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05-21-2012, 06:49 AM
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4 Rivet Member
2012 27' FB International
Fremont
, California
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 268
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Most useless gadget on your trailer?
I vote for the silly rotary ignitor on the cooktop.
From day one we've used the long butane lighter to light the burners. I think I tried the ignitor once at the dealer and laughed. Considering you need a match or lighter for the oven, what's the point?
The other night for laughs I tried the built in ignitor again and gave up after a couple of turns.
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05-21-2012, 06:52 AM
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Rivet Master
1971 25' Tradewind
1993 34' Excella
Currently Looking...
Estancia
, New Mexico
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 7,742
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My barometer looks cool but looking out the window works better.
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05-21-2012, 07:11 AM
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Rivet Master
1966 22' Safari
1954 22' Flying Cloud
Saline
, Michigan
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 854
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My wife read this and immediately said I was in the running... I still love her though.
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05-21-2012, 07:20 AM
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Site Team
2002 25' Safari
Dewey
, Arizona
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 15,615
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This is obvious.
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05-21-2012, 07:21 AM
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4 Rivet Member
Currently Looking...
Weldon Spring
, Missouri
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 463
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...the warranty page in my Kelty bag...no, wait...it's the Catcon systems monitor.
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05-21-2012, 07:30 AM
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Lost in America
2015 27' FB International
2006 25' Safari FB SE
2004 19' International CCD
Santa Fe
, New Mexico
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 2,151
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The hanging closet bar for suits and dresses.
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05-21-2012, 07:33 AM
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Rivet Master
1970 27' Overlander
Espanola
, Full Timer
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 1,753
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The recesses of the food storage cabinet. Whatever ends up back there disappears in the sands of time.
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05-21-2012, 07:42 AM
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Rivet Master
1995 30' Excella
Bowie
, Maryland
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 2,345
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Quote:
Originally Posted by xo1rider
I vote for the silly rotary ignitor on the cooktop.
From day one we've used the long butane lighter to light the burners. I think I tried the ignitor once at the dealer and laughed. Considering you need a match or lighter for the oven, what's the point?
The other night for laughs I tried the built in ignitor again and gave up after a couple of turns.
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I disagree - ours works great and we're glad we have it. It's nicer than needing to dig the lighter out of the drawer, which we had to do in the B190 since it didn't have any ignitor. Sure you need a lighter for the oven, but we use the oven a LOT less than we use the stove. (Actually our trailer doesn't have a gas oven, so we carry a toaster oven. Our lighter these days is mainly for starting campfires.)
I think we use pretty much everything Airstream installed in the trailer. I honestly can't think of anything useless. (Our cat would probably qualify but Airstream didn't install him. I brought the cat into the relationship. I can't imagine not having him camping with us though.)
Quote:
Originally Posted by mojo
The hanging closet bar for suits and dresses.
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Gotta disagree on this, too - we just used ours last month when we used the camper to stay in for a friend's wedding.
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05-21-2012, 08:07 AM
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Rivet Master
2005 19' Safari
1968 24' Tradewind
Rural
, Delaware
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 1,476
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fmrcaptevil
...it's the Catcon systems monitor.
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I agree with that. The blinking lights are cool though.
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1968 Trade Wind
2007 Ford F250 4x4 Crew
WDCU
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05-21-2012, 08:29 AM
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Rivet Master
2006 23' Safari SE
Biloxi
, Mississippi
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 8,278
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In a Bambi II. The second sink in the back of the trailer. Pretty useless in a 17ft (actually only 14ft) trailer. You can stand in the center and it is only two steps in either direction to the end.
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05-21-2012, 08:29 AM
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4 Rivet Member
1977 25' Tradewind
Waskesiu Lake
, Saskatchewan
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 394
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T.V. antennae...
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05-21-2012, 08:36 AM
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Rivet Master
2010 25' FB Flying Cloud
Currently Looking...
