The best and worse things you ever bought for your van.

Fisherman said:
Ok I don’t know if this has been done before but the best thing I ever bought for my van cost £10, it’s now £12.99 on Amazon. Wildebus put me on to this it’s a great bit of kit that allows you to accurately check your fridge using Bluetooth without opening the door. I can point to my van from my home and get readings. Here it is on eBay, for some reason I cant copy and paste from Amazon.

www.ebay.co.uk

Room Thermometer Hygrometer, Bluetooth Digital Indoor Temperature Govee | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Room Thermometer Hygrometer, Bluetooth Digital Indoor Temperature Govee at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products.
www.ebay.co.uk

The worse thing I ever bought was a canopy which cost £950. In over three years I have used it twice, won’t bother with one for the next van.
Click to expand...
This is an Amazon Link for one of the Govees - https://amzn.to/3AVekTh (actually cheaper on Amazon). I love those - got one in the MH Fridge, one in the "mancave" fridge and need to get another for the Kitchen Fridge :)
Not only will it tell you the temp remotely, but it logs it for days, weeks, months and literally years so you can tell if your fridge is playing up without you realising!

Worst things I have bought would be the stuff I bought and never actually used at all, let alone only once or twice :(
 
wildebus said:
This is an Amazon Link for one of the Govees - https://amzn.to/3AVekTh (actually cheaper on Amazon). I love those - got one in the MH Fridge, one in the "mancave" fridge and need to get another for the Kitchen Fridge :)
Not only will it tell you the temp remotely, but it logs it for days, weeks, months and literally years so you can tell if your fridge is playing up without you realising!

Worst things I have bought would be the stuff I bought and never actually used at all, let alone only once or twice :(
Click to expand...
How long does the battery last, in the cold?
 
Pudsey Bear said:
Rubber/silicone matting saved so many things from going flying when we forget to stow them away.

Plastic baskets for the upper lockers to keep things organised and falling out.

This tin opener, we have an electrickery one at home as Liz has terrible arthritis in her hands, but she finds this really easy to use.

A stackable SS pan set.

two folding on hob toast thingies.
Click to expand...
Ooh I may have to order one of those.
 
I love a graph so decided to do one with the temps and battery levels on the two Govee units I have.
1661808086334.png

This suggests you lose around 2% of the battery over a 10 day period, so on that basis, well over a year from a AAA Battery.
 
where do I start 😂
Best buy by a mile lithium batteries close second hydraulic levellers then gas low system.
Now all the shite I’ve bought
The Efoy fuel cell works great but far too expensive big white elephant obsolete sine I bought lithium.
electronic gas level sensors crap.
cadac barbecue could cook better wae a candle
and first 30 fold out chairs I bought and broke from places like go outdoors all crap. Get a decent chair like Isabella
 
A waste water container.
Intended as a reserve toilet cassette (about 1.5 x a cassette)
So far only used to empty grey water into to carry and dispose of. Saves moving the vehicle.
But it may be handy as a reserve cassette..
Watering can...Ours os 10 litres and most days 2 or 3 top ups for the fresh water tank.
Saves all the hassle of hoses queuing etc
 
worst Remis front cab blinds, £650 for the flimsiest paper blinds that constantly fall apart and offer very little insulation. They are cheap and very poor build quality, paper thin concertina blinds that often come apart.
best, solar panels and £150 sine inverter, keeps the bike batteries topped up when off grid and will even power the coffee machine in the morning.
 
Fisherman said:
Ok I don’t know if this has been done before but the best thing I ever bought for my van cost £10, it’s now £12.99 on Amazon. Wildebus put me on to this it’s a great bit of kit that allows you to accurately check your fridge using Bluetooth without opening the door. I can point to my van from my home and get readings. Here it is on eBay, for some reason I cant copy and paste from Amazon.

www.ebay.co.uk

Room Thermometer Hygrometer, Bluetooth Digital Indoor Temperature Govee | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Room Thermometer Hygrometer, Bluetooth Digital Indoor Temperature Govee at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products.
www.ebay.co.uk

The worse thing I ever bought was a canopy which cost £950. In over three years I have used it twice, won’t bother with one for the next van.
Click to expand...
Why would I want to know the van fridge readings from outside? If it is working, I leave it alone.

Best thing we ever got for our van?
Cruise control,
Gaslow (on the last van, tank on this one)
Slow cooker for the colder months.
 
Rumour said:
Why would I want to know the van fridge readings from outside? If it is working, I leave it alone.

Best thing we ever got for our van?
Cruise control,
Gaslow (on the last van, tank on this one)
Slow cooker for the colder months.
Click to expand...
Because three way fridges struggle in warm weather, or if not level. And this lets you know when the temperature is getting to high before it’s to late, and without opening the door letting all the warm air in. It’s then time to switch on the fan, or try to get level. And all for £12.99. And you may have noted that others have purchased this gizmo and find it useful.

Our van came with cruise control, and we never use it, and I am far to impatient to wait for a slow cooker. But I am pleased that you enjoy using yours.
 
Last edited:
Best-
Hydraulic levellers (the boss can not sleep unless ABSOLUTELY level.
Solar Panels
2nd Leisure Battery

Worst -
Those yellow plastic strips to get you out of muddy fields. First time I used them they fired out behind the wheel three times on the trot. Now have very nice spiky blocks collected by rope. They work - especially if lowered onto them by the hydraulic rams.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Users who viewed this discussion (Total:0)

Back
Top