It really has made a huge difference. So many provincial parks are dry camping in Ontario. Plus so many state parks don’t have full hookups. It’s a necessity for us, Alice
Thank you Larry for this video. It’s very helpful. I like that water regulator. Never seen that one before. I like how how have the tote hooked up to the Rv. That’s a great way to do that when you have no sewage. I see that with the privacy you have. Thank you for this video Larry and Alice.
This is a great channel. Been following RV UA-cam channels for 5 yrs and your is clearly the best site for information for newbees, reviews of products and places to go. Thank you for all you do.
Doug, thank you so much. Your compliment means so much. We try our best to share information we wanted when we first started. Comments like yours keeps us going. Thank you 🤗 Alice
My husband and I love to watch your U-Tube videos. However, from the get-go of this video, I got very grossed out that you did NOT wear gloves during the sewer "know how." As a healthcare worker, you would know what I am talking about. But, we will continue to watch your U-Tube videos. We really enjoy your adventures! Soon to be ours, too!
Susan, I know how you feel 🤣 But he washes his hands constantly. He used to sell surgical spinal equipment and was often in the operating room. We knew we would get this comment. By not wearing gloves, he makes everything extra clean- washes everything often. I’m excited for your new adventures. And thank you for watching. We will try not to gross you out in the future - don’t watch the sewer tote vids then 😉 Alice
Thank you Larry! My wife and I are still in the planning stages of RV living and haven’t ordered our toy hauler yet. We bought the toy first a month ago and forced our hand into the toy hauler arena thus narrowing our RV choices for sanity sake. Every time I watch you and Alice I learn something new. In the beginning of our research nine months ago we were pretty convinced that full hookups were going to be the only consideration for us. After learning over the last nine months how restrictive that philosophy would be we have now expanded our options to include boondocking/dry camping. The advice you’ve given us in this video has once again proven that you sir are a genius! Now if we could just make up our minds as to a Class-A toy hauler or a Fifth Wheel toy hauler we’d be that much closer to pulling this off this dream. Thanks again and God bless you both.😎
Rick, if you ask Larry- fifth wheel all the way. He loves it. We are always worried the engine of the class A,B,C would break down then we would have no home. Then you also have to have a tow vehicle. But others love the Class A and tow vehicle set up. Maybe you can rent and see if you like a Class A? We definitely cant stay at only full hookups places- so limiting. And we have only stayed at one private campground that wasn't part of our Thousand Trails membership. We aren't impressed by most private campgrounds- plus the cost! State parks are just so natural with really nice day use areas you can almost always walk or bike to. And our time in the Everglades was amazing. Plus, Ontario Provincial Parks- which our like our state parks- we had no water or sewer and only sometimes had power. But the areas were amazing. Im interested to see what you end up with. Let us know. And thank you for watching our videos and commenting. It really means a lot, Alice
@@DownsizingMakesCents Thank you so much Alice! Once again you are a wealth of information and it is greatly appreciated. I will definitely keep you updated on our progress. You share some very real and current concerns of ours. We are leaning towards a fifthwheel toy hauler for many reasons, but mainly because of being able to carry our trike, water capacity and boondocking capability. Take care.😎
I use a bath scale to tell how full my portable tank is. I simply filled it with water, recorded the weight, and know to stop filling it when it is 80% of that weight to ensure a little margin of error. Easy.
I need get those go state park a lot they are nicer and I have that plm with water mostly filled up before I need empty tank get those will help me keep eye on before shower tub fills up and wife screaming lol thanks keep videos coming 👍
Chris, it will help a lot. There’s nothing worse than taking a shower and the grey backs up. I have yelled to Larry in the past 🤣 Let us know how you like it, Alice
I've been using a "Rain Wave" brand for several years. I first found out about the device on a "Love Your RV" video. I use ours for making sure of the amount of water in our fresh water tank for weight. On ours, the first one did leak internally. That wrecked the battery and caused the terminals to corrode. With the second one I bought I used some silicon to seal the battery area, problem fixed! I was able to repair and silicon seal that one too. I really like using it since, as you said, and any RVer will know or quickly find out, the panel lights just don't work! Our tanks read in thirds! Even harder to figure out. The 2-Grey and 1-black tanks in our 2017 Jayco are all 32 gallons so I'll be buying the 30-gallon tote for our adventures in long timing, NOT full timing! Since I do have two of these counters, I'll have to see how your procedure will work for me with one of them.
