STEALTH VAN TOUR - The Ultimate Mobile Music & Gaming Studio
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- This is Megalodon, my Second Van Build!!! I brainstormed for 3 YEARS before building this EXACTLY the way I wanted it. This IS MY DREAM HOME! It's the most comfortable home ever, complete with so much of every day living items found inside houses. The only thing I will lack once finished is the square footage of a house, but I have the world for that.
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Yay the new video is out! I love all the innovations you have in this van! So many people just copy other people's layouts - I feel like you are a true "G" when it comes to van builds. Also you rule for mentioning F Zero X, I love that game as well as all the other great Nintendo racing games.
Sweet! Thank you! I hardly watch other people's build videos. Maybe 2 in the last few years. I don't mean not to support them by this either, they just don't interest me since I'm doing my own and live it!
I had an amazing innovation I haven't seen done yet and I wanted to share, but had the idea after the video was made. So you know Black 2.0 Paint? It doesn't reflect light. I was going to paint it on the sides of the window sill so no light shines around the sides of the curtains. I think this idea could help many people! I'll be testing it this week. I ordered some already! If it works, I'll talk about it in the completed van tour!
most people are not as creative as him, like me, I'm just going to copy his van
@@OutdoorsEmbrace Excellent idea. I used to look at how people made stealth MJ grow cabinets like 10 yeras ago, and many people had some great techniques for controlling "light leaks". I think black paint around the window sill would work. When I was watching your vid, I also thought that perhaps some strips of black felt or something around the window edges could be used to block light as well, 'naw mean?
@@0m3gA_o3 Not gonna lie, I will be copying Great White, but I will be designing the 2nd Generation, titled Great White 2.0
That desk popup set up is 10/10
Dude, I thought Great White was the best setup I've ever seen. Until I saw Megalodon. You should be designing camper vans. You have every option in there & it does not look crowded at all. Great work!! 👍🏻
Comment to get a heart. Thank you to Everyone for helping me to make this a reality!
Awesome window sticker whats the name ?and where to get? Wheres your bathroom
Wonder if you cqn get sticker in black?
@alextop1850 for sure! They sell that too! I just got mine from Amazon. Just search for perforated sticker in black.
@@OutdoorsEmbrace I think Matt black is best colour for Stealth van and with black version of these stickers be good to go . Nice find! You not doing log burner in this one? The dry flush toilet vacuum sealed poop in bag seems to be best toilet. I would enclose it then have it pull out to larger room with extractor fan above when in use 🏆
This is so cool to see your entire journey, See you on the road soon!!!
Here after the last van tour !
At the moment just have a VW T5 swb van, lived in it for over 2 years, mostly in the North Yorkshire countryside above York but spent time down in Cornwall in the South West, could not beat waking up to the view of the ocean a top the harbour walls, casting a line in to grab a Mackerel for a healthy breakfast, whipping your wetsuit on and dashing in with a board for the waves, you are right there in the heart of wherever you want to be in a van, really miss the lifestyle...think they've changed the parking laws/bays since, don't think you can perch yourself there any longer but will go check it out once get my licence back. I just had a king sized mattress chucked in the back then had around 2 feet at the back doors to have a cooler and suitcase, there was no real organisation like you have, your vans look like heaven to stay in, unlike my rushed, emergency bug out style.
This is why I ask about your wiring diagram, because I might as well rig her out whilst I'm off the road until Spring.
Cheerio dude, living a good life.
Hey! So at the moment I don't think I have a full schematic drawn out, but plan on making a full electronics tour soon. It really is needed. I'm sorry I don't have it all ready yet
The new van tour! Its finally here! What a nice lil treat, definitely tuning in for this
Ahh, thank you!
Wait for the finished van tour too! Probably in a year or so, uggggg. It's already so livable, and I'm building it out slowly... but the final tour will have so much more than this even. I'm still coming up with ideas too. The other day, I thought of painting the insides of the windows with Black 2.0 so light can't reflect around the curtains at all coming in or out. That's my newest development, and I think it's going to help many others soon once I talk about that.
@@OutdoorsEmbrace Black 3.0 👍🚐🐕👊
That insulation and the partition door is money--exactly how I built mine. Good work!
Thank you!
can't wait to see the full build! I love the hammock, if I ever build a van it's gonna have something like that as well.
Just found your great white video the other day, was immensely impressed. Then I saw this one. I’m blown away lol. With the material list included! Thank you.
