so after nine days with no hookups will we ever do this again so if you've been watching our channel
for any length of time you know we are hardcore glampers we like our soft bed we like all the
Comforts of home on the road and we have never ever gone for more than one night without this
until now so you're gonna want to stay tuned because have I got a story to tell you
past nine days yes you heard that right nine days we have been out here camping with absolutely
no hookups whatsoever you heard that right the glampers have been boondocking it and not just
for a night or two but nine days straight and we have learned a ton so a buckle up because
I'm gonna share with you about our experience and not only about how we've been surviving
with no hookups but also tips and tricks on how to Boondock without compromising the Comforts of home
so tip number one and one of the ways that we have been surviving and I swear there was no
way we could have really done this otherwise was with our lithium batteries if we did not
have our new lithium batteries from Battleborn this experience would not have been nearly as
fun as it has been now lithium batteries charge faster than traditional lead acid batteries plus
you can get the entire amount of power that is available so for example we have four 100
amp hour Battleborn lithium batteries and we can drain those batteries down close to zero
with traditional lead acid batteries you can't really drain the batteries very far before you
begin to have power issues now basically just because you would have maybe a 14 Volt lead
acid battery doesn't mean you really have 14 volts of available power what we were finding
out with our lead acid batteries was that around 11 volts our inverter would go into
a preservation mode because the battery had been drained meaning you have nowhere near
the available power that you would have with lithium versus lead acid or AGM batteries
tip number two and another thing to know about boondocking is why solar is nice it's not
absolutely a must currently we do not have solar but after this week we're planning on installing
it now we were able to use our onboard generator for a few hours each day to charge up our lithium
batteries with our inverter charger from Xantrex now because our rig is an older rig when we put in
those Battleborn batteries we did also replace the inverter charger that we had with a newer
inverter charger with a lithium profile this means we're getting the charge that we should
be and we're not putting kind of something old with something new which can be a potential for
issues now some of our other friends who have been boondocking with us have solar and they
didn't really need to use a generator like weed did unless maybe there was a really cloudy day
and they also wanted that extra power for AC so why solar isn't necessarily A must-have it is nice
and after this experience we're definitely gonna put that on our list of things to do
now the number three thing that we had and this is kind of our tip number three is the oxygenic
shower head I was actually surprised how this oxygenic shower head that we installed really
changed our boondocking experience because I've showered in our RV when we've not had hookups
before and the water pressure out of that shower head with our water pump was so low it just it
was a miserable experience but now with our new oxygenic shower head the pressure was no
different than when we're hooked up to water and the shower head actually saves water with
the oxygenic shower head water passes through an air vacuum at a high speed which infuses oxygen
into every drop of water then that pressurized and expanded water comes through the shower head
nozzle creating a really efficient use of water that conserves energy and water bowl
so I'll put a link in the description below because I am loving this new shower head for
both boondocking and also for just everyday use when we're hooked up to water as well so after
this experience kind of the big question is will we do this again and I'm going to get to
that in just a few minutes first I do want to share something that I was super thankful for
during this experience and that was no black tank smells now we couldn't dump our tanks
for nine days and that's a lot of you know what going into the black tank and during this time
we did not struggle with smells once because we use unique camping Plus Marine drop-in pods and
toilet cleaner I used to clean out our toilet with bleach products and I've since found out
that doing that can actually cause smells to be worse because the bleach kills the bacteria and
you want some bacteria in your tank to digest the waste the bacteria also helps to keep unpleasant
odors away and keep your tanks clean now I use the unique camping and marine toilet cleaner and
follow that up with a drop in pod if we started to notice a little bit of smell why we were out
boondocking we just dropped another pot in and no more smells because we do want to be a resource
for you in the RV Community we have partnered with unique camping Plus Marine for a 15 off
discount for our viewers and we'll have that discount at the link in the description below
so tip number four was with water conservation now there are some things that we did during the
last nine days to conserve not only water but also waste tank space and we got some
of these great tips from our friends that we are boondocking with and they're way more experienced
in boondocking than we were so one thing that I did use is I use a dish pan in the sink to catch
all of the dishwater when we're washing dishes is and then I use this water versus our fresh water
to flush the toilet we did the same thing when showering and waiting for that water to heat up
to shower we caught all of that fresh water in a bucket and then used it to either flush the
toilet or to wash dishes then again that dirty dishwater after washing dishes use that to flush
the toilet I also washed some socks and underwear and a bucket of this water that we captured out
of the shower because we ran out of clean socks about halfway through our boondocking experience
so next time we're gonna have a at least a two week supply of socks and undies on hand
tip number five for boondocking is about black tank conservation now I'm gonna warn you right
now this gets a little edgy and it's not exactly clamping but we did it and it worked to conserve
on black tank space now if your dude this is way easier because you know you can always go find a
tree in the woods and if you're not a dude like me well here's a little confession in time I always
had this thing with the squatting in the woods where I swear I would always end up peeing on my
shoe so what's a girl to do to help conserve black tank space well enter the Red Solo Cup
now if you've ever needed to give a urine sample for any
reason chances are you've peed in a cup I'm going to need a urine song
same concept but then just take the cup outside and dump it in the woods here's a side note our
kids thought we were kidding when we actually told them about this but when they saw the Red Solo
Cup sitting in the bathroom they were shocked and mortified another black tank tip is to use teepee
to line the toilet bowl before number two to limit the amount of water needed to flush things down
so the number six thing that was a lifesaver during this experience are these body wipes
now our friends Chris and Aaron from Irene iron travels this was a gift from them during this
experience and I will tell you these were an absolute Lifesaver so whether you just didn't
want to shower that day because you're trying to conserve water these were an amazing tool the
other thing that I use these for was to wipe off feet before getting into bed to help to keep the
sheets clean these are just amazing they're nice they're big they're thick and they get the job
done I'm just gonna leave it at that so we'll have a link in the description below because
these are available on Amazon and I'm gonna actually be using these in the RV even when
we're not boondocking just because it's a nice thing to have around so after nine days with no
hookups will we ever do this again the answer is unequivocally yes this was such a fun experience
even though we didn't have powerful hookups we were not lacking for Comfort whatsoever and one
of the things that just made it amazing was that we were doing this alongside friends as well which
if you've seen our Channel recently you know that we have a heart for community and wanting
to be able to do things with other rvers more often so speaking of RV Community if you have
any great tips for boondocking or questions about boondocking leave those for us in the
comments below this is where the RV Community can again come together we can have a great discussion
in the comments and learn from one another as well sucked in here okay so that's better yeah
so now the number four thing and this is really kind of like tip number
if we don't see you out on the road or around the campground
or just maybe out boondocking we'll see you in the next video