Wanna' save your back? Next time, turn off the Ecoflow, put a bath towel in the bottom of freezer compartment, use a hair dryer on "warm" and 10 minutes later, you are done. If the towel is going to drip going out the door of the van, put the wet towel in a bucket on the way out. Ice maker? Put a couple of wash cloths in there to soak up excess water and then wipe clean or put a container under its drain on the side of the Ecoflow and proceed with the routine.
@@007nadineL- I guess maybe carrying a wet towel and couple of wash cloths is not as heavy as lifting and moving the whole refrigerator? I would have emptied all the stuff out it first to make it a bit lighter but extra trips might have been more annoying. 😂
I think he does, or he wouldn't be that great... love how she asked if he would play with her, and he dropped everything(filming for the blog), and made her feel like "Yes, you are my little Goddess.. anything for you, my Angel"
A true DITL of a Canadian van life RUclipsr, his family and BFP. I almost missed it because I thought you had changed the schedule!Lucky a little voice told me to check. Very impressive bug killing skills, Mr. Allen. 👏 And a drive (or two) to Silverton is always welcome. Quality content, quality content.
Loved seeing you with Brooklyn playing in the playground, "why don't you say we send that teddy bear down the slide!" You're a perfect daddy Mr Allen!🥰
Hey Matthew Brooklyn an Precious Penny,love watching you and your Family having bonding time with Brooklyn ,exciting for miss little legs for sure. Thankyou you for sharing,Ps Wasps sting they dont have teeth so they cant bite jus sayen🤣🤣🤣🤣sending love and Blessings to you and the Fam 😻From Me V Aussie Down Under
Hi Matthew and family. Hoping everything is ok after all those fires in BC. Matthew...why don't you mount a slide hinge setup on the table? One slide mounts to the back of the table and the other slide mounts to the van and they just slide onto eachother? This way you can remove and store the table, avoiding salt and sand or dirt buildup when traveling. Just a thought. Cheers from my house to yours 🍻
Broke.my heart seeing you sweep up brooklyn off the slide in slow mo ❤your such a great dad, she is so cute, and will have so many great memories of her childhood xx
Haha boys and their toys - loved your giggle at the end with all your lights on. May not seem bright but surely will blind any on coming traffic or highlight animals on the sides of the roads if driving off the main highway at night. 😂😂😂. Love the focused mind of a 4 year old just wanting to kill the bug after you just said not to kill it. 🤣🤣🤣. Glad that you are taking time out of your work goals to play with Brooklyn and giving her good memories growing up with her dad and her grand parents. ❤❤❤❤
Thanks for sharing Matthew it was great watching you play with Brooklyn what a daddy you are ❤❤❤ your Grace looks awesome now. You’re Mom’s garden was pretty cool ❤❤❤enjoy your time with your family ❤❤❤
I live in Virginia. After your reaction to the Cream Cocoanut Dr. Pepper, I tracked some down. OMG! They have to make this one all the time. Amazing😊😊😊😊😊
So, nothing newer here, and I did make a couple of subcomments on this vid, but via email/patreon, got your million views share. Let me be the first on the Tube to say, Congratulations, Matthew. We all knew you could, but it's nice to see it become real. (I demand a live, tomorrow at the latest, so we can all live vicariously through you!!!) lol. You are, as always, an inspiration through your vids... but... some of us find this to be 'above and beyond', and inspire us more than you know! 👍🏼✌🏼🇨🇦🎉and, I want to raise a glass, Bud.🍻
Im new here, from Calgary. Love your sense of humour so I clicked that subscribe button. I clicked on your vid in the car and didnt realize that the noise you made when you moved the fridge wasnt from the car at first. I had a moment of concern 😂
I must say for me the extra lights on vehicles give me fits at night with my eyesight. It is why I don't drive at night anymore. I do admit they are cool looking. I am gonna repeat what some others have said - but the joy and laughter you bring your daughter are quite infectious. And it will be a fantastic memory for both of you down the road. Keep on Vannin'
By the time this video was published you have already installed the shelf. But BUTYL tape sealant is a product you need it’s used on rv’s to seal everything and is sticky and once attached doesn’t easily come off
Those lights remind me of ones that some people put on the roof of their vans to light the areas to the sides and behind their vans as a security measure.
