I've used Liquify (not Happy Camper) and it did keep the tank odor free. However, I had a problem after a couple of years of my sensors not working. I learned that Liquify (and other enzyme-based products) turn your solid waste into a "liquidy paste" that can coat your sensors. Now I use a Calgon/Pine-Sol mix. The Calgon makes the water slippery and the Pine-Sol disinfects and controls odors. By keeping the waste "solid" it won't coat your sensors. However, you have to use a lot of water. I make sure the tank is at least 3/4 full before dumping and rinse them thoroughly before closing my waste valves. If I need to dump and I'm less than 3/4, I add water until the tank reads 3/4 or more.
💕Victoria, Craig, I've mentioned this before. The wife and I love watching the both of you in your videos. We have 3 daughters married in their mid-30's and late twenties. But you guy's seriously need to go with composting toilet. No stinky smells seriously, if people tell you otherwise either they don't no what they are talking about of they did it all wrong. We spent 30 days in Smoky's and 3 days in north Tennessee. The first 18 days started dry camping, no water, sewer, or shore power hookups. Have Solar & gen. At the end of our 18th day we had moved to a full hookup Campground for 3 nights which was the first time we needed water for our fresh tank of 81 gallons. Before we had a flush toilet at which we couldn't go no more than 31/2 to 4 days before having to dump our BLACK TANK. It was so satisfying to sit back and watch all of our neighbors either dumping with a blue boy pull behind or pulling their rv to dump. Did that when I was your age and thought nothing of it well cus well it was the "way to do it." Save and stop WASTING PRECIOUS WATER going into your black tank. Ours was only 34 gallons. Craig, I promise you'll never go back to the domestic way. ......OGO has come out with their Nomad toilet for $199 with urine jug and garbage bag using the layering method or build you one using a 5 gallon bucket. Just to try it. I believe y'all's black tank is 45 or 50 gallons. That will go to washing your to dogs. .......Seriously give it a chance. ......FYI, I had a warranty brand new toilet coming to me the same time I had a $900 dollar OGO toilet being shipped to me. That Domedic new toilet is still in its box. The wife and I just love u both. Oh, just finished the last 6 minutes of video......Craig your a great southern gentleman, keep it up!
You have learned. Above freezing drain the tanks. Drive with heavy tanks. Tanks can fail. We move with 1/3 or less in fresh tank. Gray and black drained
I wish I could say I can't believe that the folks at Thor didn't plug the vent pipe in, but nothing surprises me anymore when it comes to some RV manufacturers. As for towing, I honestly think a longer trailer, and especially a 5th wheel, is easier to back up than a short trailer. It takes longer for them to react to the truck turning so it's easier to stay ahead of them. With a short little trailer if you blink you're jackknifed. Lastly, for only being at this for a year, and you have 26K subs, that's stellar work kids, congrats!!!
We’ve all been tortured by a black tank at some point.😂 With RV living it is a lot of trial by error and laugh later type of situations.😅 keep up the great content.🤟🏼
My go-to gray/black tank treatment is homemade - 1/1/1, Calgon/Pine-Sol/Water. My gray tank usually smells worse than the black but only mild with the above treatment. Hint for short-term travelers: use rest stops, gas stations and restaurants for solid human waste - liquids only in the blank tank - dumping & rinsing easy + 5 gal of fresh water in black tank before moving on.
@@markpcolo Used to have a 1994 Class A that an errant deer destroyed - parts no longer available so totaled and used the proceeds to get a 2021 21DS. Used the liquids only process on both rigs - works really well.
haha we all end up with at least one great "terrible" RV story to tell.. 🤣 We actually got these shirts at the Owner's Rally, but I do know they have some official ones too
Hi guys!!! Our RV is made by Thor, now I am scared lol. I have my own poop mishap. We went to a park and the septic was too far so I had to use my extension. As you know we are new to this and our equipment is new too. So this is the first time I use the extension and when I went to empty the tanks the “stuff” got stuck and wouldn’t go down. I’m freaking out, don’t know what’s going on when I realized there are stoppers in the new line I forgot to remove. You can imagine the mess…. Love the video thanks for sharing. Stay safe. Freddy and Bryan.
oh noooo! Gosh, I bet that was a bad day... but on the bright side, you've got QUITE the story to tell around the campfire now. LOL. We're all living and learning 😆
Hello I just wanted to let you know my wife and I enjoy your videos. Keep it real that’s what we enjoy. Would love to meet you guys somewhere down the road.
Victoria you guys make great videos! I love his discomfort, it makes him one of us dudes. You explain well and you're both very personable. We are going for a Z 3100 and I found your channel immediately. We live in a forest above Kingman Arizona, if you come through this way we've got hook ups with soft water right in our yard👍
Great job you two , when lifting the vent pipe to reinstall into your tank you may have disturbed the dicor at the roof . You might want to check out the roof.
