RV Stuff: 8/05/2026

By Liz on August 5, 2026

First, we have been enjoying much cooler weather: upper 40’s F overnight and 70-80F daytime. And with cool starts, it has been midafternoon before needing to close up and turn on A/C. It is still very smokey … horrifying news from Washington State and Oregon. Also a fire here in Montana about 60 miles north which threatens homes in an area that is low-medium income.

There is some good weather news on the horizon after another round of fire weather, but if things hold for 2-2.5 weeks, it might look a bit better.

Meanwhile, Wild Thing II and all occupants are in a good spot … mostly. A neighbor that is annoying: 2-3 kids that have only one volume, a poor little dog in a fenced area with no shade, overall …

I’d like to say that I took the high road, but I’ve been having not very kind thoughts…

Back to RV stuff.

As noted several posts ago, I ordered a number of items. They have arrived and been installed and/or in use:

Water filtration to replace an inside tank/USB pump supplied by bottled water:

So.

Spigot to GoBluTech Filtration system to RV Water inlet.

All hoses have quick disconnect fittings so it is fast and easy to set it all up.

Prior to set up, I used GoBluTech’s sanitization products to make sure all hoses and RV plumbing were sanitized. All of it was fast and easy!

Next up was the better electrical protection: surge, low power, other electric anomolaies. I went with Hughes Transformer Power Watchdog.

The dog’s face is white for all is good. It turns red if there are issues. It cuts power to the RV if there are dangerous issues. AND, I can see all and control all via an app on my phone.

All of the RV systems depend on clean power: A/C, Refrigerator, Outlets that I use for computer, air fryer, electric skillet, electric kettle. Protection from electrical issues is important to me.

Kitchen and food prep … a compact vacuum sealer!

I found a USB rechargeable compact vacuum sealer. In the house, in the past, I had largish units and they just did not last. This might not either, but first go … so happy!

A small unit: easy to store and use.

It is probably not easy to tell, but there is salmon, chicken and ground beef, The packages vacuumed sealed take up much less room and are much easier to pack in my small freezer.

We’ll see how this unit lasts. Reviews are good. Bag options size and price are good. I am testing reusability with some frozen vegetables.

Yep … once again, we are exhausted!!

BUT, a lot done in the last several days.