Remember the days where it was months to get 1k subscribers? Now it's days! Guessing 100,000 way before March 17, 2026 (months before I go full-time). For the new lights maybe up and out? See along the sides of the road better on those back country wooded dirt roads...just a thought. I just cleaned out my refrigerator the other day...I strongly suggest NOT to leave veggie cans in a fridge-rust drips🤦♀ And my solar panel mounts are 'glued' onto my roof with Sikaflex 221. The stuff is expensive but I did not need to put any more holes in the roof😉
Saw an awesome freezer hack…get a couple of those thin dollar store cutting boards and line your freezer with them! Then when it’s time to defrost, you simply pull them out, knock the ice off of them and reinstall! Thanks for the awesome content….from an early neighbour in Garland Bay Area!
QQQ When traveling what do you do with the alcohol? Just in case you get pulled over. Awesome on Bill getting you a new tv! You should get supervisor Penny in Lucky to meow where stuff goes. Throwing away Smuckers? No way! Shorter bolts. When you said We’re adults and we can do anything we want to do reminded me of the movie “The Ref”. One of My favorite movies! Stay safe, Stay Cool, Eat your green beans!
AAA... I'm not sure where you are, but here in Canada, when it comes to RVs (vans included), they are, when you are travelling, your home(domicile), so you can have alcohol, and cannabis, in your 'home'. Of course, they(liquor or cannabis) should not be anywhere near the driver. (side note on cannabis... the legal limit for possession in public, or in your "car", in other words, on your person, is 1oz/28gm... but, in your home, there is no limit, hence, in an RV/Van, (built for living in), there is no limit, but, as I said, it can not be within reach of the driver). In other words, just store your mood enhancers in a proper place, and you have no issues... assuming you only have 'legal' mood enhancers. lol. If you live in the US, I believe this advice would pass muster, again, as long as what you have is legal in the State you're in... BUT... Do NOT take my word for it.. check your local laws, always!✌🏼🇨🇦
I used a AP product called Sikaflex 252 black to attach my solar panels to my van roof using the Z brackets so I didn't need to use screws, I believe it's used quite often in the RV industry for solar panels on West coast, but anyway my solar panels are not going anywhere😅. Just use 4 self taping screws to hold the table in place while the 252 cures...edit..... I did use bolts and nuts to attach the Z brackets to the solar panels.
Matthew, instead of a cheap latch on your slide outs, put a 2 foot 2 x 4 behind them both that drops into a wood hanger on each slide and one in the middle.
A portable table that attaches to the tire would alleviate having to install the plastic folding table and could be moved to either side of the van as desired
Matthew, cook green beans like we do in the South USA. Simmer them with a hunk of ham or bacon and a chopped onion. Cook until very soft. You will be surprised.
To be honest, the position of the light mounts he is using, are not really meant to be used for driving lights at all. Lighting up the hood is a distraction, and they are almost completely blocked by the hood from REALLY lighting things up in front properly, including the fog lights, which also should be up front and low, to cut under and through the fog properly. (I just don't have the heart to make a comment telling him those light mounts are gimmicks for jeeps.)lol. HAPPY TRAVELS.
lmao the wasps are yellow and they can't read. nearly spit out the coffee Not sure if you've circled back to the Mercury battery, but the honking when trying to charge makes me wonder if there's a draw from the car that the charger doesn't like. Did you try disconnecting the battery cables and *then* trying to charge it?
No you don’t have to. We used to install these chargers in emergency vehicles all the time so they could plug them in and keep them topped up when they were not in use for long periods of time.
@@VanlifePLUS keeping a batt topped up isn't the same as a dead batt that has a load on it, as the horn would seem to imply. Not saying the batt isn't already in heaven... just that it may still be possible to resurrect if it was disconnected from the vehicle.
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Wanna' save your back? Next time, turn off the Ecoflow, put a bath towel in the bottom of freezer compartment, use a hair dryer on "warm" and 10 minutes later, you are done. If the towel is going to drip going out the door of the van, put the wet towel in a bucket on the way out. Ice maker? Put a couple of wash cloths in there to soak up excess water and then wipe clean or put a container under its drain on the side of the Ecoflow and proceed with the routine.