Wife and I love your adventures. We're weekend campers with a travel trailer and we like cheering you on! PLEASE teach Victoria to drive your rig. Safety is EVERYTHING! Thanks for sharing and have safe travels. Dave and Shari
My first time was also because my husband hurt his back. I packed, hooked up, and towed. My husband loved telling that story. He did all the driving until we got older then we started trading off. We had a 40 ft with a Polaris behind us ( yes we were too long but never got stopped).
We have used Happy Camper for 4 years with no tank odors. My wife has a very sensitive nose. We tried the Matt’s liquify the last two trips and she was very unhappy with the tank odor each time we flushed. We are back to happy camper.
My Husband and I, appreciate your genuine, down to Earth personalities, sharing your newbie mistakes and success stories. I hope we can catch you two on the road someday! Safe travels.
A way I like to keep the black tank clean, do the flush twice one at the beginning and once at the end and in the middle I take a 5 gallon water jug put foot on the toilet lever and pour it the top as fast as you can so as to get the spot directly in the bottom. works pretty good
I get really really car sick too. 2 or 3 ginger capsules, and I can read a book, in the back seat, for 6 hours.. tried and true! PS: “Dramamine Naturals” has one ingredient: ginger. 😉
We bought a 100k 2020 keystone 44' toy hauler. The shower drain would not work because they never drilled the hole in the grey water tank and just glued the fitting over it.
Omg the black tank story. Good gosh Craig, I would’ve been mad too. Something so simple the6 failed to do at the factory and all the trouble it caused. Yikes
You guys continue to be awesome 🙂 Craig, I know your experience. I get motion sick too if I'm not in the driver seat. We are fans of happy camper too. But we use it for our black tank. That is primarily just a gray tank since we have a composting toilet as you probably remember 🙂 have a great time in Florida and as you head North 🙂
I like you both a lot. I watch several TH-cam RV/van life channels and yours is right up there in terms of content, quality and entertainment, as channels that have been doing this much longer. I also really like that your videos are longer than most. It's nice to turn on one of your videos while I'm cooking or doing other things and not have to stop every few minutes to start another video. You've earned a 'subscribe' from me (I don't subscribe to just anyone 🙂). Keep it up and I wish you much success.
Hey you guys I got a maybe a comment and a question to maybe and stuff you know they should be able to make the black tank were you really be able to clean it out really good like water pressure clean it all out and it shouldn't make a tank where you know it don't get out of plastic in there where it shouldn't be made out of something else when you hook up a high pressure hose to it really 1 year you're able to drive a RV and they should make it out of something really good
10 year user of Happy Camper. 20 year old 5th Wheel. All sensors work - correctly. I’m not messing with this! Sorry, I’m not buying into the peanut butter theory that the company that cleans tanks pushes.
Something told me that your "every Thursday" promise was enthusiastic and well-intended, but overly ambitious. Do whatever you can whenever you can, and leave us wanting more. 😁 Your adventures are amazing, and you 4 are fun to watch. Be safe, be well, and beware those pesky 2-minute fixes.👍🏾
haha you were very right, but thank you so much!! We enjoy creating videos, but sometimes think we have more time in the week than we really do 😆 Those 2 minute fixes can really come back to bite you 🤣🤣
I drained the tanks in my old camper and while flushing the black tank I forgot to turn off the flush hose and the tank overfilled and broke the straps holding it and it split the tank on one of the corners. What a mess! In my defense, the flush hose connect to the back of the camper and the valves are by the tires. Needless to say, I disconnect the flush hose every time even if I stay a month or more! Enjoyed the video and the reminder!
oh nooooo. That is always a fear of mine, forgetting while flushing the tank! 😬 It's honestly an easy thing to do, even when everything is easily accessible
Please don’t use liquid fire in your black or gray tank. The Happy Camper works because it has enzymes. So does Unique (a liquid version) and Matt’s (that RV guy) tank treatment. Treat your take with a good enzyme treatment and odors will be eliminated.
I’ve got a Thor and same feelings here… also Craig I’m the same way with motion sickness so I drive all the time also. I think it took awhile for my boyfriend to get use to not driving. lol Love y’all and thanks for sharing your adventures!! I can’t wait until the snow melts here so I can hit the road again!!
