Rpod 192 - Tour and Upgrades

[@SueSkuya-og7lg]

I so enjoyed the tour of your sweet camper. Cozy. Creative.❤

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Thank you so much! We have really enjoyed it!

[@JerryBarnes-m3z]

This was a great tour. Thanks so much. Very informative and just what we needed to see. We are about to purchase a new R-POD. I love all of your modifications. I'm sure we will make them as well.

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Thank you, I hope it will be helpful for you and that you enjoy your RPod too!

[@woofman4796]

Keith is super clever and talented

[@somedaychronicles3728]

I agree!

[@cheyneturbyfill4727]

Nicely done. We just purchased a 2023 192 and have several modifications I plan to make. I converted the exterior quick connect to hot water because we plan on doing most all of our dish washing outside to cut down on any food waste going into our grey water tank. Eventually I plan on converting the single port to a exterior shower quick connect so we can have hot and cold. Another thing is to take out the bath sink and faucet and install a large sink. I found a 13x13 on Amazon that I plan to install farm sink style, should fit nicely with around 2” protruding. Today I am adding a removable extension to the right of the kitchen sink by utilizing 2 short pieces of adjustable shelf uprights and brackets to mount shelf extension to. Should make a nice place for the coffee maker

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Thank you for commenting! Sounds like you have some great ideas for modifications!

[@kurtisloew108]

This is an awesome camper! We just sold our 180 that we loved but had to sell. When we are ready to buy again, the 192 is what we are getting. Nice upgrades! Great job!

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Thank you! We have loved it and look forward to a lot more trips in it! I hope you can get into yours soon.

[@livingbwater4770]

It’s so nice. I love all the fixes you guys made, Keith is going to get a lot of business calls for modifications, well done!😁

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Thank you! He does very nice work :)

[@vickiem1546]

Great modifications! Love all your storage . . .

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Thank you! Can't wait til we get it all set up :)

[@gingertea5006]

Enjoyed the tour. With your modifications you are making it your own. What a great way to travel around. (p.s. love the quilt 🙂)

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Thank you! It has been fun making it our own and I am sure we will find other things to do later as well. And thank you for the comment on the quilt!

[@richardaldom741]

Nice tour, thx

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Thank you, Glad you liked it :)

[@billirey9459]

I have watched your very informative video again and so appreciate your sharing. We purchased a new 192 this past July and have enjoyed it so far. I do not like that there is no access to the radio. We also removed the TV as we don’t frequent parks with power. I am so intrigued with the medicine cabinet and the kitchen counter extension. I do hope that your your husband will provide your subscribers with videos and details of how he constructed them. Thank you and happy travel’s.

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed the video. We have considered removing the TV as well, but haven't decided for sure. We are hoping to do a follow up video that will give more detail on how he did the modifcations. :)

[@billirey9459]

Thank you. Looking forward to them. Your walkthrough was very well done and your husband certainly does beautiful craftsmanship.

[@VJWLPN1]

The side extension or counter space could be put on hinges and the fireplace stored under the sofa. At night sit the trash can out of the way and have a clear path to your side of the bed.

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Thanks for commenting! Unfortunately the counter extension can't go on hinges as the outlet on that side sticks out about 2 or 2 1/2" so it wouldn't be able to fold down. The fireplace is nifty because we can put it under the couch, or under the table at night, or when traveling, that shoe spot under the dinette bench just inside the door fits it like it was made for it!

[@EduardoJimenez-rk8nw]

Huge ! 👍

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Thank you for commenting!

[@billirey9459]

I also like the extension very much, along with all your mods! Can you provide either/or both, a picture or more detail of the extension. We purchased a small table from Costco but I like your extension much better. Thank you for sharing everything. Bill

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Hi, thank you for your kind words! We are hoping to do a follow up video so that he can more fully explain what he did.

[@marianfreeman4262]

I love the extension you made. Would you consider sharing your plan for the construction of it. I’m curious if the is a lip on the top of the extension sticks up into the existing counter? or does it just slide in. Do you find it strong enough with the size of the 45’s you used for support? Your response would be appreciated. Thx😊

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Thanks for commenting! There is no lip, it is just flat and slides in. It is for sure strong enough because if we are camping in the winter, we go dry, and use a 6 gallon jug with a spigot on the counter and extension for our water, so it has held a good bit of weight. Hopefully in an upcoming episode we can get into more details of how it was made. I don't really make plans, just sketches and wing it from there usually :)

[@BJ-xz9mf]

We’ve enjoyed our 195…not sure why R-Pods are referred to as “entry level “…. Ours has been a great trailer, fits our size/tow ease. Enjoy the journey!

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Thank you for commenting! We love ours too, but I will confess, the Rockwood mini-lite that we had first did seem to be a bit higher quality. Despite that, we haven't regretted trading. It has been lovely for towing.

