What’s In Your RV’s Lithium Battery: A Visit to Lithionics
Feb 20, 2017JamesRV Tech
If you’ve followed our blog for a while, you know by now that we’re rolling with a 420 Amp Hour Lithium battery in our motorhome. Maybe I’ve even mentioned that the battery is...
The ProMaster Second Alternator Skid Plate – Version 3
Feb 06, 2017JamesRV Tech
If you’ve been around here a while, you probably remember my last post on the skid plate to protect our ProMaster’s second alternator. But just in case you haven’t, let me bring...
Truma Takes Over the World! (of RV heat and hot water, at least)
Feb 02, 2017JamesRV Tech
Score one for RV consumers! What do I mean by that? Well, back at the 2015 RVIA show, we made a video introducing people to Truma (the company and the products). One year later in 2016, we...
The Flatpack Grill – so small, we’re out of excuses!
Jan 29, 2017JamesRV Tech
Owning a Class B Camper Van is a lifestyle full of compromises. And since our Winnebago Travato doesn’t have any outside storage, we have to compromise with our “stuff”. So...
It’s Curtains for the ProMaster!
Jan 20, 2017JamesRV Tech
I got a new sewing machine last week. A Janome HD 3000. I like that name; sounds like a full-size truck. It’s an awesome machine, and putting it through its paces reminded me that I never...
Meet the Campfire Defender – Portable Campfire Management and Safety
Jan 14, 2017JamesRV Tech
OK. How many times have you started a campfire not realizing it was already 10:00 at night, and then later dreaded having to wait it out or put it out so you could go to bed? If you’re like...
Our Review of the new Winnebago Era 170M!
Jan 01, 2017JamesRV Reviews
One of the things we really like about Winnebago’s Touring Coach division is that they are continually improving and tweaking their various models. I’m sure this is exasperating to the...
Our Review of the 2017 Leisure Travel Vans Wonder!
Dec 19, 2016JamesRV Reviews
We’ve reviewed several Ford Transit based RVs before, both Class C and Class B models. But there was one Transit based Class C that we’ve been meaning to review for a while, and at the...
The Coachmen Crossfit – Our First Look
Dec 04, 2016JamesRV Reviews
As far as I can tell, this review is the closest we have to a “scoop” from this year’s (2016) RVIA show in Louisville. Just days before the show, Coachmen announced that they would be debuting...
The Straight Poop on our Composting Toilet
Nov 21, 2016JamesRV Tech
We’ve had a composting (dry) toilet in our Class B RV, Lance, for over a year now. Folks have been asking us for a review on it since practically day one. Finally. FINALLY… we got...
