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Jess & Alex Adventures
Приєднався 20 лют 2023
We are Jess and Alex, a couple from the UK with a passion for adventure. We have travelled across 15 countries in self-built campervans, most recently to Scandinavia in the middle of winter in our Peugeot Boxer 'Norman'. We love nothing more than hitting the open road in our van and soaking up the breath-taking landscapes and exploring different corners of the earth. Follow along for tales of our travel adventures, van-life tips and epic views along the way!
First “STEALTH” Camp in Our Roof Tent Car Camper!
We are going out STEALTH camping in our Mini Countryman off road camper this week and we can't wait! Join along with us while we test out the roof tent, the kitchen and the @ALLPOWERSDirect power bank while we cook up some grub!
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Rather stop in the van anyday😅imagine if it was bad winds and rain staying in the mini 😮
We don’t disagree! This type of roof tent is definitely fair weather use. A hard sided ones that opens like a camper pop top would be more multi weather. But you’re still doing everything outside soooo I’d still pick the van! 🤣
Great maiden voyage and video. Send pasties please 😊
Thanks guys!! We’d love too! ❤️
Very entertaining for me and looks like you guys had fun, apart from the lack of sleep. Aerial shots are - as always - 12/10. Cheers guys.
Glad you enjoyed it! The lack of sleep and the back pain. I’ve never felt closer to 30 in my life! 🤣 Really appreciate it mate! 💪
Great to see u both enjoying ur maiden voyage. Ur so lucky to live in Kernow, especially if the best Pasties are on ur doorstep !! Love the drone shots, we holiday in Cornwall every year. Missed last year due to illness but are booked for next year already and can't wait.Looking forwards to ur next adventure, Cheers Poth.
definitely enjoying it! We are very fortunate for sure! Where abouts do you normally go in Cornwall? Thanks for watching as always!!
We stay at Riviere Towans, hayle in a chalet. A nice walk to Philps Pasties !!! Will look out for ur Mini camper, might visit Gear Farm too.🍴😀
Wow what a difference ! Loving this upgrade guys x
Thanks guys!! ❤️
Get some silicone sheet for inbetween hob and pan that will stop slippage and give hob some protection from dirty pan bottoms
That’s a good shout is that! I’ll get some ordered!
Well now I want a pasty!
They are bleddy good!
Especially from Philps in Hayle, yum yum.
😂😂😂 bbbbbrrrriliant bit of kit for the roof tent 😂😂😂 I’m impressed Jess 💙💙💙
😂😂😂 learnt that one from the best but still need some practice 💪🏼
Wind can be an issue in roof tents. We had to have a 2.30am move when at glencoe, as we got no sleep.
Yeah that doesn’t surprise me! At the end of the day it’s a tent.. ⛺️ but that flap was annoying as hell! 🤣🤣
Jon would be very impressed with the attempt Jess..and this is exactly what test runs are for, so you can work out what you have missed or what you can add..very good video..keep it up..
Thankyou!! We are expecting a message from him at some point ripping me!! haha Exactly, overall it was brilliant and much more back to basics was definitely nice!
Nothing better than when a plan comes up good in the end (as if you had a plan) 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Well don, mate.
Exactly! 👍 just waiting on the rear lift kit now and then it’s done done. But that’s coming from abroad and we didn’t have time to wait!
BEST CAP EVER 😉🚐❤ Keep up the ace videos!
Thanks guys! I do love the VanLove cap! 😉
Hi guys,just came across your channel. I used to see posts on insta,but went looking and your page is gone??? nothing comes up when i search for the account,,,,? love the videos by the way.
Looking smart!
Thanks! 🙏
Those wheels really finish it off now, well done. Looking forwards to seeing it in action. Cheers, Poth.
Thanks! We are looking forward to using it sooner rather than later due to the weather starting to turn now!
Nice job Alex don't forget your Speedo will read wrong
thanks! Yes we took it out for a run to see what the difference was and it about 5mph at 60mph. Just some something to bear in mind!
@@Jess_and_Alex_Adventures I have seen on some van gearboxes you can change a gear drive on speedo cable to make the adjustment
@@The-grey-van yes that is possible. On the mini it’s all done off the ABS speed sensors. I think you can go in and adjust it with coding. Our van was out when we switched the wheels over. Ironically it actually make it more accurate. 🤣
Excellent, I need a big shed instead of dodging the rain, are you doing anything with the suspension?