Joseph, we love that channel. We have learned so much. I like the term “long timing” 😁. Larry keeps all sorts of silicone- it’s like duct tape haha. We would like better sensors in the tank, but ours would be hard to get to. Let us know how it goes. And of course, reach out if you have any questions, Alice
I agree with the sensors on the rigs sucking. Will always take a better site over a sewer hookup. Very smart move. I love anything with the quick connects. I will be getting one of these. I would install that on my 90 elbow and just leave it hooked up all the time. One less thing to move around. lol I am lazy. Come on pull that black tank. lol Even if you filled to 28 gallon on the meter that also would account for black tank water as well correct? Since in the end it all comes in through the main line. This is really cool. I agree that it's a must have. I will be getting one for sure. Great video y'all.
William, you know Larry loves his gadgets. So any excuse to get a new one 🤣. I like your idea of leaving it - we have enough on our hitch and unhitch list. I’m not sure about the black tank question- ask Larry next time. Sorry for late reply- I thought hubby would answer but he forgot 🤗 Alice
Thank you. We don’t like to “review” something just out of the box- how can you? That’s why we are going to do a real “review” follow up for the Haloview. After we used it awhile. Same with the RV Garmin we just bought.
Great video Larry. I agree that the factory tank gauges are not reliable at all. I installed SeeLevel II sensors and they have been great so far…. Travel safe!
Paul, thanks. Larry told me its very hard to get to our tanks in our rig. Otherwise- besides the price- he would have installed SeeLevel as well. He has heard good this about that product. Thanks for letting us know your experience and coming by, Alice
Sandra Westley from the UK not one of our sites has a sewer connection, we don’t do them over here, we all have cassette toilets, which is in essence like what your doing, we empty ours every 2 days, all pitches have electricity and some have water connection, but never sewer connection. I think it’s just easy our way, our cassette has wheels on and there is always a cassette emptying place set on its own, so washing it out by the water hose provided, we also use bio degradable liquids in the cassette so there are no smells. And as it’s always completely separate area to empty these cassettes there is no likelihood of contamination of hoses, by people that have no idea of cleanliness 😂😂
We spent some time in Ontario provincial parks - often with no hookups at all. People mainly used their blue boy. I’ve seen videos with the cassettes. Very interesting. With this water meter, you could wait to dump only when you need to. But if you’re use to dumping every couple days? It sounds like it works for you 👍 Alice
To get the flow meter to be right side up it need's be connect to the campground water spigot first or if using a regulator then connect it to it then the water hose to the RV. That's was the design of usage, apparently the manufacture didn't consider it would be connected it to the RV which it made it look upside down.
You are correct, I wanted it connected in the wet bay instead of at the spigot. It’s easier to remember to reset it when I empty the grey tank. They could have designed it so the computer could be flipped but they didn’t. Larry
Won’t help for us because some of our fresh water goes into our black tank. What I do is watch how much I empty into the tote ( thru the vent hole) and slowly close the dump valve as the tote fills.
Thank you. Oh, that one 🤣 I think Larry said we went through 3. Get the other one on Amazon. If you don’t like it? Return it. Let us know if you do, Alice
Bill, great idea. Love Your RV did a great video about that. But that’s an extensive project. And it would be really tough to get to our tanks in our rig, Alice
@@billchesney8949 interesting 🤔 They do have a different model than ours. Did they do it themselves or have someone do it? Maybe we will check it out. Thanks
Great concept - thanks for sharing. I have the Rainpoint unit and returned it twice before I got one that worked correctly. The Restmo appears to be a better unit (just ordered). Keep in mind that there is water pressure and water volume. Using quick connect will lower your volume which may or may not be an issue for everyone. Personally I avoid quick connects on the RV for this reason.
