Honestly, your channel is a gem. After seeing too many "instagram" campers, your practical and real-life approach is breeze of fresh air. Thanks for your content. Cheers from Spain!
After 20 years of enjoying VW Westfalias, I eventually ended up with a 2009 Sienna. I have watched SO many van conversion videos. Now I know I only need your channel. Everything here is the best. I’m looking forward to using most of your designs and resuming my adventures. Thank you so much!
I am glade to be of any help, and thank you for this great comment! You will enjoy the reliability of your Sienna! Also the Horse Power! It is a pleasure having the feedback of people who appreciate my videos and that it may help them go have fun with there vacation toy that is a converted van! Enjoy your van conversion project! ✌️
I had lots of videos to help me with van building but I found yours last night and now I’m only using your ideas! Best “mini van” van build!! Thank you Erik!! I hope you keep them coming! Stay safe!!
Thank you Jenny for your great comment! This kind of feedback is a source of motivation to publish more! I am currently in the process of editing a new video that I am really looking forward to share! Stay tuned, more are coming!✌️
I have to agree with Jenny here. From Florida and I’m inspired to convert my 2008 Honda Odyssey. I’m going to be traveling with my son who needs a car seat. So that will be the tricky part. I will take most of your ideas though. Thank you!
We just bought a van and I am binge-watching all your videos, Eric. I love your clear and pragmatic advice. The hand-drawn illustrations are so cool and so helpful. I also love how simple and accessible your tips are, even for someone without a lot of tools or expertise. In the future, I would love to see a video on your battery set up to power your fridge and devices and also on your sink set up.
Thank you Cheryl for this awesome feedback! It is much appreciated. Those two video suggestions are good ones! Congratulation for your new van! Enjoy planning your project 😃✌️
I bet you have so awesome stories to tell! You strike me as one of those people that would be really cool to sit around a fire with and just listen attentively to your life adventures.
I just found your channel and immediately subscribed. Your content is comprehensive, inspiring and motivating, your videography, audio and background music are top notch. Thank you for the wealth of experience and information you provide to those of us just beginning the journey!
This is a great comment Stacey! I am glade that you subscribe. Feedback like yours is a good motivation source for a youtuber. I am glade to be of any help to you! Enjoy planning your van project! ✌️
I LOVE your videos!!! So knowledgeable with functional ideas that anyone can do. Makes it seem very doable. Other videos makes one think that atrocious amounts of money must be invested. You are a source of encouragement. Happy travels!
Couple of months ago I commented on one of your other videos I was thinking about doing a Dodge Grand Caravan. I was surprised to see you respond :D Well...I did it! I bought the van and am now in the final stages of the build. I'm a solo female traveler so being able to quickly exit and enter from multiple directions and access to the driver seat from inside the back was key for me when planning my layout. Tomorrow I will begin making the bug screens as you have. I have practiced sleeping, cooking, and just hanging out in it before I head off on a local test camping trip. Many redesigns came from that practice. Everything is modular and removable by myself. I am in California. I final plan is to head out, go south, east, north, west, then back home again. This will be van glamping compared to my 60yrs of tent camping and backpacking. Thank you for the clear and casual method you have presenting DIY videos. I love the no "overacting" and no sensationalizing. I have watched 100s of videos and come back to yours for the real deal of van life.
Thank you my friend! This is an awesome comment. I am very happy for you that you realized your van dream! Now you will easily enjoy your multiple travel projects! Stay tuned, Van life and travel tips videos will keep coming! Enjoy and congratulation! 😃✌️
Thanks Eric! Had a dream to buy a camper van but don't have the money. Your experience, comments and design are giving me the inspiration and ideas to start converting my 2006 Town and Country to a min-van camper. Very cool!
Hey Eric, Super happy we found your videos, they're the most helpful and clear for me by far. I'm learning lots and have restructured mine and my wife's whole build according to some helpful tips from your videos. Looking forward to the next one about window coverings, we are currently boggled by it. We are in the planning phases of our first build, and will start building in a week! Thanks again mate, all the way from Arrawarra, NSW Australia 2456!
Thank you Cams for this great comment, and congratulations for your van! The window covering video will follow shortly... Enjoy planning your van conversion! ...and enjoy your summer! It is winter here... ✌️
This is the single best playlist respective van conversions and practical considerations for living in vans. The best, bar none. I’m a lifelong sailor, boatbuilder, and nomad between boats, vehicles, and backpacks. As such, it was music to my ears when you stressed the importance of ventilation. Anything that can be done to match the interior and exterior humidity will be more helpful than encouraging the disparity of interior and exterior temperature. Excessive interior humidity reduces the sense of warmth, but too many people are inclined to turn up the heater than crack all the windows and turn on fans. It seems counterintuitive. The byproduct of heating with open combustion LPG is water: humidity. Yet, too many newbies grab an LPG burner and fire it up within their living spaces, not to mention the significant risk of explosion in the event that the gas leaks within the envelope of the boat, vehicle, tent... The only way to ensure minimal risk of CO poisoning, explosion, and excessive humidity is to either heat electronically via element, or a heat exchanger to ensure that combustion and gasses remain separate from living spaces. But STILL, adjusting temperature pales in comparison to striving to match interior and exterior humidity by virtue of ventilation. Ventilation is certainly the cheaper of the two efforts. I’m a new subscriber, located generally on the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the US.
I just love your comment! I hope that it may be read by a lot of person. We can feel your experience while reading your comment. Thank you a lot for this awesome comment! ✌️
@@ericenjoysearth2756 , thank YOU! You’ve assembled a masterful series! I’m so sick of van builds consisting of stacked bins, blankets, and pillows that more closely resemble a childhood blanket fort, or those builds consisting largely of needlessly overweight dimensional lumber and recycled pallets that result in the appearance of a hand-hewn woodshed. Less is more. I enjoy elegant design and execution. I’ll be recommending your playlist to everyone who expresses interest in van building and living. I’ll be building out my Delica L300 as soon as I have it dialed in mechanically. In the meantime, I’ll replace my daily driver (Chevy Volt) with a Prius V which I’ll camperize specifically because of it’s inherent ability to control climate and ventilation by virtue of its hybrid “ready” mode. When I’m satisfied that my Delica is perfected for over landing, I’ll consider selling the Prius to finance more adventure.
Hi Eric, we're from Pennsylvania and have been into tiny homes, van conversions, etc. for many years, so we've watched hundreds and hundreds of videos on these types of subjects. But your videos are so precise and inventive that I learn something new in every one (this time, the absolute necessity to control humidity and why). Thank you so much for all the effort you put into your presentations. Very much appreciated, and I can't wait to see all of your videos. Happy and safe travels to you!
Great tips thanks! I am looking forward to the video on window covers and van modifications that don't require me to drill holes in my van. I'm in Florida so it doesn't get too cold but that heat is something else. Lol. 😎
Florida temperature is much more fun to manage then the cold! But there’s the no-see-um that requires good tight window screens!! Thank you for your comment ✌️
Great topic, Eric! I appreciate your sharing your knowledge about temperature management. Your system is so much simpler and cheaper than any of the other methods I've seen. I love how you synthesize others' information and your own experiences. Looking forward to the future topics you mentioned. Thanks again from Riverside, RI, USA.
