:10,730
swing it before it gets too cold. And

923
00:32:10,730 --> 00:32:13,069
my favorite piece of advice was from Becky.

924
00:32:13,130 --> 00:32:16,409
Becky said start planning your next summer camping

925
00:32:16,409 --> 00:32:17,549
trip right away.

926
00:32:17,849 --> 00:32:19,450
She said she used to feel the same

927
00:32:19,450 --> 00:32:21,394
way, and she found what was best was

928
00:32:21,394 --> 00:32:24,615
just to start planning that next adventure immediately.

929
00:32:24,994 --> 00:32:26,914
It gives you something to look forward to

930
00:32:26,914 --> 00:32:28,615
and just helps you with that adjustment.

931
00:32:28,994 --> 00:32:31,714
So great tips there, and, great tips in

932
00:32:31,714 --> 00:32:33,095
all the communities really.

933
00:32:33,430 --> 00:32:35,509
And I'm Wendy Boyer, and I'll see you

934
00:32:35,509 --> 00:32:37,190
next time, or I'll see you over in

935
00:32:37,190 --> 00:32:39,930
the RV lifestyle community and Facebook group.

936
00:32:40,710 --> 00:32:43,690
Alright, Wendy. Man, those are 3 hot topics.

937
00:32:43,750 --> 00:32:45,930
I thought it was cute, the question about

938
00:32:46,085 --> 00:32:48,325
how you adjust to coming home after you've

939
00:32:48,325 --> 00:32:51,464
been all summer having fun out there, and

940
00:32:51,765 --> 00:32:54,025
you wanna know how can we adjust better.

941
00:32:54,244 --> 00:32:56,484
Prepare ahead of time before you get home

942
00:32:56,484 --> 00:32:57,144
and go,

943
00:32:57,684 --> 00:32:59,285
sigh, what do we have to look forward

944
00:32:59,285 --> 00:33:01,339
to? And that was such a good suggestion

945
00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:03,559
to start planning what you're gonna do next

946
00:33:03,559 --> 00:33:05,099
year. I thought that was

947
00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:08,059
a good way to solve that problem.

948
00:33:08,599 --> 00:33:10,839
Yep. Alright. Take a quick break, and when

949
00:33:10,839 --> 00:33:12,839
we come back, it's time for your RV

950
00:33:12,839 --> 00:33:14,220
questions of the week.

951
00:33:14,914 --> 00:33:17,494
When we're asked what's the most important modification

952
00:33:17,714 --> 00:33:20,115
we made to our RV, it's an easy

953
00:33:20,115 --> 00:33:20,615
answer.

954
00:33:20,994 --> 00:33:24,375
Battle Born Batteries. Battle Born Batteries are quality,

955
00:33:24,515 --> 00:33:26,934
safe, reliable lithium batteries

956
00:33:27,509 --> 00:33:30,230
that allow us to stay out there off

957
00:33:30,230 --> 00:33:31,529
the grid longer.

958
00:33:31,990 --> 00:33:35,190
Lithium batteries charge faster. They charge fuller. They're

959
00:33:35,190 --> 00:33:38,470
longer lasting. They're maintenance free. And battle born

960
00:33:38,470 --> 00:33:42,009
batteries are protected by a 10 year guarantee.

961
00:33:42,734 --> 00:33:45,214
Now in our case, they just dropped into

962
00:33:45,214 --> 00:33:45,954
the existing

963
00:33:46,255 --> 00:33:49,214
AGM batteries that we have, and they'll probably

964
00:33:49,214 --> 00:33:50,835
be the same on your rig too.

965
00:33:51,134 --> 00:33:53,934
Battle Born battery experts can get those in

966
00:33:53,934 --> 00:33:56,009
your rig just like they did with ours.

967
00:33:56,009 --> 00:33:57,529
They can also match you up with the

968
00:33:57,529 --> 00:34:00,410
right cabling, the inverter, the charger, the solar

969
00:34:00,410 --> 00:34:01,390
controller, everything.

970
00:34:01,930 --> 00:34:04,570
Jennifer and I swear by our Battle Born

971
00:34:04,570 --> 00:34:06,830
Batteries. They allow us to boondock

972
00:34:07,450 --> 00:34:09,824
off the grid. Check them out. Go to

973
00:34:09,824 --> 00:34:10,324
rvlifestyle.com/lithium.

974
00:34:12,465 --> 00:34:12,965
Rvlifestyle.com/lithium.

975
00:34:16,465 --> 00:34:18,704
Welcome back, everybody. Time now for the RV

976
00:34:18,704 --> 00:34:19,204
questions

977
00:34:19,744 --> 00:34:20,644
of the week.

