piece of garbage
stupid popping napkin so after four years of living the rv life we have had a few epiphanies
along the way and we've learned some things now i am not just talking about what happens if you
leave your black tank valve open or if you forget to bring your awning in during a rainstorm and
i'm not going to tell you either which of those we learned the hard way this video is going to be all
about what not to buy now there's a ton of videos out there including some that we've done that tell
you great products for rv life things that really help but this one no this one's different this
one's going to be products that we bought that did not work like this is actually we bought it
it didn't work out in real life people sounded good in theory did not pan out it ended up in the
garbage or in the donation pile so in this video you're going to want to take notes pay attention
because we're going to save you some money so before we jump in to these products i do want
to let you know that this video is sponsored by ag1 by athletic greens and i am super excited
to share a little bit later more about that but let's jump in with product number one
product number one that did not pan out that actually ended up going in the garbage was
one of these water pressure regulators that is non-adjustable now in my opinion this really
should just be called a water restrictor because that's pretty much all that it does
you hook it up at your campground and it restricts the water flow coming into your rv
but now here's the caveat you do need a water pressure regulator because
you don't want to damage the water lines inside of your rv or have your rv flooded
so you need something to dial that water pressure back but this isn't it opt for the adjustable
water pressure regulator and we'll have a link to the one we use from amazon below
number two product that did not pan out at all and let me tell you this was a major disaster
that happened so early on in the formation of this channel we had a company that i'm not going
to name reach out to us and offer to send us one of those large screen room gazebo type of
tents now we thought that this was the best thing ever hey a free screen room tent of
course send it on over we'd love to be able to use that and potentially put it in a video
let me tell you what it literally took us over four hours to figure out the setup of
this particular one and then we figured out that actually some of the polls had been
put in backwards and that's why we couldn't get it to even set up in the first place so
finally after getting it set up we're thinking nice we can use this we can eat outside
yeah wrong the first very small gusts and i will say small gust we were not in a place like kansas
where the wind blows forever and ever small gust of wind came up it literally lifted off and blew
into the campsite across from us and we were absolutely mortified so we went and re-retrieved
it we brought it back and we staked it down better this time we put stakes in every single place that
you could put a stake in this particular tent and let me tell you what two hours later it blew again
and this time when it blew the actual pieces of fabric that had the eyelets for the stakes to go
through ripped out of the tent and so the stakes were still in the ground along with the pieces
of fabric that we had them staked through in the tent in the other campsite that thing got folded
up put away it got put in the garbage we decided no more with that particular style of tent now
you'll have to leave us a comment below let us know if you do use one what have you found works
to actually secure it all of that stuff but for us we're done we're out no more screen tents for us
so product number three that was literally a waste of money was a cover that goes over your
rv now i'm talking about the types of covers that you would put over your rv if you put
it into storage now when we first started living the rv lifestyle we were not full-time
and we actually would put our rv into a storage situation during the winter months and so we
wanted to protect it i mean this is our new baby so we bought this nice huge large fancy cover
to put over it during those winter months to protect it well let me tell you what we went
out to just go check on the rv one month make sure that everything was working well
that thing was shredded and it was lying on the ground because the minute the wind picked up
it didn't hold up and we have heard stories upon stories of the same thing happening with
other rvers so you'll have to let us know in the comments below have you had the same experience
with covers that go over your rv when it's in a storage situation or have you found one that
actually has held up for us literally a waste of money it was shredded it went into the garbage
number four are these plastic style leveling blocks now for us we actually have thrown away
several of these we still keep these around really more as like an absolute emergency situation but
these are already mangled we threw away the ones that were even more mangled because for us
especially in a heavier class a diesel pusher it's just too heavy to support the weight for
these types of plastic leveling blocks now a smaller travel trailer maybe this would work but
really best solution is go ahead and opt for the rv snap pads those do a great job of helping you
level out or if you really need it just carry some wood blocks with you you can go down to home depot
you can even get it cut there as far as the wood goes super cheap
super easy and you don't have to worry about it getting mangled like these so before i talk about
number five on our list i do want to take a quick minute to share about a product that we are loving
called ag-1 by athletic greens now youtubers kara and nate are some of our favorite people to watch
and we first learned about ag-1 from some of their videos when living this travel lifestyle it can be
hard to get all the nutrients our bodies really need especially when we want to try new foods in
new places and not everything we eat is always the healthiest since we've added drinking ag-1
to our morning routine and since ag-1 has 75 vitamins minerals and whole food source
ingredients ag-1 is the quickest easiest and tastiest healthy habit to fill those
nutritional gaps in our diets and anything quick and easy is totally my friend now i know we are
getting the nutrients we need even if we don't end up eating the healthiest of meals that day
it's super easy just one scoop eight ounces of water and that is it and let's face it
especially on travel days even though we try to eat healthy it doesn't always happen
drinking ag-1 by athletic greens is great peace of mind for me is both a mom and a wife that
our whole family is getting the nutrients that we need to stay healthy and active while living this
lifestyle the ingredients are super high quality and they reformulate as needed based on research
since we love the energy boost immune support and gut health we're getting from ag-1 we think adding
drinking ag-1 into your daily routine is a no-brainer you can use the link below athletic
greens.com forward slash grateful which we'll have in the description box below you'll get a one-year
supply of the immune supporting vitamin d3k2 and 5 travel packs free with your first purchase
ag-1 is the quickest and easiest and tastiest healthy habit to fill those nutritional gaps
so number five on the list that totally ended up being something that we got rid of said this
