VAN TOUR AFTER 1 YEAR OF FULL-TIME VAN LIFE (Sprinter Van)
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- This is our 2007 Mercedes Sprinter Van Tour, we self converted her back in 2019 but recently changed a few things after a year of full time van life.
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BACKGROUND STORY
We are steps2adventure, better known as Jordan & Annalise. We created the steps2adventure brand to inspire people to explore what the outdoors has to offer. Back in 2019 we always knew we wanted to travel, we were planning backpacking trips, train journeys.. you name it. Thankfully we came across the van life UA-camrs! As soon as we saw this way of life we knew this was it, this is how we want to live and travel. So, we bought a van… Not just any van, she’s a 2007 LWB Mercedes sprinter van, an absolute beast!! We have spent over 2 years converting her in-between work and some little adventures across the UK.
Come along with us for some epic adventures across the UK & Europe and everyday life in-between
#travelcouple #vanlifeuk #vantour #sprintervanbuild
You're so lucky to have that kind of life style. Beautiful! Enjoy!
I’m so pleased I came across your video as I’m just about to make some upgrades to my van.
Also it’s nice to see a proper self build from all the expensive custom builds taking up all the airwaves these days.
I’ll be hitting the road to Portugal and Spain in a few months so your tips came at the right time.
All the best on your travels.
You will absolutely love Spain and Portugal two amazing country's full of lovely people great food and good culture make sure to head to some of the cool locations like Mazarrón mines
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Yeah I road tripped around northern Spain last summer. I'm going to head south this summer so thanks for the tip = I'll add that to my list. I'm also super interested in your split-charger that powers the van battery as well. I have a split-charger on mine but it only works one way. Can I add the kit that you have? - as keeping the main battery charged as well sounds like a game changer! Thanks
That’s some spotlights in the thumbnail 😁
You have both worked so hard on your van an ive got to say its looking sound like really nice xxx
Aw thankyou so much
I love the classic look of your build! It looks like my aunts farm house and so cozy
Thanks so much
Love your little home on wheels,its got everything you need plus the added bonus of your freedom, you can go wherever you want........
The world is your oyster. XX
Thankyou xxxx
Wow looks great well done 👍
Thanks so much 😁💯
You covered everything important . That fridge is my favourite 12 V. Yet.
Not that it matters, but the one thing you didn’t mention that Annelis 16:31 e seem to really like the chrome trim 👍
The HC Cargo split-charge relays are around £40, high current & bi-directional.
Be careful which Voltage you get though, they switch off at either 12.8V or 10.8V, the first is for charging batteries & the 2nd is for combining battery banks without killing them when the Voltage drops.
We have a switch so we dictate when it charges or not 👌😊💯
Thanq for the tour~ nice build. Someone has done a great job.
I love that fridge. Im not keen on the chest type cos theres no telling whats on bottom.
Stay safe on your travels.
We both built it together! Thanks so much 🥰
Fab van you two. Lots of great ideas for van life thank you so much. I'm getting a van this year so this has been very useful.
Great to hear!🥰
awesome build guys! fun fact I just bought the same van year as well in Australia except mine is silver and a factory 5 seater and just starting the build very exciting, keep up the great vids.
No way ahaha you will love it there solid engines in this year of van 👌💯
Just started working on our van build, we will watch more of your videos, definitely helpful 🙂
Awesome! Thank you!
Nice van and great tour, what a fantastic job you’ve both done - looks very homely. All the best, David & Rachel 👍
Feels so cosy since we done some upgrades ahah 💯👌
Brilliant video tour and a cracking van you have there.
Thanks so much it's been an absolute belting van 😊💯
Its looking awesome guys! Absolutely love the upgrades. Composting toilet is definitely the way to go!
Thanks guys! Yes we think so to, chemical ones are too much hassle 😅🫶🏼
One of the best I've seen.
Thanks so much 👌😊
Fantastic upgrade guys, absolutely first class.
Thanks so much really appreciate it
I got the XXL version. Best decision ever. Vanlife for life..
Best thing you can do is travel 💯👌
I subscribe to virtually nobody, but I just did to you guys. Though I'll be travelling alone, I too am 6'2", so you being that tall indicates what size of van I should buy. Yes I am going to buy, I'm old, 68 now, so nearly 69 when I start van life. I'm about to inherit a small flat, and I don't want to live in it. But rather than sell It I'm going to try and get a buy to let 10 year interest only mortgage. If I were younger I might have tried to emulate you guys, but what you've built seems just the right size for me, and much of what concerns you seems to line up with what concerns me. I could and will learn much from you. Will say more if we communicate in future.
