61. RV Gear Non-Essentials

Here are some RV products that we either never used or no longer/rarely use:

We got a lot of leveling equipment, but the red buckets aren't really necessary given the cost of them. A solid block of wood would be just as good. Plus, half the time there isn't enough room to even fit them under the front jacks, and never under the back jacks. We use snap pads on the feet and that would be good enough in most cases. The red curved levelers seemed like they would be useful, but they take moving both forward and back to remove them, and more detailed positioning with higher risk of falling off the high end if you are trying to roll to a higher level. We ended up using the flat lego block types almost always. The X-chocks we still use occasionally if we are stationary for several nights, or if we are up on blocks where we can't chock the wheels properly, but haven't used them nearly as much as we thought. It's just another step during setup/tear down and we don't notice anything in terms of increased stability.

We got the portable sewer tank to use if we needed to dump the (gray) tank without wanting to move the whole RV, but it turns out that we only used it once in 2 years (at Zion). Most of the time, we don't fill up the gray tanks before we move, and never the black tank. Maybe it will be more useful in the future as we stay longer at single sites, but for now it hasn't been worth it. The plumber thing was something we got because someone mentioned that you will want it when you need it, but we have never needed it. I guess it is good for reassurance, but probably unlikely to be needed.

We got the water bag in case we wanted to go without a water hookup for several days, but again, it just hasn't been a reality. When we are away from water hookups, we tend to shower less and are more conservative with water and so the bag has never actually been needed. We used it once in Zion, but that was only because we forgot to fill the tank on the way in. It's something that would be great for people that bookdock a lot and empty their sewer using the tote above, but it isn't something that has been practical for how we travel. With how quick our setup and tear down processes are, it would probably be easier to tow the RV to the dump station rather than use these. The water bandit was something we got as a backup in case the only water supply around did not have a threaded connection, but we have yet to encounter that situation.

Here is a random assortment of additional gear we got but haven't used much. The light up vests for biking might be used one day, but we haven't biked when it wasn't full daylight. We got the 2 step stool to reach higher shelves, but usually isn't necessary. It will be nice for Jordan to use at the counter next year though. The special laundry bags just don't fit anything in the Brinky. They are nice and we use them at home though. We just use canvas sacks in the RV for laundry. We got a ton of cloths thinking we would be using them all the time for RV related things, but haven't used that many. Probably like 10 would have been sufficient.

I'm sure there are more than this, but if we hadn't gotten these things, we could have saved a good amount, maybe like $700.