We had a similar problem on our 2018 Flagstaff Micro Lite. in the kitchen after doing dishes in the tiny sink the pulled the drain plug water would start coming out under the cabinets onto the floor. But only when you had a full sink. Come to finally figure it out what it was the down pipe to the pee trap elbow where the nut tightens the 2 pieces did not even touch and was not going to take back to dealer for warranty, You are correct its those little quality control things that Erk you
Love your content! Sorry about the motion sickness, I only get that on public (city) buses cause of stop and go and it’s the worst! Would like to know more about safety (maybe you’re thoughts on boon-docking solo ie. Victoria alone as I’m a single female and wonder if it would be safe).
Hi guy's... That is terrible about the black tank... We totally understand about the Thor industries... Looking forward to your next video... Thank you...J&A2ofus
If you get a chance to try it, I use Unique RV Digest-It for my tanks. It works very well, controls odors, and it works well for gray tanks as well as black.
When we take our rig out we both hook up the outside together and get it level and all that. But I load up all the food and clothes and stuff before we leave.
When we get somewhere, we usually do the outside stuff together too, up until it’s level and then I usually go inside and start putting out the slides while Craig finishes up if we haven’t already 😄
Victoria, try towing between cities on nice clear highways to practice, something like 200 miles or so. That is what we do. Craig -- are those no-see-um bites on your arm? My wife Dawn got attacked by those things in Florida near Melbourne!
Thanks for the Shout out! LMAO! Here is my recommendation... If you are Happy with Happy Camper then KEEP USING IT! :) Happy Camper is a great Product and so is Unique! We are Happy to be in the conversation with those great brands! If you do know anyone who likes that Orange Smell make sure you send them my way :) Happy Camping!
Lol! We’ve seen some videos that tested tank treatments better than we ever could and saw that yours came out among the top for performance! And I’m pretty sure we’re in the minority on the smell thing 🤣 although if you ever come out with a fragrance-free version, we’ll be all over it because I really like your bottle design 😄
Im a happy camper user also and love it. I bought a bottle of Matt's stuff and it was during all the problems they were having with Amazon selling the China ripoff so I think I got the fake stuff because I used it and it sucked. I'll be curious to see how you guys evaluate Matt's brand.
Your video just came on tv as we were sitting down to eat dinner. as we were eating our meal look less and less appetizing as we were watching the undercarriage of your rig dripping. I looked at my wife and she looked at me and just grabbed both of our plates half eaten and took them to the kitchen. LOL. we should have looked at the title first. looking forward to your sunday videos.
LOL oops!! I guess it probably won't help if I explain now that the dripping part was at least mostly water... 🤣 we had emptied the black and left it open for a while, while it was flushing before filling it back up to "find" the leak.
What do you mean you shouldn’t just buy a 35ft fifth wheel and tow it down the road for your first towing experience???? We apparently didn’t get that advice before towing. We also didn’t get the memo about picking an easy camping spot for our first parking attempts. We picked the WORST back in spot on earth and it took me an hour to back it in! And then our second trip we apparently drove a mountain pass through the Appalachians that many RVers refuse to do. Ignorance is bliss?!?!?!
How’s the Brinkley working out for y’all? I’m looking at the Z3100 just not ready to pull the trigger still doing my homework. You two are entertaining and I really look forward to your videos.
Love your videos. I'm planning to go full time as a newbie in a brinkley in the next 2 years and living vicariously through you in the mean time. One question I had is I remember you saying the shower in the Brinkley was pushing out too much water to conserve while boondocking. Did you ever find a fix for that? Keep up the awesome work!
Ahh yay, exciting!! And yes! We swapped out the shower wand with this one from Amazon and it uses a lot less water and has an on/off switch which helps as well. amzn.to/3u75txi
I'm the same as Craig as a passenger, I get motion sick if I do anything besides looking outside. So I might as well drive. And we had the same poop experience as yours when we developed a crack in our black tank. It filled the under belly and all of the glass insulation with nasty waste water before we were aware of the problem. It was like a giant dirty diaper! I tried to repair it using epoxy and flex seal but it didn't last and we ended up having a repair shop replace the tank. 🤮
oh gosh, you understand our pain then. The only thing I can be glad for is the fact that our "all weather" RV was so poorly insulated that at least I didn't have as much nasty insulation to clean out LOL
Its all good! Holidays can be a busy time of the year, especially when you are with family, which you guys were and looked like a great time! I signed up on the email list a couple months ago, but not sure if it went through. Should I try again?..
Our email list also took a back seat the last few months 😅 so, it probably went through (doesn’t hurt to try again though just in case!) …but be on the lookout in your inbox this next week!
Thank you, guys for as recent as your RV Brinkley is not standing up to their company hype of quality standards that they preach, happy you guys are putting these videos out and the flags on Blinky but I guess you know your sacrificing your trade-in value on Brinkley‘s pieces of crap
Hey, sorry you didn’t catch it in the video, but the leak was on our old RV, you can see it in the videos we showed, but it was a Dutchmen Denali (owned by Thor). Brinkley RV is not owned by Thor, they are privately owned.
