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Camping with Bluetooth Speakers: Small Size, Big Sound, Ultra-Portable

Whether docked at an RV campground or camping at the music festival fairgrounds, for many of us, tunes are essential. Some RVers use the camper’s stereo; car campers often turn up the vehicle’s sound. We’ve used the Harman Kardon Onyx Studio for several years, getting such good sound that neighboring campers often enjoy our output. But for those who want more full, rich, and dynamic sound in a portable speaker – all off your smartphone – today’s smaller Bluetooth speakers can fill the campsite or trail with audio bliss.

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RoadtripMojo On First Glance: Garmin RV 770 LMT-S GPS

The Garmin RV 770 LMT-S serves up key points of interest

I have Waze, Google Maps, and Apple Maps on my iPhone, and my F150 has in-dash nav. So why would I want or need a dedicated GPS unit? That’s the question my daughter wondered as I plugged in and powered up the Garmin RV 770 LMT-S for a recent quick getaway. I almost asked myself the same question. But I knew the functional benefits of a dedicated GPS, and was stoked to demo any unit that had “RV” in the name was marketed to the “RV enthusiast” we fancy ourselves.

With so many other devices at our disposal, it’s valid question. But this is more than a GPS. Join us on this #RoadtripMojo First Glance of the Garmin RV 770 LMT-S.

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Tweak of the Week: Upgrade Your RV to LED Lights

 

When you roll your RV or trailer out to a music festival or campground, the rig’s lighting can be an overlooked source of functionality and aesthetic. But do you have the right light for the job? An easy hack which gets a lot of attention is upgrading your RV’s lights to LED.

Easy to replace but just as easily overlooked, LEDs have many advantages over conventional (incandescent) bulbs. Only if you see the light. LED lights last much, much longer than conventional bulbs, and they have dropped in price over the last few years. So it’s a no brainer to upgrade your bulbs.

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How to Keep Your Electronics Charged at Your Next Music Festival

Review: Best portable electronics charger for camping, music festivals

We all want to stay connected. Whether on Montage or Hunter Mountain, the Gorge, or dry camping with friends, canoeing the Suwannee River, or rafting near Red Rocks, we want our electronics to keep on going and going and going… So what’s the best way to charge and recharge your iPhones, cameras, and drones if a 110v electrical outlet is not readily available? One of readers recently asked, and RoadtripMojo explores the options… Continue reading “How to Keep Your Electronics Charged at Your Next Music Festival”

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Tweak of the Week:  Tap the Sun to Keep the RV Battery Charged

Nothing changes my mood more than heading to my trailer Bertha’s storage yard to fetch her for a trip to a music festival, and find the battery’s dead. For many travel trailer owners, it’s not so rare. All the lights, the slide outs, and water pump run on the battery. So much in our rigs runs on the 12v battery system that we may not think about it much if we predominantly use the camper when hooked up to shore power.

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