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@@iamjamieg thanks for watching and commenting, they full cover rhe seats and are fully waterproof, we ha e returned to the van after being out in heavy rain with no problem. My friend has a set to protect his seats from his dog, which seems to love water and mud, lol.

@@Ritarelay hi Rita, thanks for watching, hope you guys also had a good Christmas and New year. ❤️

Hey Robin, Thanks for watching and commenting.

Hi julees, thanks for watching and commenting, music is sometime a problem in videos with copyright, etc, but so is silence.

@@LeonandDebbiefromRugby thank you for watching and supporting us on our adventures, hope you have a great Christmas and look forward to seeing you at a show next year.

@Alivefrom45 brilliant thank you so much 🎉😎👍

@@kayvillarosa7683 thank you for watching. Merry Christmas

@@harryandlauren hi Harry and Lauren merry Christmas to you guys too. See you soon.

Hi Owenhardy7055, thank you for watching and commenting. We never removed the try and you don't need to, however if you are planning on using the rest of the Solway kit, you will need to cut bits off of the front of the shelf, due to there needing to be about another 5-10mm of space required to fit the van side panels. If you speak with Jimmy at Solway, he has said he is happy to people through this process. of course if you are not adding the other panels then you can just fit it without cutting any of the shelf just like he did. Hope this helps.

​@Alivefrom45 that's great. Thank you. I am only fitting panels 1 - 3, so I will leave the black tray in place. Thanks you for the quick reply. I was aiming to fit tomorrow but have just opened packing to get a feel of the panels and I am missing one of the side panels, gutted is an understatement as seller is now closed for Xmas.

@owenhardy7055 if you purchased it direct from solway, Jimmy's mobile is on the website, he may answer.

Hi Larrypage9181, thank you for watching and posting your question. I have not changed the van over the a listed camper, as i have no windows they will not allow it to be changed the van type anyway. I'm not to worried about changing the van as there are very little benefits, the insurance is just the same, travel on Eurostar is the same, one of the only benefits is you can do 70 mph on a dual carriageway. Hope this helped.

Hi Firefly, thanks for watching and commenting. So glad you found the video before you started drilling or grinding the bolt out. In fairness don't feel dumb, you did your research and found the best and easiest solution.

Hey guys, you have to love America. 😂

Hi WestyGates, it comes with the caps to go on the screws.

Hey guys, thank you for watching. This was our second year of visiting for the Festival of Light, it is so good. You should try and go one year.

Hi guys, thank you for watching, it should not be much longer and he will be camping out in it.

Hey Brendan, it was a pleasure. We were happy to help.

Hi Maggiethecaddy, Thank you for coming over and watch, plus leaving a comment. Glad you like the van. If you ever see us at a show and want to look around in person feel free.

Hi Ritarelay, it was amazing what you can get for you money out there plus the cost on running them is so much cheaper there, fuel worked out at about $3 a gallon

Hi Priest92, No it was a holiday.

Hi Khalscott24, thank you for watching and commenting, its handy to know that the earlier model has a smaller bolt head than the 2014 onward. I'm guessing you tried to use a set of grips with no joy.

Hi Debbie and Leon, thank you for watching and commenting. We were thinking we were not going to get to see the Polar Bear. We went back 3 or 4 times and we were just finishing for the day. That was our last visit on the way out of the park to see if it had come out.

We are so glad you returned an l to try again and again. Brilliant thank you both😊

Hi Win-xl7no thank you for watching and commenting. Have you visited the zoo yourself?

@@simonrichardson5203 Hi thank you for your time, it was a pleasure to meet you. Glad you enjoyed our tour.

Hi @sr-xf9hy Thank you for watching and commenting. I totally agree for the price you would hope for a far more robust gearbox. Having said this, I do still believe that they are the best vents on the market even if a bit over priced.

Good evening @ffre4k, I would love to tell you. However, sorry I'm unable to find the information, however i can confirm that they are slightly heavier than the standard steel wheels is my understanding. Best advise i can give is contact Rogue Alloys, they may very well be able to answer that question, if you quote alivefrom45 you will also get a discount, if you want one.

Hi Liampickering, Thank you for watching and posting your question. I used Marineflex to stick it in place, once it had gone off there is no moving it and still solid today 👍 Here is a link: marinemastics.com/product/marineflex/

Hi ratpacksunday5139, thank you for watching and commenting. It was a real pleasure to meet you at the show and see your store, there were so many things we would of loved to own, but not allowed in the UK lol. Thank you so much for the patches. Hope to see you again soon.

Hi Ritarelay, thank you for watching and commenting.

Hi TheRoadTwoSpoons, thank you for watching and commenting. totally agree that 12v install with RJ45 will be a lot easier to run, currently looking into that. Are you on a standard Roaming package and what speeds are you getting?

