Understanding VictronConnect SmartShunt for RV Power Management

If you’re boondocking or camping off-grid, the VictronConnect SmartShunt is a critical tool for monitoring your RV’s battery system. Its data helps you manage power, effectively, so you avoid running dry. This post explains how to interpret the key metrics in the VictronConnect app.

What you need to know before you buy a drone for the campground

You immerse yourself in the environment: the sights, sounds, and smells. Maybe you hear or see one buzz by while you sit at the campfire or see photos or video posted by another camper. Whatever the impetus, you think you’re ready for your own drone to capture the full scale of the sights at the … Read more

Power Consumption

Is your battery bad? Did the manufacturer rip you off? Did the dealer rip you off?

What’s new with Mattie Ross?

It’s that time of year. No, not when we see the orange cones popping up along the highway, although it’s time for that, too. The time of year when I take my T@b, Mattie Ross, for her first annual “well visit” to the nuCamp service center. Austin Jones is used to my annual email with … Read more

RV Solar Basics

I was clueless. I didn’t even know my dealer battery would only give me a few hours of power, so forget about solar. I didn’t want to learn more. Surely other people could just tell me what I needed to get and that would be all. That was me when I brought home my first … Read more

Here Are 6 Reasons You Might Get Turned Away From a Campground This Year

It’s getting late and you can see the sun starting to sink, quickly. But you aren’t sweating. You have reservations. You crack open the door, as you stretch and hop out of your tow vehichle. Your progress towards the office halts abruptly when the bold letters on a sign catch your attention. It calls out … Read more