Great stuff hopefully you find the right van for you the best van for head room is an iveco daily as there super tall similar to what the road viking has 👌💯😁
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Thanks so much for the info. I just now, because of your info, applied for my UK GHIC Card. Tired now, but will not doubt be watching more of your uploads.
I just watched 3, you guys are just the sort of new people I want to meet in future.
My aims in making this change of lifestyle are simple:-
I want see again all the places I've lived in and stayed in in the British Isles in the past, meet as many people as I can from my past that I haven't seen for decades before they die, and meet as many new people and see as many new places as I can before I die🙂
You be good, and if you can't be good, be lucky! Take care, David
The van looks awesome guys. You’ve done a brilliant job… looking forward to seeing what comes next 🤙🏽
We are excited for another build 👌
Looks amazing. We are upgrading from a small vw day van so looking for layout ideas! Loads to think about
So many layouts I say do a super super basic build see how you feel and they change it to the way you want it and upgrade it over time 👌💯
van looks amazing .. you've done a brilliant job. 💯
Thanks so much 😊💯
Hello You Three - greetings from Poland
Super video. Loved the van tour. You have made a real home from home
Thanks for watching xxx
HI there. Just found your channel have now subscribed and liked. Loved the tour. I have almost finished my van but still need to get solar panels, a B2B with solar input charger and, oddly, a spare wheel as mine is missing. You have provided some great links. Hardly any channels promote budget versions of products. You are using these and stated that they are worth the money. That is great as I am very tight on budget for the last few items. Many thanks.
No worries if you do build your van out always put in a seperate b2b and seperate solar input as if it fails that means you will only lose one form of charge rather than 2 we made the mistake of getting a b2b and solar all in one and it failed constantly so we got a renogy mppt for solar and sterling power b2b and it's been faultless ever since 👌💯
Can't believe you was the year above me in school and you have been able to do this! how the tides have turned. Impressive work :)
Really? Me or Jordan? Thanks for watching
@@Steps2adventure Jordan,
You two did a great job on the van
Thanks so much 🙌💯
Such a nice job 👌 wouldnt tell its a drive way job. Jordans attention to detail on that kitchen has really made it look nice. Im sure annalise keeps it all tidy though 😂 nice one guys 👏
Thanks so much! 😊 he’s a gooden! We’ve trained Lilly to do the cleaning in the van 😅🤣
I clicked strictly for the van, not for the gratuitous ... um ... marketing.
Ooh matron
😂😂😂. Never happy. Grow up man.
Shut up you muppet
😂😂
We were cat fished
You guys have done a great job on the van looking forward to the next episode 👍
Thanks so much 💯👌
Good first time watching you that was ill try my best to keep up 😎
I Love Everything you did to your van. it look awesome even the color of the van.
Thanks so much
Hi Fantastic video well produced and presented. I think that you should consider van conversion as a job loads of good ideas, you lost me the electrical bits but it was impressive.Regards from a very windy West Sussex by the sea, hope it is not like that where you are now. Crawford
It's just started raining ahaha 🤣 standard for the lake district ahah we use to have a van conversion shop just before covid but we decided we wanted a change and went full time in our van 👌💯
That's amazing what you fit into that van, (I'm jealous, not just of the van lol) subbed.
Thanks so much really appreciate it 😊💯
Hi Both. Yes your van looks fantastic. Really attention to detail. I'm still converting my ex sainsbury sprinter. The thing with sprinter is regular oil changes as it has a chain driven engine. U2 are so switched on for such a young couple. I expect your parents are very proud of u. Looking forward to seeing your next video. Lovely dog too. What part of the country are u in. Sound like Liverpudlians, Manchester area, don't want to insult u if not spot on. We're down in Norfolk. They call it God's waiting room. Enjoy your trips. Take care both. Oh forgot. Shell vpower diesel is the best as its direct injection. Best wishes David and Beverley Norfolk
Hi dave thanks for the kind words we normally do. Oil change and service every 6 month we are quite lucky as we got the sprinter with the om646 engine in it 👌💯 the newer om651 suffers from chain problems if not serviced correctly aha we are from St Helens which is in between Liverpool and Manchester currently in the lakes at the minute
Right thank u. Mine is a 68 plate 314cdi 2.1. Mk 3. Do I have the good engine or not it's got 136000 miles and does sound sweat but I do add liquid moly Mos2 to the oil. Low saps. Thanks for info. Best wishes David and Beverley Norfolk
And thee rust Mercedes well known for it
Absolutely beautiful van, clever you two 🇬🇧🇬🇧❤️❤️
Thanks so much really appreciate it 💯👌
Class vid guys love it, so relaxing to watch before work. Hope your both well
Thanks George glad you liked the video
Wanna be rapper mate? Those hands! Lovely van. Very envious.
