You talked briefly about hikers playing music while on the trail, first with portable speakers (which disturb others) and then with earbuds (which block out nearby sounds). I now hike wearing bone-conducting headphones, which let me listen to music or podcasts but let me hear my surroundings, since my ears aren't covered. You sacrifice a bit of sound quality but for me it's well worth it.
@@RVMilesPodcast I've been in a couple of Best Buy stores where they have the Shokz brand of bone-conducting headphones on display, powered on, and available to try out.
I can pass a good book on to a friend. Or library. Or hospital "reading cart." And I can leave a magazine at the barbershop. Or a waiting room. And spread the interest.
Thanks for the information! I am on the side of digital. I have a few moments here or there in my dual life of executive and content creator in which I can have a break. Having the digital right there are my fingertips means I get to enjoy that other content. A magazine is more likely to just sit on the coffee table and quickly thumbed through once and never looked at again. I do agree that it is very hard to get anyone who watches our content to just click the thumbs up and subscribe. We are the weirdos who do subscribe, watch those channels and hit the thumbs up almost immediately on those videos. That was us before we became vloggers tho' so that's just us as people. We are on the edge of full time (severely downsizing this upcoming year, buying our fulltime rig, etc) and we really enjoy finding out more about the lifestyle and equipment so we truly enjoy channels like this one and digital print magazines. Thanks for doing these interview podcasts, they are always interesting! PS...that's a satchel. I have one too! LOL!
Awesome interview, Damien has so many great thoughts not only on RV’s but the magazine industry… in my experience the sales people at the dealerships have never used and have no experience to give us advise when purchasing and rv.
I agree with the comments about outdoor speakers and other entertainment items. The first thing I do is disconnect the TV from the house system and add a decent quality speaker bar and Blu-ray player. I'd be fine with eliminating the outdoor speakers as well. With the newer stereo heads being installed having Bluetooth I would rather use my own Bluetooth speaker of which most have better quality sound than the cheap ones in the RV. In fact I use a portable Bluetooth speaker today to play music from a USB drive attached to my phone when out and about.
An outdoor TV, speakers, and obnoxious exterior lighting are a curse to your RV neighbors and an insult to a dark sky and the natural environment. Just don't do it.
Propane is living on borrowed time. My heater should run off the main fuel tank. That way I'm legal to drive everywehere. And save an expensive explosive extra fuel to pursue.
It may have been a more interview-like conversation because Jason was asking for Damian's take on RV trends and the industry, but wouldn't you expect a show host to be asking more questions of a guest than they would ask their usual co-host? I think using the words "scripted" and "authentic" imply there's some deception going on here, which I disagree with.
You talked briefly about hikers playing music while on the trail, first with portable speakers (which disturb others) and then with earbuds (which block out nearby sounds). I now hike wearing bone-conducting headphones, which let me listen to music or podcasts but let me hear my surroundings, since my ears aren't covered. You sacrifice a bit of sound quality but for me it's well worth it.
I've never tried those - but I really want to. I'd love to have something for bike rides. -J
@@RVMilesPodcast I've been in a couple of Best Buy stores where they have the Shokz brand of bone-conducting headphones on display, powered on, and available to try out.
I can pass a good book on to a friend. Or library. Or hospital "reading cart."
And I can leave a magazine at the barbershop. Or a waiting room. And spread the interest.
Thanks for the information! I am on the side of digital. I have a few moments here or there in my dual life of executive and content creator in which I can have a break. Having the digital right there are my fingertips means I get to enjoy that other content. A magazine is more likely to just sit on the coffee table and quickly thumbed through once and never looked at again. I do agree that it is very hard to get anyone who watches our content to just click the thumbs up and subscribe. We are the weirdos who do subscribe, watch those channels and hit the thumbs up almost immediately on those videos. That was us before we became vloggers tho' so that's just us as people. We are on the edge of full time (severely downsizing this upcoming year, buying our fulltime rig, etc) and we really enjoy finding out more about the lifestyle and equipment so we truly enjoy channels like this one and digital print magazines. Thanks for doing these interview podcasts, they are always interesting! PS...that's a satchel. I have one too! LOL!
Awesome interview, Damien has so many great thoughts not only on RV’s but the magazine industry… in my experience the sales people at the dealerships have never used and have no experience to give us advise when purchasing and rv.
I agree with the comments about outdoor speakers and other entertainment items. The first thing I do is disconnect the TV from the house system and add a decent quality speaker bar and Blu-ray player. I'd be fine with eliminating the outdoor speakers as well. With the newer stereo heads being installed having Bluetooth I would rather use my own Bluetooth speaker of which most have better quality sound than the cheap ones in the RV. In fact I use a portable Bluetooth speaker today to play music from a USB drive attached to my phone when out and about.
KOA often uses the back to back sites, I think they call it buddy sites. They have these sites at Las Vegas KOA Journey at Sam's Town.
I think dual alternators will kill solar, except for maintenance trickle charging.
Hey Demian being from Santa Barbara did you go to the Los Prietos boys camp?
Juvie: The place where delinquets go to learn hardcore skills.
An outdoor TV, speakers, and obnoxious exterior lighting are a curse to your RV neighbors and an insult to a dark sky and the natural environment. Just don't do it.
The chapter timestamps are off. Makes it a little confusing to follow.
Propane is living on borrowed time. My heater should run off the main fuel tank. That way I'm legal to drive everywehere. And save an expensive explosive extra fuel to pursue.
This comes across like a heavily scripted “interview” that’s supposed to seem like an authentic conversation.
Huh? Why would we do that?
Great interview, I enjoyed it.
It may have been a more interview-like conversation because Jason was asking for Damian's take on RV trends and the industry, but wouldn't you expect a show host to be asking more questions of a guest than they would ask their usual co-host?
I think using the words "scripted" and "authentic" imply there's some deception going on here, which I disagree with.
To me there’s a difference between being prepared vs winging it. Maybe that’s just another description of interview vs conversation?
Cant stand to listen to this Damian guy talk. Seems inauthentic and wayy too proud of himself.
Nah, that's not Demien at all. He's a pretty solid human and a great friend! -A