Handy Hints, Gadgets, Products & Gizmos

[GizmosMom]

Another member suggested a new forum section with new products but it doesn't look like it will be feasible. So I thought I would post this here under General RVing Issues. If enough people post (even if you have mentioned it before in another post) we can keep it near the top?

Do you have a handy hint, a new product or an old product that makes your RVing or Camping much better?

(Sorry, no commercial advertising allowed)

I'll start:

Someone in the Camping Van posted a reference to using a Super-Chamois to wipe down their shower. I have been using an icky old thick sponge and I like the chamois idea so much more.

Now I want to hear what works for you

[amandasgramma]

Bobbo wrote:
Add Width=640 just before the {/img} and it will resize.

Now THAT's something I didn't know!!!!!!! Thanks for the input! Now.....I'll try to remember it! 😞

[Bobbo]

Add Width=640 just before the {/img} and it will resize.

[fj12ryder]

BigRabbitMan wrote:

mobileempire wrote:
Sorry about the huge picture:o

don't be sorry, just resize it.

No joke. What a pain.

[BigRabbitMan]

mobileempire wrote:
Sorry about the huge picture:o

don't be sorry, just resize it.

[mobileempire]

http://imageshack.us/a/img546/6544/4khl.jpg
You can make a organizer to hold all your remotes , pens, calculator , little stapler , little scissors , cell phone etc.
I made it out of Irish Spring soap boxes and dark grey duct tape .

[Heish]

Try using a milk jug filled with water. You get even more light. It will not tip or blow over. Lightweight, without water.

[LoudDog]

Most of those solar yard lights fit inside standard beer bottles. Fill with a little sand or dirt if it's windy as they will blow over. I've gotten lots of people asking me where I got my "beer lights".

[The_Dung_Beetle]

I recently picked up a card of 3 headlamps at Costco for a very fair price. We always have a few spares rolling around the house. You just NEEEEVER know when you're gonna need one.

LOL@ Poop-hat...
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[tomman58]

Tvov wrote:

The Dung Beetles wrote:

ALSO - I didn't dig through the WHOLE forum to see if this has been mentioned yet, but we keep a couple headlamps in the camper. I love having my hands free, and decent light around me. If someone pulls out of an RV spot early our dogs decide they HAVE TO GO OUT and potty...even if it's 3 am. So.. out we go, and the head lamp is just the best to keep my hands free since I have two dogs on leashes.

In my family, that is called the "poop hat". We regularly go up to a friend's cabin in Vermont - rustic, no power, gravity fed spring well. Yes, it has an outhouse! At night it is VERY dark, so I always bring a cap with one of those small cap lights clipped to it. Very convenient, and it has gotten to the point that we always bring it along on trips now. And my friend who owns the cabin even bought one, after of course making fun of me.
These lights can be found at most any hardware or home depot so you need not shop at WM

Actually, when I think about it, we have about half a dozen of similar cap lights in the house and vehicles. There are all about the same, below is an example:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Cyclops-The-Tilt-Hat-Clip-With-5-LED-Lights/10957807

[Tvov]

The Dung Beetles wrote:

ALSO - I didn't dig through the WHOLE forum to see if this has been mentioned yet, but we keep a couple headlamps in the camper. I love having my hands free, and decent light around me. If someone pulls out of an RV spot early our dogs decide they HAVE TO GO OUT and potty...even if it's 3 am. So.. out we go, and the head lamp is just the best to keep my hands free since I have two dogs on leashes.

In my family, that is called the "poop hat". We regularly go up to a friend's cabin in Vermont - rustic, no power, gravity fed spring well. Yes, it has an outhouse! At night it is VERY dark, so I always bring a cap with one of those small cap lights clipped to it. Very convenient, and it has gotten to the point that we always bring it along on trips now. And my friend who owns the cabin even bought one, after of course making fun of me.