I love your channel, I have a Dodge Caravan and after seeing a LOT of van conversion I always come back to your video to inspire mine. It's clear that you are talking from experience. Thanks !
Wow, I have never heard of the candle lantern being a way to heat the van. Definitely going to get one of those. Now that you have so many subscribers, have you thought of signing up for the Amazon affiliate program which allows you to put a link in your description so myself and others could give you Amazon credit when purchasing the items you recommend?
No matter, I just wanted a way to give back to you to say thanks for the good advice and recommendations you have given to me in a way that is more than just a "like" on the video and a verbal thank you. You clearly have so much knowledge and experience that you are saving me tons of wasted time and money by sharing your valuable tips, and that is something which is very much appreciated. - Alis
I am very glade of you comment and answer. Thank you for taking the time to write it. It is very much appreciated. Having such nice feedback, from people like you, is quite stimulating. That is also why I like to know where people are from, because it is also stimulating to help people, from every part of the world, to realize there dream of van conversion! Thanks again my friend Alis ✌️
Hello Eric, another good video. I am doing a conversion on a '94 Dodge TV top van with 39000 original miles on it and I am using several of your ideas to do it. I like your bed design, I raised mine because of having more headroom and I have added a board that fits between the side of the bed and the cabinets I installed so I can have almost full Queen size for when I am traveling with someone or using it as a mobile hunting cabin with a family member. I cut the long piece of the leftover mattress into 3 equal pieces and covered them with the same fabric and use them as pillows. On another person's page, his vehicle is a prius, I used his idea for the window coverings. coroplast in the center with Refletix on both sides and black fabric from Walmart that you attach with about a 1in overhang all around, that way when you put it in the window you get a really good seal that keeps light from going in or out. It adds quite a bit of insulation. I like using candle lanterns, I use a candelabra with 4 candles in it. I removed the candles and glued down 4 little glass liquor bottles that have metal lids, poked a hole through the tops, and added a wick and oil. It works great, burns a long time per fill, and you can choose how much light or heat you need at the time. I will be retired soon and spending a great deal of time in my van. there are 4 states I have never been to and there are plenty of fish, and crabs, and clams to catch, and mushrooms to find, and people to meet. I also like "Inexpensive Places to Live and Retire" videos and hope to check many of those places out. This next year, because of all the fires there were this year, the Black Morel hunting could be epic. See you out there.
Wow! Your conversion seam to be quite efficient! You are using the extra room with efficiency. Having your board inside is a great plus! Thank you for sharing your tips with others. What are those 4 states that you talk about...? Thanks again for that great comment! Yes hopefully we may cross our path. People do recognize me from time to time. Also, I’ll be glade to see your set up! ✌️
That's so smart, will use your candelabra design! Nice to hear about the Dodge vans having a little more headroom. Still debating minivan vs Ram Promaster City or F150 Cargo Econoline...since I have a spinal cord injury I may be forced to do a smart van for practicality. Building out a huge, empty van even without high roof may be too much! Happy travels and greetings from Albuquerque, NM 😃
Hi, yes it's called a tv top because there is a space just big enough for a small tv and VCR in the front above the seats. The van came with a couch in the back that folds down into a bed that is way to small for me and 2 regular seats. I took those out. There is so much overhead storage in the front and back that I did not need to build much cabinet space. All my clothes go up there. I can stand up in there but not stand up straight. Just being able to stand to put my pants on and move around inside in a big plus. If you think about it, you only need to stand If you are doing a long cook and i do 90% of my cooking out of the vehicle. Or shower, I do have a shower tent and am making an hour shower , but after having a hip replaced i got used to sitting in the shower, so i found a folding pet washing tub and i can shower inside if i need to. I got a Bluetti AC 200 on the indegogo campaign recently for my electric needs. I haven't decided how much solar i want on the roof yet or how i want to mount it. Check this out, someone paid $100 a month for 10 years to keep this in storage. That is 3times as much as i paid for the van, $3900
Wonderful info thank you. I have been worried about humidity. This video has answered so many questions. As always explain everything perfectly. Thank you Eric, I am looking forward to watching more videos.😊
Hello Eric, I am from Queensland, Australia and am very blessed to have found your channel. I have bought a van ajd with the love of my late husband, am wanting to convert my hyundai imax. Your layout and all your advice is wonderful. Truly appreciated. ♥️
Thank you for Julie for this awesome comment. This is a great source of motivation to see people happy of realizing their dreams and having gratitude. I thank you! Enjoy, have fun, doing your van conversion!✌️ Australia 😃
I just want to thank you for your most informative videos. They are the absolute best and I watch them each several times. So sensible! Please keep them coming. Warm wishes from Hertford, England.
Enjoy all your useful videos as I plan out my van build. It’s very helpful when someone with all your outdoor experiences makes videos for others to follow. Thank you!👍🏻
Hi Eric! i love your videos; they are practical and easy to follow. i live in Canada and just recently bought a minivan to turn into an adventure mobile for me and my wife and our young son
Hello Oliver! This is the perfect description: an adventure mobile! You are going to have a great family time! Congratulation for your new purchase! Thank you for your appreciation 😃✌️
I live in a full-size conversion van furnished with velour ceiling, walls, and shag carpeting. I believe the extra space and all the textile pile controls the humidity inside the van. I'm planning on installing a roof rack with a solid panel over my entire roof to shade my van 24/7 and to eventually mount solar panels. There will be ventilation between the roof rack panel and the van roof. The sun beats down on the roof and the van quickly feels like a hot attic in the summertime.
I like your Ideas. and I've embraced the idea of not drilling holes. I plan three solar panels and have been all over the place on how to get power into the van I will try your method. cant wait to start.
Hi Eric. Thanks for all your videos. They are all really helpful. I look forward to learning how you incorporated electrics into your van. Keep up the good work.
Hello again from the USA! I’m checking off the list you provided in this video, if possible. I put a layer of foam board panels between the reflectix and black cloth to increase R value, then tri-fold them to store. ☑️ My van has a sunroof and I designed a screen for it so it can be used with a small usb fan as a roof vent when the weather permits. I have the rain deflectors installed. ☑️ I’m working on window screens today and watched your video on those for ideas. ☑️ I will have to get some candles before winter.
I am from Massachusetts. Currently boondocking in a travel trailer, I'm looking for a van to live in. Your videos are so sensible, yet entertaining. Thank you for all of your tips Eric!
Thank you Donna! Your comment is much appreciated! I am glade that you enjoyed. Have fun planning your van conversion project. This is a fun part to think an figure out what you want! ✌️
Eric, I sure do enjoy your videos. I’m an old geezer and take care of my wife full time. I so enjoy your innovative ways to build out your van and the suggestions to get the most with the least cost. We live just outside of Austin, TX. God bless you my friend, and keep the videos coming.
Thank you Eric! Great video about thermo-regulation. Loved seeing all you pictures going way back. Let me know if you make it to Santa Cruz for a nature tour.
