10 THINGS WE HATE ABOUT OUR VAN
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
- After two months on the road we are realizing that there are things that work, and things that don’t work about our van build. Tune in to see all of the things that don’t work… The 10 things that we HATE about our self-converted van.
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We picked up our empty cargo van in November 2020 and built her into our tiny home on wheels over the next year. We finally hit the road in January 2022 alongside our sweet pup, Hopps, with a motto to live with less to experience more. Our goal is to take our van, Fern, all over the USA and beyond and inspire people to step out of their comfort zone and do what makes them happy. We are so excited you are along for the ride. Subscribe to follow along with our adventures. New videos posted every Tuesday. Hope to see you on the road!
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Fortunately, most of these things have an "easy" fix: Switching drawer knobs for something less "catchy"; putting a bungee cord on a hook on the wall above the seat bench to hold the lid up and adding clear plastic storage boxes there to make things easier to access; footstool to bed; setting a pillow in front of the bright lights at night (or making a small blackout "curtain" to attach above it to hang down when not in use); sealing the grey water outlet (or installing it beneath the van); switching out the travel latches for something more durable; slicing off a bit of the window frame to allow the door to close, etc. I have a concrete suggestion: Would it be possible to switch the grey water tank and the rubbish bin? The tank would have a direct feed from your sink into that cabinet, and the rubbish bin would be more accessible next to the fridge, if both of those spaces allow the room for the swap (or perhaps hollowing out enough of the dividing wall to the under-sink area to accommodate the tank). In all, I think everyone learns likes and do-different-next-times with each build!
Wow thank you so much for all of the suggestions! We definitely will take a look at these and figure out what works best for us. We do have plans to fix a lot of these things when we do make our way home and have full access to our tools etc! :)
Why not spin the fridge aground 180⁰? This should alow you to open it with much less hassle.
Unfortunately it doesn't fit in the space within the cabinet. Our grey water tanks sit right next to the fridge. But we appreciate the suggestion!
I wired the switch panel lights into one of the switches so I can turn off the lights but not the switches.
I have seen people using quick connections to the grey water tanks to control odors and splashing.
Could you spin the refrigerator 180 degrees .
Still a nice looking conversion.
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Thanks for all the tips! I didn't even think to do that with the switch panel! We will have to look into that.
We originally had quick connects set up on our grey water originally. But they kept breaking off our caps. So we had to change it to this set up.
And we can't turn our fridge either because there is no room!
Toad bumper stickers work! ;p keep up the great content
Hahaha thanks toad!
Live and learn as you go. You don’t really find out some of these things until you’re actually on the road long enough. We have an RV and there certainly are things that can be improved. You gyus are doing great , though 🙂
Yes definitely! While these things can get really annoying, we love this lifestyle and wouldn't change it!
We have the same trouble with our bed, its super high! We love the extra trunk space, but we had to get a step stool too. 🙃
You know our pain! Lol we have gotten used to it with the step stool, but it's so annoying to have to move that around too! Lol
If your plywood bench top is 3/4", 2x4 cross supports are overkill... you could replace them with 1x2s or 2x2s and make top access a b it easier.
This is exactly what we are thinking of doing next time we go home and have access to all our tools!
Just found you guys, I’m have subscribed, liking your content.
If you haven’t resolved the splashing of the waste water, I saw someone with the same issue, they bought some cheep rubber party balloons, cut the top off the balloon, stretched the narrow part (that you put in your mouth to blow up the balloon) over the pipe, and stretched the wider part you have cut over the tank cap, creating a rubber seal, cheep solution.
This is honestly genius! We will definitely be trying this out. Thank you!
07:27 its realy bad.
Hello from russia! You have a good video!
Wow, hello! Thank you :) Yes the fridge situation is definitely not fun at all, we need to come up with a different solution!
Love from India
Wow! Thanks so much for watching! 😊
The number 10 bugs my Girl in the teardrop I built her so I found a way to help I keep a big role of electical tape so she can cover the blue lights at night. Works great and easy to.
Oh just a Small piece of tape it so easy to do I need to charge my phone at night so can't turn our off so tape works
Number 6 you could put a small hole in the countertop side and put a nail in and out that could hold the bord up.
Number 3 use a 4 in slideing bolt gate latch
Awesome ideas! Thanks for sending them our way! We will definitely have to look into them 🙂
Yikes! Your loo in right in the middle of the van! How do you cope if one of you needs to use it in the middle of preparing food or in the middle of the night especially if it’s a number 2!!?
Hahaha we get that a lot but we love our toilet and the placement of it! It even made in out our top 10 favorites list, video dropping tomorrow :)
We have gotten comfortable with using the restroom in front of each other, but we definitely give each other privacy whenever possible!
@@the-wandering-wings I appreciate your space was limited when designing the van and it had to go somewhere. I don’t think I could ever use the loo with someone watching me but when needs must.
@@boycottpalmoil we definitely look the other way if one of us is going! But there are different options for designing a van with a separate bathroom for privacy too! For us we didn't want to give up that much space for something we only use 20 minutes a day!
@@the-wandering-wings I can see why you chose to do it that way and it obviously works for you. I have only watched a few of similar videos and some people don’t have a loo at all!
Some of these are quick to fix tho..
Definitely! We plan on fixing as many as we can the next time we go home and have all of our tools :)
It seems to be a prerequisite in these van videos, for the hosts to say the word "actually", about a zillion times.
Hahaha oh no we didn't even notice 😅 should this ne a new drinking game? Drink anytime someone says actually 😂
@@the-wandering-wings I always thought the same thing 😉
It seems to me that the dislikes are very petty and very fixable. Conclusion, I guess van life isn't for you.
Definitely fixable! We plan on fixing a lot of these things when we go home and have all of our tools at our disposal. The pros definitely outweigh these cons and we absolutely love this lifestyle! Just wanted to share our experience for others so they can avoid making the same mistakes!