978
00:34:21,329 --> 00:34:23,190
Okay. The first question is,

979
00:34:23,650 --> 00:34:25,670
when I'm on city water at a campground,

980
00:34:26,369 --> 00:34:27,349
the water pressure

981
00:34:27,809 --> 00:34:30,050
coming out of our faucets in our shower

982
00:34:30,050 --> 00:34:32,690
is fine. But when we're boondocking and I'm

983
00:34:32,690 --> 00:34:34,994
using the fresh water tank, it is not

984
00:34:34,994 --> 00:34:37,255
much more than an annoying drizzle.

985
00:34:38,034 --> 00:34:40,514
Everything was fine until a month ago or

986
00:34:40,514 --> 00:34:43,255
so. Any ideas on how to fix this?

987
00:34:43,315 --> 00:34:44,534
That was from Jim.

988
00:34:44,914 --> 00:34:45,654
Well, Jim,

989
00:34:46,900 --> 00:34:48,519
it's probably the strainer

990
00:34:49,059 --> 00:34:50,199
on your water pump,

991
00:34:50,820 --> 00:34:53,239
and this is one of the few DIY

992
00:34:53,300 --> 00:34:55,000
jobs even I could do.

993
00:34:55,780 --> 00:34:58,500
So your situation, if it was all working

994
00:34:58,500 --> 00:35:00,925
great, and it's basically when you're boondocking and

995
00:35:00,925 --> 00:35:03,005
working off the freshwater tank with the water

996
00:35:03,005 --> 00:35:05,724
pump, it sounds like a textbook case of

997
00:35:05,724 --> 00:35:06,465
the strainer

998
00:35:06,844 --> 00:35:08,144
being filled up with,

999
00:35:08,844 --> 00:35:11,105
calcified minerals and just gunk.

1000
00:35:11,780 --> 00:35:13,859
And to clean it, the hardest part is

1001
00:35:13,859 --> 00:35:15,940
you gotta find where your water pump is.

1002
00:35:15,940 --> 00:35:16,440
Okay?

1003
00:35:16,739 --> 00:35:18,500
And then you just simply look at the

1004
00:35:18,500 --> 00:35:20,019
water. You can you can figure out where

1005
00:35:20,019 --> 00:35:22,019
the lines are coming in and,

1006
00:35:22,739 --> 00:35:24,820
make sure that the water supply going to

1007
00:35:24,820 --> 00:35:26,359
the RV is turned off,

1008
00:35:26,925 --> 00:35:27,885
and, that,

1009
00:35:28,285 --> 00:35:30,144
you've got this thing shut down.

1010
00:35:31,085 --> 00:35:32,844
Open a faucet in the RV to relieve

1011
00:35:32,844 --> 00:35:34,545
any water pressure that's in there,

1012
00:35:35,005 --> 00:35:36,224
then disconnect

1013
00:35:36,525 --> 00:35:38,844
the water line going to the strainer. You'll

1014
00:35:38,844 --> 00:35:40,289
see right where that is.

1015
00:35:40,690 --> 00:35:42,690
The strainer's little round thing right on the

1016
00:35:42,690 --> 00:35:43,190
top.

1017
00:35:43,489 --> 00:35:46,130
On most water pumps, you simply grasp the

1018
00:35:46,130 --> 00:35:48,130
front section of the strainer, push it in

1019
00:35:48,130 --> 00:35:49,510
slightly, and turn it counterclockwise,

1020
00:35:50,369 --> 00:35:52,449
and it'll separate the section of the strainer

1021
00:35:52,449 --> 00:35:53,985
that's screwed into the pump.

1022
00:35:54,465 --> 00:35:56,545
So, you don't need to take out the

1023
00:35:56,545 --> 00:35:58,724
entire strainer. Just take out that little screen,

1024
00:35:59,025 --> 00:36:01,105
and you'll be amazed what's in there. So

1025
00:36:01,105 --> 00:36:03,184
just have a paper towel or something and

1026
00:36:03,184 --> 00:36:04,625
pound it on the floor, get all that

1027
00:36:04,625 --> 00:36:05,985
stuff out and,

1028
00:36:06,545 --> 00:36:07,204
you know,

1029
00:36:07,585 --> 00:36:08,945
rinse it out a little bit, put it

1030
00:36:08,945 --> 00:36:09,605
back in,

1031
00:36:10,139 --> 00:36:10,639
reassemble,

1032
00:36:10,940 --> 00:36:13,099
in the opposite order, and, make sure there's

1033
00:36:13,099 --> 00:36:15,339
water in your freshwater holding tank. Turn the

1034
00:36:15,339 --> 00:36:18,460
pump on. They get everything pressurized again. Check

