Category Archives: Tips

Trash

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We needed some way to deal with small amounts of trash inside our Scout, and another method for dealing with floppy, annoying trash bags outside our Aliner.

Photo of an open Aliner door showing a white
plastic trash can attached to the inside of the door.
A red ripstop banner with embroidered patches
is on the side of the camper; a red fire extinguisher
is just inside the door opening, and a large picture
window is slightly visible in the back of the cabin.

It proved strangely difficult to find a small-ish, rectangular, trash can, and I don´t remember where this one came from, but the small garbage bags we use fit inside, so we went with it initially.

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Shoes

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We originally used two buckets to keep our dirty shoes off our Aliner floor, which worked much better than nothing, but was a bit awkward, since we were putting them on and off all the time, and the buckets were never in one place, and never fully out of the way.

Photo of the side of a black Aliner couch showing a
cut-out in the side with a white visible shelf. There´s a
blue and white whisk broom in the lower section.

We ended up hacking a hole into the side of the dinette couch base, next to the Aliner door. This was scary — but it turned out amazingly well, and we love the convenience.
It´s probably our favorite hack of all.

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The Aliner Bed

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First tip of all, Get a Mattress Topper

Sleeping on the provided Aliner couch cushions probably never thrilled anyone. Camper couch cushions are durable, not soothing. The good news is that all you need to make sleep better is a mattress topper, and a three- or four-inch one will fit nicely below your Aliner´s fold line.

Photo of the bed end of an Aliner Scout, showing a cabinet
to the left, a counter to the right, and the rear bed in back
with two colorful pink, yellow, turquoise, teal and blue
duvets tossed over, under a picture window.

In cold weather, a the most popular foam toppers will stiffen, but they warm up quickly with a human body or two lying on top.

Other ways to make your camper bed easy to live with follow:

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Tips: Livability

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It takes a while to ´learn´ a new camper, and to figure out what works for you. Here are various things we´ve done to make our Aliner work best for us.

Here´s the list (with details following):

1. Overhead Lighting
2. Shoe Storage
3. Step Stool
4. Whisk Broom
5. Insulation/Felt
6. Small Tubs
7. Get a Duvet (really!)

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Basic Usability Tips

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As trailer camping newbies, we had a lot to learn. The tips in this post are more or less related to usability issues; a later post will look at organization.

Photo of an assembled Aliner, and an Element,
in trees at a campsite.

Many of these tips are specific to our Aliner Scout, but some may be at least a little useful to other new campers, too.

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Miscellaneous Mechanicals

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We were lucky enough to have a great salesperson to work with when we bought our camper. (That´s not something you´ll probably hear every day!) She was super helpful, and did everything she could to get these newbies on the right track.This post is more of a list than an article (and it´s short on photos!), but it may be helpful, all the same.

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