I know Wild RV corrected you on which RV they were complaining about in the video. Brinkleys are pretty amazing. Do you own one? No RV is without some kind of issue, but the Brinkleys are amazing and their customer service is impeccable.
@@mattheww8059 That's great! I'm very happy for you. Not sure what that has to do with Brinkey, though. Surely you know that there are lots of Ahara owners who have an issue, right? Surely you know that RV's of all kinds have warranty repairs or other issues from time to time, right? Your experience with your RV has nothing to do with Brinkley or their quality. I'm certain that you know that RV's can experience problems AND be of a very high quality.
We need to! I have a feeling it'll work great for breaking down waste, I've seen some video reviews of it, I'll be curious to see how much we smell the orange scent though
Bummer. I am curious, did you leave the heat off or, is there just not enough insulation in the under belly? It sounds like this could be a serious issue in colder weather.
Our old rig didn't have any tank heaters (thankfully the Brinkley does!), but we did have the furnace on, but there was also barely any insulation in our old rig in the underbelly, despite being rated for "all weather". It's actually another reason why we went with the Brinkley, because it's been tested down to 0 degrees!
good video did the black tank actually freeze or did you just think it did . I have wondered about that I thought may be the gasses might keep it from freezing but it is mainly water and dirt
We’re not totally sure. We knew for sure our fresh water was frozen, and so we figured it was probably frozen as well…but we also figured that if it wasn’t, it would be fine since you SHOULD be able to drive with stuff in your tank….but we were wrong 🤣🤣 it was our first time driving with a full black tank clearly lol
You all just be yourselves. You're human. We love watching you.
Thank you so much 🙏🏼❤️❤️
@@wildrvlife I just got a scam telegram fake account trying to be you so you better let your older viewers know it’s not you
I've used Liquify (not Happy Camper) and it did keep the tank odor free. However, I had a problem after a couple of years of my sensors not working. I learned that Liquify (and other enzyme-based products) turn your solid waste into a "liquidy paste" that can coat your sensors. Now I use a Calgon/Pine-Sol mix. The Calgon makes the water slippery and the Pine-Sol disinfects and controls odors. By keeping the waste "solid" it won't coat your sensors. However, you have to use a lot of water. I make sure the tank is at least 3/4 full before dumping and rinse them thoroughly before closing my waste valves. If I need to dump and I'm less than 3/4, I add water until the tank reads 3/4 or more.
Good info, thank you!
💕Victoria, Craig, I've mentioned this before. The wife and I love watching the both of you in your videos. We have 3 daughters married in their mid-30's and late twenties. But you guy's seriously need to go with composting toilet. No stinky smells seriously, if people tell you otherwise either they don't no what they are talking about of they did it all wrong.
We spent 30 days in Smoky's and 3 days in north Tennessee. The first 18 days started dry camping, no water, sewer, or shore power hookups. Have Solar & gen.
At the end of our 18th day we had moved to a full hookup Campground for 3 nights which was the first time we needed water for our fresh tank of 81 gallons. Before we had a flush toilet at which we couldn't go no more than 31/2 to 4 days before having to dump our BLACK TANK.
It was so satisfying to sit back and watch all of our neighbors either dumping with a blue boy pull behind or pulling their rv to dump.
Did that when I was your age and thought nothing of it well cus well it was the "way to do it."
Save and stop WASTING PRECIOUS WATER going into your black tank. Ours was only 34 gallons.
Craig, I promise you'll never go back to the domestic way.
......OGO has come out with their Nomad toilet for $199 with urine jug and garbage bag using the layering method or build you one using a 5 gallon bucket.
Just to try it.
I believe y'all's black tank is 45 or 50 gallons. That will go to washing your to dogs.
.......Seriously give it a chance.
......FYI, I had a warranty brand new toilet coming to me the same time I had a $900 dollar OGO toilet being shipped to me. That Domedic new toilet is still in its box.
The wife and I just love u both.
Oh, just finished the last 6 minutes of video......Craig your a great southern gentleman, keep it up!
Don't worry about getting polished. You are just fine the way you are!
You have learned. Above freezing drain the tanks. Drive with heavy tanks. Tanks can fail. We move with 1/3 or less in fresh tank. Gray and black drained
I wish I could say I can't believe that the folks at Thor didn't plug the vent pipe in, but nothing surprises me anymore when it comes to some RV manufacturers. As for towing, I honestly think a longer trailer, and especially a 5th wheel, is easier to back up than a short trailer. It takes longer for them to react to the truck turning so it's easier to stay ahead of them. With a short little trailer if you blink you're jackknifed. Lastly, for only being at this for a year, and you have 26K subs, that's stellar work kids, congrats!!!
