Telescopic Broom Zeros In On Dirt And Stores Easily

Don’t know where to store that long handle broom? Here is a great RV product that saves you space. This adjustable broom with dust pan telescopes out to a full sized broom and the broom head, made of soft bristles, adjusts to different angles. The dustpan clips onto the broom handle and the whole package fits neatly in a smaller storage space than a conventional broom. This product sells for around $13 bucks and you can check it out and order it here.

Open Your Screen Door And Keep The Bugs Out At The Same Time

Here is a great idea. It allows you to keep your screen door latch access slider closed while enabling you to open the door. You must drill a small hole in the door slide in order to install it. This is a great way to keep the bugs out and still be able to open the screen door. It costs around $10 bucks and you can check it out: Camco Products

Health Care Consults--A Road Doc?

As RVers, we're often away from our "regular" health care team. That can be a bit disconcerting if you have a problem and you need to talk to a "real doctor." If your health care plan doesn't include telephone consultations, Tela-Doc can help. A low-cost medical consultation service, it may fill in the gaps when you need help. And the prices are so much less expensive than walk-in clinics. Check out the full story in our sister blog, Fulltime RVer.

Portable Clothes Washers--Do They Really Deliver?

You've probably seen them advertised: For less than 50 bucks you can buy a portable clothes washer that works by hand, uses very little water, and hides away in a closet. It may be the answer to the boondocker's prayer. On the other hand, it may be the answer to every huckster's new product dream. Check out a real-world review in our sister blog, Boondocking!

Smart Charger for a Smart Price

Spend big money on those deep cycle batteries for your coach? Word to the wise: Maintain 'em or replace 'em. Making sure your batteries are kept charged is a key ingredient to battery longevity. "Smart" battery chargers don't just run juice into your battery--the charge in stages. The bulk charge stage pushes current into your battery at a constant level until a slightly elevated lvoltage level is reached. This allows for faster charging. Then the charger switches to an absorbtion cycle--there the charger swtiches to keep the battery voltage steady allowing the battery to fully charge. Once the fully charged point is reached, the charger switches into float stage--the battery is kept at about 13 volts, keeping the battery fully charged.

Now imagine a smart 3-stage charger with one more added feature: Pulse charging, which is said to reduce lead sulfate crystalization. Lead sulfate crystals can build up in a battery, eventually destroying it. Pulse charging breaks up the lead sulfate, causing it to go back into the battery's electrolyte solution.

Enter the Xtreme Charge battery charger. A three-stage smart charger with pulse charging technology. Designed for 12 volt systems, Extreme works with ordinary "flooded" lead-acid batteries, as well as with gell cell, and AGM batteries. Hook it up, plug it in, and forget about it. Or fuss over it and take advantage of the 12 led status indicator lights that provide information on what the charger is doing, how the battery is doing, and the current battery state of charge.

Mind you, this is not a behemoth charger--the maximum output current is but 2.5 amps, so it could take a while to recharge your batteries, depending on the capacity of the batteries and how deeply they're discharged. Nevertheless, for a small system, or for use charging up and maintaining batteries on the ATV, this may be just the ticket. Xtreme has a suggested list price of $99.95. Get more information by visiting the Xtreme Charger website.

Are You Prepared For A Natural Disaster?

It's severe weather season again, and you never know when a tornado threat means you need to grab your emergency survival kit and head for the shelter. But what will you put in your kit? Jeff Lewis and Kathy Heyer of "BugOutBagz" offer a family of products important to all families but especially to RVers. Emergency preparedness is something we hope we never need to implement but something we all need to plan for. What is the Boy Scouts' motto? Jeff and Kathy have already thought it through and here is their deluxe emergency backpack which includes all the essential supplies you would need during the immediate aftermath of a disaster. They also have over 30 preparedness tips on their website that will help you and your family tackle an emergency. Clik Here For Link

Besides the normal things like pick two family meeting places for after the disaster (a primary and secondary) and designate a person outside your area as a family contact coordinator, they have great ideas about emergency supplies, first aid kits and a commuter or day-trip emergency kit.

As RVers we are always going on day trips away from our coaches, so it is important to carry these kinds of supplies with us.

You can contact them Here or by calling 1-877-292-1763

Tote Water to Your Rig Quick and Easy

It can be frustrating to have to "weigh anchor" once you're tucked into a cozy RV spot, just to go get water. A clever device allows you to bring back 45 gallons of water with your toad car or tow vehicle and leave the RV parked. Check out our sister blog, Boondocking, for details.