have you ever made a big purchase that you lived to regret well I think a lot of us
have but in this video, we're going to talk about some big purchases that our viewers
make that they almost always regret so you're going to want to stay tuned
hi my name is charity and my husband Ben and I have been living RV life for five years now
and part of the reason that we actually started this channel is because we wanted to be able to
share with all of you and have you guys in the RV Community also share with each other lessons that
you've learned along the way things we've learned along the way we are all about wanting to save you
money save you time and so in this video we're going to talk about some things we've done but
also we've seen others in the RV Community done that they have lived to regret foreign number one
is that big huge camping membership now we have some camping memberships and there are some that
we use and there are some that we actually have found out that we haven't used much at all so
you're going to have to weigh out that big huge camping membership and decide is it going to be
worth the cost or not perfect example of this is the Thousand Trails membership we know a lot of
full-time families that opted for the really big huge Elite whatever it's called Thousand Trails
membership a little bit about us during our first four years of RV life this membership didn't make
sense for us because most of the places that we wanted to visit there wasn't a Thousand Trails
Park that was near enough for us to really feel like that that would be worth it now fast forward
to where we find ourselves today with RV life we did purchase a Thousand Trails Zone membership for
the southeast because we find that now we tend to stay more in that Southeast area spending a lot of
time in Florida in the fall and in the winter and so we can stay at those campgrounds for free it
costs us nothing so now it's a decision that we wouldn't regret whereas before if we had bought
that we would totally regret it KOA membership interesting story there when we first started
rving we stayed at koas a lot because we were newbie rvers didn't really know much that we had
other options so we did opt for the KOA membership it made sense then now if I did the KOA membership
I would definitely regret that so with the camping memberships if that's something that you're
looking at just make sure it makes Financial sense so you don't live to regret that decision foreign
purchase that a lot of rvers live to regret is an RV cover now we used to actually use an RV cover
when we would store our RV in the winter months and we did a video talking a little bit about that
and I'll put a link to that video at the end of this one so you can check that video out after you
finish watching this one and we receive comments from people who have had both positive and
negative experiences in that video but needless to say most people who have a big rig find that
these RV covers are a pain they get holes they tear easily it's pretty disappointing when you
go to check on your RV and you see a shredded 300 cover lying on the ground so needless to say
that ends up being a purchase that a lot of rvers think is a good idea and it just doesn't work out
man all of the state parks in the Florida Keys are already booked then how are we supposed to get the
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so number three purchase that a lot of rvers live to regret are the fancy schmancy zero
gravity chairs these are pricey they are not cheap and what we found is that they were big
they were bulky they weren't very portable at all we got rid of ours fairly quickly they just didn't
fit in our storage compartments they were just a pain we spent well over a hundred bucks on those
chairs they actually ended up going to the thrift store don't tell Ben that's what I did with them
what are you serious but they just didn't work out in practicality and
we've actually heard similar feedback from a lot of our veers especially the
rvers whose travel style tends to be where you move around every couple of weeks or
so so do yourself a favor opt for a more inexpensive nice chair that you
could just throw in throw out something more portable than the larger zero gravity shares
look so number four purchase the rvers make that a lot of them end up regretting is purchasing a
mattress topper to try to improve the quality of their stock RV mattress now these mattress toppers
they're well over a hundred dollars for a decent queen or king size and we literally threw ours
out now what we found is that you can't really put lipstick on a pig just putting lipstick on a
pig this is called Crimson Sky what do you think and trying to put a mattress topper on top of a
mattress that was already substandard quality just didn't work out in theory so do yourself
a favor take that money and put it towards a quality mattress instead of that mattress topper
so the number five purchase that rvers make that they live to regret is purchasing a car dolly
to tow a vehicle behind a drivable motorhome and these are not cheap I mean you're talking
several hundred to even a couple thousand dollars to purchase one of these and we know from personal
experience they are a pain to use unlike a regular car trailer you can't back them up
you have to completely disconnect them you have to cart them off site if you're using a back-end
space at a campground and some campgrounds even want you to park them in a complete separate area
and so we at ditched our car dolly pretty early on we decided to use a tow bar and purchase a
vehicle that was compatible with flat Towing because it is much much easier especially when
you do move around frequently which is part of why we RV to be able to travel around so don't
go with the card Holly spend that extra money set up a vehicle for flat Towing you'll thank us later
the number six purchase that we have seen so many rvers tell us that they regret is actually just
replacing their batteries when they need new batteries with a direct replacement such as a
lead acid or AGM battery batteries for an RV are not cheap and these standard Replacements have
a you know three to five year life span meaning you're going to most likely have to replace them
again if you keep your RV for any length of time now an option is lithium batteries and we love
our new battleborn batteries because these are going to last 10 to 15 years so when you
really look at the overall cost of ownership for Batteries spending money on something you're just
gonna have to keep replacing over and over again versus maybe going lithium you'll just have to run
out that cost analysis for what that would mean for you but we have talked to so many rvers that
have regretted not making that particular upgrade and spending money on something that they're just
gonna have to keep purchasing over and over again perfect example of this is that it her perfect
a little bit about us during our fourth year
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so you'll have to let me know in the comments below and just let the RV Community know in
general too what are some of the purchases that you have made for your RV that you spent a ton
of money on and it just didn't pan out and you lived to regret it I'd like to hear but I know
others would love to read your comments as well so share with the rest of us in the RV Community what
are some of those things that maybe we should think twice about before that we purchase if we
don't see you out on the road or around the campground we'll see you in the next video