Hi Folks, Today I want to tell you about the most important items you can buy for your camper and to share why. Then I’m going to tell you about why neglecting these purchases puts you at risk of owning a fart bomb and why you don’t want that in your life.
We get to see Kimbo campers come back into the shop occasionally for repairs or updates. sometimes the camper is tended to and taken care of, sometimes it’s not. We’ve gained some wisdom over the years with that context in terms of what to improve upon and what to accept.
The number one thing we’ve learned is that dehumidifying (with a disk desiccant dehumidifier) vacuuming, and occasionally ozonating the inside of your camper will keep it clean, warm, dry, and feeling like the kind of home you’re proud to show to any discerning mother in law. I want to share this message because I want to help you protect your investment.
Sometimes we get Kimbo campers in for upgrades or repairs that look like someone stored a dying Christmas tree and 3 billy goats inside. I don’t wear logging boots in my bed but I am pretty convinced that some people do.
So today I want to share three items you can purchase that will help to keep your camper in top shape. You can buy these all on Amazon.
-Ivation desiccant dehumidifier: This is a 110V dehumidifier that’s a little different. It uses warm air and a rotating disc to capture moisture from the air. The reason why I’m promoting this over a standard mini dehumidifier is because it heats the air, so it works in sub freezing weather. When the air is warm your snowy boots evaporate and dry; your rainy coat can evaporate and dry. And it’s not just drying because of heat, the absence of humidity pulls like a magnet on any hiding water. This dehumidifier makes your camper feel like a warm, cozy, dry cabin.
When you’re sleeping, you breath out moisture with every breath. That’s going to stick to your walls and it brings bacteria with it. Then the bacteria throw a rager barmitzvah without asking and they multiply behind your pillow. The party doesn’t stop and they are grateful.
A dehumidifier is a bacterial barmitzvah deterrent so that they can’t make it to your wall in the first place. I recommend this as the number one most important thing you can buy for any camper. Leave it in your camper plugged in, build a way for it to stay on the ground and secured to the floor. Never take it out so that you use it often.
-Portable ozone generator: It’s inevitable that your going to not have access to 110 for your dehumidifier. You’re headed to El Paso and you’ve got 14 hours to make it. You eat 3 refried bean burritos from under a heat lamp at a gas station and you try to avoid the voice of your better judgment. That night you get a rumbly in your tumbly and you just paid $3.87 to turn your $37K camper into the fart bomb that we mentioned earlier. I have definitely not done this myself multiple times.
A portable Ozone generator is a life-send for any lived-in interior. I run one for about 15 minutes every 2 weeks and it freshens up the walls, as well as the cushions. I’ll also lift up the bed and blow ozone under there. Just don’t breath it in and do read the directions. Vent the camper out with fresh air for a half an hour and then it’s like you put your camper interior through a washing machine, it’s fresh. Protect your investment. Buy an ozone generator and eat a salad instead.
-Bissell pet hair eraser vacuum (the purple and black hand held one): This is the last must-have for your camper. We’ve tested multiple vacuums and this one is outstanding. It has a rotating brush and great suction so you can get dirt and small rocks out of the interior and out of the entry way. You can also use this on and under your cushions because of the spinning brush. I made a leather holster for mine because that’s the way I roll, and it’s mounted on my propane tank bay under the sink. It keeps the camper clean and maintained and it’s a whole lot better than a hand broom.
I want to sum up this message by saying this. We found a cockroach in a camper once and that ain’t right. The guys had to smash it and I imagine that they held a small recession for its burial with a tiny granite gravestone engraved “louie” and the guys cumulative hourly wage was probably charged to the customer for the ceremony. Please clean your camper so that you don’t get a cockroach. That is not a fee that you want to risk. The total sum of the dehumidifier, ozonator, and vacuum is the same price as the ceremony. Thank you for understanding.
And thank you for reading my letter. I hope you’re doing well this week. I hope you’re looking forward to something big. Keep up the great work this week and talk to you next time.
-M