@@007nadineL- I guess maybe carrying a wet towel and couple of wash cloths is not as heavy as lifting and moving the whole refrigerator? I would have emptied all the stuff out it first to make it a bit lighter but extra trips might have been more annoying. 😂
@@007nadineL Dear One: Did you not see him haul that thing out of there?
lol penny and her scratchy meows are the best
The reaction to the slug ☠️ me 😂😂
@@007nadineL😂😂😂 I can hear that little kids voice right now
Do you realize what you’er doing for you’er daughter ! The memories of a, “GREAT DAD” ‼️❤
I think he does, or he wouldn't be that great... love how she asked if he would play with her, and he dropped everything(filming for the blog), and made her feel like "Yes, you are my little Goddess.. anything for you, my Angel"
Thank you, Grandma, for teaching Brooklyn about a vegetable garden!❤🎉 from Nashville
Love your relationship you have with your parents, Brooklyn and Penny . ❤❤
Quality Content, quality content! ☺️ ...LUV the busyness of/in this video/vlog, LOT'S going on!👍🤗💖🎉
A true DITL of a Canadian van life RUclipsr, his family and BFP. I almost missed it because I thought you had changed the schedule!Lucky a little voice told me to check. Very impressive bug killing skills, Mr. Allen. 👏 And a drive (or two) to Silverton is always welcome. Quality content, quality content.
Hi from British Columbia ❤
37:07 ...LOL! Grace looking like 'Bumblebee'!😆🤣😂🤭 ...CUTE!☺️
Hi Matthew, Penny and Family ... Love the way Penny talks to you 😂🤣
Loved seeing you with Brooklyn playing in the playground, "why don't you say we send that teddy bear down the slide!" You're a perfect daddy Mr Allen!🥰
Good evening Matthew😊
Hey Matthew Brooklyn an Precious Penny,love watching you and your Family having bonding time with Brooklyn ,exciting for miss little legs for sure. Thankyou you for sharing,Ps Wasps sting they dont have teeth so they cant bite jus sayen🤣🤣🤣🤣sending love and Blessings to you and the Fam 😻From Me V Aussie Down Under
Just love the conversations with Penny.. Brooklyn is getting so big.. Have a great time st your parents.😊😊😊
I really like the lights 😊 Thank you for sharing ❤😊
Love the vegetable garden.. What a cool dad with Brooklyn as always 🥰
Seeing you & sweet B in the playground 💞💞💞💞💞💞💞.
Hi Matthew and family.
Hoping everything is ok after all those fires in BC.
Matthew...why don't you mount a slide hinge setup on the table? One slide mounts to the back of the table and the other slide mounts to the van and they just slide onto eachother? This way you can remove and store the table, avoiding salt and sand or dirt buildup when traveling.
Just a thought.
Cheers from my house to yours 🍻
Broke.my heart seeing you sweep up brooklyn off the slide in slow mo ❤your such a great dad, she is so cute, and will have so many great memories of her childhood xx
Haha boys and their toys - loved your giggle at the end with all your lights on. May not seem bright but surely will blind any on coming traffic or highlight animals on the sides of the roads if driving off the main highway at night. 😂😂😂. Love the focused mind of a 4 year old just wanting to kill the bug after you just said not to kill it. 🤣🤣🤣. Glad that you are taking time out of your work goals to play with Brooklyn and giving her good memories growing up with her dad and her grand parents. ❤❤❤❤
Heyyyyy Matthew, Lil Brooklyn and PRETTY Penny!👋 ...and family!👍🤗💖😇
Hello Matthew, Brooklyn and Ms. Penny from Northern Minnesota ❤
Cute little Hulk you have :)
Thanks for sharing Matthew it was great watching you play with Brooklyn what a daddy you are ❤❤❤ your Grace looks awesome now. You’re Mom’s garden was pretty cool ❤❤❤enjoy your time with your family ❤❤❤
I love your videos 📹
I wish I could send you a pic of my diesel heater. It started blowing white smoke and I cleaned it. You would not believe the thick black crap in it.
Oh yes I would believe it! I have experienced that first hand myself. Multiple times.