I CANNOT WAIT to see that shower/closet system!! 😍
This is my favorite van tour yet! And that's saying something, ESPECIALLY since this isn't even finished?! I love it!!
Hell yeah! Thank you! That means a lot at this stage of the build!
Really nice setup indeed. You are so organized..... Love it!
Man, the van is looking great and cozy.
This is the best thing ever
Awesome! Glad to see another video! I made my van based off of Great White!
Hell yeah! I'm always so glad to hear people benefiting from my work! Thank you for watching too Josh!
@@OutdoorsEmbrace Anytime Man 😎👊
Congratulations! Is looking great! 👏👏
Oh my!! I just love your build!! Your van builds are the nicest I have ever seen!! Just beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing!
god damn you're living the dream, super duper inspiring! i'd love to do something like this one day
You've done an amazing job on this. So much more room in this one. It's looking really nice. The Steam Deck is a great advantage in small spaces.
Megalodon is goals
Wow, new van tour! Waited for this one for about half of the year and its finally here!
You are truly living the life!! You already know how much I loved your first build but your talents shine once again!! This is amazing and you have more room and you're definitely living in prime Wheel Estate!! I can't wait to see the final touches. This is already unique 👌 Take Care and Stay Safe.
This is a really cool van tour.
Dude... So cool.
Grest stuff. Your econoline build helped me with my econoline build. Im now on what i call Van Life 1.1 where ive been altering some things in my van to make things feel and look a bit better... also its going to be my first winter lol
Winter:
2 to 3 comforters is amazing. Foam mattress insulates you from below.
Diesel heat is great, Chinese Diesel heaters are good, $200ish. External tank can be mounted indoors if needed.
Cold spots on bed while moving at all during night suck, but wrap the comforters around you and sleep on top of one partially.
Bamboo comforter is good, but for the fitted sheet, do not use bamboo. It feels extra cold when moving at night.
Insulation makes a huge difference, don't skimp on it. Smaller vans will keep in body heat with proper insulation.
Just some to list off since you said it's your first winter in the van!
@@OutdoorsEmbrace so far I'm getting by just with blankets and comforters. I think it got as cold as -3C/26f outside and I managed to stay warm in bed.
@PrayTellGaming 100% just comforters are great! Done it myself for a few winters. I also travel to Florida most winters now too to help, but I understand not everyone can go south each time it gets cold.
@@OutdoorsEmbraceI've seen some other videos where it was suggested to use a tent inside the van during winter for solo campers, as that would be an extra insulation. Would that have helped? I'm curious, as I liked to watch winter vans from my home in Malaysia 😅😂😂
@jov80 I personally don't think a tent would offer much insulation, but to each their own. Comforters work great though, use 3 and you can be comfy at 0 degs.
Extremely impressive and very good ideas all around!
Glad to see the update.
Love your van layouts. Great work on them!
Dude that's just awesome, great build
Thank you for your service!
Awesome van brother! You’ve inspired my first van build quite a bit and I’m excited to get started!
I gotta ask, where did you get the window?
Did you install it yourself?
What tools did you need?
Your build is not only smart asf its beautiful too and has a lot more potential to be even better in the future nice bro keep going be strong 💪🏻❤
Appreciate it! Thanks!
Finance video would be great
Ahhhh! True! I'll put together some stuff for that. I did make one for my first van, btw! This new one I've just been enjoying so much lately, I haven't really tried to live at bare min. I'll do a bare min month and video it all though to show the possibility, plus the costs for building one too!
Yayyyy!! Another video! Glad you’re back bro and I absolutely love Megaladon! May you prosper even more and have a great time with Meg! ❤❤ love your videos man
Thank you!
Amazing build!
I will be moving into a van or RV next year. I already am getting some gear together. Just got a pair of those new CIGS, 200 watt solar panels for the solar generator I have.
The walls, insulation seem extra thick, overkill. Overall build seems solid. I switched from tmobile to visible wireless 5g, half the price for a bit slower service, all unlimited. Also my tmobile router kept overheating, dropping my connection. That's a known issue for certain tmobile boxes.
I like your keyboard setup. Ceiling fan looks solid, I wonder how it performs in the hot summer.
Hammock looks cool, I wonder if I'd be able to sleep in one f/t.
The door to the cab appears solidly built too, very cool.
Can't wait to see your dresser, clothing storage area.
great work!
