Best Gadget

Clever👍🏻, I see what you did there😊

How about also putting on here the worst gadget you have ever bought. Not so much because it turns out to be very poor quality but more a case of "why on earth did I buy this? I've never used it since I bought it".

The worst one we ever bought for our caravan  was the Milenco leveller. Bought at one of the shows at a cost of £75 and carried back to a far car park ( should have bought online)😂 It was used about twice, before I decided it was doing more damage to the tyre than I was prepared to accept. Perhaps they have improved the design since, as they still sell it, but ours on anything more than a minimal cross grade, distorted the sidewalls to an alarming extent.

My best gadget is a little solar powered and wind up Duronic radio. Rarely needs a wind up as propped up by a window it charges well in daylight. Cost less than £12. 

I've also got a very small Sony digital radio via USB which I use most of the time, lasts longer than the phone.

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If I remember correctly, many years ago wind deflectors were tested and the conclusion was that, if you were lucky, it might save up to £0.50 per 100 miles. How many 100s of miles would it take to get the cost back - if you were lucky.

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Not sure whether it's fair to class it as a 'gadget' - but for me - it has to be the E&P hydraulic levelling because it's allowed me to continue caravanning for the last two years when my knee wouldn't let me kneel down to fit the twin Alko locks - or use alternative means of levelling / lock fitting.

Worst one was a stupid telescopic peg puller which was supposed to allow you to pull out pegs without bending down. It always came apart when the slightest amount of pressure was applied.  Just can't understand why I bought it when a simple claw hammer does the job perfectly well

Beware of the small, dehumidifiers for use in wardrobes.  I thought that one would be ideal for the motorhome, to repel damp inside the wardrobe but when the crystals turned to liquid, the liquid leaked from the plastic bag, leaving a wet greasy substance. Luckily, as it was winter I was not using the M/H, so there was nothing inside the wardrobe, but it gave me a shock when I saw it as I thought that the M/H had acquired a serious leak inside the wardrobe. The rigid plastic dehimidifiers are really good and do prevent damp and mould but not the ones with a little coat hanger shaped hook!

Best or worse not quite sure, but I bought these plastic wheel nut caps for a quick glance indication of a loose wheel nut. Good or bad they are still on there and I do look occasionally.

 

Hi, I’ve found that a couple of recycled plastic Chinese take away containers filled with table salt does the job as well as any dehumidifier and costs pennies. 

JK