Thank you, Eric. I am Korean livig in Lethbridge, Canada. I love your minivan coversion. I watched and searched van camper information on UA-cam hundreds of times, but your conversion is the best, and it's informative. Thanks again.
Eric sir, thank you for the awesome content. I'm finally getting my van, and flow with a looong time dream of mine, van living! Apartment living is no fun... all the money goes to rent!!! So...I'm trading my cool Camaro/Black/Convertible for a Chevy Express 1500 Passenger!!! windows all around!!! and this video confirmed some crucial ideas perfectly man! Especially the visibility while driving. Been driving work vans forever, and my last... and current job, as a furniture repair technician, my van got chosen as the example as to how things should get organized and functional... I know I got this!!! my personal van, man I am excited!!! I will surely follow you my friend, hope we meet some day. Stay Blessed!
Hey! Congratulations for your new vehicle and for your new way of living! All around windows is extraordinary! You will have meals on places where there are no restaurants having such views. I am sure you will organize things perfectly. That’s the way to get space. Enjoy my friend!✌️
I just think you are so amazing! I watch all of your videos as I am converting my Sienna as I go along and learn how to do it. Thank you so much, Eric- This surely is your purpose in life besides enjoying the earth as you do. BTW I am a 79 y/young widow!!!
Hello Eric. I have a minivan and am seriously considering/planning to convert my van into a TEMPORARY camper mode, such that I can eaisly convert from van to camper mode and back. I will be using your 11 Step plan for avoiding mistakes, as a template so to speak, for my van conversion. As the saying goes, I will follow and learn from the experiances of others. With many years of experience behind you in van conversions, I find your videos most interesting, informative and practical for anyone joining the van camper lifestyle. The tips about safety when driving(van layout) and the need to plan to make meals and convert from van to sleep mode while inside van are especially helpful. Thanks again for your videos and best of luck and enjoyment in your travels. By the way is it just me or does it seem to be a rebirth, so to speak of the van life/camper lifestyle that was so popular in the 1960's and 1970's? I am from Newfoundland myself.
Thank you Dennis for your awesome comment! Yes it is king of a rebirth. The arriving of the new van models, and the idea of converting them by yourself definitely gives a boost to caravaning! It is quite the same the comeback of the longboard in surfing! ✌️
Great tips. I am working on my minivan conversion and will be using your ideas from this vid and your other awesome vids. Thank you for creating them. Howdy from Texas 🤠
You can find those easily at your local Outdoors store. Most likely they carry them and the candles that goes with them. Thank you for your great comment! 😃✌️
Looking forward to seeing your how to for making the window screens. Sleeping in our van when we visit relatives, when COVID restrictions allow, is looking like being a real option, so this advice for keeping cool/warm is really appreciated.
Salut de France! I have just found your videos - well done and very helpful! I myself am in the process of deciding what type of vehicle to purchase next (C4 Picasso? Peugeot 5008? Toyota Verso? Or a minivan...? ). Merci pour ces videos plein d'information et de bon sense!
Allô Elisa! Je suis content d’être vu et utile en France. Je ne connais pas les modèles que tu mentionnes car ils ne se vendent pas en Amérique. Néanmoins, je vais publier une vidéo qui pourra t’aider à la sélection de ton véhicule. J’espère avoir le temps de la produire avant ton achat, pour pouvoir ainsi t’aider avec les principes que j’y présenterai... Merci pour ton appréciation! 🙂✌️
Thanks for sharing my van is in my future. We have camped in tents campers trailers motor homes never yet in a van. You’re van is perfect for you and I hope mine will be able to fulfill my needs. We live In SoCal.
Your videos are fantastic, super informative, thank you so much for sharing. I love NO DRILLING and anchorage, the functionality of your bed, the 3 different table locations, your drawing instrument, etc. all so ingenious. I have just learned about van life and I am loving it, started researching and can't get enough! Planning sleeping in my van when I go skiing. HEATING is obviously my main concern living in NY now.
I Like you enthusiasm Belinda! I can tell you that it will not go down when you will have modified your van! It will increase more!!! Thank you for your feedback. It is much appreciated. Enjoy planning your van conversion. It is part of the fun! 😃✌️
Hi Eric, love your videos! So I crack the window open a little for window deflector and the insulation piece is covering the whole window still? And do you have insulation pieces for the driver window and copilot and front windshield? Thank you!
Watch this, you will learn that you have to cut the upper part of the window covers: ua-cam.com/video/p7qh2hM4wDY/v-deo.htmlsi=4HuP5n1lg0uXWFwl I put reflectix on 7 windows, there’s only the windshield that I use only a shade screen, only because of the size that would be to store it (if it was a reflectix one)… it’s a compromise… ✌️
Great work Eric. I am glad I found your video series, very helpful in the design phase of a van conversion. You add much more value than any video I found so far for the last month. I got the van 2 weeks ago and will start the conversion soon, goal is flexibility, no hole or other damages, all secured. I wish to store the surfboard under the bed though, I hope I can find the right design.
This is cool! The beginning of the project! Everything to choose and define! Enjoy you project! Thanks a lot for your comment. It is much appreciated! 😃
@@ericenjoysearth2756 Mate, I am about to work on the window covers soon. I neeeeeeed your sound advices in your announced upcoming video on window cover. When do you hope to release it! I can't wait!! 😅
From Florida, Your videos are very informative and educational. As a former driver for a living I like the way you focus on safety, especially since I can no longer drive the time or mileage that I use to, I can drive but no more 12hour days behind the wheel,my focus is on safety more now than ever being I no longer have the quickness behind the wheel and no longer driving a bus I don't sit above traffic and see trouble earlier than normal height vehicles. From watching more than several of your videos I see the way you look at the road and even though your videos are about other things you usually throw some excellent safety tips in them. I wish more of the experienced drivers did this. I bring alot of points up to my wife about how people block the rear,yes I understand they have backup cameras but alot of them are inadequate and only work when the brake is pressed on which is actually more dangerous. You also made a excellent point on not blocking any of the windows except for the driver's side( in the U.S.A.)rear window on a minivan. Some driving moves I see in videos make me very happy that I'm watching it on UA-cam instead of being on the road at the time. The thought and reasoning you put into the design of your projects is outstanding, thank you for giving us the benefit of your experience, and your design ideas.
Thank you for this awesome comment. Thank you for sharing your experience. We definitely share the same point of view. You want your trip to be fun, not stressful and that will end well. Designing the layout of the van around this make sens! Take care my friend ✌️ I love your awesome state! So much outdoors sports! 😃
I wonder whether you might give more info / brand name etc of the candle lanterns and the electric fan you use Eric? Thank you very much. best regards. Georgina (Ireland) (my husbands phone is the main phone so his name shows on the "thumbnail signature")
My husband and I just had the idea to convert our town and country van this past week while traveling from our home to Florida and back. Your channel has made us feel like this is something we will be able to do. We will only be going on local trips at first and we have 4 kids 2 that are wee ones. So we will do things a bit differently .. looking forward to following your grandfathers advice!
