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Camper Internet

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Internet connectivity in a camper is absolute garbage. I mean completely atrocious. This one question is all over the place in mobile living forums and such, for good reason. There really isn't any GOOD option. And the best option for any given person is entirely subjective. So what works for other people realistically might not work for you. So, what do you do? You research, and you do some trial and error. I'm going to lay out my own experience in order of thought/attempt and let others learn from that. What I have now isn't great. As a matter of fact, it's still pretty frustrating. Unfortunately, it's the best I've got so far. Note, my options are a little different because we're keeping the camper in a single location right now. If you're on the move, that could definitely make some of the options I considered completely irrelevant. Still, maybe it helps to hear about what's out there. The first thing I considered doing was migrating my existing ...

Project - Stairs

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 My project this week has been a free-standing staircase. The single stair to get into the camper just isn't enough. I mean, yes, it works. But it's a huge step up or down, the stair itself is really small, and it feels flimsy. The way the stair attaches to the camper, it actually seems to be pulling through the floor a little bit now. All in all, it just wasn't sustainable. If I'm going to be spending a few months going in and out of that door multiple times per day, I want a decent set of stairs to climb. So I started looking into my options for camper stairs. Several people have come up with solutions that are admittedly quite ingenious. One guy made single stair units that nest into each other for storage, and then stack on top of each other for use. I wanted to go that route, but his steps weren't exactly easy to follow and I didn't really need extreme portability for my purposes. We don't plan on moving the camper at all for a few months, and the built...

Space Saving Measures

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 So I have to say, thank goodness for the internet. There are so many products and ideas that maybe 15 years ago, either didn't exist or I never would've found them. Now, it's as easy as placing an Amazon order. We have several products that make storage and organization so much more effective, and genuinely increase quality of life here by an absurd amount. 1. Key Holder Probably the thing I interact with most often. Nice place to put our keys up and out of the way, so we don't have a bowl taking up space on the counter, and each key has an assigned spot. Plus, my wallet fits on the hook with my keys, so it's all there together. There's also a small tray on top if you need to store some little nick-nacky stuff. 2. Command Hooks for EVERYTHING I should buy stock in Command, as much as I use the sticky hooks. Pretty much everything that is light enough to go on a hook does, since anything we can do to save counter space helps. Wall space is much more available, a...