How to Make your RV Cooler in the Summer

How to Make your RV Cooler in the Summer - Installing Reflectix

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How to Make you RV Cooler in the Summer - Installing Reflectix
How do you make you RV cooler when its 100*+ outside? We installed Reflectix to help insulate our windows better!!
--Things we used during this video--
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@kathrynsnyder3593 2 күн бұрын

just moved to Texas, thanks for the suggestions and video!

@Millers_in_Motion Күн бұрын

Welcome to Tejas!!

@VenturesomeCouple 2 жыл бұрын

We love reflectix on our windows! Especially today when it’s supposed to hit 99° today ☀️

@Millers_in_Motion 2 жыл бұрын

Right!! Works really well when you hit 105*

@BugsOnTheWindshield 2 жыл бұрын

We started using reflectix a couple of years ago in our bedroom window. We love that it keeps it cooler and darker. We can sleep later. LOL!

@Millers_in_Motion 2 жыл бұрын

We actually had to start taking one down in bedroom so we would get up at some point!! 🤣🤣

@kentyoung5545 4 ай бұрын

Great job. Thanks!

@Millers_in_Motion 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@amysuchadoll58 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for such a helpful video! I subscribed :)

@Millers_in_Motion Жыл бұрын

Thanks for subbing!

@RuaWaterwalker 11 ай бұрын

thanks for the info. I do like the magnet idea, I cant remember where, but I saw another lady do the inside of her cabinets.

@JennyVillaro 2 жыл бұрын

Watching here to support your channel watching from Philippines 🇵🇭

@Millers_in_Motion 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support Jenny!! It was nice meeting you over on the Not So Perfect Life Live Stream!!

@luannkelly5071 Жыл бұрын

I appreciate the numbers you tested for. I just put reflectix in my travel trailer. My trailer is older and the older lightbulbs put out a crazy amount of heat. I will be switching them out for LED bulbs as soon as possible. Great vid. I am in NE Texas. It is hot here too!

@Millers_in_Motion Жыл бұрын

Very cool! Yea we are luck that ours came with all LES!! Thanks for watching!

@JarheadAndGingersJourney 2 жыл бұрын

What a great way to keep your cool! 😎 We are in the Michigan UP to escape the heat, but it was 91 today. 🥵 It’s supposed to cool back down Wednesday though. 😁

@Millers_in_Motion 2 жыл бұрын

Jealous :-)

@robertfromlifewithfavor 2 жыл бұрын

Great idea with the pillow in the sky light. At Lost Lagoon in El Campo now. Not a lot to do in the area but an amazing pool here. The camp site is awesome.

@Millers_in_Motion 2 жыл бұрын

I think we have heard of that place! Worth a trip just to relax at the resort??

@robertfromlifewithfavor 2 жыл бұрын

@@Millers_in_Motion I think it would be a great place to spend 2-4 days. We got here on Friday and it was 99% full. Sunday at 11am it was down to 40% full. So I would try to get here on Sunday so it is not so crowded. It would be a great stop on the way to somewhere else. Maybe a stop from Dallas to Padre Island or Corpus Cristi.

@Millers_in_Motion 2 жыл бұрын

@@robertfromlifewithfavor very cool!! We are officially adding it to the list!

@Yukonjackman1 10 ай бұрын

We actually have a frame with sun shade on the roof works well in Arizona

@Millers_in_Motion 10 ай бұрын

Intresting!

@arlenemargaretsilva 29 күн бұрын

What do you mean by a frame? I'm confused.

@arlenemargaretsilva 29 күн бұрын

And is the sunshade ON your roof?

@treefiddy2470 10 ай бұрын

We have the same issue here in FL. My 26DBUD only has one AC, it did ok last summer but this year its struggling with the record heat. We went camping to Margaritaville and the AC could not bring the temp down below 90s, it was bad. I recently bought a portable AC and rigged it up to assist but will also do the reflectix on the windows.

@waya5893 10 ай бұрын

My brother installed a mini split.

@Millers_in_Motion 10 ай бұрын

Hopefully you got it down!!

@tinacrossman7035 11 ай бұрын

We did this with our windows in both of our campers. I used the 3 M silver tape and went all around my frame. It has helped tremendously. Is it pretty no but in this Texas heat I do not care if it’s pretty

@Millers_in_Motion 11 ай бұрын

It has saved us more times that I want to admit!

