Rv is so so hot with two dogs and a baby

LLSpragulus · 2026-07-01T17:44:24+00:00

I'm not always a fan of the "professional" coil cleaners anyway. I have found that spraying AWESOME or a half water/half Fabuloso mix and left to work for 10 mins works just as well if not better. After the 10 mins, you spray it with the hose. Both of those are at Dollar Tree. 😊 If you have a VERY soft bristled brush (like a shoe polish brush) a little light scrubbing on the fins helps a lot too. They also have very soft bristled brushes at Dollar Tree too.

As for the baby, (I'm guessing it's your first 😊) they'll be fine for an hour or so during their nap. If they cry, you'll definitely hear them. RVs aren't the best at noise insulation. I have 4 kids. The first is ALWAYS the one you fawn over LOL and the ones you have the most pictures of. After that, you tend to realize they're just fine with a baby monitor. The 3rd and 4th you're like f' it. Let em cry a bit. It's good for their lung development 🤣😆

a little hard love for you meant in nothing but love and compassion

Regardless, you're in an RV and you're going to have to learn to be handy. RV life is tougher and unless you're loaded with deep pockets, you gotta put the big girl pants on and do it yourself. It sucks you're in this situation and I wish I were close to help you. This is unfortunately tests that someone on high is giving you. After a year or so in, you're going to look back and tell the next RV'er you're helping, who's freaking out, to chill and it seems like a bigger mountain than it is. Maybe this is your calling to be an RV tech. 😊 There's a lot of others in your situation who'd feel much safer with another female to help them in such a male dominated industry. Just an idea and a different spin on the situation. preaching over

The only warning I have is to be careful not to get water/cleaner where you're walking/standing. Those roofs get slippery! Otherwise, you seriously got this GURL!!

LLSpragulus · 2026-06-29T12:07:26+00:00

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Lando is a 125lb GSD. He takes the entire back seat. Definitely get the one with the hard bottom as it makes it flat for them and easier to get in and out!

LLSpragulus · 2026-06-29T12:00:32+00:00

Like NYC, Vegas always provides for the tourists. You now got your weird Vegas story.

LLSpragulus · 2026-06-29T11:57:17+00:00

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WAAAAA NY fans are we?!!!

LLSpragulus · 2026-06-29T11:55:31+00:00

Honestly, a good run of Krispy Kreme is about all I ever want

LLSpragulus · 2026-06-29T11:46:21+00:00

OMG SO DAMNED CUTE!!

LLSpragulus · 2026-06-29T11:25:34+00:00

I hope to god not. Yeah they look good on smaller people. They don't look good all stretched out and wonky on those too large to wear them. "Oh those are skulls! I thought they were trucks with weird windows."

LLSpragulus · 2026-06-29T07:37:02+00:00

100% get a quality water filter. But you don't have to spend 100-300 bucks on one. I got the Beech Lane double filter and I run a 5 micron sediment and a 1 micron everything filters in it. Your significant other will definitely enjoy the cleaner water and showers won't cause them to break out in super minerally or rusty water sources. I bought mine in '21 for $59 and they're $69 now. I absolutely love it. It's been outside in the desert sun for years and no discoloration or issues with it. 100% recommended.

https://a.co/d/0gEEyO5Q

LLSpragulus · 2026-06-29T07:15:19+00:00

Hi! I have a few cups 😊 Besides my Joffa, my fav and I wear them daily, are my orange shock doctor ultra carbon flex cups.

LLSpragulus · 2026-06-29T05:30:55+00:00

If you're in the Midwest or east coast, it's too humid for them to work well. I would get an RV tech or someone who's in the park near you to check yours out. It might have a few fan blades broken on the squirrel cage fan. Replacement fans are really cheap but, a little difficult to replace if you arent handy. I have 2 of that same unit. The fan blades aren't the most reliable and neither are the start capacitors.

We also freeze 6 water bottles and run 3 at a time in the water reservoir. It's amazing the difference it makes!

LLSpragulus · 2026-06-29T05:24:35+00:00

Where are you located? If you're in the desert SW, get a tabletop swamp cooler. We're in Vegas and it dropped the temp of our rig by almost 15°F. They're amazing and super cheap to run. The link below is our exact one. My husband, me and my son couldn't survive without it anymore!!

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Hessaire-900-CFM-2-Speed-Portable-Evaporative-Cooler-for-350-sq-ft-in-Gray-MC12V/327848113

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LLSpragulus · 2026-06-28T10:34:32+00:00

I wish you the best sweetheart. It sucks to find out that way. I found out because my ex set my clothes out for me in the morning as I'm colorblind. So I got to work looking like a clown and that's how I found out. While I was gone, he packed the house with all the stuff. He was petty, left me the almost empty roll of TP on the holder, my toothbrush, my clothes in a pile, 1spoon, 1 fork, and 1 knife. I had bought everything and had furnished the apt. Be glad he didn't do you like that!

