Garmin portable GPS system is handy device

Thinking about getting a portable GPS system? This review of the Garmin Nuvi 660 will provide a good idea of what a small, handheld unit can do. It's impressive. See for yourself.

The Digital RV
Learn everything “digital” as it relates to an RVer: Connecting to the internet, enjoying a stereo system that weighs ounces, managing digital photos and more.

RV tire monitoring device provides peace of mind

Professor of RVing and RV Now blogger Jim Twamley demonstrates a tire monitoring system that he says provides great peace of mind when rolling down the highway. He shows how to install the device and points out how it saved the day when its control monitor showed a tire to be over inflated as his coach rolled down the highway.

Dramatic video of an RV going up in flames

This is the most dramatic video of an RV fire we have yet seen on the Web. In this nearly four minute segment taped by a passing motorist on Washington state's Stevens Pass, a recent model diesel pusher motorhome and its dinghy go rapidly up in flames. By the time the first firetruck arrives, the RV and car are toast. At that point, the videographer is told to leave by authorities because live ammunition is going off inside the burning rig. This video is not for the faint of heart.

Frustrated RV buyer airs his case on TV

A Sacramento, Calif., RVer who bought a fifth wheel trailer to serve as a mobile "mining cabin" didn't strike gold when it came to the RV's workmanship and how its problems were being fixed by his dealership. Finally, at wit's end, he took his complaint to a local TV consumer reporter, who did some research and then filed this report. What happened to this RVer illustrates a point: check out everything you can on an RV before buying it. This RVer didn't.