Creature Comforts Advice Wanted

I put a memory foam topper on the factory included mattress, and now I sleep great. Add in the shower, even though it is not a long, luxurious thing, and I feel like I have a hotel room in the middle of nowhere.

I come from a backpacking background, so just not hauling my world on my back and sleeping on the ground is an enormous step up.

profdant139 wrote:
Of all the features on our trailer (which are not many, since it is so small), I would have to say that the shower is the key to the whole thing for us. Having a hot shower in the middle of a howling wilderness, and going to bed really clean every night, is absurdly luxurious.

Yes, the shower is cramped. Yes, we take extreme Navy showers. But we often say it's like a talking dog -- the miracle is not how well he talks, but that he talks at all.

If we did not have a shower, we certainly would not boodock or dry camp, and we probably never would have gotten into RVing at all.

Yep! Even when backpacking we had a solar shower. Occasionally we'd have to warm some water on the camp stove but it was worth it.

LS

All of it. I spend my time camping out doors. So when I go to our toyhauler, I step into our home. Where I shake off the cold, sore joints because I don't want to miss anything going on with my friends, so I tough it out. Our rig has all the comforts, it's great. If one item to say makes the biggest difference in creature comforts is the master bed room mattress. That's my suggestion.

AC! I had it even when I was tent camping. If I can't have AC I just wouldn't camp.

Folding camp chair! We went through seemingly dozens before finding comfortable ones for my wife and I. We don't spend much time actually in our camper except for sleeping, or if the weather is bad. We read a lot while camping, and /or sit around the campfire. Took years, but we finally found decent quality comfortable camp chairs. Try different chairs, everyone prefers a different type and the most expensive may not be the most comfortable for you.

Wife loves the Coleman Max that I originally got for myself at Walmart. The angle of the seat back is perfect for her.

I love the Cabela's high back chair she got for me - Cabela's Max-5 Ergo Chair... I really prefer having some sort of headrest. Visiting a friend's cabin, I brought along the Cabela's chair and he loved it so much he got one as a gift this past Christmas.

If I was to choose only one I'd say my Snow Peak collapsible fire place; multi use, made with long lasting materials, and closes down to to about 3/4" in depth.

My OWN toilet and shower. It takes a lot of work to keep the facilities at a campground clean and all it takes is one slob to mess things up for others. Most CG's do their best to keep things clean and neat but they can't keep up with the slobs. Tooth past all over the sink, people can't flush their own toilet or use so much paper that it won't flush, or just water all over the place like a pipe broke. I don't get how some people have to be so messy.

Good mattresses are a huge upgrade over most of the factory junk. Not that expensive either.

1) Three inch Gel Foam mattress topper 2) Switched out some of the 110v outlets for the kind with USB phone chargers built-in. 3) Two inch foam block insulation in the storage compartment under the queen bed. 4) Swapped the standard analog heater wall thermostat for a digital one 50 Added a digital thermostat to the roof AC unit. 5) Upgraded the awning material to an Acrylic woven fabric and added an aluminum awning protector.

Top three for me are 1, good mattress, 2, good camp chairs. 3, good adult beverage. If you can't relax when it's time to relax it's hard to enjoy the rest of it.
Wife says 1, traveling bathroom. 2, comfy sheets. 3, good reading material.