1035
00:36:18,460 --> 00:36:20,219
for leaks. And I bet that's what your

1036
00:36:20,219 --> 00:36:21,980
issue is. And I hope that solves it

1037
00:36:21,980 --> 00:36:24,195
for you because we had that problem, and

1038
00:36:24,275 --> 00:36:26,035
that was the answer to what we had

1039
00:36:26,035 --> 00:36:28,675
going on. Now if if it was even

1040
00:36:28,675 --> 00:36:30,355
when you're on city water, the first thing

1041
00:36:30,355 --> 00:36:31,735
I would say to you is,

1042
00:36:32,434 --> 00:36:34,914
all of all the faucets also have a

1043
00:36:34,914 --> 00:36:37,074
strainer at the usually at the at the

1044
00:36:37,074 --> 00:36:39,079
end that comes out, you know, and that

1045
00:36:39,079 --> 00:36:41,719
sometimes clogs up. But if that was causing

1046
00:36:41,719 --> 00:36:43,159
your issues, it would be even when you

1047
00:36:43,159 --> 00:36:45,400
had city water. So, it doesn't hurt to

1048
00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:46,679
take those off and look at them and

1049
00:36:46,679 --> 00:36:48,780
make sure you don't have pieces of calcified

1050
00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:50,300
stuff in there as well. But,

1051
00:36:50,985 --> 00:36:53,224
clean out that strainer. I'd recommend everybody do

1052
00:36:53,224 --> 00:36:55,325
that once a year, at the beginning,

1053
00:36:55,785 --> 00:36:57,144
or the end of the season. I do

1054
00:36:57,144 --> 00:36:58,184
it at the end of the season, and

1055
00:36:58,184 --> 00:36:59,465
then you don't have to worry about it

1056
00:36:59,465 --> 00:37:00,605
when you de winterize

1057
00:37:00,985 --> 00:37:02,845
or start using it again in the spring.

1058
00:37:02,905 --> 00:37:05,085
Okay. Now we've got a question from Mark.

1059
00:37:05,180 --> 00:37:07,019
Are we supposed to tip the people who

1060
00:37:07,019 --> 00:37:08,960
guide you to your spot at a campground?

1061
00:37:09,340 --> 00:37:11,840
My wife says we should. I say no.

1062
00:37:12,140 --> 00:37:14,000
I say no too. What do you say?

1063
00:37:14,300 --> 00:37:16,940
I say let's not start tipping somebody else.

1064
00:37:16,940 --> 00:37:18,780
I right now we gotta tip everybody in

1065
00:37:18,780 --> 00:37:21,394
the world. Oh my gosh. Fast food people.

1066
00:37:21,394 --> 00:37:22,054
I mean,

1067
00:37:22,594 --> 00:37:24,215
you know, we spend a fortune

1068
00:37:24,914 --> 00:37:26,755
at these fast food, they need to pay

1069
00:37:26,755 --> 00:37:27,734
their people better.

1070
00:37:28,355 --> 00:37:30,755
Don't make your customers pay more already on

1071
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everything else you've already raised the price on.

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If it's above and beyond service, fine.

1073
00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:39,559
I find most of the places that guide

1074
00:37:39,559 --> 00:37:41,800
you in are on the rather expensive side

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00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:45,079
of campgrounds, so I've become particularly resentful thinking

1076
00:37:45,079 --> 00:37:46,440
that I would have to to tip them

1077
00:37:46,440 --> 00:37:49,135
already because I'm paying 75 to a $100

1078
00:37:49,135 --> 00:37:50,115
at a KOA,

1079
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oftentimes. You know, sometimes they're cheaper, but,

1080
00:37:54,414 --> 00:37:56,735
no. Don't you don't tip those people. Now

1081
00:37:56,735 --> 00:37:59,375
if the guy stops and he helps you

1082
00:37:59,375 --> 00:38:01,295
get unstuck or if you don't know how

1083
00:38:01,295 --> 00:38:03,239
to back in and he spends a lot

1084
00:38:03,239 --> 00:38:05,480
of time or she, oftentimes, it's a it's

1085
00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:07,400
a woman, and they can whip that baby

1086
00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:09,400
in back into your spot easy. If they

1087
00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:10,840
do a lot of work, then offer them

1088
00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:13,039
something. But just to just to drive you

1089
00:38:13,039 --> 00:38:14,780
in a cart and say, there's your spot,

1090
00:38:15,824 --> 00:38:18,224
No. You do not tip them. So we

1091
00:38:18,224 --> 00:38:20,065
tip enough, don't you think? I think so

1092
00:38:20,065 --> 00:38:22,224
too. But boy, do I love it when

1093
00:38:22,224 --> 00:38:25,025
they guide you, and they've they've got extra

1094
00:38:25,025 --> 00:38:27,599
set of eyes to make sure that, you're

1095
00:38:27,599 --> 00:38:29,599
pulling in fine because they've been guiding a

1096
00:38:29,599 --> 00:38:30,960
lot of people, and they know where the

1097
00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:32,340
hiccups are. Yep.

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Alright. You got a comment or a question?

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Anything we said, you can reach us mikeandjen@rvlifestyle.com.

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Mikeandjen@r

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Thank you guys so much for watching and

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we will see you down the road. Happy

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trails.