Some Interesting RV Poll Results

The outcome of any poll depends on several factors like; what type of poll it is, how the questions are worded, who is asking the questions and of course who does and does not participate in the poll.

Each week we conduct an RV poll in our e-newsletter. The RV poll is not a scientific poll, a political poll or a marketing poll. It is basically used to give me some idea of what our newsletter readers are interested in, how they use their RVs and just for the fun of it. I thought it would be interesting to look back at some of our past RV polls and see how the participants responded.

Here's what I found out.

85% travel with the refrigerator on and 15% travel with it off
53% prefer diesel and 47% prefer gas
79% eat more meals in the RV and 21% eat more meals out
89% conduct a spring check-up on their RV before using it and 11% don't
67% said the recession won't change plans to use the RV and 33% said it will
72% said their average RV trips are one week or less and 28% said their average RV trips are two weeks or longer
54% own motorized RV's and 46% own towable RV's
91% plan two or more summer RV trips and 9% plan only one
63% store the RV on their own property and 37% make other storage arrangements
82% check the tire pressure before each trip and 18% don't
24% said a hybrid RV chassis would affect their buying decision and 76% said it wouldn't have any affect
90% said they use environmentally friendly holding tank chemicals and 10% don't
63% use their RV in the winter and 37% don't
51% RV green and 49% don't
100% have taken advantage of free overnight parking at one time or another
70% have stayed in a friends or relatives driveway before and 30% have not
77% were against the new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) regulations and 23% were not
86% are not fulltime RVers and 14% are
83% use a GPS in their RV and 17% don't. Of those, 62% were led down the wrong path one time or another, but 93% would still recommend a GPS to other RV owners
81% were prepared for the digital TV switchover in their RV and 19% were not
19% frequently stay at state or federal campgrounds, 34% stay at private campgrounds, 5% stay at public campgrounds and 42% stay at a combination of all three
49% have experienced at least one tire blowout with their RV and 51% have not
81% have stayed in their RV during severe weather and 19% have not
70% have experienced rude behavior from other campers and 30% have not
67% use a pre-departure checklist when they RV and 33% don't
98% have one or more slide outs on their RV and 2% don't have any slide outs
60% shower in the RV more than the campground bath house and 40% shower in the bath house more than the RV
88% winterize their own RV and 12% have it winterized by an RV dealer
34% take bottled water with them, 14% use filtered water and 52% use both bottled & filtered water in their RV
92% take pets with them on RV trips and 8% don't
59% wash their RV as needed, 30% wash it after each trip, 7% wash it before storing and 4% never wash it
71% pack as much food as possible before leaving and 29% buy groceries when they arrive at their destination
30% pre-cook meals before leaving and 70% don't
30% traveled by RV last Thanksgiving, 36% traveled by car, 1% by plane and 33% stayed home
36% have weighed their RV and 64% have not
33% have used their RV as a guesthouse and 67% have not
84% have cleaned their RV roof at some point and 16% have never cleaned their RV roof
78% perform routine maintenance on their RV and 22% take it to a dealer for maintenance
72% have dry camped with their RV and 28% have not
81% have camped in a national or state park and 19% have not
31% have had problems with rodents in their RV and 69% have not