@@Alivefrom45 Speeds vary depending on where we are/distance to ground stations etc. Typical is couple hundred MB down. Highest I’ve seen on a speed test was 440mb down. Yes we are on the roam package. Initially we purchased it in the Canaries and our current sub was purchased direct in the UK. We’re in Italy currently with it.

@TheRoadTwoSpoons so with that in mind have you removed your 4g system?

Hi Harry and Lauren, thank you for watching and supporting us, America is amazing.

Hi Tomprentice6935, thank you for watching and commenting.

Hi DestinationDestiny, Thank you for watching and commenting. In regards to the cost I do briefly discuss them when comparing the result, however with the fact that prices changing all the time, I felt it would be better to leave price out, for example since filming this video the standard roaming price has gone up but the business packages have remained the same. To give you a point of reference as of today Standard Roaming (Caped at 50GB) is £50 p/m with Unlimited set at £96 p/m compared to the Commercial World Wide Roaming which we have (Caped at 50GB) which is currently £300 p/m from Freedomsat. If you are interested in switching to a Commercial plan please reach out to Freedomsat and tell them we sent you, they will be more than happy to help you out - www.freedomsat.co.uk/ I hope this has helped and please feel free to ask any other questions you may have, I'd be more than happy to answer them.

Hi @vanlovefest, thank you for watching and commenting, it's going to be amazing we're sure. We are going to check some RV's while we are here.

@@MotoMadDave hi, thanks fir watching and commenting, it's on the cards. 👍

@@LeonandDebbiefromRugby hi thanks for watching, it's amazing out here.

@@lazer5582 hi, thanks for watching and commenting, glad you liked the build. It is the second design we came up with, at first the shower was going behind the drivers seat, so glad we opted not to do the build that way, as this layout is far more flexible and user friendly.

@@TheFlaneur-up1ft hi, thanks for watching and commenting. In some ways a single unit would of been far easier, however because we built the van with going to the Arctic I was afraid that if I did that I would lose everything in one go. I do carry a spare dc to dc in the van just in case, but of course I'll be installing the xs 50 very soon.

@@Alivefrom45 that was a wise move, more redundancy for that trip was really well thought through. I went for the Ecoflow Delta Pro with their alternator charging device along with 500w flexi solars. I work from my van and so far even in winter it’s an absolute joy. The one reason I did go for the Ecoflow was the ability to use the roof aircon unit without worry.

@@TheFlaneur-up1ft love that, aircon in the van. To be fair that was why we added two maxair fans, while they do a great job of moving the air through and out of the van, the one limit is the outside temperature.

@@Alivefrom45 it’s a bit of an expense and I debated for quite some time, but I’m really happy I did opt for that aircon unit. Makes any really hot day no issue. I hope you are off on another fab adventure soon 👍

@@TheFlaneur-up1ft watch this space 🤫

@MotoMadDave hi, thank you for watching. I do believe in do it right first time and we our adventures cutting corners was never an option. The only thing I can't take is a motorbike 👍

@@leephillips282 hi thanks for watching and commenting. In what way do the electrics scare you?

@@Alivefrom45 let's just say I'm not very good with wiring

@@GPZ1100SSSA thanks fir watching and commenting. I want to cover off as much as possible, as part of the van tour, so everyone could understand what we had done to our van, with it being design with traveling to the Arctic in mind.

Hi CapTango, thank you for watching and commenting. It seems to be the only logical way to straighten out the trim, before use.

Hi Harry and Lauren, thanks for watching and commenting.

Hi Ritarelay, you guys even got a cameo.

Hi HarryandLauren, sorry you missed out. We got our tickets as soon as they came out as we did not want to miss out. Hopefully you will be able to attend next year.

Imagine all those that left on Sunday and missed the party 😔

Hi ThebaconSandwichCrypto, thank you for watching and commenting, I'm guessing you attended the event?

I'm guessing you left early.

@@Alivefrom45 no I was there the whole time. I most likely checked you in on the gate 😉

@@erickmcpherson6972Thank you for watching and posting your question. I believe it would, there is a cutout for a mirror, so if your screen is in the same place it should work just fine.

Hi MotoMadDave. Thank you for watching, I'm glad you found the video useful and informative.

Thanks for the video. I will use your supplier to get the internal ones for my van.

@@franciskennedy1436 thank you for watching. Don't forget to use the discount code.

Thank you @unigrip112 for watching the 1 min of the video. This video was structured so viewers could see how our outer screens fits and give them info around features of the screen. You would of noticed later in the video I do not include the fitting of the internal screens as this is the same process for all internal screens, I just show these in place. After this I go over the pro and con of each of the screens and share my conclusions. If you would care to watch more than 1 min, you may find the information you were hoping to find within the first 1 min.

Not everyone has your experience, so I say it's a great video for people not everybody like you 😜

@@GPZ1100SSSA thank you for watching and commenting. I hope you found the video useful.

If you only watched 1 minute how do you know what was in the video? 😂

@@gritmasterbull hi, yes I did for many years. I still climb as you can probably tell, however no longer at Craggy.