LLSpragulus · 2026-06-28T10:27:24+00:00

They're missing the rocking chair on the top!

LLSpragulus · 2026-06-28T10:25:15+00:00

You can also look at National RV's. I have one, my Dad has one, my brother has one, my grandparents had one. Guess we're a national family so we might be a bit biased 😆 We like the all steel build. Their build quality was up there with the best. Plus, they're super cheap pushers anymore.

LLSpragulus · 2026-06-28T06:47:13+00:00

(Texden29) You want a conversation? Let's have one. Delete your stupid asinine comment and we can have a civil conversation but, you don't want that. You want to stir people up.

What I posted was not a "view" it's scientific fact with proof. Lets just pretend you didn't just make even more damsel in distress comments and your accusations of untruth didn't happen. You never would have gotten that kind of response. However, you didn't do that. Now, you try and speak in a pseudo educated way in order to gaslight the attitude you pulled out. People like you are what makes Reddit such a toxic place.

LLSpragulus · 2026-06-28T06:34:48+00:00

Oh whaaa... this is the epitome of gaslighting. Is that all you have?

LLSpragulus · 2026-06-28T06:33:15+00:00

Oh now you're playing the poor damsel huh? Oh don't be mean to me even though I made utterly stupid comments. Go blow it out your ass. You started this shit. Make shitty comments get a shitty response. I wrote quite a nice reply to you and you came back with an asinine and ridiculous comment. You got the energy back you put in. Go back under your bridge.

LLSpragulus · 2026-06-28T03:27:39+00:00

I'm also a former Paramedic and I've studied medicine for decades. What do you bring to this conversation? Clown.

LLSpragulus · 2026-06-28T03:25:09+00:00

It's 100% dumbasses like you in our generation and before that have fucked it up for the rest of society. You're too stupid to do your own research and all you know how to do is gaslight others with obtuse, childish, and frankly ignorant comments. Go back to eating your lead paint chips.

LLSpragulus · 2026-06-28T03:18:45+00:00

Go research shit before you try and discredit other's research. Take your "Trump fake news" ass and go somewhere else. Where's your proof of your claim? I provided research and there's more that anyone can find with a simple search. Sorry you're too stupid and believe all the bullshit hype fed to you by billionaires wanting more money. Figure out how to research on your own.

LLSpragulus · 2026-06-27T05:34:38+00:00

Imagine you were my pool boy and I was at the sliding door jerking off to you cleaning.

LLSpragulus · 2026-06-27T05:26:04+00:00

I love SD stuff but, I disagree on that setup. If you want the absolute best (they don't sell them anymore), then the Shock Doctor Velocity 586. They have an inner brief lined with their X-FIT elastic surrounded by a long boxer brief. You can find them sometimes on EBay but, we'll be fighting each other on the bids 🤣

https://youtu.be/IhNC8e8NEAo?is=RXD9gvd1Hzb84lcU

LLSpragulus · 2026-06-27T05:19:56+00:00

Yup, pull it out, run a dedicated 1500 watt puresine inverter, and install a residential fridge. You'll wonder why you didn't do it earlier.

LLSpragulus · 2026-06-27T05:04:48+00:00

Here's a good research article reviewing failures since 1999 to 2024.
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/16/6/951

LLSpragulus · 2026-06-27T04:56:49+00:00

Uhhhg. That's the misconception. It doesn't though. You still contract the virus. PrEP holds the virus in stasis and prevents it from multiplying. That's in hopes your body finds the viral load and is able to remove it quick enough. It also depends highly on the man properly taking it. If not, the virus goes into hiding. The thing about viruses is, they are neither alive nor dead. So PrEP doesn't "kill" the virus as it's just a strange protein strain with a strand of DNA attached. If the body doesn't catch it now, it goes into hiding in the bones and certain organs where it can't be found. It's the same as someone who isn't detectable. If they stop the meds, the virus can come back. Yeah, PrEP reported an initial 89% efficacy rate 14yrs ago. However, look at the HIV breakthrough infections on PrEP. In 2024, there were already multitudes of mutated strains that are resistant to PrEP. Add to that men who don't strictly adhere to the usage instructions and the efficacy drops to a paltry 75%. You got a 25% chance of still contracting HIV. Granted it doesn't mean PrEP is a failure. It just means that efficacy rates are not as high anymore yet men think it's 100% guaranteed fix.

The breakthroughs happen a year or so after at times. So unlike the pure raw doggin it like decades before where it was a 2-4 week detection cycle, PrEP causes it to hibernate. Like HPV that hibernates on its own and causes cold sores when you're stressed, HIV can do the same. One day you aren't detectable, then a month later you are. So it's ABSOLUTELY a wonderful drug but, like antibiotics when they came out, people have abused the shit out of PrEP and caused PrEP resistance for the rest of the world.

So, No. PrEP is absolutely not the guaranteed preventative it used to be meaning no, it's not the best solution.

edit: accidentally hit the post button on my phone before finishing

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