We’ve all been tortured by a black tank at some point.😂 With RV living it is a lot of trial by error and laugh later type of situations.😅 keep up the great content.🤟🏼
Lol 100%!! At least they all make for great stories to tell around the campfire 😄
My go-to gray/black tank treatment is homemade - 1/1/1, Calgon/Pine-Sol/Water. My gray tank usually smells worse than the black but only mild with the above treatment. Hint for short-term travelers: use rest stops, gas stations and restaurants for solid human waste - liquids only in the blank tank - dumping & rinsing easy + 5 gal of fresh water in black tank before moving on.
I do the same. 👍👍👍
@@markpcolo Used to have a 1994 Class A that an errant deer destroyed - parts no longer available so totaled and used the proceeds to get a 2021 21DS. Used the liquids only process on both rigs - works really well.
Hey great story - humbling to say the least!! Just ordered our Brinkley, hopefully they throw in that cool t shirt!!
haha we all end up with at least one great "terrible" RV story to tell.. 🤣 We actually got these shirts at the Owner's Rally, but I do know they have some official ones too
Hi guys!!! Our RV is made by Thor, now I am scared lol. I have my own poop mishap. We went to a park and the septic was too far so I had to use my extension. As you know we are new to this and our equipment is new too. So this is the first time I use the extension and when I went to empty the tanks the “stuff” got stuck and wouldn’t go down. I’m freaking out, don’t know what’s going on when I realized there are stoppers in the new line I forgot to remove. You can imagine the mess…. Love the video thanks for sharing. Stay safe. Freddy and Bryan.
oh noooo! Gosh, I bet that was a bad day... but on the bright side, you've got QUITE the story to tell around the campfire now. LOL. We're all living and learning 😆
Hello I just wanted to let you know my wife and I enjoy your videos. Keep it real that’s what we enjoy. Would love to meet you guys somewhere down the road.
Victoria you guys make great videos! I love his discomfort, it makes him one of us dudes. You explain well and you're both very personable. We are going for a Z 3100 and I found your channel immediately. We live in a forest above Kingman Arizona, if you come through this way we've got hook ups with soft water right in our yard👍
Great job you two , when lifting the vent pipe to reinstall into your tank you may have disturbed the dicor at the roof . You might want to check out the roof.
Howdy from Cabo…….always love your videos 🌵🌴🇨🇦
Hey. Thanks for the Thursday chat..was a fun one! I dont care if its Monday, Tuesday, Wed or Thur..😂.. just fun to hear your stories!😊
Thank you for watching!!
Wife and I love your adventures. We're weekend campers with a travel trailer and we like cheering you on! PLEASE teach Victoria to drive your rig. Safety is EVERYTHING! Thanks for sharing and have safe travels.
Dave and Shari
Thank you, guys! She may get the chance here soon.
My first time was also because my husband hurt his back. I packed, hooked up, and towed. My husband loved telling that story. He did all the driving until we got older then we started trading off. We had a 40 ft with a Polaris behind us ( yes we were too long but never got stopped).
Yall are AWSOME and fun not to mention a breath of fresh air as far as fresh creators
We have used Happy Camper for 4 years with no tank odors. My wife has a very sensitive nose. We tried the Matt’s liquify the last two trips and she was very unhappy with the tank odor each time we flushed. We are back to happy camper.
My Husband and I, appreciate your genuine, down to Earth personalities, sharing your newbie mistakes and success stories. I hope we can catch you two on the road someday! Safe travels.
Thank you so much! Hopefully we will see you on the road one day!
we share your love for Thor also! Every turn is a repair or discovery of something they did not do. Great vlog !
A way I like to keep the black tank clean, do the flush twice one at the beginning and once at the end and in the middle I take a 5 gallon water jug put foot on the toilet lever and pour it the top as fast as you can so as to get the spot directly in the bottom. works pretty good
I get really really car sick too. 2 or 3 ginger capsules, and I can read a book, in the back seat, for 6 hours.. tried and true! PS: “Dramamine Naturals” has one ingredient: ginger. 😉
ohhh we will have to pick some of this up and try it!
We bought a 100k 2020 keystone 44' toy hauler. The shower drain would not work because they never drilled the hole in the grey water tank and just glued the fitting over it.
Thanks for the Thro comment we hate them as well our black fell off our rug after Camping World fixed our tank
Good idea to flush the grey tank to see If there are leaks!