Get the Xiaomi 34 inch ultrawide monitor and an Intel NUC (gaming version) as your main PC that'll sort out your media centre to the max
It's already a girlfriend ready van, imo. So sweet, I love it.
Man havnt build my first one yet. But saved alot of money in a short time. Sometime in the near future for sure.
damn, this van looks sick 🔥🔥🔥
Great job on megalodon 🙌
So far at least! So much more to come!
Very much looking forward to all the coming additions too 🙏
Will the future dresser and other cabinets interfere with your ability to have the hammock stretched across?
hey man, just came across your channel and this stuff is exactly what i’m working torwards. my dream has also always been to live on a sailboat, and im going to the navy soon but wanted to build out a camper van to live in when i come back from that and after my 4 years. pretty freaky man. i also play guitar 😂 watching these are like looking into my own future. i’m 19 now and i really hope i make it to live this kind of life. good luck dude, ill be watching your progress
Hell yeah man! And wish you all the best in the future!
Awesome progress. I’m excited to see where you take this. I’m curious as to how much you paid for the van/how many miles it had/what year? Cheers.
I paid $21K for the empty van. Transit vans this year are usually at least $35K. I got it extremely cheap due to it having some exterior damage, plus the last owner might have thought there was more damage than there was to components, but they just didn't understand much about the maintenance needed. Easy stuff to fix mostly. Now van has been running great no issues for over a year and a half since we fixed everything. Engine and trans seem great. Bought it at 97K miles.
Last owner only had it for 20K miles, before that it was owned by a company with evidence of good oil changes. The last owner also stated he changed oil regularly. There was some evidence of this.
I decided to get it since I can always learn how to fix anything on it. But like I said, been running great with no new issues for over a year and a half.
In the beginning, we had to change out DPF and Cat, but the last owner felt bad and actually helped us by paying almost half for this. Other than that, there was a noise cause by a bad shock in the back, which is why I think he thought there was more wrong than there was, but that was a cheap fix and did it all myself. So boom, good van for cheap! No more odd noises. Engine sounds very strong, and structural integrity is great.
Thank you for the response
Looks cozy. I can see hard work and ingenuity you have put into your home.
clever clever
Nicely done...
This look soo awesome 🎉🎉
Very smart and tidy interior, I watch your Great White video too where you talk about having instant open mic nights wherever you pull up, made me laugh, cheers man.
I was living in my van in England but the police took me out of the equation because I was over the legal limit for Cannabis, so lost my licence. Really want to go off grid again but either my lifestyle choices must change or must adapt but I'm seriously considering a boat to live aboard either on the inland waterways or the ocean, not entirely sure yet.
Would you be able to send me a message with simple wiring diagram so I can see your electronics set up please?
Where are you thinking to have your boat in the future? You say 'sailboat', so I presume the ocean or like just up river in brackish water?
Bon voyage dude, enjoy your content.
Epic video
Hey man! It's been a while since you've uploaded. Just wanted to check in on you and see how you've been feeling lately! Let me know, I'm here and support you lots. 😎
I'll be making the next video very soon and continue! The channel won't be ending ever as far as I'm concerned. I've just been in a work phase lately with music festivals and burns doing lots of work back to back.
Such an amazing build! Can you please do a video or go into detail about your hidden window? I would love to do this on my van.
I have a full video on my hidden window already! I'll link it below!
ua-cam.com/video/1_3IPNwgeB4/v-deo.html
Thank you!!!
How much did you spend to build that? Good job!👏
Nice set up. Any plans for another cubic mini? So far, how are you doing for GVW?
The weight is ok in the van, it's not really sagging yet as far as I've measured.
I do want a cubic mini again in the future. I have a spot picked out for it if I decide to install one, but it would be the last item to go into the build.
i really like it
Dope AF!!
Hey, man, great van build, and love your videos. Can we expect an update-video on Megalodon? I would love to see the finished dressing room/shower-system!
I am soon starting work on my VW Caddy Maxi, and will be using it to camp during winter (and planning to be able to work remote from the van). How does your build stand up against the cold? And would you recommend electrical heating or a wood stove for the truly cold days?
Absolutely! A final tour is coming!
It's Absolutely great in the cold. Even at 0 degrees, it's 70 in here (or whatever temp you want. Heater can be left on for over 100 days without refueling! Not an exaggeration.
Saw the thumbnail and all I could think is "Someone's a Lakers fan."
Haha, nah.
