VAN TOUR | Vauxhall Vivaro SWB Micro Camper Conversion for Full Time Van Life
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2020
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VAN TOUR | Vauxhall Vivaro SWB Micro Camper Conversion for Full Time Van Life
I am so excited to show you around my micro camper van what I live in full time!
It’s a Vauxhall Vivaro SWB 2008 model which I converted in 2020 in 2 months 😊.
Let's take a look inside!
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HELLO!
I’m Nic, I roam the world in my campervan! I self-converted my Vauxhall Vivaro aka LL Cool Van into a mini off grid beast so I can run away into the wilderness. I have been exploring the open road for 2 years and I share my tiny living and travel stories here, with the hope to inspire and encourage you all to grab your dreams and adventure around our beautiful world too!
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That was impressive. Espacially this idea with two extendable pieces of bed just shocked me. Simple and brilliant.
Greetings from Australia. Nice to see your conversion. I converted a 2014 Renault Trafic LWB van, which is a leisure van for my wife and me. We don't sleep in it. We have made some long trips in it but sleep in cabins in caravan parks. We are both seniors in our 70's and 80's and like a bit more comfort. The van has done well for us over the last 10 years. I did the conversion myself in 2014. I wish you well.
Love the layout of this van, Perfect.
Love your enthusiasm & personality
Yessss I knew this was gonna be the one, the bed is PERFECT this is what I needed. Thank you 🙌🙌🙌
I'm considering ditching my rock and roll bed after seeing that half pull out L shape bed idea. super neat. Love that
@@nicroams they're a bit cumbersome I find. Luckily it came with my van so I'm not fussed if I sold it ✨
Just bought my first van to convert today, loved this video for inspiration! Thanks
Great layout, thanks for the tour. Kept it nice and simple which is the best way. Keep well!
Wow looks amazing made great use of the space very functional and cozy.👍👍
Great van tour, always good to have a nosey around someone else's Vivaro to see how they have done theirs 👍. It looks like a lovely homely space that you have made for yourself, top job. Take care and I look foward to more travels and adventures ✌
Hi, thanks for the tour. Great van. Just started following you and I love your videos. Refreshing to watch and always make me smile ☺
Awesome! Some lovely touches! ⭐️
best van tour by far x
Great tour of your van, love your stuff keep uploading.
Great van conversion,love the bed,I'll be using that idea in mine.
Thanks for the great video.
Awesome job, what a delightful and talented young lady.
Aww thank you! Have an awesome evening 🤗
Great vlog series Nic. Keep up the good work.
Enjoyed the tour very much good to see your enjoying life the way you want it to be stay safe enjoy the freedom x
Cool video again as always ! loving them
Such a great build...finally got my van and starting my build so deffo a lot of inspo here
love the design on your cupboards! also really enjoying the videos
Love the content and the video 😊 just converting a vivaro SWB myself so it's lush to see yours looking so good!
I've loved the look of the Devon area from your uploads so will definitley be heading that way for some SUP and chills!
Absolutely Fantastic, Go Get um, you are such an inspiration young lady.
Thank you 🥰
The bed is genius! Great build 👍
Very well done and a excellent video explaining how you have it set up for you. You can get led lights that run from a USB port and they can be bright if you need them and they don't use much power. 👍😊
Love this! Found it really helpful learning your tips on storage in the cab area will probably steel some ideas for my van !
@@nicroams can't wait to see where you go next !
I love how you've made a SWB work for full time living. That's my plan eventually. ( Currently full time in a 6m motorhome....just for my large dog really!) You've managed to fit a lot of stuff in that small place. Nice little van 😊And you are BRILLIANT! So pro-active, and confident with evidently such a passion for life. Always great to see other ladies embracing this lifestyle and getting out there in nature. I always look forward to your videos. Good job missis 😁👍🏕️
@@nicroams I guess we are all looking for the perfect van 😂 What is that?! 😜 I'm sorry you can't have Onyx with you more... Dogs really are the best van company. Fingers crossed you work it out ❤️
Neat... I’m converting my Vivaro
Perfect! I live in UK too. This would be my ultimate dream.
... well-presented and informative vlog Nic 👍
You're a legend. I have a vivaro I use myself as a live in van, just not so organised. I've just split up with my gf because she just doesn't appreciate this way of life and stresses over so many first world problems. All the best, keep up the good life x
Love it, as always.
Not sure how I found your channel but glad I did. Would love my own campervan one day, I love your own toches to your design. Lots of good ideas. Just subscribed.
Great video nice to see your able to live in one full time 👌🏻 been toying with the idea myself
Green Earthling great to hear , stay safe out there and look forward to the next video 😎
nice conversion. looks good. given me some good Ideas for my LWB Vivaro. 👌
Loved watching this. What’s better is that you live in the uk, so I know better when you are talking about things and is much more inspiring as this is what I want to do in the near future. Scared about building though as have no knowledge or know how in how to make. Would love to meet you on the road when this all becomes reality. Stay safe and safe travels x
@@nicroams that’s great will have to take a look 😊
That is one well sorted van ,superb!
