Top Tips for Keeping Your Camper Cool in Summer Heat

I’m usually a pretty chill person, but heat flips my mood from calm to cranky in no time, turning me into an irritable grouch. When it interferes with my sleep, I’m ready to toss my camping gear into the nearest dumpster and quit the outdoors for good. The TAB community feels my pain—lots of you … Read more

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

Everything You Need to Know About Overnight RV Parking

You’ve been ont he road for at least eight hours and it’s starting to get dark. The last thing you feel like doing, is setting up camp, especially when you know you have an early start tomorrow. You don’t have to set up camp. You can just park and sleep. It’s called overnight RV parking. … Read more

Dewinterize the 2021 T@b 320

Spring is upon us and if your T@b has spent the winter in hibernation, it’s time to wake it up! Dewinterizing with the Nautilus Water System in the T@b 320 couldn’t be easier. Instructions: For the 2021 T@b 320 with the Nautilus Water System: Connect hose to inlet labeled “City Water Connection”. Set bot the … 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

Stop these 5 things from derailing your first RV trip

That sinking feeling in your stomach. “Did I buy a lemon?” “Is this the “Money Pit?” Most of the time, that feeling is replaced with a sheepish grin as you realize that the problem was user error. Sometimes, however, there is something not quite right about your new RV. A lot of times people become … Read more