Gate Valve Heater – We just recently installed this because it has frozen on us several times when we get into the teens. I will say that we haven’t put this through more rigorous testing, but it seems to make a lot of sense. See our blog on this gate valve heater installation here.

Midea Dehumidifier – We were looking for a dehumidifer that would be big enough to make a difference and small enough not take up so much space that you feel you’re moving it EVERY. SINGLE. MINUTE. This is a great compromise. When it’s working it’s large (13.5″x 13.5″ x 26″), but when you’re ready to stow it, it’s like nesting dolls – pretty sweet. And BOY does it suck out humidity. Really happy with this unit so far! We store this in our shower when not in use.

Mopeka Tank Sensor – We have an earlier version of this sensor, but think it’s pretty close to this. When these work, they are invaluable! Sometimes the bluetooth signal was pretty weak and we had to be nearly on top of it. Also, getting it to read the first time on the bottom of the tank takes a LOT of patience. Recommendation: Get yourself a small tube of dielectric grease and put it on the magnet part of the sensor before you connect it to your tank. That helped us most the time.

I now know there’s an updated sensor – the PRO version. We don’t have experience with it but I heard it may be better.

If ours stops working (or if I could do it over again), I’d likely buy the Mopeka Pro just to alleviate some of the connection issues.

OH, this app is good at letting you know when you get to a low value that you set. We typically have it go off around 15%. That’s really nice since you can then monitor and switch tanks before you have a 2am night when your propane goes out!

Mopeka Tank Halo – If you are going to buy any of the Mopeka sensors, do yourself a favor and pick this up as well. For a full year, we fumbled around with those darn metal clips they give you to put on the bottom of the tank. The clips are needed to give the sensor enough room on the bottom of the tank (so you’re not smashing it, and probably improves your Bluetooth connection. Unfortunately, the clips are easy to lose, hard to keep on, and also easy to break.

Once we bought and installed this sensor, our complaining went waaay down.

Froli Star System (not an affiliate link, we just like it)

We did purchase this right before we went full-time and *knock on wood* we haven’t had any condensation issues under our bed.

These lift up whatever mattress you have and allow air flow underneath which greatly reduces chances of condensation (which leads to mold).

There are other alternates available, but we also thought improving the comfort of our mattress was also a plus here.

Sherpa Blanket – This blanket keeps us nice and toasty on cold nights. Gary would say that many times it’s too warm with me close to him, ha! We do only use this when it starts getting in the 40s at night or else we would cook. Not to bad for a simple blanket that looks as good as a bulky comforter!

Sirocco II 360 degree Fan – I should have mentioned this in the video but I forgot! This was a bit of an indulgent purchase. It was around $100 when we bought it. And you’re thinking, $100 for a freakin’ fan? Well, Gary can’t sleep without a fan circulating. And I can’t stand having a fan blowing on me (unless its like 100 degrees out). Most of the fans we had purchased previously were never really at the right angle and annoyed one of us regularly. We were also looking for something that was pretty quiet. We saw this fan on Gone with the Wynns YouTube channel and thought this was perfect. And now we can both sleep well together!

Damprid – You can buy these online but it’s honestly easier to get at your local megastore. Throw these in your closets and you’ll be surprised at how much water they collect!

Space Heater with Manual Switches – This is not the exact version we have but it looks pretty darn close. It’s a small space heater with a thermostat and 3 fan speeds.

The biggest value I see is that with manual switches you can set the thermostat and fan (usually to low for us) and then plug it into a bluetooth “hockey puck” that allows you to turn the heater on and off from inside the camper.

You could also just get a bluetooth space heater as well, but it’s sometimes nice to use that bluetooth option to turn on and off other items as you need (like outdoor lights, fan, etc.).

Bluetooth On/Off Switch – The bluetooth switch I bought is no longer on Amazon, but this looks remarkably similar. This fits better on your two-outlet plug in the basement (ours has to nestle between the water heater lines).

We use this to turn the above space heater on and off during the winter but this also comes in handy if you have lights outside that you want to turn on and off remotely (with your phone).

We were even able to program when to turn on and off – so if you had a light you wanted to turn on and off while you’re gone this would certainly do the trick!

Govee Temp Sensors – We literally have these everywhere in our rig. We’re currently using 6 of them (bedroom, living room, basement, outside, refrigerator, and freezer).

These seem to have accurate readings and are inexpensive to add anywhere.

The app is pretty good and even allows you to export the data (for you nerds like me!)

This also allows us to keep track of our basement temps to see if maybe we need to turn on a heater or turn on the fans.

SensorPush Sensors – As I mentioned in the video, these are great sensors that not only read the data, they will actively alert you if the temp is beyond the high and low temps you set (or humidity levels if you want).

However, these are a lot more expensive than the Govee sensors, so I only use these to track my freezer and refrigerator temps. I don’t want to lose food if my refrigerator or freezer goes haywire.

In the winter, we’re watching the refrigerator and sometimes will turn our settings down to account for the colder temps. These Dometic absorption refrigerators don’t do really well in very high or very low temps.

AutoSock – We purchased these way back in January 2020 when we first picked up our Sherptek bed and camper then drove it back to Illinois. While our tires were snow rated, we wanted to have something to help if things got really slick.

Tire chains are a complete PITA and getting on the snowy, muddy ground to put these on isn’t the most fun.

This is an alternative that is much easier to install and is also easier to stow (since you don’t need these that often).

Go Treads (XL Version) – We knew we needed to have something before we headed out west. We wanted to explore more BLM land and have ways to get us out of trouble if we chose poorly.

We purchased these mainly for sand recovery but these would also work well in the snow. With limited space in a truck camper, I was also grateful for this fold-up version.

And… we recently used them to supplement a tippy but awesome site by using these as levelers on our front tires.

Two uses are always a win in a truck camper!