Hello! Ben and Rebecca here with His and Hers Alaska. And today we're gonna share
our favorite RV hacks with you.....If you don't know what a hack is; It's something
that makes life easier for you. So let's get started and we'll show you our
favorite ones..... We're going to get things started up here in the front of the
motorhome. We pulled out the old-style TV that took up all this space and we
were very pleasantly surprised by a 12 volt cigarette lighter outlet. And
there's also regular old plug in back there. Some people with woodworking
talents could make something really cool here. But we store our Yeti power
inverter box and a catch-all basket. And down here, we have our Wilson signal
booster. What this does, is ahh...boosts our cellphone signals so we're able to camp
further out into the middle of nowhere. You might be wondering what we use since
we got rid of the old boob tube. Well we found a 12 volt DVD TV combination. This
plays into another little hack that we have. We're big movie fans in this RV and
we live in Alaska. \Where we're not necessarily at RV parks and hooked up to
cable. So...... We take a lot of DVDs with us and we have two of these DVD cases to
keep our collection. Since we're talking about 12-volt TVs, we've gotten to be big
fans of 12 volts. And in order to be able to utilize all of those things, we have
to have places to plug them in. The TV here gets plugged into the dash. We also
installed two outlets up above the fans for our cameras. Ben was also really nice
and put one on on the passenger side for me so I can plug my devices in when
we're driving.We also installed one in the kitchen. It's a 2 port as well. We
have a 12-volt crock pot and the next thing on my wish list is a 12-volt
blender so I can make my smoothies in the morning. Last place that we installed
additional 12 volts is on each side of our beds. So we have his and her plug ins.
And it really was nice because prior to this we'd have to plug our phones and
tablets and stuff like that into the front up by the dash. And we couldn't use
it for alarm clocks or look at it when we laid in bed at night. One of the
things that used to drive me crazy when we were riding as the Navigator, was that
I have a map out here, a tablet with Google Maps, my phone, my computer for
work......The list goes on... And this stuff was just everywhere on my side of the dash.
We found these matching baskets and I'll show you the other ones throughout the
rest of the RV. But this one stays up here on the dash. We put something to
make it so it doesn't slide underneath. And we can store all of the things that
we need when we're driving. Like navigation type tools up here and keep
it nice and neat. Since it's just the two of us in the RV, we had a lot of wasted
space on the Settees and the back corners. So I found these two baskets.
One we usually store food type items in and the other one we store paperwork
type stuff in. It keeps everything in place and it doesn't shift around while we're
driving. The last place that we use one of these baskets is here in the corner
of our kitchen. This was terribly wasted space because everything would roll
around if we put stuff back there. But now we can put fruits and other produce.
And we can also store bread back here. The more you drive down the road in one
of these things, the more you realize you need spaces that contain items. We take
vitamins and so we did find this little basket from one of the major box stores.
We velcroed it to our settee table so that it won't slide and we're able to store
all of our vitamins in here. I have a similar basket on my bedside table for
books and lotion and my candle. I'm not sure you'd necessarily call this a hack.
It's something you find in almost every kitchen. But our RV didn't come with one
from the factory. And there was an ugly plastic one in here when we bought it. So
we replaced it with a pretty paper towel holder..... Our next hack solves the problem
of what to do with all these damn shoes??!!.... So we went into a box store and we found
a regular old coat hook rack. It works great and fortunately there was wood
inside of this couch that I was able to drill holes into and secure this. One of
our friends, Generic Ramblings they helped us
by getting a coat rack that had a little shelf on
the top. They have said the shelf isn't quite as cool as they thought it'd be.
Because things are never really secure on there but it is nice to have. If we
had to do it over again, we would probably get one with the shelf. We also
have a fetish for the command hooks. And we use these to store keys or dog poop
bags. And then up here, we have hooks for coats on this wall and this wall.... The
bathroom is one place you really have to make the most of your storage and
counter space. So we installed a toothbrush and toothpaste holder that
will work for our electric toothbrushes. It drove me nuts to have to reorganize
everything every time we drove. So I found these little clear plastic things
at a box store. And we're able to stack stuff in there and it doesn't fly all
over the place. We also were able to keep q-tips, face wipes and dental floss in
these little cups and not have the entire package out here in the medicine
cabinet....... Moving on into the shower and enclosed bathroom of our motorhome. We
decided to upgrade our shower curtain rod. This is awesome! So you ever go to a
hotel and they got that curved shower curtain rod and it just feels like you
have so much elbow room in there?... Well, this does it for your RV. It makes you
feel like you have a lot more room in here.... And we also got this curtain. It's a
regular household shower curtain. But we cut it so it was more appropriately
sized for the motorhome. You've probably heard of oxygenics shower heads.... Yeah! They are
that good! So totally just spend the 20 bucks and
get it fixed. It makes a night and day difference for showering in your
motorhome. Then you can also see our command hook fetish. Going all the way
through here into the bathroom.... All of the walls. What this does, is it's great for
drying swimsuits and stuff like that after you've been out playing in the
water...... Moving into the bedroom....... We got rid of that cheesy accordion style room
divider. And..... Got a regular curtain panel and trimmed it up a little so it fit the
space here. And this is a regular old rod from a box store. And we
have a more decorative nicer looking room divider.
There's several hacks here in the bedroom. But we made a separate video
about how to get a better night's sleep. So I'm just gonna quickly share them
with you. Make your bed longer by getting a four by six inch block of foam and
putting it down there. When you sleep fill in the gaps with another four by
six block af foam.Charge your phone's off the 12-volt power. Right here on your
bedside! Don't lose your remote to your 12-volt
TV DVD player.....So from a girl's perspective you need places to store
stuff. And there's not always enough room in RV cabinets. So we installed a two
drawer little plastic cabinet in a basket that I mentioned earlier for all
my nightstand type stuff. And I keep my makeup and jewelry and stuff like that
in little drawers. The question every girl has to answer where to put your
shoes?... So I was able to find this at Camping World and hang it under the bed.
There's a lip that covers it so you don't catch your feet or anything like
that.That I'm able to store a minimum of eight pairs of shoes because it wraps
all the way around my side of the bed..... We hope these RV hacks help you get a
little more comfortable and make life a little bit easier in your coach! Thanks
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