We dry camp about 90 % of the time. We use spray bottles to wash and rinse when we do dishes. We also use portable solar panel to recharge our camper. That way we can park in the shade to keep the camper cooler and charge up the batteries. We use an inverter that hooks up to the soar panels to charge up the lap top and our tool batteries. For the bathroom we use battery string lights so that we have light using the bathroom at night. We have a generator that we hardly use for those rainy days to charge things up. Getting a battery operated fan is on our list.
These are great tips! I've never considered spray bottles for the dishes. And I can see battery string lights inside being super helpful before we had lithium batteries. Thanks for sharing!
Another handy liquid for any kind of camping (or for everyday use in the car), is No Rinse body wash concentrate. A few very small squirts into a bowl or spray bottle with water goes on sudsy but wipes clean with a regular sink towel or paper towel. Hence the name No Rinse! Sold at medical supply stores, or Costco pharmacy.
Great list. I upgraded our solar to 400w this year so I had to upgrade the charge controller as well. I still have the smaller charge controller in place, just not connected, so my plan is to pick up some portable panels or buy 2 100w panels and turn them into a suitcase style set up and use those when we're parked in shade but I may be able to run a portable away from the bus and set it up in the sun.
Amazon has them 60 gallon heavy duty water bladders. I have 2 of them. (One I fill inside my camper over the axels after slides closed) My Jayco 242BHSW has 70 gallon fresh water but Extra 60 Gallons helps a lot. Milwaukee makes a 18v cordless transfer pump also. What I do is when I get to my boondocking sites I gravity drain my full 50 to 60 gallon to my other 60 gallon outside to the other bladder. Draining my tanks I also have a 28 gallon Rhino dump I store on my ladder. I dry camp 2 or 3 weeks on the beach for dip netting season Kasilof Ak. Dump station about a 20 min drive during that trip I re fill both 60 gallons of fresh water. The 60 gallon water bladders are a time saver.
@@RoginaRoamingstay away from the Auqatank2. My aquatank2 started leaking on the 2nd refill. Milwaukee 18v Batteries been very helpful also, if you have starlink. I have 2 of the 18v to 120v converter running of (2) 12 amp hr batteries. 1 for the starlink, other for the Television. Also spare 8 amp hr battery for ther cordless water pump. Also the Iceco 12v 58qt fridge/freezer I stored under the bunk section for extra week and 1/2 food storage.
That video is the reason why your videos are so great! Thanks. I have most of them. Camp on!
Thanks, that is great to hear! I'm glad you enjoyed the video 😁
We dry camp about 90 % of the time. We use spray bottles to wash and rinse when we do dishes. We also use portable solar panel to recharge our camper. That way we can park in the shade to keep the camper cooler and charge up the batteries. We use an inverter that hooks up to the soar panels to charge up the lap top and our tool batteries. For the bathroom we use battery string lights so that we have light using the bathroom at night. We have a generator that we hardly use for those rainy days to charge things up. Getting a battery operated fan is on our list.
These are great tips! I've never considered spray bottles for the dishes. And I can see battery string lights inside being super helpful before we had lithium batteries. Thanks for sharing!
Another handy liquid for any kind of camping (or for everyday use in the car), is No Rinse body wash concentrate. A few very small squirts into a bowl or spray bottle with water goes on sudsy but wipes clean with a regular sink towel or paper towel. Hence the name No Rinse! Sold at medical supply stores, or Costco pharmacy.
That's a great tip and a nice addition to the list. Thanks for sharing!
Great list. I upgraded our solar to 400w this year so I had to upgrade the charge controller as well. I still have the smaller charge controller in place, just not connected, so my plan is to pick up some portable panels or buy 2 100w panels and turn them into a suitcase style set up and use those when we're parked in shade but I may be able to run a portable away from the bus and set it up in the sun.
That sounds like a good plan! We have a similar setup and we don't use the portable panel often but it's great to have for those times you need it.
Amazon has them 60 gallon heavy duty water bladders. I have 2 of them. (One I fill inside my camper over the axels after slides closed) My Jayco 242BHSW has 70 gallon fresh water but Extra 60 Gallons helps a lot. Milwaukee makes a 18v cordless transfer pump also. What I do is when I get to my boondocking sites I gravity drain my full 50 to 60 gallon to my other 60 gallon outside to the other bladder. Draining my tanks I also have a 28 gallon Rhino dump I store on my ladder. I dry camp 2 or 3 weeks on the beach for dip netting season Kasilof Ak. Dump station about a 20 min drive during that trip I re fill both 60 gallons of fresh water. The 60 gallon water bladders are a time saver.
My bad 65 Gallon Bladder by FoundGo, nice price $50.00. DO NOT get the AuquaTank2, started leaking on the second use.
Wow! Sounds like you've got a good system down. I can definitely see how that would be helpful to be able to dry camp for several weeks.
@@RoginaRoamingstay away from the Auqatank2. My aquatank2 started leaking on the 2nd refill. Milwaukee 18v Batteries been very helpful also, if you have starlink. I have 2 of the 18v to 120v converter running of (2) 12 amp hr batteries. 1 for the starlink, other for the Television. Also spare 8 amp hr battery for ther cordless water pump. Also the Iceco 12v 58qt fridge/freezer I stored under the bunk section for extra week and 1/2 food storage.