You may remember last year I gave the Waste Master RV Sewer System a full Love Your RV review. I was very impressed with the design and quality of the hose and connections. In the last year, it hasn’t failed to live up to my high expectations. The only major beef I had with the … Read more
About a year ago I did a major renovation to our Keystone Cougar trailer’s interior. A big part of the renovation was an upgrade to the RV flooring. My goal was to remove as much of the cheap OEM carpeting as possible and replace it with a product called Infinity Luxury Woven Vinyl. (See my … Read more
Introduction Recently a solar panel manufacturer called Lensun sent me out a 100-watt flexible solar panel for a Love Your RV! product review. One of the reasons I agreed to review the panel was a plan in the back of my mind to utilize it as a portable solar panel. It would make a handy … Read more
I learned this frugal little RVing tip from a good RVer friend of mine Eddie of Mobile Homestead Solar Services. First, you pick yourself up a roll of plumbers pipe hanger strapping found in any hardware store. 10 feet of it goes for around 5 bucks or so. It’s a good item to have in the RV … Read more
5 years ago when we hit the road as full-time RVers I needed to pick myself up a small portable barbecue grill. There was no way the huge old beast from the sticks and bricks patio was going to fit! I had a Coleman gas stove from my campervan days which besides its regular stove … 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
Thanks to my photographer wife Anne I have in recent years developed a passion for the hobby myself. While she is out chasing her beautiful landscape and animal photos, I’m most often found photographing my other great passion, “the RV”. I love capturing the beauty of our campsite locations. I was pleasantly surprised last month to … 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
Improvements to our Home on Wheels Last spring I detailed 20 RV upgrades I had done to our 2011 Keystone Cougar fifth wheel trailer to make our RVing life a little more enjoyable. Well, I have been a busy boy since then and I’m back again with another 20. Many of these upgrades are designed … Read more
Why Install an Air Ride Pin Box? A “pin box” is the part that connects your fifth wheel trailer to the hitch located in the trucks bed. The standard pin box you see on the majority of fifth wheels is solid steel with mounting holes on one end and the connecting kingpin on the other. … Read more
What is Wrong with the OEM Converter? I’ve always suspected that the manufacturer installed power converter in our Keystone Cougar fifth wheel did a poor job when it came to charging our batteries. They never seemed to pack the punch I felt they were capable of. This suspicion was confirmed when I installed a Trimetric … 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
Introduction Not too long ago I received a set of Lippert Elephant Jack Foot Pads for review. They are an oversized 10” molded plastic pad with a slip on rubber shoe designed to replace the regular OEM installed metal feet. The idea is to provide a larger surface area to the ground making the trailer … 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
Our First RV Solar Experience About a year ago I popped my RV solar cherry and installed a simple little 200 watt RV solar kit from a company called Renogy. We didn’t have too much dough to spend on solar, but I believe I got a good bang for the buck with the roughly $400 … Read more