The Digital RVer – Page 3

Electric jacket keeps you warm, charges your electronics!

April 10, 2016 RV Staff

By Chuck Woodbury RVtravel.com For a semi-geeky guy like me, this electric jacket from Milwaukee Tools is about as good as a jacket gets. At the push of a button the Milwaukee M12 Cordless Heated Jacket warms up to keep you toasty. The rechargeable M12 red lithium battery will power the jacket for up to six hours. Separate buttons control... Read More

Charge your cell phone with a campfire

April 9, 2016April 15, 2016 RV Staff

By Chuck Woodbury RVtravel.com I suspect that headline grabbed you. It sounds ridiculous! But it’s true. It’s about a device called the Power Pot, which for gadget freaks like me is just about the coolest camping accessory to appear in a long time. The Power Pot uses hot water to generate power — essentially acting as a mini thermoelectric generator.... Read More

Choose your camera(s) carefully and make great memories

April 9, 2016July 20, 2016 RV Staff

By Greg Illes There are literally thousands of different kinds of cameras, any of which can make digital snapshots to last a lifetime. But, depending on your skills and preferences, there are probably only a few that are just right for you. To help you think about your preferences and your choices, I’m going to share with you my personal... Read More

Apps help you find public lands

April 9, 2016 RV Staff

By Dave Helgeson The U.S. federal government controls nearly 650 million acres of land owned by you and me, the taxpayers of this great nation. That number is nearly 30 percent of the entire United States. For years those of us that love to recreate and camp (disperse camp — aka boondock) on public land had to rely on paper... Read More

Mobile computing – where do you put your laptop?

April 7, 2016 RV Staff

By Russ and Tiña De Maris You don’t have to spend much time in the RV lifestyle to know that you’ve got to “size down” in order to fit your stuff in your rig. If you’re used to spending time in a big “stix and brix” home, the much downsized area of the RV can be a bit disconcerting. Where... Read More

Traveling to Canada? Here’s how to get Internet connected

April 7, 2016 RV Staff

By Greg Illes When we began planning our Canada-Alaska trip, we knew we’d need to have Internet now and then — checking emails, paying occasional bills, tending to the various surprises that can come up when leaving home for many weeks. Normally when we travel we use our cell phones and a 3G/4G hotspot, pay Verizon some extra bucks and... Read More

Cell phone signal sketchy? Wait for sunset

April 7, 2016 RV Staff

By Dave Helgeson Are you a baby boomer? Do you remember the Bell Telephone television commercial about Uncle Ralph calling long distance from California and phone calls being cheaper after 8:00 p.m.? Keep that in mind next time you arrive at a remote campsite and your cell phone shows “No Service,” or is receiving such a poor signal that you... Read More

Don’t trust your GPS!

April 6, 2016 RV Staff

by Chris Guld GeeksOnTour.TV We have several GPS devices, some are test units, some are our old standbys. Every time we encounter an issue with driving an RV on this country’s highways, we like to check out the various devices to see what they tell us to do. We often have two or three of them talking to us... Read More

Send and receive faxes while traveling

April 5, 2016 RV Staff

By Chris Guld www.GeeksOnTour.TV RVers use the Internet for everything else, why not faxing? Even if you do travel with an all-in-one printer/fax machine, most of them will need a cable from a landline telephone in order to work. There are websites that you can use for faxing. Receiving is easy. All that’s required is a phone number that... Read More

Laptop desks make RVing easier

April 5, 2016 RV Staff

By Russ and Tiña De Maris “Sizing down” for the RV lifestyle can be tough. Where do you put your laptop — other than on your lap — when you have some serious computing to do? Enter the laptop desk. There are a couple of different approaches: Simply put a more solid platform under your computer and set the... Read More