Posts By: James

The Leisure Travel Vans Unity Flex – Our First Look

The Leisure Travel Vans Unity Flex – Our First Look

Stef has already written about what a blast we had at the Louisville RVIA show.  Well, one of the perks of going to that show is that we get to see things before they’re released to the...
Updated!  Progress on the RV Emergency Kits

Updated! Progress on the RV Emergency Kits

It’s been a while since I’ve provided an update on the RV Emergency Kits, so let me fill you in on how things are progressing. It’s been an interesting experience being involved with Essential...
Let’s Talk Truma – Factory Answers to Reader Questions

Let’s Talk Truma – Factory Answers to Reader Questions

Those of you who follow our Travato Owner’s Group on Facebook will have already anticipated this one.  (By the way, can we start calling that the TOG?  It’s so much shorter to type!)...
Hymer Interview and Grand Canyon Preview

Hymer Interview and Grand Canyon Preview

The Class B RV world is buzzing lately after the announcement of a cooperation agreement between Germany’s Erwin Hymer Group and Roadtrek from Kitchener Ontario.  We’re just as curious...
The New Coachmen Galleria – Our Detailed Review

The New Coachmen Galleria – Our Detailed Review

We generally stay on top of who’s making what in the Class B RV world.  In fact, our own Class B Manufacturer List has gotten to be quite popular.  So when we learn about someone new making...
Why Are Towable RVs So Angry?

Why Are Towable RVs So Angry?

This video is pretty much just for fun, but after visiting Pomona last month, I couldn’t help but make it.  You just have to watch.     When you see a bunch of them together, you...
Myre – Big Island State Park, MN – RV Park Review

Myre – Big Island State Park, MN – RV Park Review

Since getting our Travato, Stef and I have been staying in fewer and fewer formal RV parks and campgrounds, preferring remote, dispersed camping sites instead. That is, after all, part of the allure...
Assessing the Insulation in our RV with an IR Camera

Assessing the Insulation in our RV with an IR Camera

OK, so I’ve added additional insulation to our Travato. But how do I know if it did any good? Take a bunch of infrared pictures – that’s how! I rolled in late last night from a trip to AM Solar...
Winnebago Fuse Review – A New, Ford-Transit-Based, Compact Class C

Winnebago Fuse Review – A New, Ford-Transit-Based, Compact Class C

Maintaining an RV-related website does have a few perks. (OK. Not many, but there are a few.) Usually these are things like complimentary rolls of new RV toilet tissue to try out.  Yay.  But every...
What’s New at Pleasure-Way for 2016

What’s New at Pleasure-Way for 2016

Maybe it’s because the whole industry is built around having fun, or maybe it’s something else.  But whatever the reason, we seem to get along great and have fun with all our industry...