Love watching you two any day 🙌🤩
You Can do It Victoria ✌️ 🥰🥰
Omg the black tank story. Good gosh Craig, I would’ve been mad too. Something so simple the6 failed to do at the factory and all the trouble it caused. Yikes
right!! such a simple thing caused such a big problem
You guys continue to be awesome 🙂 Craig, I know your experience. I get motion sick too if I'm not in the driver seat. We are fans of happy camper too. But we use it for our black tank. That is primarily just a gray tank since we have a composting toilet as you probably remember 🙂 have a great time in Florida and as you head North 🙂
Thanks you both are doing well and I love how real you are.
Love the videos. Don’t change. Keep it genuine. We missed you at the Tampa show. Hope to see you some time in the future.
I like you both a lot. I watch several TH-cam RV/van life channels and yours is right up there in terms of content, quality and entertainment, as channels that have been doing this much longer. I also really like that your videos are longer than most. It's nice to turn on one of your videos while I'm cooking or doing other things and not have to stop every few minutes to start another video. You've earned a 'subscribe' from me (I don't subscribe to just anyone 🙂). Keep it up and I wish you much success.
Love your videos😊
Hey you guys I got a maybe a comment and a question to maybe and stuff you know they should be able to make the black tank were you really be able to clean it out really good like water pressure clean it all out and it shouldn't make a tank where you know it don't get out of plastic in there where it shouldn't be made out of something else when you hook up a high pressure hose to it really 1 year you're able to drive a RV and they should make it out of something really good
Happy Camper for the Win!
I do like your videos, both of you do a good job and enjoy watching all your episodes
It's a Thor. That explains the problem!!
Love the shirt Craig,
We have used Happy Camper for 8 years now. Love it.
Black Tank Juice! Nothing worse! Great video.
10 year user of Happy Camper. 20 year old 5th Wheel. All sensors work - correctly. I’m not messing with this! Sorry, I’m not buying into the peanut butter theory that the company that cleans tanks pushes.
Something told me that your "every Thursday" promise was enthusiastic and well-intended, but overly ambitious. Do whatever you can whenever you can, and leave us wanting more. 😁 Your adventures are amazing, and you 4 are fun to watch. Be safe, be well, and beware those pesky 2-minute fixes.👍🏾
haha you were very right, but thank you so much!! We enjoy creating videos, but sometimes think we have more time in the week than we really do 😆 Those 2 minute fixes can really come back to bite you 🤣🤣
My shower drain wasn't hooked up to gray tank. Better than black but still yucky😊
I drained the tanks in my old camper and while flushing the black tank I forgot to turn off the flush hose and the tank overfilled and broke the straps holding it and it split the tank on one of the corners. What a mess! In my defense, the flush hose connect to the back of the camper and the valves are by the tires. Needless to say, I disconnect the flush hose every time even if I stay a month or more! Enjoyed the video and the reminder!
oh nooooo. That is always a fear of mine, forgetting while flushing the tank! 😬 It's honestly an easy thing to do, even when everything is easily accessible
We have used Happy Camper for years. Works great for our grey tanks too….
Please don’t use liquid fire in your black or gray tank. The Happy Camper works because it has enzymes. So does Unique (a liquid version) and Matt’s (that RV guy) tank treatment. Treat your take with a good enzyme treatment and odors will be eliminated.
THE HUSBNAND DRIVES AND PERPARES THE RIG , AND THE WIFE AND THE CAT SLEEP !!!
Haha they must be able to rest easy knowing they’ve got a good driver! 😆
I’ve got a Thor and same feelings here… also Craig I’m the same way with motion sickness so I drive all the time also. I think it took awhile for my boyfriend to get use to not driving. lol Love y’all and thanks for sharing your adventures!! I can’t wait until the snow melts here so I can hit the road again!!
Motion sickness is not fun! Victoria is probably happy it works out this way, lol.
We had a similar problem on our 2018 Flagstaff Micro Lite. in the kitchen after doing dishes in the tiny sink the pulled the drain plug water would start coming out under the cabinets onto the floor. But only when you had a full sink. Come to finally figure it out what it was the down pipe to the pee trap elbow where the nut tightens the 2 pieces did not even touch and was not going to take back to dealer for warranty, You are correct its those little quality control things that Erk you
Love watching from England uk .
Love your content! Sorry about the motion sickness, I only get that on public (city) buses cause of stop and go and it’s the worst! Would like to know more about safety (maybe you’re thoughts on boon-docking solo ie. Victoria alone as I’m a single female and wonder if it would be safe).
Not an easy job for sure. Love whatever you guys send out.
I am the same with motion sickness, that’s why I always drive.
Don't worry my wife never drives either!
We love you guys, keep up the good work. Don't worry about Thursdays "Family first".