Brilliant that… thanks for the tour
Thanks for watching!
The van is cracking guy's 🤙🏻🏴
Thank you 🤩🫶🏼
Perfect van build will do 1 similar
Only 5 days late 😂
Guys smashed it …
Super update to your van mods keep them vids coming ❤👍😎
Thanks mate appreciate it 💯🙌
Tidy that......Best wishes from Wales 🏴
Thankyou!
Looks amazing wish I had that to travel in.
Also you are punching there big chap lol
😂😂 She's punching with me
@@Steps2adventure enjoy sleeping outside tonight 😂
That accent is amazing. It's like you created a language all of your own that doesn't contain the letter 'T'. Where are you from?
😂😂😂 St Helens!
Hi! Just recently found your channel, great build and content! Getting loads of ideas for my next build in a big van. Could I just ask a random question. But how have you held your rope up? I can’t think of a way to do it that looks clean! Thanks!
Hey thanks for watching! We stuck it with a hot glue gun 🥰
Fancy doing my electrics lol smashing video as always guys
We are always happy to help 😂💯
fabulous
Old bird solo van lifer here- just found your channel. Love the van guys! And youre both so lovely and watchable! Just want to know where you are in the opening shot?
Im off to watch all your vlogs now so keep 'em coming!
Tracy and Molly, the cockapoo ❤🙏 Oh, I've subscribed of course! 😉
Heyy!! Thanks for watching 🥰
The opening shot was at Wast Water in the Lakes, it’s so beautiful but no phone signal!
Love that, hope you enjoy them!!
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Cheers guys 😇
Great layout,very nice van. I liked the dark colors and was a nice contrast to the white.
Ahaha we loved them at first but we are swaying back to. Doing it white 🤣🤣
I didn't click on the video because of the van, but nevertheless you've done cracking job.
Love your home setup
Thank you
Enjoyable video thanks. Just wondering if you have added any additional security after the attempted break in a few videos back?
No we just added a bracket for our baseball bat at the side of the bed 😂😂
Fantastic van build 👏👏👏
Thank you! 👍
Nice van mate great video keep it up
Thanks so much 😊
Love how lilly is like wtf❤
😂😂😂
Great job, well done! Just wondering does the bidirectional B-B charger keep the vehicle battery constantly topped up, or will it only pull from the leisure batteries manually? ie is there any risk that the leisure batteries could get eventually get drained by the vehicle battery? The strobe lights are a good idea - I have a rear facing set myself and they're a great safety addition if you're stopped on a roadside, approaching slow traffic, etc and they get used all the time.
Hey! I’ve copied this from their website 😊 The BB1240 is able to charge in both directions. Provided there is over 13.2V on the leisure battery (13.5V if lithium) and the starter battery is below 13V the BB shall allow approximately half current (~20A) to flow back to the starter battery up to about 13.4V (float voltage). It simply allows the starter battery to remain topped up when there is surplus energy in the domestic battery. This feature will NOT drain your domestic battery - it simply takes surplus. Once your alternator / engine turns on or you provide the BB with an ignition signal the BB reverts to normal charging of the leisure battery. This mode can be disabled, but is on as default.
love the rope trim, nice touch
Hides the edges 🤣🤣
@@Steps2adventure just ordering some to do mine 😅😂🤣
Anothet class video guys 🥰 van looks ace ❤
Thank you 🙌🥰
Looking mint guys 👌🏼
Thanks so much 💯
Can't get the Montpellier fridge freezers any more 😞
You can, they are on Jackson’s leisure
Great build, can you give links for light bar and front lids please? Also is there anywhere that sells the whole electric/poer setup and a guide for someone who hasn't a clue about electrics? Thanks
* Leds....*Power
auxbeam.com/S2A1/5DPRO that is the light bar use this discount code to save 15% S2A1
And these are the leds with a different discount code for 15% off S2A2 auxbeam.com/S2A2/X-PRO
I don't have a run down of the electrical however I'm currently thinking of doing another video and that will have a full run down on how to do it 💯
My husband always said that a merc sprinter LWB was the db’s ✅
He's not wrong especially the euro 4 it's bomb proof 👌
Where is your wireless light switch from ? Love it
Amazon 🥰 the link to it should be in the description xx
Fantastic job❤
Thanks so much 😊
Great build. Love the toilet. Documenting my build on UA-cam and hope to join you travelling this summer. Would love to pick your brains on any YT tips.