I live in Virginia. After your reaction to the Cream Cocoanut Dr. Pepper, I tracked some down. OMG! They have to make this one all the time. Amazing😊😊😊😊😊
Yes I had some myself very delicious
Hello Matthew and Penny!
Another great video and your lights look great, we'll done Matthew ❤ x
Hello Matthew, Penny, Brooklin, and family, Ray from Wisconsin here!!
So, nothing newer here, and I did make a couple of subcomments on this vid, but via email/patreon, got your million views share.
Let me be the first on the Tube to say, Congratulations, Matthew.
We all knew you could, but it's nice to see it become real.
(I demand a live, tomorrow at the latest, so we can all live vicariously through you!!!) lol.
You are, as always, an inspiration through your vids... but... some of us find this to be 'above and beyond', and inspire us more than you know!
👍🏼✌🏼🇨🇦🎉and, I want to raise a glass, Bud.🍻
Penny gave kitty kisses to us on the other side of the camera ❤❤❤
Im new here, from Calgary. Love your sense of humour so I clicked that subscribe button. I clicked on your vid in the car and didnt realize that the noise you made when you moved the fridge wasnt from the car at first. I had a moment of concern 😂
I must say for me the extra lights on vehicles give me fits at night with my eyesight. It is why I don't drive at night anymore. I do admit they are cool looking. I am gonna repeat what some others have said - but the joy and laughter you bring your daughter are quite infectious. And it will be a fantastic memory for both of you down the road. Keep on Vannin'
Thank you! Worry not, these extra lights on Grace are NOT for a busy road. Off-road adventures only or really bad fog
Im glad and my eyes thanks you!! LOL!
Can also try cleaning the acrylic lenses and see if that helps the light output
By the time this video was published you have already installed the shelf. But BUTYL tape sealant is a product you need it’s used on rv’s to seal everything and is sticky and once attached doesn’t easily come off
Nice lights on your jeep 😊
Those lights remind me of ones that some people put on the roof of their vans to light the areas to the sides and behind their vans as a security measure.
Remember the days where it was months to get 1k subscribers? Now it's days! Guessing 100,000 way before March 17, 2026 (months before I go full-time).
For the new lights maybe up and out? See along the sides of the road better on those back country wooded dirt roads...just a thought.
I just cleaned out my refrigerator the other day...I strongly suggest NOT to leave veggie cans in a fridge-rust drips🤦♀ And my solar panel mounts are 'glued' onto my roof with Sikaflex 221. The stuff is expensive but I did not need to put any more holes in the roof😉
Saw an awesome freezer hack…get a couple of those thin dollar store cutting boards and line your freezer with them! Then when it’s time to defrost, you simply pull them out, knock the ice off of them and reinstall! Thanks for the awesome content….from an early neighbour in Garland Bay Area!
QQQ When traveling what do you do with the alcohol? Just in case you get pulled over. Awesome on Bill getting you a new tv! You should get supervisor Penny in Lucky to meow where stuff goes. Throwing away Smuckers? No way! Shorter bolts. When you said We’re adults and we can do anything we want to do reminded me of the movie “The Ref”. One of My favorite movies! Stay safe, Stay Cool, Eat your green beans!
AAA... I'm not sure where you are, but here in Canada, when it comes to RVs (vans included), they are, when you are travelling, your home(domicile), so you can have alcohol, and cannabis, in your 'home'. Of course, they(liquor or cannabis) should not be anywhere near the driver.
(side note on cannabis... the legal limit for possession in public, or in your "car", in other words, on your person, is 1oz/28gm... but, in your home, there is no limit, hence, in an RV/Van, (built for living in), there is no limit, but, as I said, it can not be within reach of the driver).
In other words, just store your mood enhancers in a proper place, and you have no issues... assuming you only have 'legal' mood enhancers. lol.
If you live in the US, I believe this advice would pass muster, again, as long as what you have is legal in the State you're in... BUT... Do NOT take my word for it.. check your local laws, always!✌🏼🇨🇦
@@BorealisNights thanks, I live in Texas but moving back to Colorado in 2 weeks.
The lights are cool!