Laramie
, Wyoming
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 829
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Waste tank gauges.
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05-21-2012, 08:38 AM
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Rivet Master
1971 27' Overlander
Central
, Ohio
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 2,365
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A brushed chrome wall phone - looks kinda kewl though...
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05-21-2012, 08:38 AM
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"Cloudsplitter"
2003 25' Classic
Houstatlantavegas
, Malebolgia
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 20,000
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Quote:
Originally Posted by xo1rider
I vote for the silly rotary ignitor on the cooktop.
From day one we've used the long butane lighter to light the burners. I think I tried the ignitor once at the dealer and laughed. Considering you need a match or lighter for the oven, what's the point?
The other night for laughs I tried the built in ignitor again and gave up after a couple of turns.
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I'll call you on the igniter,(ours sux too), and raise you the egg shell AC shroud, not the color, the stuff it's made of.
Bob
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05-21-2012, 09:03 AM
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Rivet Master
Livingston
, Texas
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 586
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Mirror on the bath door facing the kitchen in my 23 FB. When camping, who cares what I look like?
The plastic label where you bought your trailer! That came off 1st and easily.
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AIR 50601
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05-21-2012, 09:16 AM
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3 Rivet Member
2012 16' Sport
2016 25' Flying Cloud
Scottsdale
, Arizona
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 151
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1.The little Velcro stickies in the bathroom for the curtains!
2.You could also say the white muslin bed covering, but it turns itself around by becoming a good pattern if you make your own bedding. AS should just provide a set of sheets instead.
3.There's a little space at the back of the sink cabinet, right below the sink where things can fall into! We store a tall plastic container there to block the spot! Good access - bad access
Being newbies, we reserve the right to revisit this thread later!
*no cute dogs are ever useless!
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05-21-2012, 09:21 AM
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Master of Universe
2008 25' Safari FB SE
Grand Junction
, Colorado
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 12,702
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The sewer cleaner. We backflush our black tank with a Flush King. Or the skylight—when I got it to stop leaking, then we closed the shade forever. Maybe the step light—so dim it doesn't do anything much. And the gaucho and table beds—never use them either.
The tank monitor does have cool lights and sometimes tells something like the truth. The igniter on the stove top works fine.
The fire extinguisher is not useless, but it is where you'll never reach it if you're in the bedroom and there's a fire in the galley. And it is the only one I've ever seen without a meter (cost cutting!) to see if it is still good, so it becomes useless at a date unknown.
The bedspread—too heavy and in a style we wanted to forget. We replaced it quickly.
I shouldn't forget the dealer was useless too.
Gene
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05-21-2012, 09:21 AM
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2 Rivet Member
1979 31' Sovereign
Wabash
, Indiana
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 86
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The bins under the double bed nearest the bumper. To access them it's easiest to lay across the bed on belly. What a view from the front. We don't use ours at all, and still have enough room and storage for 2 adults, 2 kids under 5, all their toys needed for a 2 week trip, food, supplies, clothes, portable grill, 2 extra coolers, etc and extra chairs. Granted we have a 31 footer, but still, those bins are useless to us!!
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05-21-2012, 09:26 AM
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Rivet Master
1999 28' Excella
Frederick
, Maryland
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 739
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We use the igniter all of the time (different strokes for different folks I guess).
Most useless item: TV antenna. I go away to get away....but like I said above...
In the running: Radio antenna (poor reception of stations on the opposite side of the trailer). But then that is what's great about ipods, about the only thing I listen to on the radio is Prairie Home Companion and Mountain Stage...I avoid the news (see TV Antenna).
Another useless thing is that stupid can opener that my wife put in the trailer http://www.airforums.com/forums/imag...lies/angry.gif
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05-21-2012, 09:27 AM
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Rivet Master
1959 17' Pacer
Long Beach
, California
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 920
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ganglin
A brushed chrome wall phone - looks kinda kewl though...
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Not if you hook it up to a loud external speaker...
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