Glad you found the video helpful. Even with the quick connect, we still have great pressure. Perhaps it’s different depending on the RV. Good point. People could try both ways to see if there is a difference
That gauge is the answer! A little testing with my rig and might start boondocking more!
It really has made a huge difference. So many provincial parks are dry camping in Ontario. Plus so many state parks don’t have full hookups. It’s a necessity for us,
Alice
Thank you Larry for this video. It’s very helpful. I like that water regulator. Never seen that one before. I like how how have the tote hooked up to the Rv. That’s a great way to do that when you have no sewage. I see that with the privacy you have. Thank you for this video Larry and Alice.
Sherri, Larry is always coming up with ways to make camping better. And we both prefer the more private site.
Thank you for another great visit,
Alice
This is a great channel. Been following RV UA-cam channels for 5 yrs and your is clearly the best site for information for newbees, reviews of products and places to go. Thank you for all you do.
Doug, thank you so much. Your compliment means so much.
We try our best to share information we wanted when we first started.
Comments like yours keeps us going. Thank you 🤗
Alice
My husband and I love to watch your U-Tube videos. However, from the get-go of this video, I got very grossed out that you did NOT wear gloves during the sewer "know how." As a healthcare worker, you would know what I am talking about. But, we will continue to watch your U-Tube videos. We really enjoy your adventures! Soon to be ours, too!
Susan, I know how you feel 🤣 But he washes his hands constantly. He used to sell surgical spinal equipment and was often in the operating room. We knew we would get this comment. By not wearing gloves, he makes everything extra clean- washes everything often.
I’m excited for your new adventures. And thank you for watching. We will try not to gross you out in the future - don’t watch the sewer tote vids then 😉
Alice
Thank you Larry! My wife and I are still in the planning stages of RV living and haven’t ordered our toy hauler yet. We bought the toy first a month ago and forced our hand into the toy hauler arena thus narrowing our RV choices for sanity sake. Every time I watch you and Alice I learn something new. In the beginning of our research nine months ago we were pretty convinced that full hookups were going to be the only consideration for us. After learning over the last nine months how restrictive that philosophy would be we have now expanded our options to include boondocking/dry camping. The advice you’ve given us in this video has once again proven that you sir are a genius! Now if we could just make up our minds as to a Class-A toy hauler or a Fifth Wheel toy hauler we’d be that much closer to pulling this off this dream. Thanks again and God bless you both.😎
Rick, if you ask Larry- fifth wheel all the way. He loves it. We are always worried the engine of the class A,B,C would break down then we would have no home. Then you also have to have a tow vehicle. But others love the Class A and tow vehicle set up.
Maybe you can rent and see if you like a Class A?
We definitely cant stay at only full hookups places- so limiting. And we have only stayed at one private campground that wasn't part of our Thousand Trails membership. We aren't impressed by most private campgrounds- plus the cost!
State parks are just so natural with really nice day use areas you can almost always walk or bike to. And our time in the Everglades was amazing.
Plus, Ontario Provincial Parks- which our like our state parks- we had no water or sewer and only sometimes had power. But the areas were amazing.
Im interested to see what you end up with. Let us know.
And thank you for watching our videos and commenting. It really means a lot,
Alice
@@DownsizingMakesCents Thank you so much Alice! Once again you are a wealth of information and it is greatly appreciated. I will definitely keep you updated on our progress. You share some very real and current concerns of ours. We are leaning towards a fifthwheel toy hauler for many reasons, but mainly because of being able to carry our trike, water capacity and boondocking capability.
Take care.😎
I use a bath scale to tell how full my portable tank is. I simply filled it with water, recorded the weight, and know to stop filling it when it is 80% of that weight to ensure a little margin of error. Easy.
That's a new way we have never heard of. That's great you found a way that works for you,
Alice
A big thank you. We bought this after watching your review, and used it for the first time this weekend. Thanks again!!