[@billirey9459]

After a great deal of searching for some of the items in your mods it would be so helpful if you included links to the items. Thank you.

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Thank you for the comment! I can't include links for most of the items as Keith constructed them himself, but we do hope to do a follow up video so he can give more detail.

[@billirey9459]

@@somedaychronicles3728 thanks again. Really looking forward to the follow up video. I was in hopes of a link to the entryway handle. I like that a lot! Wonderful walkthrough. Thank you.

[@rvandermuffin]

I wonder what your hubby found behind the wall to attach that bathroom cabinet to? That's all nice work btw.

[@billirey9459]

I would also like to know how,where he attached it.

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Thanks for the question! He used 6 command strips (at each corner and then middle of each side and then also screws. He said he got lucky and the top two screws went into the metal frame. Hope that helps!

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Hi, thanks for the question! I just replied to the first question on this, hope you find it helpful too!

[@rvandermuffin]

@@somedaychronicles3728 Yes it does .. I was wondering if he tapped into the metal frame and how he found it .. thx for getting back to us.

[@jasonw4089]

Can you tell where you purchased the storage for the sewer hoses ..? Love the upgrades …

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Thanks for the comment! Keith made those himself. I am hoping to convince him to do a follow up video to show more details on the sewer cubby and the countertop extension

[@zygmuntziokowski7877]

It looks nice. Do you keep the Murphy down at all times? And how comfort is the Murphy bed? I am 6" 1', so would I fit in the bed?

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Thank you! Yes, pretty much we just keep the bed down. I think we have only had it as the couch twice? We have a 3" foam topper that we bought from Costco that we put on top of the mattress (the bed will still go up with it on), and that makes it reasonably comfortable. We do hope to replace it at some point, but for now it will do. The bed IS a full size queen, 60x80 mattress, so as long as you are fine on a queen size, you should be find on it. Hope that helps!

[@shaunethomas9963]

Love the sink cover and extension. Can you make me a set please?

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Thank you! And, no, unfortunately. We used some Redwood that my dad had been saving for a project he was going to do when I was a teenager. Not much was still usable and this pretty much took it all :)

[@shaunethomas9963]

@@somedaychronicles3728 DARN! Thank you for replying. I am on the hunt for someone to make me a custom one just like it. Etsy, here I come... :)

[@somedaychronicles3728]

@@shaunethomas9963 Good luck!

[@rmangold]

My wife and I are currently camping in Michigan in our 193 and love watching camping videos and yours came across our feed! We also enjoyed the mods. The ones we are really intrigued by are the outdoor sewer hose cubby, do you have a source for that, and if not do you have any prints drawn up? Lastly, we have been wanting to do a counter extension, what did you use to enable you to slide your board in and out?

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Thank you for commenting! Keith made it himself. I am trying to talk him into doing a follow-up video on it to give more details on how he did that cubby and the extension. (there's a bolt in the back corner of the extension, but it's hard to explain how he did it.)

[@susie-2rvcats201]

Hi. Is there an outlet near the booth? I thought I saw one under the upper cabinets but can't sure. I love your modifications and can't wait to do some of them when we get our trailer!

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Yes, there is an outlet on the underside of the upper cabinets over the dinette. Hope that helps!

[@colleenm7036]

Can I ask what vehicle you are towing the R Pod with? Thanks for the video we are looking at purchasing a 192.

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Thank for the comment! We have a Ford F150. We actually test drove all the manufacturer's rigs, fully expecting to buy a Dodge (we had previously owned 2 different Dodge pickups that we were quite happy with). We made a list of important features to us, safety ratings, comfort, fuel economy, and so on, and Ford won out by a fairly large margin. Hope that helps!

[@weztankersley2293]

Which model number Rockwood Mini Lite did you guys switch over from?

[@somedaychronicles3728]

We had the 2205 s. Hope that helps!

[@rhondarobinson261]

Would you build us a medicine cabinet? Yours is perfect! How did you mount it?

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Lol, I keep telling him he needs to start a business making things like this for RVers. He put Command Strips (or double sided tape. Now I can't remember which, but I think it says in the tour) and then screwed it to the wall. We were lucky in that he actually hit one of the metal studs with the screw, so it is quite stable!

[@kimpost1400]

We just purchased a 2023 RPod 192. Thank you for sharing some great ideas. I would love to see more videos explaining in more detail how you mounted the kitchen counter extension. Also love the small medicine cabinet in the bathroom. How did you mount it?

[@somedaychronicles3728]

This is from our reply to this question somewhere down in the other comments: Thanks for the question! He used 6 command strips (at each corner and then middle of each side and then also screws. He said he got lucky and the top two screws went into the metal frame. Hope that helps

[@4GivenMuch]

Can the bed be left down without it flopping while going down the road? Do you think if it can stay down that a regular queen mattress would work?

