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twogypsies · 12-31-2019, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Kelly123

Hello. Actually we are planning a trip this summer to test out an RV. So hopefully it goes well!

Since you're planning to go full-time I would really suggest you RV for 6m to 1 yr. before making the committment. Go to many RV shows and look at all of them for quality. Think it out carefully as to cost, medical insurance, etc. It's not for everyone but for those of us that it is .... it's an awesome lifestyle!! Good luck.

Noise should be waaaay down on your list!!

Kelly123 · 01-01-2020, 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by twogypsies

Since you're planning to go full-time I would really suggest you RV for 6m to 1 yr. before making the committment. Go to many RV shows and look at all of them for quality. Think it out carefully as to cost, medical insurance, etc. It's not for everyone but for those of us that it is .... it's an awesome lifestyle!! Good luck.

Noise should be waaaay down on your list!!

Thank you! Yeah, we have already made a rough budget and have calculated how much money we will have in a couple of years, after selling our house. We have also researched monthly medical insurance. We’ve also gone and looked at several types of RV’s at an RV dealer and in February we plan on going to a big RV show here. I’ve read MANY articles/blogs, bought 2 books, and we watch You Tube videos from many RV’ers almost every night!

twogypsies · 01-01-2020, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Kelly123

Thank you! Yeah, we have already made a rough budget and have calculated how much money we will have in a couple of years, after selling our house. We have also researched monthly medical insurance. We’ve also gone and looked at several types of RV’s at an RV dealer and in February we plan on going to a big RV show here. I’ve read MANY articles/blogs, bought 2 books, and we watch You Tube videos from many RV’ers almost every night!

I think you'll be very successful in the lifestyle!!!

JFXG · 01-02-2020, 12:13 AM

When you take your test trip, for the first few or several days you’ll be hearing little sounds new to you. RV sounds, wind sounds, activity sounds around you, night time animal or cultural sounds like owls or trains. Once you can identify— or somewhat identify— these sounds, It’s important how you let your brain catalog these sounds.

If you mentally catalog a sound as “ something that will keep me awake”, then that is what your brain will remember. Try to revert to a more basic animal level. “Is that sound normal or not normal?” “Is that sound a threat or not a threat”? If you can mentally catalog sounds in this way— threat/no threat, danger/no danger— it will be far easier for your brain to learn to disregard most of the background noises yet wake you up if there are two guys talking softly outside your window at 2AM.

Once you spend some time, you quickly learn to hear what’s normal and what’s not.
Good Luck!

GeezerViz · 01-03-2020, 12:09 AM

Watch Geezer Viz! Lol. My channel isn't popular but I'm trying!

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Originally Posted by Kelly123

Thank you! Yeah, we have already made a rough budget and have calculated how much money we will have in a couple of years, after selling our house. We have also researched monthly medical insurance. We’ve also gone and looked at several types of RV’s at an RV dealer and in February we plan on going to a big RV show here. I’ve read MANY articles/blogs, bought 2 books, and we watch You Tube videos from many RV’ers almost every night!

Deny · 01-05-2020, 03:04 PM

If you run the fan, or the A/C, while sleeping, you will hear nothing. Also, with curtains closed, you don't see the daylight peeking in. We sleep better in our trailer than our house

normburgess · 01-05-2020, 03:07 PM

Yep we use a fan. works great

gsdutch · 01-05-2020, 03:10 PM

We had a 2007 Seneca by Jayco and it was not very insulated. We heard people talking if they were near our rig. We now have a 2015 Newmar Dutch Star and the outside noises are dramatically less intrusive. Night and day better!

rarebear.nm · 01-05-2020, 03:15 PM

Our S&B of 30 years is on a couple of acres and in a very quiet place. Listen to the wildlife criters at night. It's seldom a car drives by after 9pm until 7am. So any noise is very annoying to me. This fall we were camped in an RV park about 300 ft from I-95. That was rough and never got close to being use to it in three weeks. For me a TV or fan just makes it worse.

SDCOToyhaul · 01-05-2020, 03:16 PM

Definitely, more noise that in a brick and mortar. That said, do want to know when something or someone is poking around my rig. Do use a "small" battery operated fan on low to drown out the little noises but will of possible have a window by my head open. Still like to hear the crickets.

freestyle_freddy · 01-05-2020, 03:43 PM

Definitely get yourself one of these sound machines at Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Adaptive-Soun...p_ob_title_wld
We had a larger one at first that only ran on AC, but this one is far superior. It's small, rechargeable, & doubles as a bluetooth speaker. We leave it plugged in all the time. When we are boondocking & shut the inverter off for the night, it runs all night on the rechargeable battery, & then, during the day it recharges when the inverter is on or generator running. We've used ours most nights for over 2 years & love it. Many sound type choices & infinite sound levels. A sound machine doesn't completely block all noises, but blocks lower sounds & mutes louder noises to the point that they don't wake you. We absolutely love this machine. It's one of the best investments we've made in our 10 years of fulltime travel. We can sleep undisturbed in Walmart parking lots or in campgrounds with late night parties nearby.

PappaBull · 01-05-2020, 03:49 PM

can't believe I am the first to state the obvious take the hearing aids out

Ret.LEO · 01-05-2020, 03:58 PM

Some form of white noise such as a radio, TV, fan, white noise machine. I love the sounds of the woods at night, love owls (not screech) whipper wills. Love the sound of rain on a metal (country boy) or fiberglass roof. Open a window and enjoy the best sounds on earth.

Dutchstar53 · 01-05-2020, 04:22 PM

We have a 2002 Newmar Dutchstar with double pane windows, which I’m sure really help. Also, the walls seem really well constructed. We are always amazed how little we hear when inside. We also boondock at race tracks, so we may be use to more noise than most! Definitely doesn’t stop the noise from trains or diesel engines (trucks seem to make more annoying noise than diesel pushers). In the end, believe it’s quality construction & double pane windows. Ear plugs and sound machines also sound like a good idea.