Equipment for your new motorhome

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Equipment for your new motorhome

Things you purchase for your motorhome and never use and then those things we still need to get!

 

One of those boring conversations we occasionally have motorhoming.

What are we carrying that we haven’t used or don’t need? What do we still need to get?

Well, where to begin? It’s a conversation which has its origin back a few days, when I emptied and sorted out one of the external lockers ready for our tour of mid and north Wales (see all the blog posts on this tour). 

Things we have yet to use after several weeks away at various places include:

·        The flat-water pipe reel hose. Never opened it. It just looks a kinking nightmare to unravel and return flat to the reel.

·        The discussion about taking the windbreak is ongoing. In five trips we have used it once. It is stored horizontally on the bike rack, tied securely in three places. Only at one site (Sennen) have we used it (it was rather windblown there). I think, for now, it will continue to come with us but it is a hassle trying to hammer wooden poles into hard ground!

·        Given we rarely use the awning, we decided to ditch the awning groundsheet. So far, we haven’t regretted it but once we travel abroad to sandy locations, we may wish we’d kept it.

·        I ditched the jump leads. If we need these, it’s time to call the RAC!

What have we recently added in?

We carry all sorts of simple repair spares such as ‘duck tape’ (duct tape with colourful ducks on; Maggie’s choice, she loves it. Apparently black duct tape is so boring); various glues, cable ties, string etc. There is the new mini ratchet set as well an electrical connectors kit courtesy of the ‘the middle of Lidl’. We recently added awning straps and a cordless 12v hand vac. This previous blog post gives further details about our tool kits.   https://wherenexthun.blogspot.com/2020/11/what-do-you-keep-in-your-motorhome-tool.html  

We discovered we are missing a few things: jubilee clips, a spare water pump for the habitation unit (or is that being excessively paranoid?). We probably need some different gas nozzle fittings for when we go on the continent. Perhaps we should add a simple ‘assorted screws’ set and definitely a spare bulbs kit for exterior vehicle lights. One motorhomer I met in Norfolk carried a spare Thetford toilet cassette blade and seal and a multi-tester. I may also carry some spare water pumping bits and pieces but I need to research this further. Oh, and spare sink plugs. We definitely need to add these. We will be getting a different clothes drier rack. The one we have is flimsy and keeps blowing over.

So, what have you ditched, what have you bought on reflection and what do you still need to add onboard? Let us know in the comment box below.