-Hey.
-Hey, what's up?
-I just need to say, I am so excited about our new RV purchase.
-Yeah me too. I think we're gonna have a lot to look forward to this summer.
-I'm gonna watch some videos on the YouTube and...
basically see what items people are recommending. Like what we should buy for when we hit the road.
-You know what, that sounds awesome. Because I don't have any idea of where to start so...
get whatever you need.
-That's awesome. I don't think it's gonna be that much, so we should be fine.
-Okay.
-Hey, I'm home.
-Oh good. Our packages came in today.
-Oh seriously? Yeah. Bring em out. I want to see em.
-First thing I got is a water pressure regulator. And I don't.. everyone says you should have this.
That it's gonna help you out so I bought it. But let me..I'll be right back. I'm gonna get everything else.
Next couple of things I have, um..so awesome. I can't wait to show you this. I'm just gonna set it down right here.
This is... you're gonna love what's in this box.
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A couple more so...
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-In this video...
We are gonna talk about all the things you really don't need to buy, before you hit the road, with the RV life.
-And if you've never been to our channel before...
welcome to HappilyEverHanks. My name is Kyle.
-My name is Renee.
-And we are showing you exactly, all the things you need. Or don't need before hitting the road.
-Oh that was good.
There is so much content out there that tells you what you should buy.
Or what you need to have before you hit the road.
-Listen. We're taking it in the opposite direction.
And we're showing you all the things you can hold off on buying...
before actually getting out on the road. -Yeah.
Vent covers.
-Whoa. Getting right into it here.
We're talking about vent covers?
-Yeah. Those things that go over your vents. To help protect it against rain I guess.
-When we first started we were like, oh my goodness, we can't use the bathroom, vent out the bathroom...
without having exposure to the elements.
-Oh we were like, what if it rains and I'm cooking?
We need to get vent covers. I mean that was on our list.
And we were shopping around for a while but guess what?
-We haven't used them or needed them once. -We've never even bought them.
-It's been windy. We just shut em.
If it's been raining. We crack em. I mean...
these are all things you can just work around as you're out on the road. -Yes.
It's not something, that we feel, you need to rush to the store and get on your RV before you hit the road. -Totally.
Well I know a huge one for me. Now that you mention vent covers is actually a backup camera. -Oh.
-Knowing that I was gonna be the one towing. I'm like...
I need something to look behind me at all times. -All the time.
-But guess what? She's my second pair of eyes, out on the road.
So, we have never needed a backup camera.
Yeah, I'm sure it's convenient to have one out on the road but...
It's also a piece of mind knowing that I have someone behind me at all times.
Giving me that second pair of eyes. Knowing that I'm not gonna hit anything.
-And you know what makes you really want to get a backup camera. Cause a lot of RVs, when you buy them...
They are rigged for a backup camera. So in your mind you're like...
-I have to get one. -I gotta get one cause it's rigged for a backup camera.
How about a grey water tote?
-Yeah that was actually a big one.
-Ya know what I'm talking about? -I know exactly what you're talking about.
-I always see them hanging off of people's ladders.
-I was gonna be like, babe we are gonna go boondocking.
And we're gonna need somewhere to put our grey water.
We haven't really been boondocking much have we? -No.
We don't boondock much but...
we boondocked enough, that we know our tanks...
have a capacity of holding a lot of water.
-Yeah, absolutely. So we take that into account.
We know when we need to dump. And if we are gonna boondock for a few nights , we know hey...
we'll go dump before we actually do. We'll fill up on water. And we can take it easy with the water usage.
And know that we do not need to make extra accommodations for getting rid of that holding grey water.
-Yeah. -So...
Hold off on the grey water tote for now.
Until you know exactly what your plans are.
-They're big. They're heavy.
It looks like a big pain in the butt to get em strapped to the ladder.
It it...I'm not gonna lie. It does. -So...-Yeah.
-If you are new to the RV life.
And you think you need to have one of those. Just hold off.
Just wait and see it because guess what? Just like everything else. You can buy it on the road.
-You got your own totes, underneath ya. Above the tires.
-Totes magotes. -Totes magotes...Woo!
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-Pizzazz. -Oh I like that.
On to the next one though.
I want to talk about a big one.
And what I'm talking about, is a generator.
-Whoa. Whoa.
There's gonna be a lot of comments about generators. I can see them piling up now.
-We can only hope.
-Before we hit the road, we were like, we have to have a generator.
What if we are boondocking in a parking lot?
We need a generator. We gotta have a generator.
-Yeah. Well, take it from us. We don't do a lot of boondocking.
So we have come to realize that we don't need all that much of electricity.
We got an on-board battery.
-Now there have been some instances where a generator would have been really nice for us.
I mean, there's been times where we were dry camping
for a couple days and our batteries were like...
-Yeah.