Let’s talk performance specs: do you have off road tyres, raised suspension, or an engine upgrade for more power?
Nope we have all terrain tyres but don't have any engine mods or raised suspension we have the euro 4 so low end power is not an issue as the rear diff has a different ratio making it much easier to drive off road on low end power 👌💯
Absolutely gorgeous 😍
Thankyou xxx
In your intro! Without further a do go take a piss, all that bobbing around won't hold it in forever 😅
🤣🤣🤣 Your not wrong ahahah
Quality !
looks awesome ,do you have a link for the opening window and blind
I can’t remember the exact one as there’s two very similar but it’s one of the adventurer windows from Jackson’s leisure and we got the biggest one 🥰
Nice tour, you have done a great job there well done. One thing you might want to look at is your red and black breakers, I know people who have had them fail and know people who have tested them to 3x their trip level and they have still not tripped they can be very dangerous, just a bit of friendly info. 👍
Hey! Thanks for that, we heard this and done loads of research about them. The ones we’ve got are from a reputable company up close they look slightly different to the ones other people have fitted. Fingers crossed they will be ok 👌🏽 thanks for watching 🫶🏼
@@Steps2adventureNot a problem, i would hate to know this information and not share, glad you have already looked into this and these are not the cheap Chinese ones.
Nice build
Thanks!
Nice van
Thanks!
Nice Pair
Can you supply details of where to purchase the side pods😊
Yeah sure this is the link www.a2bconversions.com/inventory
More of the thumbnail…..❤
Your thumbnail didn’t fool me sir!
How am I here then? Fuck!
😂😂
Cool 😎👍😎👏
Loved it plenty of top notch info. cheers
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching
It's beautiful van and all so how much did it cost cause it looks super expensive
I think it was around 20k all in all with all the upgraded parts we have fitted we have a vlog somewhere with abit more detail on our channel but we have added more upgrades since then
We should do a van swap for a day!!
I'm up for that all day long 😂💯
If you're gonna advertise big buns in the window, you cant blame me for wanting to try them. 😊
Cool vid 👏
Thanks mate
Hey guys, love the van. Did you buy yours with the side pods or get them done post-purchase - and if so, who did it for you. We're looking at adding them to our MWB Crafter for sleeping purposes (I'm 6'3"!)
We fitted them ourselves on a campsite we have a video further down our channel showing them and there from this company www.a2bconversions.com/inventory
Can you put up the link for your 12v fridge please
www.jacksonsleisure.com/fridges-coolboxes/inlander-montpellier-retro-12v-under-counter-fridge/
Would you be able to link the stain you used for the cladding on the ceiling? Looks fab!
Hi yeah this is the link www.screwfix.com/p/v33-high-protection-exterior-woodstain-satin-golden-oak-2-5ltr/278JY?tc=BB2&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIv53IqaOKhQMViZlQBh3wcAiaEAQYASABEgLCQvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
@@Steps2adventurethank you so much!!!!
Hey! We only have one skylight and are trying to decide whether to make it a maxxair fan or leave it as is. Any advice? X
Id definitely recommend one! We love ours x
90% of people clicked on this for one reason and one reason only. Well played sir.
Two reasons.
The pure quality of the van build 🤣🤨
Lovely puppie...s
Thank you 😊
Nice biuld! How much was the side pod, and what website ???
I think they are around £500 for the pair www.a2bconversions.com/inventory
Hi, where did you get your side flares from please?
Love ur van .. ❤😎
Thanks so much 🙌💯
👍👍
What make is your light bar and light pods and how much did it roughly cost
They are Auxbeam lights, we got them gifted but you can visit their website 🥰
Would you say it’s better to have a stove?
As if a wood stove or like stove for cooking?
Great. Could you explain to me what this antenna is for and how it works? Its for wifi or signal boosting, or phone signal or what? thanks
It's a max view puck antenna and a max view roam x router it's used for Internet signal you can put sim cards directly in and it boosts the signal massively we have never not had signal in UK Belgium france and Spain
What did u apply to the rocker area...and is it also on the side moldings and bumpers as well...?
Gone with raptor bed liner and nope we don't have it on any of the plastics just keep them topped up with dye
Do you know the weight of your van please, can it be driven on normal licence
Yeah it can be driven on normal license since we changed a few things we are now on 3290kg loaded with the teo of us the dog and paddle board e bike and kayak plus a few tools
Nice click bait van was very nice also
😂😂
Not sure which build was bigger 😅