LOL 😂 It is quite funny that my grand-father is still teach wisdom to so many people!😉 I am glade that I may help you. Thank you for sharing and for your comment 😃✌️
Merci Eric! I own a Sienna Van and I was thinking of doing things to it so I can go camping. Now you have given the bug to do this. I am from Rockland Ontario. Thank-you for all the very good videos.
I am beginning to feel stuck in my life. I think that vanlife might be the change I need. With you're instruction I hope to make that dream a reality. Thank you for your videos!
Hello Wesley! I think that with van life you may find something that may change your life by being free of traveling everywhere at a very low cost, enjoy the outdoors, meet new peoples, discover things that your didn’t know about, find something surprising or enjoyable almost everyday, etc. If you convert a van, you will never regret it. If this is the kind of thing that you are looking for, that’s for you. You will buy yourself something that will bring you somewhere else! ✌️
I'm subscribed and browsing thru all your videos. I've never been too concerned about the cold, I can always throw more comforters and blankets on me. It's the intense heat and high humidity that I'm concerned about. Thank you for all your knowledge.
Hello, %9 years old now and starting my van life towards full time in retirement. Love ur videos and am starting my no build in my 2010 ford escape. Thank you and look forward to ur videos!!!!
Thank you Ronda! As you see, I publish more often. Thank you for all your previous encouragement comments to keep going. You people make all the difference! 😃✌️
Am not quite so convinced and have added my tuppence worth in a following post. I am not knocking Eric, as he strikes me as a garden shed inventor bloke par excellence. The industrial revolution was kick-started by chaps of his ilk. We'd be glad to have him, as he'd make an excellent Brit. BK, UK
Thank you, Eric! I look forward to learning more about how to attach the mosquito screens and the window insulation. Love your work. Thanks for being so generous!
This is very helpful information. I find a lot of the "#vanlife" stuff is unbelievably stupid, your information is very practical and helpful. THank you for making this video, I'm goign to watch the rest of them now
Hello Brett! You should subscribe and hit the bell to have a notification when I publish a video. Here’s the video: ua-cam.com/video/p7qh2hM4wDY/v-deo.html Thank you for your appreciation Enjoy! ✌️
Oh yes! A 100% integrity! Everything shared is based on real experiences and years of it! Thank you for your appreciation. I really appreciate your comment 😃✌️ 🇨🇦 👍
I camp in my Sienna for astronomy trips. I've built a fold-up bed box but it's very heavy. I like your design ideas to include a bench and side cabinet. Thanks for the inspiration.
It’s a pleasure Kevin. Having a van for astronomy seems to be the perfect tool to accompany a telescope! No light pollution in the middle of nowhere! Thank you for your your comment ✌️
Twenty years of vehicle camping...you have a books worth of knowledge and entertainment in you. I hope your channel really takes off.
Thank you for this awesome comment. It is much appreciated ✌️
Honestly, your channel is a gem. After seeing too many "instagram" campers, your practical and real-life approach is breeze of fresh air. Thanks for your content. Cheers from Spain!
Thank you Lucas! Your comment is very much appreciated 😃👍
After 20 years of enjoying VW Westfalias, I eventually ended up with a 2009 Sienna. I have watched SO many van conversion videos. Now I know I only need your channel. Everything here is the best. I’m looking forward to using most of your designs and resuming my adventures. Thank you so much!
I am glade to be of any help, and thank you for this great comment!
You will enjoy the reliability of your Sienna! Also the Horse Power!
It is a pleasure having the feedback of people who appreciate my videos and that it may help them go have fun with there vacation toy that is a converted van!
Enjoy your van conversion project! ✌️
Hi Eric, Just starting this process, and very happy to have you as a guide. Thank you. Seattle
Thank you for your feedback, and welcome to van life! ✌️
I've watched LOTS of van conversion videos but yours are clear, well thought out and practical.Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experiences.
I am glade to receive such a great comment! Thank you! ✌️
One of the best channels I have encountered for making carcamping not more complicated than it has to be. Thanks from Sweden
Thank you for this awesome feedback! 😃✌️
I had lots of videos to help me with van building but I found yours last night and now I’m only using your ideas! Best “mini van” van build!! Thank you Erik!! I hope you keep them coming! Stay safe!!
Thank you Jenny for your great comment! This kind of feedback is a source of motivation to publish more! I am currently in the process of editing a new video that I am really looking forward to share! Stay tuned, more are coming!✌️
I have to agree with Jenny here. From Florida and I’m inspired to convert my 2008 Honda Odyssey. I’m going to be traveling with my son who needs a car seat. So that will be the tricky part. I will take most of your ideas though. Thank you!
We just bought a van and I am binge-watching all your videos, Eric. I love your clear and pragmatic advice. The hand-drawn illustrations are so cool and so helpful. I also love how simple and accessible your tips are, even for someone without a lot of tools or expertise. In the future, I would love to see a video on your battery set up to power your fridge and devices and also on your sink set up.
Thank you Cheryl for this awesome feedback! It is much appreciated. Those two video suggestions are good ones!
Congratulation for your new van!
Enjoy planning your project 😃✌️
Hi Eric .... Looking forward to the video regarding screen covers to keep out the bugs and mosquitos. Great work with your videos. Much appreciated.
Thank you! ✌️
Long term sailors and boat dwellers will be familiar with many of these ideas....and they will use wind scoops, too.
Thank you Jack for sharing your experience ✌️
I bet you have so awesome stories to tell! You strike me as one of those people that would be really cool to sit around a fire with and just listen attentively to your life adventures.
I do have some good ones! Thank you for your comment Dani✌️
I just found your channel and immediately subscribed. Your content is comprehensive, inspiring and motivating, your videography, audio and background music are top notch. Thank you for the wealth of experience and information you provide to those of us just beginning the journey!
This is a great comment Stacey! I am glade that you subscribe. Feedback like yours is a good motivation source for a youtuber. I am glade to be of any help to you! Enjoy planning your van project! ✌️
I LOVE your videos!!! So knowledgeable with functional ideas that anyone can do. Makes it seem very doable. Other videos makes one think that atrocious amounts of money must be invested. You are a source of encouragement. Happy travels!
I am glade to read this! Thank you for your appreciation and feedback 😃✌️
Couple of months ago I commented on one of your other videos I was thinking about doing a Dodge Grand Caravan. I was surprised to see you respond :D Well...I did it! I bought the van and am now in the final stages of the build. I'm a solo female traveler so being able to quickly exit and enter from multiple directions and access to the driver seat from inside the back was key for me when planning my layout. Tomorrow I will begin making the bug screens as you have. I have practiced sleeping, cooking, and just hanging out in it before I head off on a local test camping trip. Many redesigns came from that practice. Everything is modular and removable by myself. I am in California. I final plan is to head out, go south, east, north, west, then back home again. This will be van glamping compared to my 60yrs of tent camping and backpacking. Thank you for the clear and casual method you have presenting DIY videos. I love the no "overacting" and no sensationalizing. I have watched 100s of videos and come back to yours for the real deal of van life.