Thank you so much for understanding ❤️
Hi guy's... That is terrible about the black tank... We totally understand about the Thor industries... Looking forward to your next video... Thank you...J&A2ofus
Did the frozen BWT cause that vent pipe to swell and shift maybe ?
I don't think it was ever glued in. There was nothing to show that it was installed properly.
Thanks!
Thank you so much!!
Love watching ❤
We just bought a Brinkley Z3100 so learning a lot from you!!
If you get a chance to try it, I use Unique RV Digest-It for my tanks. It works very well, controls odors, and it works well for gray tanks as well as black.
We’ve heard that one is really good as well!
When we take our rig out we both hook up the outside together and get it level and all that.
But I load up all the food and clothes and stuff before we leave.
When we get somewhere, we usually do the outside stuff together too, up until it’s level and then I usually go inside and start putting out the slides while Craig finishes up if we haven’t already 😄
@@wildrvlife oh yeah lol we do out the same way as you, we just weekend camp tho ❤️❤️ for now?
This was fun :)
Hi guys we love you to what ever yous decide bless
Victoria, try towing between cities on nice clear highways to practice, something like 200 miles or so. That is what we do.
Craig -- are those no-see-um bites on your arm? My wife Dawn got attacked by those things in Florida near Melbourne!
yes, we need to do that one day! and yes!! that and the mosquitoes. we can definitely tell we're back in Florida lol
Whew! 🤐 I heard someone say if you'll clean both surfaces really good with denatured alcohol, the strips willnever come loose... :)
ahh we need to do that next time!
I think you guys are great so long videos and short raw videos would be great because we get 2 videos :)
Just wondering how much Happy Camper you use. I like it but my husband says it doesn’t work. He’s a pods guy. Maybe I need to use it more often.
oh Thursday is now a good day LOL
Haha yay!!
Wait…… why can’t you get it In California? We learned about it and had it delivered there, but that was 2018. That’s wild! Why did they stop it?
Thanks for the Shout out! LMAO! Here is my recommendation... If you are Happy with Happy Camper then KEEP USING IT! :) Happy Camper is a great Product and so is Unique! We are Happy to be in the conversation with those great brands! If you do know anyone who likes that Orange Smell make sure you send them my way :) Happy Camping!
Lol! We’ve seen some videos that tested tank treatments better than we ever could and saw that yours came out among the top for performance! And I’m pretty sure we’re in the minority on the smell thing 🤣 although if you ever come out with a fragrance-free version, we’ll be all over it because I really like your bottle design 😄
Keep ‘em coming you two!
absolutely!
How’s the Alaska planning going? We’ve pretty much have our basic route down so far. Maybe we’ll see you guys!
Haha! We have decided to go this year, and that's about all, lol.
yall should do floatplane for all the BTS or unpollished video. people pay 2.99 or 5.99 a month to watch BTS
Im a happy camper user also and love it. I bought a bottle of Matt's stuff and it was during all the problems they were having with Amazon selling the China ripoff so I think I got the fake stuff because I used it and it sucked. I'll be curious to see how you guys evaluate Matt's brand.
Your video just came on tv as we were sitting down to eat dinner. as we were eating our meal look less and less appetizing as we were watching the undercarriage of your rig dripping. I looked at my wife and she looked at me and just grabbed both of our plates half eaten and took them to the kitchen. LOL. we should have looked at the title first. looking forward to your sunday videos.
LOL oops!! I guess it probably won't help if I explain now that the dripping part was at least mostly water... 🤣 we had emptied the black and left it open for a while, while it was flushing before filling it back up to "find" the leak.
Guys how do you feel about the G3950? From a perspective of having been a Brinkley owner, I know that’s not the one you have. Thanks.
Do you use any other cameras besides Dji?
What do you mean you shouldn’t just buy a 35ft fifth wheel and tow it down the road for your first towing experience???? We apparently didn’t get that advice before towing. We also didn’t get the memo about picking an easy camping spot for our first parking attempts. We picked the WORST back in spot on earth and it took me an hour to back it in! And then our second trip we apparently drove a mountain pass through the Appalachians that many RVers refuse to do. Ignorance is bliss?!?!?!
LOL... well, you know what they say.. YOLO 🤣💯 but hey, now you've skipped the whole beginner stage and jumped straight to pro-level
LOL
Happy Camper is the best
Definitely better than those TST pods you get at Camping World 😅
Really enjoy your channel
Another great video!
Is your Brinkley fully Insulated for winter RVing ?
How’s the Brinkley working out for y’all? I’m looking at the Z3100 just not ready to pull the trigger still doing my homework. You two are entertaining and I really look forward to your videos.
We started using Boraxo and Dawn in our black tank 3 years ago. No smell from the tank and it seems to break down the solids better then the rv stuff
ohh I've heard about this before, good to know!