Thanks mate! Not really, we were planning to build a lift kit. But to be honest the views for this series have been so bad and we are trying to save for a house soo the materials to do that would have been costly. I’ve bought some spring assisters for towing which should help lift the back up a bit!
Brilliant stuff Alex! Looking a lot better this week, you’ve looked tired over the past few videos, keep going pal! 👍👍
Thanks mate! The build videos definitely take more out of you than the camping videos! 🤣🤣
I hope you put the dust caps on the tyre valves Alex the mini looks great.
Yup! They went on after! Thanks! 🙏
When your up and running with a few bits inside...drones, phones, cameras... can easily add up to a few grand. Have you managed get insured ok? My standard insurance only covers thefts £250 and they are reluctant to increase?
Not thought about that to be honest! I’ll have a phone of the insurance company tomorrow and let you know!
@Jess_and_Alex_Adventures was thinking change of use etc. Aswell, insurance companies wriggle out of paying any accidents if they can get away with it...warched a guy a while back who had his moped stolen and because we didn't change is employment to youtube they refused to payout!
Entertaining watch, I particularly like the sod health and safety approach, have you counted your fingers ? 😃😃
Thanks! 🙏 in my defence I did look for the push stick and couldn’t find it to save my life! For now I have all 10 digits! 💪 for now….. 😉
@@Jess_and_Alex_Adventures 😃😃
By the way, is it a mini kitchen or a mini mini kitchen ?
What I want to know is where are the other 18.1K subscribers to this channel? Totally unfair.
Thanks! It’s comments like that, that keep us going recently as we’ve had so much going on that we’ve come close to calling it. But we LOVE the creative side of it.
Making good use of the space, that phone app will be useful to check on ur power supply from the tent. Looking forwards to seeing u out enjoying it, Mini's are epic.My first car was a mini countryman many moons ago, very spacey for a 17 yr old courting 😂😂💓💓 Cheers, Poth.
Have the Allpowers R2500. Gets a lot of use with frequent storm outages here in rural Michigan. Works flawlessly powering the essentials needed for long outages. Was a great value $ also. Love your new build!
Ahh very nice! 👌 we had a power cut yesterday and it was brilliant!!
It’s looking great! Hope you have fun camping it in it. 😊
It’s getting this! Next week will see the final big transformation on the car then we’ll get out in it! ❤️
As you've said Jess uses her car daily , and you need the back seats . Have you considered making some form removable storage for those "extended" trips that would fit over the back seats ? Something modular with a quick locking system that would break down into small enough sections to fit through the relatively narrow door opening perhaps ? It is a Mini after all and utilising every available cubic inch of space(vertically as well as horizontally) is surely a priority ? I'm thinking for clothes , sleeping bags , pillows , toiletries , footwear etc maybe even tools or recovery gear ( that may be won't fit or is too heavy for the roof boxes). If not how do you plan on carrying those things ? Other than in the two roof boxes because that doesn't look like a ton of volume ? The set-up seems like it would be great for a weekend getaway or the impromptu overnighter . Speaking from experience living out of carrier bags/ rucksacks/tote boxes gets very old very quick in our experience. You guys on the other hand may not have any issues with that . We just found a drawer system to be far easier and simpler . Interested to see how you get on with the "final" build . I'm sure you'll have "nailed it"(LOL see what I did there ?) by version three or four . We're on kitchen four at the moment and trying very hard to resist kitchen five. YMMV Good luck . Fattrucker
That’s a very good point actually! We’ll have a look around for some modular back seat solutions!!
💪😎 coming on well
Thanks mate! ❤️
Lucky buggers
We are so lucky to have been able to do what we did
How black is that Smart Car now ? 😃
Not very! 🤣🤣 the owner told me he wasn’t bothered! I insisted he said he didn’t care!
@@Jess_and_Alex_Adventures Understandable, I always thought the name Smart Car was a contradiction 😃😃✅
@@toulouselaplot5695 I'd be inclined to agree with that! 🤣🤣
That’ll be a nice little kitchen. Interested to see how much juice the induction hob uses. Hubby been installing solar in our van this week and trying to convince him to use one but he thinks it will drain energy too fast. Sorry to hear about the family loss. Sending best wishes to you all xx
They use a lot! It will be interesting to see how much it does use! It should last for around an hour and a half with it on full! But obviously you wouldn’t run it on full all the time! The one in the van we use about 10-15% of our 560ah bank per evening of cooking. But we have dual b2b’s so it recharges very quickly!
nice job ,you can get a tent fabric cleaner and restorer kit after cleaning you just spray on and it restores your water proofing ,i use the trakker one for all my fishing kit and can recommend it
Ahh ok! I’ll have a look at that and get some ordered! Thankyou!!!