So chuffed with it! Thank you so much 🤗
This is so well designed! I'm picking up my Renault Traffic camper next week 😀 subscribed
Thank you! Congrats on the van and good luck with the build 🍀🤗
You are an inspiration young lady !
Thank you 🥰
haha the lost replayed bit made me chuckle
Great video. Very organised. Take care
Great tour!!! Nice build! 😁
Well this brings a new meaning to a cheeky little episode 😂🙈
Looks very impressive, well done Nic
Thank you! Was stunning there!
Quite enjoyed having a gander at this...
3:49 very impressive, thanks for that.
Looks amazing!
Amazing, I watched your videos of your van conversion and didn’t know you’d put quite so much storage in, and that you lived in it quite as much, hats off to you. I have the same can, all be it a long wheel base crew cab that I am going to convert in the next 12 months when I purchase a new work one. Great to get some ideas from you, I wish you all the best and keep practicing that Surfing 🏄♀️ yeee haaaa lol x
Green Earthling, you’re very welcome, I hadn’t clicked that this was a different van to be honest, although most Vivaro vans look the same lol, can I ask, are you literally living in the van full time? If so, how are you managing? X
I love your energy with this video! Its a really nice job you've done :)
Thank you 😊
Wow.....incredible
Thank you 🤗
Love it, really cozy. Snacks and chocolate was the most important part 😋.
@@nicroams that's ok, my van life biscuit tin is empty too, whats wrong with us? 🤣
Or, you have biscuits and didn't show them?? Now that's sacrilege
Adorable!
Thank you!!!
We’re about to start the build on our LWB Vauxhall vivaro and this has helped so much! Will be referring to all of your other videos for more ideas once we’ve started 😍
I’m planning on getting a LWB Vauxhall Vivaro, do you like the size of yours ?
@@thecamperroo7791 it’s the perfect size for us as we can almost fit a full length slide out bench bed. My partners 6ft3 so this was a major factor. And we can just about squeeze it into supermarket parking spaces if needed 🙌🏻
@@IvoryandHolcroft that’s great! Its definitely harder for taller people luckily I’m only 5”5, do you think it’s big enough to have a fixed bed?
Hello, beautiful work, practical 👍. I wish you beautiful experiences on the road 🍀. Sincerely, Martin
Great job sweetheart,,,well done you,,,,enjoy the adventure too,,,,
Keeps you constantly busy doesn't it (I live in mine).
You've done an amazing job.x
Nice and simple I like it 👌
Lovely!
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Awesome van 👍🏻
Just found your channel really enjoying your videos subbed
Aww wicked, thank you!
Really nice watching a uk vid. I've been full time just over a year in suffolk. Your van looks cosy x
@@nicroams yeah it sure is. Abit lonely at times but watching videos like yours covers those quite moments.
Love this
Like the extra large sink kind of wish that I’d gone down that route now.
Perv on the wild 🤣🤣, I'm dying here you are absolutely hilarious, wonderful build, I'm at a stand still with my build witch is so frustrating 😤, discovered a place up in Scotland I jst have to visit,
Somebody crashed into it and now I'm waiting on insurance company 😭 it's a swb primastar with attitude let's say 🤣 but I am a taurus ♉ and we like nice things 😎,full custom build
OMG you have indicators!!!!! I just stick a union jack out of the window to show im turning LOL.
Graham Hardy vanlife. Why would you even leave a comment like that ? You sad little man. I have a few suggestions where else you could stick your union Jack (flag) but it would definitely bring a tear to your eye. Green earthling, absolutely love your positive attitude to life. Big up to you girl. Love your videos & "tell it like it is" real vanlife.
Brilliant vid ..hope you have lots of fun ..gallyvanting around
Vauxhall/Opel Vivaro = FIAT Talento
Very bijou. Well done.
Great conversion, makes my little vivaro conversion look very basic, but she gets me out and about and I love her. What do you do about heating in the winter?ive just got a cheap diesel heater, which hopefully means I can get out and about during winter months. Keep up with the vlogs, loving them so you’ve gained a new subscriber 🤗
I love it x
Thank you 😊
Wow just come across your video and that’s amazing!! I live on my own in a 2 bedroom apartment in a complex… im really thinking about taking the plunge into van life especially now I have seen your video also. ….. Smithy
_i've watched this video about 78976 times, such a cool little van_
Aw thank you so much 🥰 we are hopefully going to build another small van so aiming for cooler 😂
Thanks.