Love your videos. I'm planning to go full time as a newbie in a brinkley in the next 2 years and living vicariously through you in the mean time.
One question I had is I remember you saying the shower in the Brinkley was pushing out too much water to conserve while boondocking. Did you ever find a fix for that? Keep up the awesome work!
Ahh yay, exciting!! And yes! We swapped out the shower wand with this one from Amazon and it uses a lot less water and has an on/off switch which helps as well.
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@@wildrvlife perfect! Thank you!
I'm the same as Craig as a passenger, I get motion sick if I do anything besides looking outside. So I might as well drive. And we had the same poop experience as yours when we developed a crack in our black tank. It filled the under belly and all of the glass insulation with nasty waste water before we were aware of the problem. It was like a giant dirty diaper! I tried to repair it using epoxy and flex seal but it didn't last and we ended up having a repair shop replace the tank. 🤮
oh gosh, you understand our pain then. The only thing I can be glad for is the fact that our "all weather" RV was so poorly insulated that at least I didn't have as much nasty insulation to clean out LOL
@@wildrvlife lol
How's the new Gen Y hitch been working
Its all good! Holidays can be a busy time of the year, especially when you are with family, which you guys were and looked like a great time!
I signed up on the email list a couple months ago, but not sure if it went through. Should I try again?..
Our email list also took a back seat the last few months 😅 so, it probably went through (doesn’t hurt to try again though just in case!) …but be on the lookout in your inbox this next week!
Love you two
thank you for watching!! ❤️
So….I won’t be drinking any Juice anytime soon :)
Haha!! It definitely is not juice
Do you have or use a camera for hooking up your goose neck?
Safe travels
Thank you!
Thank you, guys for as recent as your RV Brinkley is not standing up to their company hype of quality standards that they preach, happy you guys are putting these videos out and the flags on Blinky but I guess you know your sacrificing your trade-in value on Brinkley‘s pieces of crap
Hey, sorry you didn’t catch it in the video, but the leak was on our old RV, you can see it in the videos we showed, but it was a Dutchmen Denali (owned by Thor). Brinkley RV is not owned by Thor, they are privately owned.
I know Wild RV corrected you on which RV they were complaining about in the video. Brinkleys are pretty amazing. Do you own one? No RV is without some kind of issue, but the Brinkleys are amazing and their customer service is impeccable.
@@buggclaflin never had a problem with our Ahara 378BH-OK
@@mattheww8059 That's great! I'm very happy for you. Not sure what that has to do with Brinkey, though. Surely you know that there are lots of Ahara owners who have an issue, right? Surely you know that RV's of all kinds have warranty repairs or other issues from time to time, right? Your experience with your RV has nothing to do with Brinkley or their quality. I'm certain that you know that RV's can experience problems AND be of a very high quality.
Test the Happy Camper against the Liquified that I gave you. I'd like to see that.
We need to! I have a feeling it'll work great for breaking down waste, I've seen some video reviews of it, I'll be curious to see how much we smell the orange scent though
@@wildrvlife I dont smell it at all really. Only when I squeeze it up to put it in. Then nothing.
Ahh good to know!! 🙌🏼
I have a question: how do you monitor the rv temperature in warm weather when you're gone but leave the pups at home?
I enjoy your videos. Don’t change crap! Lol Also, I’m not computer savvy. I can’t make the link click. Please help! Lol
I took off RVing with absolutely no experience or clue. If I can do it, you most definitely can Victoria. You’re Uber smart.
Also, I get horrible car sickness if I’m not driving.
You say happy camper works for smell, but are your tank sensors still working or not? I’m guessing not. If you want a cheap fix, just ask.
That was a funny story that only fellow RVers can appreciate. But also yuck!
Hey guys😊
heyy! 👋
Bummer. I am curious, did you leave the heat off or, is there just not enough insulation in the under belly? It sounds like this could be a serious issue in colder weather.
Our old rig didn't have any tank heaters (thankfully the Brinkley does!), but we did have the furnace on, but there was also barely any insulation in our old rig in the underbelly, despite being rated for "all weather". It's actually another reason why we went with the Brinkley, because it's been tested down to 0 degrees!
Thanks Greatly@@wildrvlife
good video did the black tank actually freeze or did you just think it did . I have wondered about that I thought may be the gasses might keep it from freezing but it is mainly water and dirt
We’re not totally sure. We knew for sure our fresh water was frozen, and so we figured it was probably frozen as well…but we also figured that if it wasn’t, it would be fine since you SHOULD be able to drive with stuff in your tank….but we were wrong 🤣🤣 it was our first time driving with a full black tank clearly lol