I'm planning on building a micro van from scratch it will only be 11 feet long and I plan to live in it since there currently no way I could possibly afford to even rent a room let alone a house
damn that's a nice van so far, I've just got a minivan going at the moment, I live in a house though so its not a big deal, I just uploaded a video of me using my van on a mini trip and it got a lot of views for some reason, I thought it was a terrible video, my wife was like wtf lol
Content of video oftentimes trumps context. Would be cool to watch that video though just to see if you have the link.
can we get an update on how's it going?
Yes! It's going well! I have a video coming out this week or next. I've been working Music Festivals. I'm really ready to switch back to mostly UA-cam.
Still my favorite van builder. Your videos are the opposite of all the rich kid van lifers who flood UA-cam with their 80,000 dollar sprinters and click bate bandwagons
My favorite comment haha, thank you!
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It might be too late now but have you thought about using radiant floor heating as a heating solution
Yes! I have a tour of one of these vans on my channel too! It was a gaming van that had heated floors. It is extremely efficient.
I am curious. How much did it cost all in total
How big is the sink? I've heard many people talk about similar problems, so I'm very curious what size finally worked for you
WoW
Without asking how much have you been able to put back more money living this way??
It helped me upgrade to this van, which is a lot of money I didn't have when I started. This van will hopefully allow me to save thousands more! I'm currently putting money into the build though to make it a fully livable house. Look at it this way, my house is like $30K. Other people's houses are $75K and up!
Hello, can Stand up in van is important for you ? you prefer your new big van ? or small old van ford ? (sorry for bad english) thanks you
That almost full pee jug was in a lot of shots! What about painting the jug and leaving a very skinny vertical line to see how full it is?
That's a good idea! I only caught it during editing and didn't want to record again haha. But yeah, maybe I'll do that or buy different type of bottle
Feng shui says not to have a mirror placed where it reflects the bed!
Haha, oh well
To note, some people believe the opposite, that a mirror facing the bed can reflect good energy. I'm just doing it to make the room look bigger, there is only one good placement for a full body mirror in my new van.
You were watching the witcher in the tour of the great white and in this
Yes! Witcher is one of my favorites and I wanted it to be shown in vans haha
So I got a question. I’m a contracting wildland firefighter and I’ve been trying to figure out the best option for traveling the mid west and this is the best I can think of. My question is how you pick the van like what specks size and year would you recommend.
What's your budget, and do you absolutely want to be able to stand? How tall are you?
@@OutdoorsEmbrace well right now in the off season I make about 1k every 2 weeks. Standing is not that important for me as I’m on my feet all day working. I’m 5’10
@ryanwilemon5568
Given what you said,
I'd look into a Ford Ecconoline or Chevy Express, but I'm biased towards Fords haha. Don't be scared to get an older one. They last for a long time, even up to 350K miles and more sometimes
What set up do you have for your power? How much was it
Extremely simple wiring set up, the most simple possible as I could tell. It just works, no issues.
600 Ah lithium Iron Phosphate. $2000
800 watts of solar $1200
Solar charge controller $350
Wires and connections $300 to $500
Now I opted for a system that could support a high powered microwave with absolutely no problem at all, so I did spend more. The system is also meant to power a future AC, which is not high powered, but requires lots of Ah from the battery storage.
If you decide these are not necessary, your system will be way less.
Explain your wanted system to me, what you'll be running inside, and I'll give you an estimate of what it might cost.
really awesome but i think 5 inches of insul is too much lmao
Houses still have more! In my opinion now, it was 100% worth it! It really makes a huge difference. I will definitely be building my 3rd vehicle with this much insulation when that happens in a few years! Haha
Cool video. Too bad you didn't make more...
What do you mean? This is a halfway tour. I'm still building and now the van is almost done. New video goes up this week
@@OutdoorsEmbrace That's great... I meant more videos since the last one, nine months ago.. 👍
@tolerancija ahh, more videos to come! I never plan on quitting. Even if I go a while without posting, always expect more. But trying to keep to a more 1 a month schedule again... really trying to finish this van right now too.
Megaladon 😂
How do you normally do laundry?
Laundromats
Yooo Ryan! Sick build my man!! How do you feel about vapor barriers, did you end up going with one? Is the wool directly up against the metal of the van or is there another layer of xps foam sandwiching the wool from both sides? Also did you go with havelock or somewhere else for your wool?
I would never recommend a vapor barrier for a van made of metal, the metal is already a vapor barrier and another one could trap moisture between the two.