@davesauerzopf6980 Ай бұрын

Great video. I used that stuff to wrap my hot water heater at home and put it on my open wood ceiling in my garage. It works! I did have my windows in 2 of my vehicles including the front windshield coated with a ceramic tint. The heat reduction is amazing! Would that be an alternative???

@Millers_in_Motion 12 күн бұрын

I dont know it that would work for a replacement but I am defiantly going to do some research now!

@chrischeesennancysemiretir5063 2 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU for this video! I (Nancy) just installed Reflectix on all our windows (our Momentum) and loved the results....not so much the look, but it did make a big difference in reducing high temps.....is there any way you can send a picture of the magnets? Are they still sticking to the window frame and the Reflectix? I tried Command velcro strips, but the adhesive didn't hold to the hot window frames. I wanted to try magnets but thought they wouldn't work. Maybe provide a link of the magnets you used? Thanks!!!!

@Millers_in_Motion 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, so we are still discussing if we like the magnets or not… They work fine in the smaller windows, but they are struggling to hold up the larger ones. We are actually considering using Velcro…

@chrischeesennancysemiretir5063 2 жыл бұрын

@@Millers_in_Motion Let us know if your Velcro works. On our two huge windows, I put spring tension rods to hold Reflectix. Rod are between the valence "sides". Working ok for now.

@greigorypparker 11 ай бұрын

I keep seeing information about reflectix causes window seals to melt because it causes so much heat in the windows

@Millers_in_Motion 11 ай бұрын

We never had that problem, but we also kept it pretty tight tot the window, may that can happen with a bit of an air gap?

@samhanna9409 10 ай бұрын

You see this happen a lot on Hyundai and Kia vehicles that people put windshield reflectors in idk why but I see it a lot and I ask do you use a windshield reflector… yes because the dash dries out also 😂 lol Korean vehicles

@Millers_in_Motion 10 ай бұрын

🤣@@samhanna9409

@flaviochapa3003 Жыл бұрын

I know Grand Design offers an extra package were you can get some kind of insulated windows, did you guys have that?

@Millers_in_Motion Жыл бұрын

So that’s dual pane windows, and we do not have that.

@arlenemargaretsilva 29 күн бұрын

Where did y'all get those black shades?

@Millers_in_Motion 29 күн бұрын

They where the shads that came with our RV

@darrelldoty7757 Жыл бұрын

Question: Do you have three AC's in the unit? If so, can all three run at the same time?

@Millers_in_Motion Жыл бұрын

We can if se are hooked up to 50amp but only 2 on 30 amp

@ValentinMiholic 3 ай бұрын

Shouldn't these be attached to the outside of the windows? As in before the heat from the sun light gets trapped in between the window glass and the reflectix?

@Millers_in_Motion 3 ай бұрын

I would be worried about attaching it outside and the adhesive damaging the slide wall, its works pretty effective on the inside and its protected from the weather.

@jeremywaldrop3247 11 ай бұрын

Do you have dual pane windows? I read somewhere using Reflectix on the inside of dual pane windows can cause them to crack. I was going to do this to ours but we have dual pane windows

@Millers_in_Motion 11 ай бұрын

So we have single pane windows, I haven't heard that about dual pain windows with the reflectix..

@SwitchItUpLife 2 жыл бұрын

Jazz Hands... lol...

@Millers_in_Motion 2 жыл бұрын

Though that was better than awkward hands! 🤣

@bobabooie6389 5 ай бұрын

👍🇺🇲

@Millers_in_Motion 5 ай бұрын

❤️

@NANA-qn8on Ай бұрын

I live in the desert Southwest at 120+ degrees with very low humidity in the summer. Reflectix belongs on the OUTSIDE not the inside. Think about it.

@Millers_in_Motion Ай бұрын

So you’re saying we should put reflectix on the outside of an RV that moves at least once a week…

@davidcooper3871 Жыл бұрын

Great video. AC units remove humidity, adding a dehumidifier will not make the AC units run more efficiently.

@Millers_in_Motion Жыл бұрын

Thanks! They sure won’t, but in the winter they do come in handy to keep that humidity down!

@jmchaney2000 11 ай бұрын

Living in humid Mississippi, I’m gonna have to let you know that a dehumidifier SIGNIFICANTLY HELPS.

@Millers_in_Motion 11 ай бұрын

Yes it does!!!

@septemberamyx 11 ай бұрын

Not all a/cs dehumidify

@davidcooper3871 11 ай бұрын

@@septemberamyx you missed the point. But I’ll respond, so you have an AC unit that puts the condensed moisture back into the recirculated air? Which one? This will be new to all of us.