Awesome. Glad it worked for you.
Please share it with someone else who might benefit- it really helps the channel,
Alice
I need get those go state park a lot they are nicer and I have that plm with water mostly filled up before I need empty tank get those will help me keep eye on before shower tub fills up and wife screaming lol thanks keep videos coming 👍
Chris, it will help a lot. There’s nothing worse than taking a shower and the grey backs up. I have yelled to Larry in the past 🤣
Let us know how you like it,
Alice
There ya go again Larry, another awesome tips & ticks video!!! Keep’em coming!! Hi Alice, loving your IG pics of the lighthouses🤗
Lisa, he loves his gadgets. It really does help.
And thanks for following on IG - I love posting pics
Alice
I've been using a "Rain Wave" brand for several years. I first found out about the device on a "Love Your RV" video. I use ours for making sure of the amount of water in our fresh water tank for weight. On ours, the first one did leak internally. That wrecked the battery and caused the terminals to corrode. With the second one I bought I used some silicon to seal the battery area, problem fixed! I was able to repair and silicon seal that one too. I really like using it since, as you said, and any RVer will know or quickly find out, the panel lights just don't work! Our tanks read in thirds! Even harder to figure out. The 2-Grey and 1-black tanks in our 2017 Jayco are all 32 gallons so I'll be buying the 30-gallon tote for our adventures in long timing, NOT full timing! Since I do have two of these counters, I'll have to see how your procedure will work for me with one of them.
Joseph, we love that channel. We have learned so much.
I like the term “long timing” 😁. Larry keeps all sorts of silicone- it’s like duct tape haha.
We would like better sensors in the tank, but ours would be hard to get to.
Let us know how it goes. And of course, reach out if you have any questions,
Alice
Gosh I love your sewer tote videos! Ha ha! I'm a fan of your channel!
Thanks. It’s amazing how much time we spend thinking about and dealing with our grey and black tanks 🤣
Very helpful video! Definitely will be boondocking and very interested in the sewer tote.
Jenna, definitely check out our sewer tote videos. Larry is very thorough,
Alice
I agree with the sensors on the rigs sucking. Will always take a better site over a sewer hookup. Very smart move. I love anything with the quick connects. I will be getting one of these. I would install that on my 90 elbow and just leave it hooked up all the time. One less thing to move around. lol I am lazy. Come on pull that black tank. lol Even if you filled to 28 gallon on the meter that also would account for black tank water as well correct? Since in the end it all comes in through the main line. This is really cool. I agree that it's a must have. I will be getting one for sure. Great video y'all.
William, you know Larry loves his gadgets. So any excuse to get a new one 🤣.
I like your idea of leaving it - we have enough on our hitch and unhitch list.
I’m not sure about the black tank question- ask Larry next time.
Sorry for late reply- I thought hubby would answer but he forgot 🤗
Alice
Good that you did long term test first before video. Thanks DMC
We always try to test something for awhile before recommending. Thanks for noticing
@@DownsizingMakesCents gives real value to the product when I know it's been tested by someone I trust
Thank you. We don’t like to “review” something just out of the box- how can you? That’s why we are going to do a real “review” follow up for the Haloview. After we used it awhile. Same with the RV Garmin we just bought.
Great video Larry. I agree that the factory tank gauges are not reliable at all. I installed SeeLevel II sensors and they have been great so far…. Travel safe!
Paul, thanks. Larry told me its very hard to get to our tanks in our rig. Otherwise- besides the price- he would have installed SeeLevel as well. He has heard good this about that product.
Thanks for letting us know your experience and coming by,
Alice
Larry seems obsessed with the black tank.
🤣 This is actually more about the grey tank, but I get what you mean,
Alice
Have a great week! 😊
Thanks, Sherri. You, too
Thanks for another informative video. Hope you are enjoying Maine.
Stephen, thank you. We are loving Maine,
Alice
Thanks for sharing!
Watching this video, yet again! We will definitely be getting a meter for the fresh water inlet. Do y’all use a flow meter anywhere else?
