RV Lifestyle: Top Upgrades Real RVers Want from OEMs – RVBusiness – Breaking RV Industry News
EDITOR’S NOTE: The video above, podcast below and, below that, the edited excerpt of an article by Mike and Jennifer Wendland, creators of the RV Lifestyle website, podcast and YouTube channel, in which they share their RV predictions for 2024.
Today’s RVs seem to come so barebones.
Basic things you think would be there aren’t. Some things don’t cost that much. But as manufacturers have tried to cut costs in these inflationary days of high interest rates, they sure leave a lot out.
We recently asked our RV Lifestyle Community what items they thought should be standard.
Miscellaneous suggestions from folks:
- Better latch on the screen door
- Better latches on the cupboards
- Paper towel holder (many said this)
- Toilet paper holder (many said this)
- Deeper medicine cabinet
- Better shower head
- Towel rods (many said this)
- Shoe storage near the door (many said this – need a place for shoes)
- Factory-installed GPS system
- A proper trash can
- Sufficient sway control
- Softstart built-in
- Tire pressure monitoring system
- Rearview camera for driving
- Place to hang keys
- Towel rod in the kitchen
- Place to put your broom and Swifter
- Snappads
- Surge protector
- Minimum 200-watt convertor
- If you are going to eliminate gas refrigerators, then full lithium/solar package so can do 2-3 days of boondocking
- Exterior ladders are securely attached to access the roof. (But another member, who saw this comment, said federal regulations recently changed, increasing the weight-bearing capacity of RV ladders – so they cost more – and that is why so many new RVs don’t have one at all.