Thank you my friend! This is an awesome comment. I am very happy for you that you realized your van dream! Now you will easily enjoy your multiple travel projects! Stay tuned, Van life and travel tips videos will keep coming! Enjoy and congratulation! 😃✌️
I look forward to the video about adding the fabric to the reflectix! I'm from Washington State USA :)
Good news! I am currently working on it. ✌️
Thanks Eric! Had a dream to buy a camper van but don't have the money. Your experience, comments and design are giving me the inspiration and ideas to start converting my 2006 Town and Country to a min-van camper. Very cool!
You have a perfect solution! Go on with your project! You will not regret it! Enjoy the project ✌️😃
Hey Eric,
Super happy we found your videos, they're the most helpful and clear for me by far. I'm learning lots and have restructured mine and my wife's whole build according to some helpful tips from your videos. Looking forward to the next one about window coverings, we are currently boggled by it. We are in the planning phases of our first build, and will start building in a week!
Thanks again mate, all the way from Arrawarra, NSW Australia 2456!
Thank you Cams for this great comment, and congratulations for your van!
The window covering video will follow shortly...
Enjoy planning your van conversion! ...and enjoy your summer! It is winter here...
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This is the single best playlist respective van conversions and practical considerations for living in vans. The best, bar none.
I’m a lifelong sailor, boatbuilder, and nomad between boats, vehicles, and backpacks. As such, it was music to my ears when you stressed the importance of ventilation. Anything that can be done to match the interior and exterior humidity will be more helpful than encouraging the disparity of interior and exterior temperature. Excessive interior humidity reduces the sense of warmth, but too many people are inclined to turn up the heater than crack all the windows and turn on fans. It seems counterintuitive.
The byproduct of heating with open combustion LPG is water: humidity. Yet, too many newbies grab an LPG burner and fire it up within their living spaces, not to mention the significant risk of explosion in the event that the gas leaks within the envelope of the boat, vehicle, tent... The only way to ensure minimal risk of CO poisoning, explosion, and excessive humidity is to either heat electronically via element, or a heat exchanger to ensure that combustion and gasses remain separate from living spaces.
But STILL, adjusting temperature pales in comparison to striving to match interior and exterior humidity by virtue of ventilation. Ventilation is certainly the cheaper of the two efforts.
I’m a new subscriber, located generally on the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the US.
I just love your comment! I hope that it may be read by a lot of person. We can feel your experience while reading your comment. Thank you a lot for this awesome comment!
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@@ericenjoysearth2756 , thank YOU! You’ve assembled a masterful series! I’m so sick of van builds consisting of stacked bins, blankets, and pillows that more closely resemble a childhood blanket fort, or those builds consisting largely of needlessly overweight dimensional lumber and recycled pallets that result in the appearance of a hand-hewn woodshed.
Less is more. I enjoy elegant design and execution. I’ll be recommending your playlist to everyone who expresses interest in van building and living.
I’ll be building out my Delica L300 as soon as I have it dialed in mechanically. In the meantime, I’ll replace my daily driver (Chevy Volt) with a Prius V which I’ll camperize specifically because of it’s inherent ability to control climate and ventilation by virtue of its hybrid “ready” mode. When I’m satisfied that my Delica is perfected for over landing, I’ll consider selling the Prius to finance more adventure.
Again, I completely agree with you. Enjoy planning your project! ✌️
You have changed my life.
Thank you Ariaz for this awesome comment! Life is a gift to enjoy! 😃✌️
I am from Kerala, India. I am thankful of these real-life advices
It’s a pleasure! Thank you for your feedback. ✌️
India 😃👍
I think this is the only U-Tuber who reply to every comment...👍✌
Thank you my friend! I am here to help and share with people 😃✌️
Hi Eric, we're from Pennsylvania and have been into tiny homes, van conversions, etc. for many years, so we've watched hundreds and hundreds of videos on these types of subjects. But your videos are so precise and inventive that I learn something new in every one (this time, the absolute necessity to control humidity and why). Thank you so much for all the effort you put into your presentations. Very much appreciated, and I can't wait to see all of your videos. Happy and safe travels to you!
Thank you Shari! I really like your comment. Appreciation is my fuel to keep publishing! 😃✌️
Really enjoy your knowledge and appreciate you sharing this information. Thank you
Thank you Peter for this nice comment ✌️😃
This was very helpful! Another van dweller mentioned to me how much a candle makes a difference, now I understand why.
In winter camping, in a tent, it feels almost like a fire place! 😉
Thanks for sharing ✌️
Great tips thanks! I am looking forward to the video on window covers and van modifications that don't require me to drill holes in my van. I'm in Florida so it doesn't get too cold but that heat is something else. Lol. 😎
Florida temperature is much
more fun to manage then the cold! But there’s the no-see-um that requires good tight window screens!! Thank you for your comment ✌️
Great video. I didn't know anything about candle lanterns. Thank you.
They are so cool! Thank you for your feedback ✌️😃
Great topic, Eric! I appreciate your sharing your knowledge about temperature management. Your system is so much simpler and cheaper than any of the other methods I've seen. I love how you synthesize others' information and your own experiences.
Looking forward to the future topics you mentioned.
Thanks again from Riverside, RI, USA.
Thank you for your great comment. It is much appreciated!
You are living in a so beautiful State, perfect for a south swell! Have a Happy Holiday! ✌️
Have watched so many van conversation videos, yours are the best❤️
You made my day Hadi! Thank you 😃✌️
I love your channel, I have a Dodge Caravan and after seeing a LOT of van conversion I always come back to your video to inspire mine. It's clear that you are talking from experience. Thanks !
Thank you Léaqua! I really appreciate your comment! 👍😃
Wow, I have never heard of the candle lantern being a way to heat the van. Definitely going to get one of those. Now that you have so many subscribers, have you thought of signing up for the Amazon affiliate program which allows you to put a link in your description so myself and others could give you Amazon credit when purchasing the items you recommend?
No matter, I just wanted a way to give back to you to say thanks for the good advice and recommendations you have given to me in a way that is more than just a "like" on the video and a verbal thank you.
You clearly have so much knowledge and experience that you are saving me tons of wasted time and money by sharing your valuable tips, and that is something which is very much appreciated.
- Alis
I am very glade of you comment and answer. Thank you for taking the time to write it. It is very much appreciated.
Having such nice feedback, from people like you, is quite stimulating. That is also why I like to know where people are from, because it is also stimulating to help people, from every part of the world, to realize there dream of van conversion!
Thanks again my friend Alis ✌️
Hello Eric, another good video. I am doing a conversion on a '94 Dodge TV top van with 39000 original miles on it and I am using several of your ideas to do it. I like your bed design, I raised mine because of having more headroom and I have added a board that fits between the side of the bed and the cabinets I installed so I can have almost full Queen size for when I am traveling with someone or using it as a mobile hunting cabin with a family member. I cut the long piece of the leftover mattress into 3 equal pieces and covered them with the same fabric and use them as pillows. On another person's page, his vehicle is a prius, I used his idea for the window coverings. coroplast in the center with Refletix on both sides and black fabric from Walmart that you attach with about a 1in overhang all around, that way when you put it in the window you get a really good seal that keeps light from going in or out. It adds quite a bit of insulation. I like using candle lanterns, I use a candelabra with 4 candles in it. I removed the candles and glued down 4 little glass liquor bottles that have metal lids, poked a hole through the tops, and added a wick and oil. It works great, burns a long time per fill, and you can choose how much light or heat you need at the time. I will be retired soon and spending a great deal of time in my van. there are 4 states I have never been to and there are plenty of fish, and crabs, and clams to catch, and mushrooms to find, and people to meet. I also like "Inexpensive Places to Live and Retire" videos and hope to check many of those places out. This next year, because of all the fires there were this year, the Black Morel hunting could be epic. See you out there.
