To be honest, there’s such a huge choice of touring products out there, we could easily have detailed the top 100 gadgets to carry in your motorhome! But packing everything including the kitchen sink isn’t the point of a touring holiday. It’s all about distilling your equipment down to the pure essentials. Items that are either so practical, you can’t live without them, or so good that they really enhance your holiday. While online influencers might claim that waffle-makers and multisensory light shows are essential, we’re a bit more realistic. We provide less waffle and more tangible touring goodness!
So now it’s time to settle in and get comfortable with a brew, as we run through our top 20 of the very best touring gadgets…
1 POWERBANKS
Whether you’re a tech geek and have a motorhome packed with devices, or a luddite who can barely tolerate a mobile phone, you’re going to need to charge a gadget at some point.
Keeping your phone powered up will not only give you peace of mind in the event of an incident, but can also allow you to take as many photos and videos of your adventures as possible without the worry of draining the battery.
Powerbanks require no technical know-how and simply plug into the device you want to power, using the appropriate cable.
The bigger the capacity of the powerbank in amp hours (Ah), the longer it will power your devices.
We’d look for models that include USB-C outputs as well as the much more common USB-A ports, because they’re more efficient at transferring power.
We’re not going to recommend a specific brand – we’ve tried multiple units over the years and they’re all much of a muchness – so just pick one with the largest capacity for its size and weight to suit your usage. We also prefer ones that display the remaining charge as a percentage.
They’re an essential to stash in your backpack when you’re out for a walk. We pack several – smaller models for use on the go, and larger units for devices that are used close to the campervan.
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2 BATTERY-TO-BATTERY CHARGER
Did you know your leisure vehicle is awash with excess power when you’re on the road, but most people let it go to waste by simply using it to charge the vehicle battery?
However, with the simple addition of a battery-to-battery (B2B) charger, you can harness all this free energy to recharge your leisure battery bank.
For touring use and wild camping, this can make you far less reliant on electrical hook-ups.
A powerful B2B system can often fully recharge your batteries while you’re on the road between campsites, and they’re a fully automatic system.
If you’re a fan of staying at CLs and CSs or smaller campsites that don’t always offer hook-ups, a B2B