One for fresh and one for black tank rinse
And thank you so much 🤗
Thanks!
Sandra Westley from the UK not one of our sites has a sewer connection, we don’t do them over here, we all have cassette toilets, which is in essence like what your doing, we empty ours every 2 days, all pitches have electricity and some have water connection, but never sewer connection. I think it’s just easy our way, our cassette has wheels on and there is always a cassette emptying place set on its own, so washing it out by the water hose provided, we also use bio degradable liquids in the cassette so there are no smells. And as it’s always completely separate area to empty these cassettes there is no likelihood of contamination of hoses, by people that have no idea of cleanliness 😂😂
We spent some time in Ontario provincial parks - often with no hookups at all. People mainly used their blue boy.
I’ve seen videos with the cassettes. Very interesting.
With this water meter, you could wait to dump only when you need to. But if you’re use to dumping every couple days? It sounds like it works for you 👍
Alice
To get the flow meter to be right side up it need's be connect to the campground water spigot first or if using a regulator then connect it to it then the water hose to the RV.
That's was the design of usage, apparently the manufacture didn't consider it would be connected it to the RV which it made it look upside down.
You are correct, I wanted it connected in the wet bay instead of at the spigot. It’s easier to remember to reset it when I empty the grey tank. They could have designed it so the computer could be flipped but they didn’t. Larry
Thanks for the tip about the meter
No worries. We are always looking for ways to make camping better.
Thanks for the info
No problem 👍
How did you secure the mount for the doughnut elbow? You let us see that you have everything mounted to the tote, but now how you did that.
Joey, Larry shows in his How to use a waste tote video. ua-cam.com/video/kkUw2ANmNK8/v-deo.html
Thanks for asking and watching,
Alice
Smart idea! Thank you!
Joyce, Larry loves his gadgets 😆 Plus, we love sharing ways we have made camping more enjoyable,
Alice
Won’t help for us because some of our fresh water goes into our black tank. What I do is watch how much I empty into the tote ( thru the vent hole) and slowly close the dump valve as the tote fills.
That’s a technique I use also but I hate the smell that comes out, haha Larry
Great idea- thanks
Ed, we are glad we could help. Share this with others if you think it can benefit them
Good job. We have the meter you don't recommend. Actually on our second one.
Thank you. Oh, that one 🤣 I think Larry said we went through 3. Get the other one on Amazon. If you don’t like it? Return it.
Let us know if you do,
Alice
ahhhhh. so this was the survey. 2 weeks is way too long to go without sewer.
Yep. I like to “prime the pump.” 😆. I guess we are used to it now - Larry just uses the sewer tote and we watch our usage.
Another option is to upgrade your rvs tank gauges to Seelevel tank monitoring system
Bill, great idea. Love Your RV did a great video about that. But that’s an extensive project. And it would be really tough to get to our tanks in our rig,
Alice
I saw video of Getaway Couple installing Seelevel on their Grand Design
@@billchesney8949 interesting 🤔 They do have a different model than ours. Did they do it themselves or have someone do it? Maybe we will check it out.
Thanks
Jason did it. They have a video
Can the screen be flipped so it's not upside down?
Lonnie, unfortunately no. No idea why it’s flipped- definite design flaw. Both brands were upside down?
They are designed to be right side up on a hose bib.
@@marcuspalmer1889 Yes. But we wanted it in the wet bay so we remember to set it after every grey tank dump.
What brand is the water meter?
We discussed a few in the video and have links to them in the description. Restmo, Rainpoint, depending where you buy it
Great concept - thanks for sharing. I have the Rainpoint unit and returned it twice before I got one that worked correctly. The Restmo appears to be a better unit (just ordered).
Keep in mind that there is water pressure and water volume. Using quick connect will lower your volume which may or may not be an issue for everyone. Personally I avoid quick connects on the RV for this reason.
Glad you found the video helpful.
Even with the quick connect, we still have great pressure. Perhaps it’s different depending on the RV. Good point. People could try both ways to see if there is a difference