The wool is technically touching the metal, all way painted before applying. The van has very adequate air flow daily so it should not be an issue in future. I went with "Havelock" Brand for the ceiling, and all walls have loose fill from "Wool Life" Brand. Both are great quality.
@@OutdoorsEmbrace Nice! Yeah, I'm leaning the same way myself when it comes to the whole vapor barrier thing. By all the way painted before applying, did you mean you put some kind of special paint on the metal wall? Or you're just saying you made sure it was completely painted with no exposed unpainted metal to protect against rust?
@@brendominus just all the way painted, no exposed metal.
Yoy
Who did you use to install your webasto heater? I’m having an incredibly difficult time find anyone that will touch this kind of install.
I figured it out myself using online tutorials. It's actually very easy to install, like nothing was actually difficult, but it was a bit tough to figure out parts of where things should go at times.
My very next video will be about the diesel heater btw, I will include how I installed it
You should get a starlink bud instead of using ur data service
Starlink costs much more. You need a clear view to the sky.
My data is true unlimited and cheap. I get similar speeds to starlink and it works pretty much everywhere.
I will eventually get starlink for my boat, but right now, in a van, this is better!
Is your T mobile internet mobile?
They are, but they are not marketed this way. But they do travel. Tmobile sometimes tells people it doesn't work or it's for one location. This is all lies, these devices can travel.
thanks. It makes sense that it's mobile because it uses T-mobile 5G cell towers
How much are ur bills. Like not insurance but just overall.
Not sure if you’ll see this comment since it’s been 5 months since you posted this but can I ask how much you sold “Great White” for?
While it's been 5 months, I still have big plans for the channel.
I sold great white at 264K miles at 12K USD
I've been working on the build and lots of other things that are moving my life forward. New videos will come again soon!
Where is the cubic mini stove? nooooooo where is her!
Hahahaha! I might put one in towards the end of the build!
I really inspired to live the van nomadic lifestyle. Would you be interested in advising or even helping me in a build ( With Payment) I can't afford the those companies that do builds nor do I have the experience to do a build comfortably build myself. Help. Or do you know or any reasonable people or companies.
Get rid of that Budlite and maybe i'll subscribe.
😢😂😮
Hahaha, yes indeed. I don't buy bud light, someone gave it to me. It's been sitting in there for over a month haha.
love the vid but the steam deck isnt that good bro
In what way?
@@OutdoorsEmbrace the Rog, legion go, the loki and the odin if you wanna know more information go check out TTHEFINEPRINT, ETA PRIME, Retro Game Corps, they review these handhelds in depth better than i can explain in a text it'd be long af hahahaha dont get me wrong the deck is good but there are better options
@@OutdoorsEmbrace Don't worry about it. The Windows handhelds mentioned above basically have 100% game support, which is great. But the Steam Deck with the custom SteamOS (Linux) uses less power and has longer battery life overall compared to the same games on other handhelds.
For van life, the longer battery life is probably the most valuable aspect when it comes to handheld PCs. Also the cheapest Steam Deck is literally half the price of the cheapest ROG Ally model. It's more than fine.
@@paladynne my thoughts exactly. I just wanted to know what he was going to say. Haha
This setup is so sick man you’ve really inspired me to go out and build my own. I’m flat broke right now but I’m going to start saving every pay check to one day move out and be able to experience the financial and independent freedom van life seems to provide. Honestly I’ve watched dozens of different videos but your original build and this one are my favourites by far!
Thank you man! Always good to hear! I was flat broke too in beginning. It's not so bad, but once you get the van, everything gets better, at least for me. Life is a chess game kinda, and this is a major win in the game. Almost feels like cheating haha.
Look into a trackball mouse. Currently using a Logitech M575 myself for the last 2 years, having used some other trackball before then. Grand for sniping in ARMA3, and editing in Photoshop, etc. The main plus is no mousepad needed. I use the wireless version, battery life is excellent. It's a love it or hate it gizmo.
SteamDeck is GOAT. Like you I use it for emolation. I also use it on my big TV as a mediacenter.
I’m back! The progression is looking insane. I can really envision what you are seeing. Can’t wait for more updates and content! Keep it up, love what you’re doing!
Can I get the name of your outro song?
Very well thought out and smart. And that hammock is beyond luxury.
Ha, Anthony Jeselnik was on the TV in your old Van.
Heart?