Hi Mat if you paint the hood flat black, it would help to reduce the glare. Have a nice day. Tom in the Maritimes at the NB-NS border
Absolutely great video matthew, the effort and work you put in, honestly it's like watching a TV episode it's that good, xx
I used a AP product called Sikaflex 252 black to attach my solar panels to my van roof using the Z brackets so I didn't need to use screws, I believe it's used quite often in the RV industry for solar panels on West coast, but anyway my solar panels are not going anywhere😅. Just use 4 self taping screws to hold the table in place while the 252 cures...edit..... I did use bolts and nuts to attach the Z brackets to the solar panels.
Hello Darlin’…
Matthew, instead of a cheap latch on your slide outs, put a 2 foot 2 x 4 behind them both that drops into a wood hanger on each slide and one in the middle.
Hey Matthew and Penny
I forgot to say that after a few weeks of nothing, I’m finally getting ads again. Weird.
I laughed so hard at parts of this that I had to go back . Funny.
and yes I'm all lit up again ..looks good Grace
A hair dryer and a spatula and you will have defrosted in no time. Have a nice day. Tom in the Maritimes at the NB-NS border
A portable table that attaches to the tire would alleviate having to install the plastic folding table and could be moved to either side of the van as desired
But where would it be stored when not in use?
@@VanlifePLUSUnder your bed? It looks like you have room to sleep even when you have stuff on the cat loft side of your bed?
@@melisa8256 a table under the mattress would be super uncomfortable. Plus the catio and solar panels are already there
The portability allows it to be used with both Lucky and Grace
It is so light and the legs fold up so it lays flat. It could be placed many places or easily moved around. It is a lot lighter than the eco flow 🙂
😂😂😂❤❤❤ Fun. I love project videos. Hey and ARK was cute.
Matthew, cook green beans like we do in the South USA. Simmer them with a hunk of ham or bacon and a chopped onion. Cook until very soft. You will be surprised.
Aaawww...fun at the park....cute!😊
The amber ones are for foggy road conditions ;) They help e illuminate the lines. ;)
The wire on the battery was most likely the ground choir. It is very necessary
“The wasps are yellow and they can’t read”🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hi there Matthew, opening pose, (from the thumb nail)didn’t recognize you….rofl.
Matthew loves sighing .... AAAH, sound of sighing LOL. Experiencing stress ?
Hey Matthew
Hi Alan
Grace looks great! 🚨
Your lights need to be mounted low to show potholes.
To be honest, the position of the light mounts he is using, are not really meant to be used for driving lights at all. Lighting up the hood is a distraction, and they are almost completely blocked by the hood from REALLY lighting things up in front properly, including the fog lights, which also should be up front and low, to cut under and through the fog properly. (I just don't have the heart to make a comment telling him those light mounts are gimmicks for jeeps.)lol. HAPPY TRAVELS.
Nothing like stringing and breaking 40 bushels of beans over a long weekend. Yay!
Do you like Jeeps? How about extra lights? If so\, you should subscribe. You know you want to!
Not so easy to get rid of stuff.
internal short in the battery. NOCO knew that and shut down to protect itself.
I'd be scared the wind might cause that table top to open down while driving.
Matthew your a card and we just have to deal with you 💗 lol😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Happy trails 😊❤
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Turn it off then aim a fan at it. Thaws fast.
I've always heard that you shouldn't place a car battery directly on cement slab/floors = NOT TO DO ?!
Ayyy
lmao the wasps are yellow and they can't read. nearly spit out the coffee
Not sure if you've circled back to the Mercury battery, but the honking when trying to charge makes me wonder if there's a draw from the car that the charger doesn't like. Did you try disconnecting the battery cables and *then* trying to charge it?
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Well....3 duck jeeps.....
Question......QQQ.....lol....where did the like tab go...????
It has vanished from my screen...why..?
I just looked,, I still have the 'Thumbs Up' tab.. maybe refresh/reload the page?
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You need to unhook the car from the battery to charge
No you don’t have to. We used to install these chargers in emergency vehicles all the time so they could plug them in and keep them topped up when they were not in use for long periods of time.
@@VanlifePLUS keeping a batt topped up isn't the same as a dead batt that has a load on it, as the horn would seem to imply. Not saying the batt isn't already in heaven... just that it may still be possible to resurrect if it was disconnected from the vehicle.
Those wasps really are out of control
unplug the thing and siphon the water out.
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Maybe your dad's car needs a new alternator?
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