-And we were like, be nice to have a generator right now.
But do we use one all the time? No.
Especially for you medical professionals that travel out there.
If you are just going from home to your assignment. And you are gonna be hooked up at an RV park.
Most of the time...-Yes. -You don't need to be lugging around a generator.
-Absolutely. Additional weight.
Additional gas expenditures when you're filling up the generator and trying to run all of your amenities.
Guys, we're just talking simple basics.
Give it a run without the generator.
See if you need one or if you can truly live without one.
-This next one's simple. A water splitter.
You know? A way to hook multiple hoses up to one water source. -Yeah.
-We just never got one. We never needed one. We never felt like we needed one. So...that is it.
-Anytime we need to change out the hoses we'll just unhook one and go hook the other one up.
-Actually, sometimes when you go to an RV park, they will have one already connected for you.
-Absolutely. Yeah for sure. -We've seen that a couple times.
-Alright. Onto the next one. We're talking about an ice cooler.
Yeah, we had one at the beginning. But guess what?
We ended up getting rid of it.
We never used it once. Like, it was just taking up space.
-I get it. A lot of people like having them outside and using them. But...
When you have a refrigerator that works in your RV...
you really don't wanna have to get ice all the time, to have cold drinks outside.
Just go inside the fridge and get a beer.
-Yeah. And then also, to touch on more of that...
is the underpass storage. You only have so much storage space when you're RV living. So...
We quickly found out that the cooler was huge.
And it was taking up a lot of that space that we actually needed.
So...buh bye ice cooler.
-We lugged it around for like three years. And then finally gave it away to someone that actually needed one.
We were like, please take this. We don't ever use it. Actually, we were storing our water hose in it.
-Yeah. It was really unnecessary for us, so...
-Just don't put it on your 'we have to have this' list. -Yeah.
-Put it on your 'maybe' list. -Totally.
-You know? That's what we're trying to say.
-Check it off on the maybe.
-Put it... take it into consideration. -Yeah.
-Hey. If you feel like any of these items we mentioned...
are very beneficial to you. And you feel like you disagree with what we are saying.
Please, put a comment below. We want to hear what you have to say.
-Yeah. -We want to know if having any of these items has...
greatly affected you in a positive way. Or...
maybe a negative way. I want to hear it from you.
-Yeah. Or give us a like or a dislike. I don't know.
Just show us something that you're like, uh yeah, or uh no.
-I'm gonna hit ya with one that I see on Facebook posts all the time.
Especially right now. A washer and dryer.
-Oh. You're talking about the big guns now huh?
That is the biggest, ultimate argument.
-We went from a five dollar splitter to a...
thousand dollar washer, dryer, whatever.
-I see what ya did there. It was a little drastic but I'm loving it. I'm loving it.
Guys, let us tell you. We used to own a house...
we had the washer dryer. And that was one of our biggest concerns.
When we got out on the road we were like what are we gonna do for laundry?
Yeah, we didn't wanna have to always depend on a laundromat. -No.
-What if the RV park didn't have a washer dryer?
-Absolutely. And we always know that RVs, a lot of them, come with a washer dryer hookups.
Or at least prepped for that. So, we're like...
Do we need one? Do we not need one?
-This is like the whole backup camera thing.
You see it prepped and you're like, oh well I guess I should have a backup camera.
-Gotta get it right? -I guess, it's a marketing thing for RVs.
-Shhh. Quiet. (laughing)
But seriously, we have never once needed it. We wanted it.
But what we found out, on the road, is that so many RV parks have wonderful laundry facilities.
-Also, if you're moochdocking, you can use your friend or family's washer dryer. I mean, there's...
always an opportunity for us to wash our clothes.
I would hold off on the washer dryer if you are...
right in between, and you are not sure if you really need one or not.
-I mean you're talking $1500 plus to get these washer and dryers installed into your RV.
And...
Need I say. How much weight they're gonna add to your towing.
You're gonna talk about more fuel consumption when you're out on the road.
And the weight might just put you over that weight limit of your RV.
-Wow. You just.. you went there.
-Don't even. Don't even.
-Guys. Don't stress before you hit the road about all the things you're going to need. Because guess what?
There are stores along the way. There are Walmarts.
And, the best part about us having AllStays Pro, which is our favorite app to have.
If you're interested I'll put a link in the description.
But what it does is tell you about all the Walmarts there are along your route.
And also, RV stores, like RV dealerships. They all have these products. Not to mention Amazon.
There's just so much availability to you. You don't have to order all this stuff before you leave your home.
-Exactly. But if you're getting closer to leaving and...
The snow is melting. Which it's not here.
And you're ready to hit the road. Make sure you check out one of these videos right here.
Because we're showing you exactly what you need
before you actually get out here and start living the RV life.
We love ya. It's HappilyEverHanks... checking out. -Bye. -See you, guys.