Wow! Your conversion seam to be quite efficient! You are using the extra room with efficiency. Having your board inside is a great plus! Thank you for sharing your tips with others.
What are those 4 states that you talk about...?
Thanks again for that great comment! Yes hopefully we may cross our path. People do recognize me from time to time. Also, I’ll be glade to see your set up! ✌️
That's so smart, will use your candelabra design! Nice to hear about the Dodge vans having a little more headroom. Still debating minivan vs Ram Promaster City or F150 Cargo Econoline...since I have a spinal cord injury I may be forced to do a smart van for practicality. Building out a huge, empty van even without high roof may be too much! Happy travels and greetings from Albuquerque, NM 😃
Wait, what van do you have, a Dodge TV top? Please let me know! Btw I agree, Eric's tips are brilliant and pragmatic 😊
Thank you! 😊
Hi, yes it's called a tv top because there is a space just big enough for a small tv and VCR in the front above the seats. The van came with a couch in the back that folds down into a bed that is way to small for me and 2 regular seats. I took those out. There is so much overhead storage in the front and back that I did not need to build much cabinet space. All my clothes go up there. I can stand up in there but not stand up straight. Just being able to stand to put my pants on and move around inside in a big plus. If you think about it, you only need to stand If you are doing a long cook and i do 90% of my cooking out of the vehicle. Or shower, I do have a shower tent and am making an hour shower , but after having a hip replaced i got used to sitting in the shower, so i found a folding pet washing tub and i can shower inside if i need to. I got a Bluetti AC 200 on the indegogo campaign recently for my electric needs. I haven't decided how much solar i want on the roof yet or how i want to mount it. Check this out, someone paid $100 a month for 10 years to keep this in storage. That is 3times as much as i paid for the van, $3900
Norway here. Thank you, your videos are the most informative I have seen yet.😊
What a nice comment! Thank you 😃✌️
Love that you are doing more videos!
Hey tank you! I am glade of your comment! It gives fuel to give you more! ✌️
Wonderful info thank you. I have been worried about humidity. This video has answered so many questions. As always explain everything perfectly. Thank you Eric, I am looking forward to watching more videos.😊
Thank you for this awesome feedback 😃👍
Can't wait to learn what fabric you recommend using at 4:41!
I am working on that video. Stay tuned Samuel...✌️
Hello Eric, I am from Queensland, Australia and am very blessed to have found your channel. I have bought a van ajd with the love of my late husband, am wanting to convert my hyundai imax. Your layout and all your advice is wonderful. Truly appreciated. ♥️
Thank you for Julie for this awesome comment. This is a great source of motivation to see people happy of realizing their dreams and having gratitude. I thank you! Enjoy, have fun, doing your van conversion!✌️
Australia 😃
I just want to thank you for your most informative videos. They are the absolute best and I watch them each several times. So sensible! Please keep them coming. Warm wishes from Hertford, England.
Thank you for this awesome comment! I am glade that you appreciate 😁✌️
Merci beaucoup! Vos videos témoignent de votre ingeniosité et de l’ampleur de votre experience. -Ontario, préalablement de Montréal
Merci beaucoup pour ce beau commentaire! C’est très apprécié 😃✌️
Nice pictures! I never thought that ventilation/humidity control was so important! Thanks for the tips!
Thank you Claudie, it is a pleasure! ✌️
Enjoy all your useful videos as I plan out my van build. It’s very helpful when someone with all your outdoor experiences makes videos for others to follow. Thank you!👍🏻
Thank you! I much appreciate your feedback! 😃
Hi Eric! i love your videos; they are practical and easy to follow. i live in Canada and just recently bought a minivan to turn into an adventure mobile for me and my wife and our young son
Hello Oliver! This is the perfect description: an adventure mobile! You are going to have a great family time!
Congratulation for your new purchase! Thank you for your appreciation 😃✌️
I live in a full-size conversion van furnished with velour ceiling, walls, and shag carpeting. I believe the extra space and all the textile pile controls the humidity inside the van. I'm planning on installing a roof rack with a solid panel over my entire roof to shade my van 24/7 and to eventually mount solar panels. There will be ventilation between the roof rack panel and the van roof. The sun beats down on the roof and the van quickly feels like a hot attic in the summertime.
This improvement will be more comfortable! Thank you for sharing Jolee✌️
Great video Eric. What about a video on water use and management?
Good suggestion Fabio! I will do a video about this. I just took note 👍
Thank you for your appreciation ✌️
I like your Ideas. and I've embraced the idea of not drilling holes. I plan three solar panels and have been all over the place on how to get power into the van I will try your method. cant wait to start.
Great! Enjoy your project Michael!✌️
you should definitely write an e-book on amazon.
I will think about it... Thank you for the suggestion and this appreciation. It is much appreciated ✌️
I'm going to watch all your videos! Humidity and keeping warm and dry are my big concerns.
It is easily manageable 👍
Thank you for your feedback ✌️
Your content is absolutely incredible. Keep it coming please!
Thank you Cindy! I am glade that you enjoy! 😃✌️
Hi Eric. Thanks for all your videos. They are all really helpful. I look forward to learning how you incorporated electrics into your van. Keep up the good work.
Thank you Scott! This is a good video suggestion! Yes I will do a video about it ✌️
Hello again from the USA! I’m checking off the list you provided in this video, if possible. I put a layer of foam board panels between the reflectix and black cloth to increase R value, then tri-fold them to store. ☑️ My van has a sunroof and I designed a screen for it so it can be used with a small usb fan as a roof vent when the weather permits. I have the rain deflectors installed. ☑️ I’m working on window screens today and watched your video on those for ideas. ☑️ I will have to get some candles before winter.
This is great PJ! Fast and motivated progress! Great idea for your sunroof! Thank you for sharing. ✌️
I am from Massachusetts. Currently boondocking in a travel trailer, I'm looking for a van to live in. Your videos are so sensible, yet entertaining. Thank you for all of your tips Eric!
Thank you Donna! Your comment is much appreciated! I am glade that you enjoyed. Have fun planning your van conversion project. This is a fun part to think an figure out what you want!
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Спасиб, Эрик! Отлично рассказал.
It’s a pleasure 👍
Молодец мужик
Eric, I sure do enjoy your videos. I’m an old geezer and take care of my wife full time. I so enjoy your innovative ways to build out your van and the suggestions to get the most with the least cost. We live just outside of Austin, TX. God bless you my friend, and keep the videos coming.
Thank you for your appreciation. It is much appreciated 👍😃
Thank you Eric! Great video about thermo-regulation. Loved seeing all you pictures going way back. Let me know if you make it to Santa Cruz for a nature tour.