👌 nothing wrong with the "quick and don't care" approach
I just needed to happen this week! 🤣
Jess sorry to hear about ur loss, good to see you about again though. Looks like a good start so far, Cheers Poth.
Thankyou! We’ll get it finished in this weeks video!
Superb progress. Good to see it. Looking forward to Jess getting even at some point (make it good, Jess. Alex deserves a good gotcha) 😇😇😂😂
Is weight not going to be an issues with the overall build ?
No it shouldn’t be at all as the car is designed to hold 5 adults + luggage.
Well I guess if you base 3 rear seat, 3 average human people's, say 300kg plus load capacity of 100kg of shopping. I don't think it would be a worry.
Have you seen the size of the pair of them of them😂 heavy load 😂😂😂
@@londontyres3405 I was more thinking of the 25l; water, the weught of the wood ad ancilleries in he kitchen build, the fuel, food and roof box tent etc. No need to attempt to body shame.
@@andrewmillerphotography 😂😂😂😂
Hi Jess, just like you, a super cute mini 🙃😊 let the adventures begin!
This is one of my dream destinations to go to with my son . This place looks amazing and magical
Its amazing! We’d love to go back!!
Another solid video, Alex. Just straight to the point with everything! We released a portable jump starter. Can we invite you to do a review? We have emailed for an inquiry.
Thanks, we’ve replied to you!!!
Hi Alex tent repair by zip nest idea is some iron on repair patching and strip and then sew each side to that. Threaded ali won't last long where it's used on legs plus you will get galvanic corrosion
It's coming on well, will we see an off road challenge with Big Red ? Cheers, Poth.
Maybe!!! 😉
Looks cool guys can I ask what's the clock in the corner on ur fash in the van pls
Unfortunately they don’t sell it anymore, but the link is below just incase you can find somewhere that still sells it! Head Up Display Digital Car... www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09GPHZ325?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Great progress. So, no wink and twirl from Jess makes me feel more comfortable that she's not being forced to join this project under duress 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Great work there guys.
Thanks mate! She tried to do it. I cut it out! 🤣🤣🤣
Job well done! Impressive what you have done with a Rooftop Tent bargain.
Thanks!! 🙏 it’s getting there slowly!!
Definitely coming along and looking very smart 👍🏻
Thanks! 🙏 it’s getting there! Inside build kicks off next week!
Them roof tents are sturdier than you think, but good idea and I like bit of homemade kit 😊
I’m sure they are but you know when you just don’t know 🤣🤣 I’d rather be safe than sorry in a crumpled mess on the floor 🤣🤣🤣
@@Jess_and_Alex_Adventures that would get plenty of views tho mate 🤣
This is true 🤣🤣🤣
Hello i was looking at the fogstar batteries you recommend question is it says it has a built in heater ,but i still need to buy the hester pads ? many thanks
Hey! Yes but only if you’re going into the mega cold. When the batteries are charging they heat. But they don’t kick in without that. The batteries will work down to stupid cold! We got them down to -20 and they continue to discharge without issue. It’s more a belt and braces approach! If you do buy a Fogstar battery we’d love if you’d consider using our affiliate link! rb.gy/fh0vpq
@Jess_and_Alex_Adventures Thankyou ,your always great for responding to questions , yes it's for my artic trip ,I've been looking forward to it since seeing everyone's videos in January. The fogstars are looking like a certainty so will defianlty buy though your link
@@callumdeacy729 we try as without you guys we wouldn’t be doing what we are doing! Do you have Instagram or anything and we’ll follow along as we LOVE it up there! Thanks we really appreciate that!
Gonna look the dogs tits, you might need to go for a different speedo, as yours will be out with these bad boys on. My vwt2 and beetle are both out with wrong size tyres in, but download a decent app :-)
Thanks! Yeah the speedo will be out! As long as you know by how much you can easily live with it!
Jess, if you feel you are being coerced into turning your daily drive into a UA-cam sensation, blink twice and do a twirl. We can send help 😂😂😂😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 this really tickled us both! Haha
Look great, are they easy to fit ?
Yeah! They bolt straight on and plug straight in!
Awsome lad great job
Thankyou! ❤️