Usain Mods
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Fridge Door Mod
The Boldt’s stock refrigerator comes with a right-handed door. The problem is that it can’t fully open since it hits one of the beds. This in turn means the freezer door can’t fully open either making it a real pain. Fortunately, the door can be converted to a left-handed door. It wasn’t as easy as…
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Laptop Mounts Mod
I previously had kept my laptops — personal and work — in a laptop bag, but it took up valuable storage space and was a pain to pull one or the other laptop out when needed. The solution was a couple of laptop mounts I found on Amazon. I installed one under one of the…
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Garage Pegboard Mod
The rear of the Boldt has a storage area for many of the typical RV mechanical equipment such as hoses and cables. This area is known as the “garage”. Many Boldt owners also take advantage of the space between the rear wall and the back door for storage as well by installing hooks and hangers.…
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Bed Post Reinforcement Mod
To convert Usain’s twin beds to a full bed requires pulling out a center connection piece. One common issue of the Boldt is having this center section collapse, so the solution typically involves adding reinforcement bolts. We never experienced a collapse, but not wanting to take our chances we did the reinforcement ourselves. I just…
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Bathroom Closet Shelves Mod
The closet in the wet bath includes a bar for hanging clothes, but we pack light with nothing formal so we only use the drawers in the cabin for clothing. That leaves the bathroom closet open for other stuff. I added shelves to better organize the space.
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Mattress Toppers Mod
For some reason mattresses in most RVs are less than ideal. Before even spending one night in Usain we knew we needed to improve the stock offerings. The solution was to add a 2″ memory foam topper. I ordered the topper from Amazon and cut them to fit — one for each mattress and a…
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Faucet Aerators Replacement Mod
Sometimes it’s the little mods that make a big difference. Usain’s kitchen and bath sinks are fairly small and replacing the stock faucet aerators with these swivel aerators makes it nice to be able to direct the water toward the front of the sinks. Switching between the normal flow into a spray is nice when…
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Puck Lights Replacement Mod
A common complaint of the Boldt’s interior lights is that they are too bright, especially over the beds when you just need a light for reading. Adding dimmer switches if one solution, but we chose to replace the 4 puck lights over the beds with dimmable ones. I wish they would dim even more than…
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Shower Head Replacement Mod
The Boldt’s stock shower head on-off switch leaked something terribly. We mentioned it to the dealer when we took Usain in for some warranty work and they said they could replace it with a new one but it would probably leak as well. Ugh. Based upon the recommendation of another Boldter we ordered our own…
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Bathroom Door Latch Mod
The Boldt’s bathroom door comes installed with a magnet that is supposed to keep the door open while traveling. We initially found it didn’t work very well as it kept slamming open and shut while making turns. After some adjustment of the metal plate it seemed to work better. That is, until screw holding the…