Thank you Jeff! I am looking forward to go back to Santa Cruz, a very nice place!
Thank you for your appreciation comment! ✌️
Thank you, Eric. I am Korean livig in Lethbridge, Canada. I love your minivan coversion. I watched and searched van camper information on UA-cam hundreds of times, but your conversion is the best, and it's informative. Thanks again.
Thank you Ivan for your awesome comment! It is much appreciated! ✌️
Thank you for your tried and true tips. I'm from Minneapolis, MN.
Thank you Pennie! I appreciate your comment, and particularly the « tried and true tips »! This is effectively what you get on my channel! 😃✌️
Eric sir, thank you for the awesome content. I'm finally getting my van, and flow with a looong time dream of mine, van living! Apartment living is no fun... all the money goes to rent!!! So...I'm trading my cool Camaro/Black/Convertible for a Chevy Express 1500 Passenger!!! windows all around!!! and this video confirmed some crucial ideas perfectly man! Especially the visibility while driving. Been driving work vans forever, and my last... and current job, as a furniture repair technician, my van got chosen as the example as to how things should get organized and functional... I know I got this!!! my personal van, man I am excited!!!
I will surely follow you my friend, hope we meet some day. Stay Blessed!
Hey! Congratulations for your new vehicle and for your new way of living! All around windows is extraordinary! You will have meals on places where there are no restaurants having such views.
I am sure you will organize things perfectly. That’s the way to get space. Enjoy my friend!✌️
Great information. I'm located in southern Ontario. 🇨🇦
Thank you Art for your comment!
I love your province!✌️
I'm in southern Ontario too.
Such a nice place! Thank you for sharing ✌️
I just think you are so amazing! I watch all
of your videos as I am converting my Sienna
as I go along and learn how to do it. Thank
you so much, Eric- This surely is your purpose
in life besides enjoying the earth as you do.
BTW I am a 79 y/young widow!!!
LOL! I very much appreciate your comment Deanna! You will also enjoy more earth with you new conversion! Enjoy my friend! 😃✌️
Hello Eric.
I have a minivan and am seriously considering/planning to convert my van into a TEMPORARY camper mode, such that I can eaisly convert from van to camper mode and back. I will be using your 11 Step plan for avoiding mistakes, as a template so to speak, for my van conversion. As the saying goes, I will follow and learn from the experiances of others. With many years of experience behind you in van conversions, I find your videos most interesting, informative and practical for anyone joining the van camper lifestyle. The tips about safety when driving(van layout) and the need to plan to make meals and convert from van to sleep mode while inside van are especially helpful. Thanks again for your videos and best of luck and enjoyment in your travels. By the way is it just me or does it seem to be a rebirth, so to speak of the van life/camper lifestyle that was so popular in the 1960's and 1970's? I am from Newfoundland myself.
Thank you Dennis for your awesome comment!
Yes it is king of a rebirth. The arriving of the new van models, and the idea of converting them by yourself definitely gives a boost to caravaning! It is quite the same the comeback of the longboard in surfing! ✌️
Yes, because the housing/interest rates are very high. It's not just going to be IG people showing off in 225K Mercedes vans soon.
I'm a Venezuelan living in Australia and love your content... great work brother!
Thank you my friend for your feedback 😃
Those are two great countries to have lived!😃👍
Great video, super tips.Jacksonville Beach, Florida checkin' in, mate!!
Thank you! Love Florida! 😃✌️
Great tips. I am working on my minivan conversion and will be using your ideas from this vid and your other awesome vids. Thank you for creating them.
Howdy from Texas 🤠
Thank you fellow van lifer from Texas! Your comment is much appreciated! ✌️
A very important and insightful video once again Eric! Can't wait for the next ones! Can you please tell us where you bought your candle lanterns?
You can find those easily at your local Outdoors store. Most likely they carry them and the candles that goes with them.
Thank you for your great comment! 😃✌️
Looking forward to seeing your how to for making the window screens. Sleeping in our van when we visit relatives, when COVID restrictions allow, is looking like being a real option, so this advice for keeping cool/warm is really appreciated.
I like your high light perspective about the covid.
The window screens is one of the coming soon videos.
Thank you for your appreciation ✌️
Salut de France! I have just found your videos - well done and very helpful! I myself am in the process of deciding what type of vehicle to purchase next (C4 Picasso? Peugeot 5008? Toyota Verso? Or a minivan...? ). Merci pour ces videos plein d'information et de bon sense!
Allô Elisa! Je suis content d’être vu et utile en France.
Je ne connais pas les modèles que tu mentionnes car ils ne se vendent pas en Amérique. Néanmoins, je vais publier une vidéo qui pourra t’aider à la sélection de ton véhicule. J’espère avoir le temps de la produire avant ton achat, pour pouvoir ainsi t’aider avec les principes que j’y présenterai...
Merci pour ton appréciation! 🙂✌️
@@ericenjoysearth2756 Comme je ne suis pas pressée pour mon achat, je pourrais sûrement voir ta vidéo avant... ;-)
Excellent! Bien content de pouvoir t’être utile Elisa! ✌️
Thanks for sharing my van is in my future. We have camped in tents campers trailers motor homes never yet in a van. You’re van is perfect for you and I hope mine will be able to fulfill my needs. We live In SoCal.
I am sure that it will! It is so simple and cheap to travel in such a van! You can see more and easily! Thank you for sharing your project ✌️
i just subscribed. your videos are very helpful. especially because im buying my first van soon
Welcome to my channel David! Thank you for your feedback 👍
I've just found your channel and thanks god I made it before start my van conversion. I wish you the best and thanks!! ( regards from argentina)
Welcome to my channel Rosaura! I am glad to be part of it 😃✌️
I love how the bananas are swinging 😂
LOL it is kind of a trademark!😉
Your videos are fantastic, super informative, thank you so much for sharing. I love NO DRILLING and anchorage, the functionality of your bed, the 3 different table locations, your drawing instrument, etc. all so ingenious. I have just learned about van life and I am loving it, started researching and can't get enough! Planning sleeping in my van when I go skiing. HEATING is obviously my main concern living in NY now.
I Like you enthusiasm Belinda! I can tell you that it will not go down when you will have modified your van! It will increase more!!! Thank you for your feedback. It is much appreciated. Enjoy planning your van conversion. It is part of the fun! 😃✌️
Subscribed .
Welcome to my Chanel ✌️
Forgot to tell you I'm from San Francisco Northbay Area. Looking forward to watching all your videos. Thanks again Eric.
Thank you Jasper! You live in a such beautiful area. I am looking forward to go back! ✌️
Hi Eric, love your videos! So I crack the window open a little for window deflector and the insulation piece is covering the whole window still? And do you have insulation pieces for the driver window and copilot and front windshield? Thank you!
Watch this, you will learn that you have to cut the upper part of the window covers:
ua-cam.com/video/p7qh2hM4wDY/v-deo.htmlsi=4HuP5n1lg0uXWFwl
I put reflectix on 7 windows, there’s only the windshield that I use only a shade screen, only because of the size that would be to store it (if it was a reflectix one)… it’s a compromise…
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@@ericenjoysearth2756LOL, I was just about to ask the same question. Merci beaucoup to you both!
