The best 30 amp RV surge protector for most rigs is the Progressive Industries SSP-30XL, because it combines surge absorption with full fault detection, a lifetime warranty and the largest owner base in the category. If you want phone monitoring, the Power Watchdog PWD30EPO is the pick, and if you want a live voltage readout … Read more
There is a failure mode that catches almost every new RV owner in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico or Florida. White crust builds up inside the faucet aerators, soap refuses to lather, and the water heater takes twice as long to recover. Then they go online and buy a filter, and the crust keeps coming back, … Read more
A short bed truck gives you a longer cargo box than a full-size crew cab body would otherwise allow, but it steals something you cannot get back: the distance between the back of the cab and the rear axle. That single measurement, the cab-to-axle distance or CA, is the whole reason the best fifth wheel … Read more
The best trailer wiring harness overall is the CURT 56040, a vehicle-specific T-connector that plugs straight into the factory tail lamp sockets and adds a 4-way flat socket on the hitch without cutting a single wire. It carries a 4.8 rating across more than 3700 owner reviews, and for most people buying a harness for … Read more
Trailer theft is not a movie plot. It is a Saturday-morning job that takes an unhitched trailer off a driveway in a quiet neighbourhood, and the recovery rate on those is poor. The whole thing turns on one thing: whether the coupler or the hitch pin was locked when the trailer was left alone. So, … Read more
There are two ways to get Bluetooth in a modular helmet, and that single decision explains almost everything about this roundup. The first path is an all-in-one helmet with factory-installed electronics, speakers and a microphone already wired in. The second is a premium shell with empty speaker pockets where you bolt a separate communicator later. … Read more
A motorcycle parked on a driveway is taking on damage every single day it sits uncovered. Sun bleaches the paint and oxidises the plastics, rain drives water into bolt heads and connectors, bird droppings etch into clear coats, and a passing rider notices exactly what make and model you own. Finding the best motorcycle covers … Read more
Most home mechanics buy a motorcycle jack after their first dropped bike, not before. I get it. A bike on its side across the garage floor is the fastest way to scratch a fairing, ding a lever, or hurt your back, and it turns a two-hour chain job into an evening of swearing. The fix … Read more
Rated pulling capacity is the least useful number when you are buried. A winch advertised at 3,000 lb makes its rating on the first wrap of rope on an empty drum, in a flat parking lot, with the battery at full charge. None of those conditions exist when your ATV is axle-deep in a bog … Read more
Riding a side-by-side with nothing above your head is one of the best feelings in this hobby, until the sun climbs to midday and turns the cab into a greenhouse. There is no glass overhead, no A-pillar to cast shade, and no door frame to block the low western sun. Riders on high desert trails, … Read more