[@somedaychronicles3728]

We leave ours down all the time with no issues. We do have the foam topper on it, so it is a bit heavier than without it, I don't know if that makes a difference. If you mean "regular queen" as opposed to a short queen, or camp queen, it is a full size queen mattress. If you mean as opposed to the less than amazing mattress it comes with, I'm sure it would be fine. We hope to upgrade ours at some point. We did check to make sure that ours would still go up with the topper on it in case we wanted to put the bed up, so you might consider how thick of a mattress would fit before buying if that is something you might want to do in the future! Hope that helps!

[@rockdean1]

@@somedaychronicles3728 Funny I was thinking it would be more of a concern to keep the bed up while traveling. I am concerned about the side to side action. Thanks for all the info. Also I would like more info on the storage box for the dump hose, As well as how its mounted. Thanks for the info on the mirror cabinet and mounting,

[@RKGraves]

Excellent video - Thank You! What was your previous trailer?

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Thank you! Our previous trailer was a 2020 Rockwood MiniLite 2205s.

[@rockdean1]

where did you order the passthrough locks? I am having trouble finding the correct ones.

[@somedaychronicles3728]

I'll try to look it up and find them. :)

[@johnkelly5943]

Great job. What is the hitch tongue weight when you are fully loaded?

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Short answer, we don't know. Longer answer, when we got the Rockwood Mini-lite, we spent quite a bit of effort making sure we weighed the truck with and without the trailer, with and without it being loaded and with and without the weight distribution hitch. We had calculated the tongue weight to make sure that we were within the max. And we were. When we got the RPod, it is 1600 pounds lighter, the dry tongue weight is a good bit less (don't remember how much off the top of my head) and since it has basically the same layout, with a smaller front pass through, we knew we would have less tongue weight than we did with the Mini-lite so getting exact numbers is lower on the priority list. Hope that helps!

[@rhondarobinson261]

Also, where did you get your cabinet extension?

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Keith built the countertop extension. I am pretty sure he said something about it in the tour? It's been lovely, but it is funny, I don't use it as much as I thought I would. I have found of the two, the sink cover is the one we use a LOT.

[@joejoanagagliardi6972]

Can you list where you got the restroom mirror and the stow box you mounted under the trailer? Did you change out the mattress or keep the factory one?

[@somedaychronicles3728]

To make the mirror for the medicine cabinet, Keith cut down a cheap full length mirror that I had bought at Walmart to the correct dimensions. (It was $5 then, I think they are $7 now, REALLY cheap and flimsy!). The box under the trailer he also made from scrap wood he had from other projects. (He can give more info if you want it). We still currently have the factory mattress, BUT we also have a mattress topper that we bought from Costco several years ago. The factory mattress by itself was pretty uncomfortable, but with the topper on it, it isn't bad. Hope that helps!

[@rhondarobinson261]

Can you show us how to build the sewage holder?

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Thank you for commenting! We have a video on that, linked here kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKClepujZd6oicU Hope that helps!

[@woofman4796]

I have a question, we live in Florida, if we buy 1 , can we borrow your hubby to upgrade ours 😂

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Lol! I told him he needs to start a business traveling around to do RPod modifications :)

[@woofman4796]

@@somedaychronicles3728 he seems to be very intelligent and clever 👍

[@somedaychronicles3728]

@@woofman4796 He is! There isn't much he can't figure out how to do!

[@sharongardner9044]

What year is this 192?

[@somedaychronicles3728]

The one we bought is a 2021, but it is exactly like the 2022. We know this because the dealership we bought it at, had both on the lot. We didn't realize they were different model years, we just knew one was $2k less in price. We went back and forth comparing things trying to figure out why it was different. When we finally asked what the difference was, they told us it was only the year. Hope that helps!

[@camgillam158]

Love your mods. Can you tell me where you got the stabilizers?

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Thank you! We got them off of Amazon. I will double check with Keith to get info on what exactly we got.

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Here is an Amazon affiliate link to the stabilizers we bought. amzn.to/3AfvUks It doesn't cost you anything more if you use our link, but we will get a small commission. They come in a set of two per box, we bought two boxes. we have been very happy with these and have used them now on two different trailers. Thanks.

[@jjhydrama]

why is a nasty broom. hanging in you bed space??????

[@somedaychronicles3728]

lol

[@mpwasz1]

Not having a mirror is "STUPID " wow, shows what people you are! ...good grief

[@somedaychronicles3728]

Most people get ready in their bathroom so not having one seems kinda silly. Thanks for the comment, it doesn't bother me that you have an opinion that doesn't agree with mine. I extended the basic courtesy of not making a judgement about your character based on that.