What videos should I produce?

Tezza said:
how to empty a toilet cassette? I’m hoping that one was in jest.

Not a jest
When i first started 12 years ago, i did not have a clue, I knew I wanted MH and bought one, turned up on a site (aaaaarrrrr) drove past MH water fill up point arrived at out plot and set up.

Ran out of water within 2 hours because I used it like I was at home, spent the next 30 mins back and forth to a tap with a watering can. Had a shower next day and used all the water in one shower:mad1:, day 3 toilet had a red light not a clue what to do, eventually realised it needed emptying but HOW! had to loiter around the chem disposal point to see how it was done.

If there had been something around at the time which I could have watched I would not have felt so out of depth.

Just my thoughts
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The "basics" such as the above are just the kind of things most people don't like to ask about as feel silly/embarrassed/etc. and would be good topics to cover IMO. Don't have to be long, and people who already know everything don't need to watch them.

And could bring in a whole new group of potential viewers ... Americans! Who with their black tanks and "city water" setups will have no idea about European Motorhoming.
Could also be a nice revenue stream with those kind of videos licensed to MH rental companies to have available for newbie renters.
 
Thanks for the suggestions so far.

As far as technical how-to guides go, unless I am considered competent in a field I will not be producing a video that gives in-depth advice about it. I think most of my technical content will be about the theory of motorhome electrics. I am qualified and industry experienced in auto electrics, electronic systems and mains electrics. So that covers me for pretty much everything in the motorhome.

I will be avoiding anything to do with gas other than usage guides. So I won't be doing installation or repair guides on gas appliances. I may, however, get someone who is competent in these fields to appear on my channel.

Very basic guides like how to empty a toilet are important as new motorhome owners will be facing tasks that they have never come across before. Giving people good advice can make their learning curve much better.

The content of videos about wild camping etiquette and general good practice will be posted here first for peer review. This will hopefully make sure that I am giving the advice that this community supports.

Videos about grey and black waste will include best practice, but will also include some discussion about some of the grey areas like empty cassettes in public toilets and dropping grey waste on grass.
 
Tezza said:
My tuppence worth.
the Phil fan club here will watch you Phil if you put up a vid showing how fast a certain paint will dry. I don’t think that’s the point of making the vids ( but I could be wrong ) and as for some of the suggestions wow , how to empty a toilet cassette? I’m hoping that one was in jest. The next idea will be why not show how to put the key in the ignition.
People seem to think that only newbies will watch . And themselves of course. But the whole point is to drive traffic to the vid site.
Your toys and reviews of the toys , great idea. Where you are parked up , maybe a review of a pub that allows motorhomes. Anything in the news that pertains to motorhomes , with a “ What do you lot think , let me know in the comments below”
When making the vid remember to modulate moderate and emphasise. Now worse than a voice that sounds as though the text is being read. Get excited , get angry .
Live vids are ok , but once in a while. When you go live you are live , with every mistake and stutter on show. Editing is your friend. Maybe using 2 cameras from different angles . 10 mins of seeing one person without moving is boring , cut , cut and cut again.Watch tv , even newsreaders are shown from different angles after a few seconds.
Be different try and have a usp. Snappy fast and witty. Make people want to watch your next vid as soon as they have finished watching their first.
Maybe this isn’t what you wanted to read but surely my opinion is as valid as anybody else’s.
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The first time i needed to empty my toilet box i had no idea how to get the cassette out of the locker..... i had never come across a down-wards restraining bar which kept it in place.

Next time.... i still couldn't get it out cos i had left the internal WC rubber flap open......

If you dont know these things its a killer trying to do something really simply.....
 
delicagirl said:
The first time i needed to empty my toilet box i had no idea how to get the cassette out of the locker..... i had never come across a down-wards restraining bar which kept it in place.

Next time.... i still couldn't get it out cos i had left the internal WC rubber flap open......

If you dont know these things its a killer trying to do something really simply.....
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I don't understand your description above. Your loo clearly works differently to mine. So - in all seriousness - a series of using MH and Campervan toilets, covering different designs, would actually be really good!




PS. Robin Williams does a good demo tutition in the movie "RV" ("fire in the hole")
 
wildebus;902995[B said:
]I don't understand your description above[/B]. Your loo clearly works differently to mine. So - in all seriousness - a series of using MH and Campervan toilets, covering different designs, would actually be really good!




PS. Robin Williams does a good demo tutition in the movie "RV" ("fire in the hole")
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I have a standard small grey cassette with a yellow cap on a circular funnel which hinges out when emptying. There is a yellow hinged 4" x 3" plastic bar at the front of the locker which is permanently hinged in the up position and when i need to remove it i have to flatten the yellow bar to a horizontal position to slide the cassette out.
 
he could do on them on wildlife like mouse hunting and the best mousetrap out there and how to mouseproof motor home
 
By the sounds of others on here it they want things that will pertain to newbies. That’s fine but seriously will limit the audience . And to make it a success your going to need more than newbies. 300, 000 registered motor caravans in the uk. How many of them are new , and how many will have been given a proper handover by the dealer. Phil might be your friend so you will watch anything he puts up. To me Phil is the boss here so I will only watch something of interest to me . Others have. I idea who Phil is so it has to good...., very good to keep their interest and get them coming back for more. A usp
 
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Are you in the van producing a 'private' video now? Pmsl.

We're in the pub mate, come in! What time are you eating?
 
Love the idea in principle. But for some of us data is an issue. We are mostly abroad and using our Three contract which limits us to 12 GB per month. With everything that we need to research and plan, that does not allows us to view any videos. Some of your videos will be really interesting and useful. So a really good description as to what they are about will be really helpful to inform us whether we should use some of our valuable data on watching them.
 
Clunegapyears said:
Love the idea in principle. But for some of us data is an issue. We are mostly abroad and using our Three contract which limits us to 12 GB per month. With everything that we need to research and plan, that does not allows us to view any videos. Some of your videos will be really interesting and useful. So a really good description as to what they are about will be really helpful to inform us whether we should use some of our valuable data on watching them.
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Maybe one about where to find free wifi or how to boost wifi signals would be good.
 
carol said:
Don't think I agree there, Ed, especially if they're educational and not just for entertainment they need to be detailed.
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Point taken Carol but sometimes toooooooo much minor detail can confuse the novice. Maybe Basic - Intermediate - Advanced ? might offer a route?

It would also give Phil three videos for folk to watch, therefore increase his return?
 
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