Electronics used inside the RV
About a year and a half ago I installed and reviewed a new offering from Winegard called the ConnecT. The ConnecT is a WiFi extender designed to take weak WiFi signals and boost them for better reception inside the RV. The ConnecT antenna is placed high up on the RVs roof giving better line of … Read more
Back in December, I installed and setup the Winegard ConnecT RV WiFi booster on our Keystone Cougar fifth wheel trailer. Now 5 1/2 months later I’m ready to put out my review. Why so long? I wanted to make sure I used the ConnecT in many different locations and scenarios. Also, I was eager to check out … Read more
A Garmin RV GPS has been on the old RVing wishlist for a few years now, but with a price tag in the $400 range, I held off. We instead did our main navigation on our iPad. I would scout out our route options beforehand and load a course into Google maps. Using the iPad worked … Read more
Last fall I installed and reviewed a cellular signal booster kit put out by a company called weBoost. The package is called the Drive 4G-X OTR and came with a large spring mounted trucker antenna. We’ve used it dozens of times over the last five months while RVing all around the southwestern US and up … Read more
Last fall I published installation and review posts for a Tadibrothers brand wireless backup camera system for our RV. Recently Tadibrothers offered to send me another of their products. It’s an easy to install wireless backup camera, that attaches to a vehicle’s license plate. I agreed to review it based on how much I’ve liked the first camera system. … Read more
A few months ago the Winegard company contacted me offering to send out their new Winegard ConnecT RV WiFi Extender for a Love Your RV! review. It was to be publicly launched in mid-October and they were interested in having some RVers try it out. I have a 5-year-old JefaTech WiFi booster but was intrigued to check … Read more
Early last month I was stoked to receive a new weBoost Drive 4G-X RV Cellular Booster Kit as an upgrade to our old Wilson Sleek device. Although the little Wilson Sleek did a decent job at getting us online in fringe reception areas the 4G-X Drive Kit, plus the large external RV/Truckers antenna, promised an even … Read more
Since installing the Tadibrothers wireless RV backup camera last month, I’ve had a chance to use it for a couple of hundred miles during our RV road trip south. The travel conditions have been demanding due to the dreary, wet weather, a good test for the camera’s performance. So far I’m extremely pleased with this … Read more
When I got an email from a company called Command Electronics asking for a product review of their LevelMatePRO wireless vehicle leveling system I was intrigued. It looked to be a very slick and quick solution for RV leveling. The hardware installation seemed to be dead simple and the software comes in the form of … Read more
Soon after receiving our new Cougar fifth wheel I purchased a 1000W Pure Sine Wave Inverter to be able to run our 21″ iMac computer and 32″ LCD TV while off the grid. I wanted a pure sine wave inverter to give our sensitive electronic items clean, stable, and safe power. The unit has performed … Read more
Scratch another one off the old Love Your RV! Wish List. On Christmas morning, my lovely wife Anne surprised me with an extra present. She said I had been a very good boy this year and deserved something extra. I was shocked when I opened a brand new Garmin 20 Dash Cam! I’ve been considering … Read more
RV Solar Upgrades So, if you have been following my blog for the last while you will know that I have upgraded the RV battery bank from two six volt golf cart batteries to four. And just last week I added two more Renogy 100 watt panels to the roof for a total four. Now … Read more
Why We Need to Boost the Cell Signal For a few years now we have traveled in our RV using a Verizon MiFi Hotspot as our primary source of internet connectivity. It works through the cellular data networks just like a smartphone but without the phone part. Built into the MiFi device is a router … Read more
Note: This is an old post. There are newer and cheaper devices available now. Finding it tough to pick up the campground WiFi in many parks I was looking for a solution. I ordered the Long Range WiFi Repeater Kit for RVs What a pleasant surprise when I was able to pull in weak signals. … Read more