so in this video I'm super excited because we are going to talk about
seven small things hacks if you will that are going to save you big when it comes to money
time and space in your RV so you're going to want to stay tuned
so real quick in case you're watching this video on our channel for the very first time my name is
Charity my husband Ben and our family have been living RV life for five years now we have made
a few mistakes along the way found some really cool hacks like some of the ones we're gonna
show you today and made a few upgrades so the purpose of this channel is to both educate and
entertain you when it comes to all things RV living and family travel and we like to keep
it real so we always like to put a blooper reel at the end and people tell us in the comments
that's one of their favorite parts so you'll have to make sure you stay tuned for those
all right so hack number one i picked up two things from our local dollar tree now this is
actually meant to be like a plate organizer for the cupboard and these over the cabinet
door towel racks i have found so many uses for but a new little hack that i recently discovered
is to actually use these in conjunction with each other so what we're going to do is we're actually
going to take this over the cabinet towel bar and we're going to put it on our lower cabinet
door down here so this plate holder just goes over this bar here like this and then you can load up
foil got some sandwich bags here the nice thing about these is you can actually bend them a little
bit and so for rving they stay nice and secure because this is actually gripping it pretty
well so i've got some more ziploc bags down there and now i have got this stored down
and out of the way and it's opened up cabinet space in another cabinet so pretty slick little
hack with just two products from the dollar tree total cost two dollars and fifty cents
so hack number two is using disposable food trays for things like meals snacks, especially on travel
days when we're not able to make a full meal and we're just eating things more like a charcuterie
plate or something like that this is my new go-to so these ones I got on amazon I'll put a link
in the description below but it's nice because they're actually kind of like slightly wax-lined
so you can put things in here that have liquid I wouldn't like just put soup or something in it but
something that has liquid you don't have to worry about actually soaking through to the paper bottom
and they're disposable they're biodegradable so you can just pitch it in the trash when you're
done but these are a lifesaver especially on those travel days or while boondocking
when you need to conserve water and be able to just throw something away versus washing dishes
so hack number three is to actually get what I like to call RV size appliances now this is
anything that's kind of on the more mini scales so I actually for the RV got the smaller version of
the instant pot so it's a little bit more compact things like a miniature waffle maker they actually
have mini type blenders that you can purchase on amazon so those appliances that we have for
RV life when they're on that smaller scale it's usually just the four of us anyway don't need
something big but they save on space which means that we can bring everything that we need to bring
so hack number four is using anti-skid shelf paper now this works great for cabinets but one of my
favorite uses for this and this roll I actually picked up at the dollar tree so dollar 25 for this
is I'll actually cut it into strips like this and then I will actually leave things on our
counter during travel days because when I have got this down here and then we set something
on top of it like this it is not going to slide off the counter on travel days it
stays there now one of the things that we keep on counters a lot are cases of bottled water so
especially with those being a little bit heavier a little bit of this underneath they are going
nowhere but for cabinets for any place where you're gonna have that shifting that can happen
this is a lifesaver so speaking of hacks in the last five years of living rv life we've used a
couple of different options for a grill now we started off with a portable coleman grill that
felt pretty cheap and just wasn't the most compact when it came to storing it away then
of course when the blackstone griddle became all the rage we decided to go with one of those too
the only thing is it's pretty large it's heavy and cumbersome to haul around so we decided to
ditch that too and just cook inside well the only problem with that was is we'd be out for an
evening stroll at the campground and the smells of other campers grilling would be filling the
air and it just made ben really really sad so we wanted the option for grilling but didn't want to
have to haul around something heavy then there was something else we love camping at national forests
and state park campgrounds and it's always fun to have a fire and cook some burgers or hot dogs
but have you ever noticed that the grates that they put over most of these fire pits mean that
either your burgers are going to become flame charred or not get enough heat because the great
height isn't adjustable to move food farther away from or closer to the fire this is where
we're super excited when we learned about the ot folding and packable grill now this folding grill
packs up in a super compact bag and stores away in the rv easily and it sets up in minutes you can
use either charcoal or wood to cook out and have that juicy burger brought hot dogs and much more
it comes with a fire safe mat to use on a table top and has been the perfect solution to our grill
dilemma as a side note when we use our oats with charcoal or wood we don't even have to use lighter
fluid but we use our all-natural fire starters instead and with the oats grill you can adjust the
cooktop height to just the perfect height to get the perfect burger or hot dog that's not well you
know like charcoal right now you can save 10 on the ot grill by using the code grateful fourth at
checkout which we'll have that below as well as a link that you can visit to get an ot for yourself
so hack number five is actually improvising some products to create a slim line trash can now
most of these rv bathrooms are extremely small there is not a lot of room for a traditional
trash can especially a trash can that kind of has a more of a round bottom so what we have got going
on in here is this little trash can here well this is actually a letter holder magazine rack
what have you from you guessed it the dollar tree now what i did with this particular jobby because
it was pink not really a fan of pink i actually spray painted this white so we've got this here
keep an extra bag down there but you just put in a plastic bag from the grocery store or whatever
as your trashcan liner right next to the toilet and voila you have a slimline trash can
for your rv bathroom now i will say this also works in those other tight spots and rvs say
bedrooms where you have got a bed close to a wall or other types of spaces where
there's not a lot of space but it'd be handy to have a trash can there
so hack number six is actually using these s hooks for closet organization now I get these on
amazon in a pretty large package so they're pretty cost-effective I'll put a link in the description
below but pretty much what we've got going on here is we're just going to go ahead and hang these
in our closet area and then this works amazing to be able to hang up things like hats you can
even use it to hang up things like backpacks or purses or just so many uses but one of my
favorite uses for this is for ball caps because that way they are up and out of the way super
easy to just kind of see them at a glance when they're hanging up in the closet as well plus we
still have plenty of room for clothing everything else just a great organizational tool in general
all right so hack number seven is a hack that I just recently learned about now I have been
using a tool called the lily brush to clean animal hair out of our carpet it works amazing got it on
amazon I'll put a link in the description below but i just recently found out that this squeegee
from the dollar tree is supposed to do the exact same thing so we're gonna actually test
it out right now for hack number seven and we're gonna see how well that this gets up the dog hair
that is in the carpet wow it's actually look at that it's amazing look at that for a dollar 25.
this i would say does just as good as the lily brush so if you need to order the lily
brush great but dollar 25 at the dollar tree for hack number seven there you go
scared me
be like
all right what did we say we're on five yes okay so hack number six is
actually using these little hold on let me start over it was all stuck together
okay ready okay actually using these s hooks to organize things in the closet
we seriously look that was that was really good enunciation because that way it fell down
I think you have a ball cap a problem, no i don't this is not a problem it's my collection
it's my collection like a shoe collection look i even have more there's more back here look
but wait I know there's more there there's more there's like two
on the dash of the car what can I say i like my hats
hold on make sure that my tummy bulge is not showing okay there's no tummy bulge please stop it
all right ready i was born ready yeah yeah okay all right all right so let's go ahead and film
okay whenever you're ready stop it i was born ready all right so hacking them
so how can I stop all right all right all right seriously okay
okay this is what you're doing this is what you need to do okay so you'll have to let me know
in the comments below what are some of the RV hacks that you have found that you've been using
or that you've seen being used we absolutely love hearing from the RV community and it's a
great way that we can all share with each other as well now I'm going to put a whole playlist right
up here of videos that we have done with more hacks and organization tips these are our most
popular videos ever so I know you're going to want to take a look at that whole entire playlist
if we don't see you out on the road or around the campground we'll see you in the next video