Wow what lovely set up! loved it well thought out and laid out! question where or how do you do number two's and dispose off! Also your gas is kind of locked away I do hope you have air vent under the gas bottle as liquid gas is heavy and will build up around the base of the bottle and can catch fire just a safety thought the vent lets the gas drift away. again love the van you look like you enjoy your self! that's what life is all about. Best Wishes Ken
Why thank you for comment it very nice of you maybe you take a trip to Ireland some thing different or not thanks again for feed back
amazing use of a small space & everything looks so neat, cosy and functional :)
just wondering if you have a table stored anywhere for work or meals ? 🧐
And breath.......😁
Very well thought out design and use of space......I take it your fridge runs perfectly well with the 120ah and solar combination ? Never had leisure battery issues ? 👌
One of the best van tours I have seen... +1subscriber... try and relax more when speaking to the camera - it might make your content seem more conversational. You have a really lovely van and I look forward to learning more about your adventures. Thanks 🙂
Great video.. what are your plans for keeping warm in the winter... do you have a heater..🤔
Awesome van, this is the best "transporter size" convertsion I've seen ! Just wondering if day to day you just find park ups or have a permanent field etc, as I am seriously considering to do somthing similar I'm just not sure where I could sleep day to day ( as I work full time currently)
Nice job
Thank you 🥰
You must save so much money not paying rent ♥
I'm definitely able to save more but I wouldn't say I have a lot of money haha. Working part time and trying to make this my full time gig takes a hit but the lower expenses means its given me the chance to transition 🤗
You really utilised every itsy bitsy space, well done. I been van lifing it 5years now.your Devon Cornwall trip vids got me yearning for a cosy winter surf break. Stay safe sheild maiden. Keep inspiring people🌄😉
Lovely van..
I am going to do a build with a LWB Movano or master but will be fitting a cassette toilet but the trick will be finding a van that does not have moon miles and more hits than Frank Sinatra. It seems to be acceptable if you are a van driver to run into things with it like a few bashes are considered to be very good condition and 180K miles is low mileage LOL
Nice conversion. Very homely. I too have a vivaro but mine looks like a cross between a garden shed and a man cave inside lol.
@@nicroams Very much a work in progress lol.
Dream van life 🌸🦋🌿
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Looks awesome! I've just stripped out my SWB Trafic (Vivaro wannabe) and stumbled across your build videos - Is this a different van to the build videos you have? If it's the same van - Why the change in layout? - Sorry for the 3rd degree, but I'm in the 'Figure out how I wanna build it' phase!
Love you videos, very useful to someone else in the UK looking to do similar, thanks for doing them.
I'm not sure if you've mentioned in your videos but I was wondering which insurance provider you use, I've heard adrian flux is good for people converting vans.
Where's your fuseboard? You could easily add a short led light strip to run under your worktop (just above the cupboard doors)
First time I have seen around this wee van, always got my ideas from the other Vivaro, but I assume that is sold now.
Amazing how much you can get in a SWB, only 400mm of a difference between it and the LWB.
You will have to get a Chinese deisel heater for winter, we noticed ours cooled down quick last weekend and we had a campsite hookup, so just ran the small blow heater.
The swivel double seat doesn't sacrifice space, you can still get shoes underneath, they make such a difference.
Thanks for the tour, very homely. :))
My heater is a 2Kw, but I spotted this 400 watt heater on eBay, don't know how good it is.
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/163464567474
I think the swivel would still work, maybe have to remove some stuff as you do have to disconnect the seat belt pretentioner cable every time it needs rotated. It might be a faff, but great once in position. I paid £260 for the plate.
Had a great trip at Machrihanish, the weather was great. 👍
I use a small wood burner in mine for if it gets too cold, much more enjoyable than a diesel heater, only problem is it sees very little use because I find it never gets cold enough in the UK to use it without having every window open and still sweating lol, even when it's thick snow on the ground I find sleeping in a wool blanket keeps me more than warm enough with very occasionally running the hob for 10-15 minutes for a quick blast of heat.
It's that adorable chic again 😋
Stealth van man
@@nicroams big one x
nice van and set up sweet heart i have the 2012 renault trafic, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Great tour, thank you for sharing your home with us!
When I looked before I didn't notice your big sink, a great idea. When we did our Vivaro, I chose a grey interior, a bad mistake, neutral but boring, so ours looks more like yours with lots of rustic colours. 8 years on our 08 Vivaro is still going strong, the best mid sized van of that era, how is yours?
Fantastic videos keep them comimg
Thank you 🤗
Beautiful. This why I keep on telling my 17yr old, to get his liscence. I never did, but to have the freedom seems so much fun. Hello from Suffolk. How is our current situation affecting you?
@@nicroams yeah, him n his mates want to go travelling. I wish I'd taken my liscence, cos I would love to. I'm working my bf about at least Savin up for one for the holidays lol
Ok! That is the best and the most cosy looking camper ive seen yet and its not just because your gorgeous and sound lovely with a lovely personality but it is! Did you do all this yourself and did you insulate it? I have just bought a vivaro and i have bought evrything aswell from the foil to the battery..invertor to the cooker and sink! My question is..is the fridge a must have, it looks cool and does it use must electric and what did you use under your foil if you have foil for insulation...Gary..Cheers! x
Thank you :D Yes all is insulated, wool on the sides, rigid board on the ceiling and foil all around. For me a fridge is a must have but that's entirely up to you :D Good luck with your conversion!
How do dry clothes during damp winter months? And how do you wash the bedding?
COP on fb is worthy and very useful if your travelling.
Great videos by the way.
Most of the others overdubbed with shit music.
Yours are great at keeping the viewers attention.
Very good van design! Well made video too. I'm curious now, are you a design /media pro? I'm a boater so you're certainly speaking my language.
Thank you 😊 I’m not, I’m self taught with the van builds and video editing stuff ☺️. Boating sounds like an awesome way of life