179 Storage Ideas

Welcome and congratulations! I am guessing that you recently purchased your 179. We had much the same questions when we purchased ours in December 2015. Here are my solutions:

If you don't need to hang things, find stacking bins that fit and fill the space or install shelves to use instead. We do use ours to hang things so this was not what we did. However, I built new drawers for the wardrobe to make them deeper and longer to better use the space. You can see them in my mods (link in signature).

Kitchen storage: Go to Walmart or a craft store like Michael's or Hobby Lobby and purchase wooden slat crates. Use these under the kitchen counter to store items. It is much easier to pull these out and put them in than to try to put individual items down there and get to them. Also, you could get metal mesh bins for the same purpose.

The same thing applies to the pantry. I added a shelf in the top pantry cabinet (if you do this, be careful to only use fasteners of less than 1" in the outside wall as otherwise, it will go through and you will have a hole in the side of your R-Pod.). Use metal mesh bins or fabric bins or whatever will fit the space to store items in the pantry. This keeps them organized and keeps them from falling out when you have hit a big bump in the road and then open the door. You can also find things that help organize like plate holders, napkin holders, etc. at Camping World stores.

We also use some of the metal mesh bins in the cabinet above the dinette for the same purpose--to keep things confined and organized. We do have some items too large for the bins or that are of a size that keeping them up there separate makes sense. Small items get binned.

Also, spring-tension rods (also at Camping World or online) can help keep things in place both in your cabinets and in the refrigerator.

Be creative! I'm sure you have ideas that you can use. You can look at my mods for some ideas, but you may come up with better ones. If you do, please share them.

The cabinets under the stove and by the refrigerator in the 179 requires the use of a flashlight from down on our knees. The drawers under the sink can hold a couple of kitchen gadgets only (a poor design there).

When we open the "pantry" cabinet by the door, we always are surprised by what flies out. We adore Roxie Pod, but we're new to camping off the ground and evidently need photos to see how neatniks organize. Pinterest hasn't even helped.

So the simplest of ideas and website referrals will make us very happy. Plus, we have only used the toilet for liquids as our orientation from the dealer was brief--10 minutes. We're off on another month-long adventure, so shoot us any suggestions if you will.

Thanks if you can send us to help.

sheila

Originally posted by Marchhall Get a hitch lock too, and set up system for keys. After we unlock camper, both sets of keys go back into car console. That way always have both sets.

We replaced all the "751" locks with locks that match our door lock. Now we have 1 key that opens the door and all the hatches.

We do also have a hitch lock, but it's the only different one.