Great work Eric. I am glad I found your video series, very helpful in the design phase of a van conversion. You add much more value than any video I found so far for the last month. I got the van 2 weeks ago and will start the conversion soon, goal is flexibility, no hole or other damages, all secured. I wish to store the surfboard under the bed though, I hope I can find the right design.
This is cool! The beginning of the project! Everything to choose and define! Enjoy you project!
Thanks a lot for your comment. It is much appreciated! 😃
@@ericenjoysearth2756 Mate, I am about to work on the window covers soon. I neeeeeeed your sound advices in your announced upcoming video on window cover. When do you hope to release it! I can't wait!! 😅
I am working on it. It will be the next one... pretty soon! 👍
Eric you are adorable sir
Thank you!😊😃✌️
From Florida, Your videos are very informative and educational. As a former driver for a living I like the way you focus on safety, especially since I can no longer drive the time or mileage that I use to, I can drive but no more 12hour days behind the wheel,my focus is on safety more now than ever being I no longer have the quickness behind the wheel and no longer driving a bus I don't sit above traffic and see trouble earlier than normal height vehicles.
From watching more than several of your videos I see the way you look at the road and even though your videos are about other things you usually throw some excellent safety tips in them. I wish more of the experienced drivers did this.
I bring alot of points up to my wife about how people block the rear,yes I understand they have backup cameras but alot of them are inadequate and only work when the brake is pressed on which is actually more dangerous. You also made a excellent point on not blocking any of the windows except for the driver's side( in the U.S.A.)rear window on a minivan. Some driving moves I see in videos make me very happy that I'm watching it on UA-cam instead of being on the road at the time. The thought and reasoning you put into the design of your projects is outstanding, thank you for giving us the benefit of your experience, and your design ideas.
Thank you for this awesome comment. Thank you for sharing your experience.
We definitely share the same point of view. You want your trip to be fun, not stressful and that will end well. Designing the layout of the van around this make sens! Take care my friend ✌️
I love your awesome state! So much outdoors sports! 😃
I wonder whether you might give more info / brand name etc of the candle lanterns and the electric fan you use Eric? Thank you very much. best regards. Georgina (Ireland) (my husbands phone is the main phone so his name shows on the "thumbnail signature")
I use UCO, but any candle lanterns will do 👍
The fan that I actually use is a Hebe. It is doing the job OK.
Ireland! 😃✌️
Thank you. From Toronto,Canada
Thank you Loren! 👍
My husband and I just had the idea to convert our town and country van this past week while traveling from our home to Florida and back. Your channel has made us feel like this is something we will be able to do. We will only be going on local trips at first and we have 4 kids 2 that are wee ones. So we will do things a bit differently .. looking forward to following your grandfathers advice!
LOL 😂 It is quite funny that my grand-father is still teach wisdom to so many people!😉
I am glade that I may help you. Thank you for sharing and for your comment 😃✌️
Hi Eric, very useful videos focused on practicality, BIG thank you. Greetings from Prague, Czechia
Czechia 👍
Thank you for your appreciation ✌️
Another great video full of good practical ideas, many thanks!
Thank you you! Your appreciation is much appreciated!✌️
Merci Eric! I own a Sienna Van and I was thinking of doing things to it so I can go camping. Now you have given the bug to do this. I am from Rockland Ontario. Thank-you for all the very good videos.
Thank you Michel! I am glade to give you some inspiration, to realize something that you will never regret! I love Ontario ✌️
Gr8!. Greetings from Poland/EU! We've just starting with our brand new Peugeot Rifter...Thanks. I'll be back!
Poland! Great! 😃
I am happy for you! Thank you for your comment ✌️
Very thoughtful tips, will save time, money and pain.
I am happy that you appreciate! 👍
I am beginning to feel stuck in my life. I think that vanlife might be the change I need. With you're instruction I hope to make that dream a reality. Thank you for your videos!
Hello Wesley! I think that with van life you may find something that may change your life by being free of traveling everywhere at a very low cost, enjoy the outdoors, meet new peoples, discover things that your didn’t know about, find something surprising or enjoyable almost everyday, etc.
If you convert a van, you will never regret it. If this is the kind of thing that you are looking for, that’s for you. You will buy yourself something that will bring you somewhere else! ✌️
Thank you for all your videos. I am from California.
Thank you got your comment.
Very nice state! 👍
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I'm subscribed and browsing thru all your videos. I've never been too concerned about the cold, I can always throw more comforters and blankets on me. It's the intense heat and high humidity that I'm concerned about. Thank you for all your knowledge.
It’s a pleasure Susan✌️
Hello, %9 years old now and starting my van life towards full time in retirement. Love ur videos and am starting my no build in my 2010 ford escape. Thank you and look forward to ur videos!!!!
Happy retirement Mike!
You will definitely enjoy this life style! Thank you for your feedback ✌️😃
Thank you Eric!
Thank you Ronda! As you see, I publish more often. Thank you for all your previous encouragement comments to keep going. You people make all the difference! 😃✌️
Eric.. You are the best in its kind
Thank you Amin. This is an amazing comment ✌️
So correct about managing humidity!
Am not quite so convinced and have added my tuppence worth in a following post.
I am not knocking Eric, as he strikes me as a garden shed inventor bloke par excellence.
The industrial revolution was kick-started by chaps of his ilk.
We'd be glad to have him, as he'd make an excellent Brit.
BK, UK
Greetings from California. I love your videos, they are so helpful!
Thank you Vincent! I love your state! I am looking forward to go back! 😃✌️
Thank you! from So. California (malibu)❤
You lucky! Malibu!
Thank you for your comment ✌️
Thank you, Eric! I look forward to learning more about how to attach the mosquito screens and the window insulation. Love your work. Thanks for being so generous!
This is very helpful information. I find a lot of the "#vanlife" stuff is unbelievably stupid, your information is very practical and helpful. THank you for making this video, I'm goign to watch the rest of them now
Thank you! I am proud of your comment! 😃✌️
Still waiting on the “How to do perfect window covers” video. Please keep posting! You’ve been an immense help to me thus far.
Hello Brett!
You should subscribe and hit the bell to have a notification when I publish a video. Here’s the video:
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Thank you for your appreciation
Enjoy! ✌️
God bless You Eric. I'm very happy that I find You. I really like Your practical tips and tricks
Thank you Rafal! Your comment is much appreciated ✌️
Eric you have a convincing approach when you talk and it I think I can sense your integrity! Thanks pal 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Oh yes! A 100% integrity! Everything shared is based on real experiences and years of it! Thank you for your appreciation. I really appreciate your comment 😃✌️
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I camp in my Sienna for astronomy trips. I've built a fold-up bed box but it's very heavy. I like your design ideas to include a bench and side cabinet. Thanks for the inspiration.
It’s a pleasure Kevin. Having a van for astronomy seems to be the perfect tool to accompany a telescope! No light pollution in the middle of nowhere!
Thank you for your your comment ✌️
I look forward to the screens for keeping the mosquitoes out! That is very important, lol!
Good point Shelia! Thank you for helping me prioritize ✌️