Actually, when I think about it, we have about half a dozen of similar cap lights in the house and vehicles. There are all about the same, below is an example:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Cyclops-The-Tilt-Hat-Clip-With-5-LED-Lights/10957807

[tomman58]

The Dung Beetles wrote:
You're WELCOME everyone!

I have purchased those little solar lights for as cheap as $1.00 on close out. After this weekend (Labor Day) Walmart usually has some patriotic ones they clear out.

I have questioned taking a terracotta pot long (just something to break). Kitty litter in a container would hold it easily. If you're at a beach just use sand. If I wasn't worried about adding more weight to our entourage I would pour a little QuickCrete into a small container (like a margarine container) with a piece of appropriate sized PVC pipe down in it. After it's cured just tip it out, paint it and there ya go. Then you can just slide the stem of the solar light down into the PVC pipe, and the take it out when you break camp. Awhile back we were mixing up concrete for a project. Hub poured the leftover wet cement into a couple margarine containers and put eye bolts into the top. I have used those little gems so much! Perfect size and I can tie things to them. We are going to celebrate one of our grandson's birthdays today, and I'll toss it in to anchor helium balloons to.

ALSO - I didn't dig through the WHOLE forum to see if this has been mentioned yet, but we keep a couple headlamps in the camper. I love having my hands free, but decent light around me. If someone leaves early and our dogs hear them pullout they decide they HAVE TO GO OUT and potty...even if it's 3 am. So.. out we go, and the head lamp is just the best to keep my hands free since I have two dogs on leashes.

Generally you can find those at the "dollar store" anytime. saves from having to shop at WM

[The_Dung_Beetle]

You're WELCOME everyone!

I have purchased those little solar lights for as cheap as $1.00 on close out. After this weekend (Labor Day) Walmart usually has some patriotic ones they clear out.

I have questioned taking a terracotta pot long (just something to break). Kitty litter in a container would hold it easily. If you're at a beach just use sand. If I wasn't worried about adding more weight to our entourage I would pour a little QuickCrete into a small container (like a margarine container) with a piece of appropriate sized PVC pipe down in it. After it's cured just tip it out, paint it and there ya go. Then you can just slide the stem of the solar light down into the PVC pipe, and the take it out when you break camp. Awhile back we were mixing up concrete for a project. Hub poured the leftover wet cement into a couple margarine containers and put eye bolts into the top. I have used those little gems so much! Perfect size and I can tie/anchor things to them. We are going to celebrate one of our grandson's birthdays today, and I'll toss it in to anchor helium balloons to at the park.

ALSO - I didn't dig through the WHOLE forum to see if this has been mentioned yet, but we keep a couple headlamps in the camper. I love having my hands free, and decent light around me. If someone pulls out of an RV spot early our dogs decide they HAVE TO GO OUT and potty...even if it's 3 am. So.. out we go, and the head lamp is just the best to keep my hands free since I have two dogs on leashes.

[amandasgramma]

tbsnrhurley wrote:

herbhofmann wrote:


We live in Oregon, so forgetting raingear is like forgetting food (or a good porter/stout, or BOTH!)
Herb

That's funny, where we live in Oregon, we always joke that they way you can tell a tourist is that they are the ones walking around with the umbrellas.

We keep a baseball hat, a hoodie, and a rain jacket for each family member in the trailer at all times.

Ditto!!!! LOL Every year I have to LOOK for my umbrella when company comes......

[tbsnrhurley]

herbhofmann wrote:


We live in Oregon, so forgetting raingear is like forgetting food (or a good porter/stout, or BOTH!)
Herb

That's funny, where we live in Oregon, we always joke that they way you can tell a tourist is that they are the ones walking around with the umbrellas.

We keep a baseball hat, a hoodie, and a rain jacket for each family member in the trailer at all times.

[bertnspike]

Okie in Wyoming wrote:
I have thought about that too, but the holes in the bottoms of the flower pots are not big enough for my lights to down through. Other than drilling them out (which I cannot do) and ideas on how to get this to work for me?
Thanks, Okie

Use plastic pots or plastic sand buckets & cut holes the size you need.