in this video, we're going to talk about all of the essentials that you need for RV living and
we've got a little bit of something for every type of RVer in this video and because as of the taping
of this video it is November of 2020. this is a great video to take a look at if you're thinking
about shopping for any of the RVers in your life so you're going to want to stay tuned [Music]
has been Ben self our two kids our dog our two cats we've been traveling the US for five
years now in our RV we've learned a ton along the way we've met a lot of new friends we've
experienced some rough patches we've had great food and places to stay so we make videos about
just that so that you can learn more about this particular lifestyle if any of that's interesting
to you make sure you hit that subscribe button because we've got some really cool stuff coming
up that I know that you're gonna want to watch but this video right here right now we're going
to talk about some RV Essentials and we've broken this up really into three categories so we've got
things that are for the Newbie rver things that are for the boondocker or Overlander type of rver
and then things that are specifically more for the glamper rver so we've got it divided into
chapters you can take a look at that and Skip ahead if you want to take a look at something
specifically in each of those categories or just watch the thing the whole way through
but we're trying to make it easy for you guys out there all right let's Jump Right In and
talk about things that are for the Newbie RV or some Essentials some great gift ideas if
you're looking at gifting something to the rver in your life this particular holiday season [Music]
number one is RV specific toilet paper now you can use a lot of other different types
of toilet paper you just want to do the quick little test and make sure that it will dissolve
quickly we have always stuck to RV specific or septic safe toilet paper I've never had
any problems with any toilet paper clogging our tanks sticking with that specific type
of toilet paper so that's a great gift that you can give to somebody that's an rver in your life
the next thing that is a great gift or an essential for a newbie RVer is the unique
toilet cleaner and the drop-in pods from unique camping in Marine we have used this particular
toilet cleaner drop-in pods for a while now gets rid of your tank smells it also helps
to digest that waste that is in your black tank and as always just make sure you use plenty of
water and you'll be good but that's a great gift for a newbie rver that is in your life
so the next thing on our list are some memberships so a great membership for a newer rver our
memberships like the KOA membership a Good Sam membership or a Passport America membership now
we'll have a link in the description below for these particular memberships one of the things
that we have gifted to a lot of newer campers is the KOA membership because it saves you 10
and you can start earning points on your stays as well so that's a membership that we really
think is valuable especially for the newer rver speaking of memberships another great
membership for a new rver or really just anybody that likes to be outside is a national park pass
the America the Beautiful pass is a past that we carry it gets you into any of our national
parks for free and to a lot of the national sites that are fee-based sites as well very inexpensive
at 80 and that's something that especially those that are going to RV find useful [Music]
the next thing especially for a newer are Veer is the home study course from the National RV
Training Academy we have taken this course this is great for any rver especially if you are new
to the RV lifestyle pretty much is going to equip you to handle anything that would come
up repair wise on your RV to be able to repair it yourself so there is a Black Friday special going
on this Thanksgiving weekend and we'll have all of the information on that Black Friday special
at the link in the description below so let's talk about boondockers and Overland type of rvers now
we just kind of got our feet wet this year with some boondocking experiences and it can be a lot
of fun and the needs for those that Boondock more often are definitely different from your glampers
or maybe your newer rvers so some great gift ideas or Essentials that you might want to think about
for boondocking and Overland ending our first one is one of our favorites which is the oatsy
foldable packable Grill now this is great because this enables you to be able to cook right over
a fire whether you want to gather some wood from the area that you're staying in or bring charcoal
along now it's foldable and it's packable and it packs completely flat this is perfect for those
boondocking or over Landing situations when you want to cook food over a fire but you don't want
to bring along a cumbersome grill that takes up a lot of space and since it folds down and
it packs flat it makes the perfect gift now the other thing that we love about the OT foldable
Grille is it actually has an adjustable top so you can bring the top down to where your food
is either closer to the fire or further away from the fire because we've noticed in a lot
of like National Park campgrounds or campgrounds that are out in like be lmland if you build your
own firing it's not adjustable you can't move your food up or down and you end up with you know flame
charred burgers or hot dogs or whatever it is that you're cooking we will have a link in the
description below for 10 off the OT Grill which is a great thing just in time for Christmas [Music]
the next thing for your overlanders or your boondocker type rvers is some sort of portable
power supply so we actually have two that we carry with us one is from to-go power and one
is from Blue Eddie but this is perfect for those times when you're out you're off grid
but you want to be able to say plug in your laptop and not deplete the battery supply in
your RV having a portable source of power just is really helpful because that means you've got
power wherever you go and you don't need to worry about Shore power or being connected to the RV
the next thing that's great for boondockers is a boondockers welcome membership so this is a
membership where people have opened up either their homes or maybe it's a piece of land or a
business that they have where people can Boondock for free they usually do suggest that you give
that host maybe some sort of a small gift in exchange for them letting you stay there for
the night but this is a great way to save money and if it's somebody that enjoys boondocking
well there you go there's a place to Boondock and it's really easy to find lots of different places
throughout the US where that you can Boondock for free at someone's residence or business
all right let's talk about the glampers now we're definitely glampers as you can tell from
our channel name we like all of the Comforts of home we really view our RV as a second home
and that is just what we enjoy doing we enjoy going somewhere in our second home with all of
the Comforts thereof so a great gift for those that are glampers is a Thousand Trails camping
pass now we have the Thousand Trails camping pass for the southeast Zone means that we can stay at
dozens of campgrounds in the Florida area South Carolina area Georgia area for free so that is a
great deal and you've got all of your full hookups in these campgrounds all the Comforts of home so
a great gift for the glamper in your life now the second thing is our electric e-bikes so these are
great for glampers because you do need something a little bit heavier duty to be able to put the
e-bikes on to transport them from place to place but it works great because if you have a bigger
RV and maybe you don't want to drive that RV into town or you want to just go somewhere that's not
very far away well e-bikes are a great way to get there they're also a great way to just ride around
the campground which a lot of campgrounds that are built for big rigs can be larger in size so an
e-bike is a quick easy alternative to a golf cart to be able to zip around the campground [Music]
now our next must-have or gift idea for the glampers is also a state park pass a lot of
state parks are big rig friendly and it's perfect for the glamper in your life most of them have
full hookups or some sort of partial hookup so you can stay at a state park for way less than
what you would stay at other particular RV resorts in the area you've got all of the Comforts of home
for your glamping experience [Music] all right last but not least for the glampers is a Berkey
water filter system now we absolutely love our Berkey water filter system because for us what
this does is it makes it to where we're not so worried about all of the different filters that
we do have set up for water but specifically for our drinking water what we've also found out is
a lot of the inline types of water filters that you use to filter the water before it comes into
the RV well that's all well and fine but unless you're regularly sanitizing the water lines inside
of your RV you still need some sort of filtration system for the drinking water itself so we do have
an inline filter under the sink but we also filter it through the Berkey and we found that doing that
the water actually just tastes a lot better too so we'll have a link in the description below for
the travel Berkey that we use we absolutely love it so if you'd like to take a look at some things
to not spend your money on we've got a video right up here that I know that you're going to
find helpful for things as you're considering for RV life to not buy it's a waste of money
if we don't see you out on the road or around the campground we'll see you in the next video