is just not meant for us piece of junk was the propane stove now here's the deal cooking with
gas inside of a typical sticks and bricks house not so bad cooking with gas in an rv i rarely ever
use the oven and i actually figured out that the convection oven did a better job of baking things
than the actual propane oven did anyway so number one it took up a ton of space number two it used
propane which of course is getting more expensive and it can just be a potential fire hazard in the
rv kitchen anyway so we got rid of the propane stove installed an induction cooktop instead and
it gave us so much more storage underneath where that stove used to be so one of the things to
consider as you're living rv life is potentially just ditching that propane stove all together
so number six on the list of things to not waste your money on are cheap sewer hoses now this
particular one by rhino we've been using for quite a while and let me tell you the difference between
some of the cheap ones and some like this now this one from rhino it expands and it contracts but
unlike the cheap ones that don't stay contracted this actually stays contracted so you can have
different lengths of sewer hoses depending upon if your sewer hookup is way far away from your
rv or if it's closer to your rv and you don't have this big mess of a sewer hose snaking everywhere
because you can kind of sort of change the length based on what you need in the moment so this does
cost a few more dollars but it's well worth it don't cheap out when it comes to your sewer hose
number seven is cheap holding tank treatments now
we have made the switch over to the products from unique camping plus marine but let me tell you
in the beginning we just went and got whatever they had on the shelf at Walmart and
we had black tank smells we had gray tank smells pretty much had it all and the other thing
that we learned is a lot of these really cheap inexpensive holding tank treatments number one
aren't effective at really keeping the smells away but number two some of them actually contain
harmful chemicals that you really shouldn't be putting in any sort of sewer or septic
system do yourself a favor get a high quality tank treatment like this one from unique camping
plus marine now we actually have partnered with unique camping plus marine and they do offer a
15 discount to our viewers so they will be a link in the description box below with that 15 discount
so number eight is actually these foam mattress toppers now when we first got our RV
the bed was horrible and we've talked to so many of you out there that have
the same type of sentiments that when you first got your RV the mattress was awful and so
this is the solution that a lot of us go for and this is one we tried let me just tell you
doesn't work went into the trash this is actually one that we have for a guest space in our
home base it's the only reason that we still have this because it does not work in theory
on a really subpar mattress if you were sleeping on it night in
and night out so just do yourself a favor make the upgrade to a decent mattress and skip this junk
all right number nine on the list is this pop a napkin or really if it says pop anything
like this is just absolute 100 garbage in my personal opinion now first of all it is just
laughable to me that i would mount this plastic looking thing on my nice renovated cabinets now
but seriously people do you really need a napkin tray mounted underneath of your cabinets you can
definitely put napkins and a napkin holder out on the table personally i don't need more stuff in
my way i don't want to visually necessarily see all of my napkins so anything like this
just think it through but this definitely is not sticking around
all right number 10 on the list and this is a bunch of stuff that we got rid of but that is
actually like regular dishes so like the corel dishes these like ceramic style mugs now lots
of reasons why these went into the donation bin number one is they're breakable anything
that you've got in these rv cabinets especially on a travel day if you open this cabinet you've
probably experienced this if you're an rv or in the avalanche of things that falls down on you so
i don't want anything breakable but two just the noise that they can make in the cabinets
they're gonna clang around against things on those travel days so regular dishes like ceramic mugs
bowls plates we completely ditched completely got rid of and we went for better options
now what we did instead is we have these stainless steel vacuum insulated coffee mugs
we also have these nice little tin experiences over things mugs so these tin campfire ones are
definitely fun now these ones you can only get when you sign up to be a grateful glamper in
cider at the 10 tier i'll put a link below we don't talk a lot about our insiders group as of
lately but there's a lot of advantages to being a grateful glamour insider with behind the scenes
footage that you get real time updates and really cool mugs like this yep knees arm do i look fat
no here i would never like do it does this leg look real do i look like i have thunder thighs
because if the angle makes my thighs look like thunder thighs we need to change it
you are trying to get me in trouble no I am trying to make sure that the angle is correct
you look great camera angles make a big difference cameraman wonderful you look perfect just as you
are this is why you say how do I look from this angle you look good from everything okay
no seriously though do I have thunder thighs no okay all right are we ready yeah okay all right
so many there's like better cooking options I'm trying to say how do I say that there are so many
better cooking options out there there's so many better cooking that doesn't sound
right there are better cooking options out there there are many better cookies many better they're
much much more better more better mo better there's more better cooking options that's why
they say that they're so ah like i'm at a loss for words
and i'm not helping huh no hold on there's so many options
there's so many stop it i said in my best cajun accent okay you of all people should know this
don't just don't do that don't do it no no no no no
yeah business business do yourself a favor use a high quality i was like trying to get this
and my hand wasn't finding it it's nice it threw me off okay i'm gonna start that over
i need to get the hair out of my face but i don't want to touch it with my sewer hose gloves
it's in my mouth okay yes i'm sure it is okay
there will be there will be there will be there will be
what do i do with my hands so you'll have to leave us a comment below and let us know what
products that you have purchased for rv life that just did not pan out maybe they ended up
in the garbage or the donation bin we love hearing from you guys in the rv community
but you also have a chance to share with others in the community what not to waste their money on
by leaving your comments and suggestions below this particular video don't forget to check
out the link below too to learn more about ag-1 by athletic greens we are absolutely loving it
and then we'll put a video right up here about buy this not that which is a video that we did
that talks about some things that you should be buying and some other things to stay away from
if we don't see you at the campground or out on the road we'll see you in the next video