September 29th, 2009 | 
Author: I don’t know how many times I’ve left our RV at our campsite with the compartment doors unlocked with bicycles and gear outside while we wander thru a Park or campground. What makes me think the RV park is any more secure than my home? Why would I think I could leave the door unlocked? These questions got me to thinking and we’ve come up with a few ideas to try to secure our home away from home. The first thing we did was change all the compartment locks. I was amazed when I learned that 50% of all motorhome and trailer compartment locks use the same key. Now we make sure we lock all compartment doors while we are parked at the campsite and try to secure all our “stuff” that seems to be everywhere when we are camping. Another little trick we learned is to keep the radio or TV on in the unit, drapes pulled and one or more lights turned on when we are off roaming. At least it looks like someone is home. We recently installed a motion activated porch light and that has been a great investment. Now when we come back to the coach in the evening, the porch light comes on. We used to leave our headlights on until one of us got to the door and turned on the porch light. I hate to face the reality that there are some people out there who simply like to take things that don’t belong to them. Hope these hints will help prevent someone else from becoming a victim.
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We were camping in a National Forest campground in Colorado many years ago. We came back to our Coachman RV to find that someone had stolen our Igloo cooler. We also found that several other campers had things taken. I am a very trusting person and it is hard to believe that there are people in RV Campgrounds that would take something that does not belong to them. However, it does happen. I believe that having a motion activated porch light would be a great addition to any RV.