I like people who make no apology for being serious minded. too many struggle with anything more than lightweight fluffy subject matter, well done. please keep it up. I've subscribed.
Hello 👋 from Ireland 🇮🇪 down south county Cork.love videos very interesting 👍 mate.was great to see your van tour lovely van and other thing is you your very clever British man like way you two like to do van life solo which is great tonight we going see _4 again
I'm with you on winter in a van , so much easier to find a deserted park up and its easy enough to wrap up warm with a few layers. Nice hot soup and a hunk of bread.......bliss
Happy New Year Mark, I don't always agree with everything you say but I will always defend your right to say what you choose to. Hope you are managing to keep warm in the van mate, it's also my favourite time of year to get out and about in my own camper-van. I don't think you can beat thermal underwear in the winter when in the van. Regarding electric power I carry an Ecoflow Delta 2 Max which is aided by an 800w alternator charger from Ecoflow, this is great back up to my solar/lithium set up.
I get it 100% as I started myself a few weeks ago and agree with what you say. I called it VanSurvival for the first few days and then got the battery upgraded which helped. This week the diesel heater is getting installed so that will help and hopefully it will feel more like VanLife and less like VanSurvival!
Agreed@@Roadshome I've had a baptism of fire buying a van that's never seen a day in it's life off grid. Upgraded the battery, installing a diesel heater and later will be adding as much solar as the roof can take.
Dug myself out of a snow drift yesterday morning, out in the peaks.. The only reason i dug myself out was because of me 2 ferrets and they were running out of food.. but i love Winter Van life as long as you have what you need , so heat, dry, food, heating food up, and all the rest.. All van life is hard, that's why we do it... who wants a cotton wool life.. Love to hear your thoughts on whats going on (stealthily) You have to talk in cryptic nowdays..
Hello Mark, brilliant vlog as usual and thank you for sharing, we were wondering why you hadn't put anything on. Understandbly that is your home so you need to do whatever it takes to make life comfortable I imagine otherwise like any home your health mentally and physically will suffer. Good on you Mark for speaking and standing up to the issues you come across as a vanlifer and youtuber in daily life alot of channels out there sugar coat vanlife without living the reality. Keep it up Mark 👏 👏, freedom of speech. God bless you Mark and Sioux, love from Paul and Denise x 🤗 ❤✌. Ps- Mark what is the make of your hoodie in the vlog? And would you recommend them? TIA.
full time in a van , need a little wood burning stove cost nothing to run you,ll always be warm ,so long as you got ladders or hatch to get access to your roof to remove flu pipe when travelling ,while your up there fit a wind turbine hinge it to flip up and fold flat onto the roof when driving ,,solar panels dead weight, skip them dont work ,wont work
@theresnobodyhere5778 removable flue , there's a thing . I caught mine in a low hanging fibre optic cable new years day. It was on the outside of a bend (so cable was cutting corner,) it was off one pole and was just low enough to foul my flue . If I ever build another van , all my roof protrusions will be on the off side . I was lucky not to rip the roof open .
Happy New Year ❤ I'm not a great lover of winter vanlife, especially when its raining. Plus the lack of solar. Might have to think about going down the route of a little generator. Take Care of Yourselves. Love and Big Hugs ❤
Do Your own thing , I am , ok Im in a house , but it is only a coal fir for heating the house, and my hot water, fuck this central heating larky , and I am still thinking of getting a campervan , a great video and good words,,
I've had a lot of subscribers leave comments and replies only for them to be removed or hidden. I've even had people ask why I've not allowed a comment, but I've never seen it. We won't even be allowed to fart in public soon.
@Roadshome Exactly, it's getting worse day by day. Going off what I've learned recently, a good % of comments get removed by YT & many for zero reasons. It can just be one word that is 100% clean & worthy, yet YT pull it. The thing is we've no idea what we can write or not...YT don't give us the script. I will be expecting this to get removed.
@@Roadshome you won't be farting at all soon now they have added that stuff to cows feed that stops them farting. Once that passes through them and into the milk we'll all be unable to fart.
1 you need to address ya battery's lithium is the way forward : This time of year your defo not gunna get any amps of ya solar cuz its just not here lol :: save on your heating bill get a leccy blanket for night when in bed which ive allready told you they run cheap as chips 3rd ::: you need to get an upgraded alternator ?? i run a crafter standard is shit upgrade chucks about 190 amps !!! standard 130 ?? look into it or chat to a dealer youll be surprised ..... happy campin n ps you do know all that victron stuff's taking power just to run lol...happy campin
ps not havin a go at ya but ya victron solar running all night when you aint got solar ??? turn it off also ya victron b2b well ya not running it but ya monitoring it n its taking power ??? turn it off ::: hope this helps
I've lithium. They are great but still need to have the power put back. I'll look into an alternator upgrade. I think mine is putting out 150amp so should charge with more than 30 amp on a 50 amp B2B
TH-cam can pick up on just one word and the system will flag it. Obviously they can’t physically review every video, unfortunately it has to be generic to get through. Another non lifer I follow was discussion a political topic with a group outside. Ytube picked up a few key words from a bystander and flagged and demonetised his video.
I'm surprised. I've seen certain people swear lots and not have a problem. I watched another YTer last night, and he repeated the same name I mentioned. No issue. I don't want to rock the boat with YT it's hard enough trying to make it on here as it is.
I am considering a house drawn cart if the van has to go.
Good to hear your doing well 👍
I like people who make no apology for being serious minded. too many struggle with anything more than lightweight fluffy subject matter, well done. please keep it up. I've subscribed.
Hello 👋 from Ireland 🇮🇪 down south county Cork.love videos very interesting 👍 mate.was great to see your van tour lovely van and other thing is you your very clever British man like way you two like to do van life solo which is great tonight we going see _4 again
I'm with you on winter in a van , so much easier to find a deserted park up and its easy enough to wrap up warm with a few layers. Nice hot soup and a hunk of bread.......bliss
Happy New Year Mark, I don't always agree with everything you say but I will always defend your right to say what you choose to. Hope you are managing to keep warm in the van mate, it's also my favourite time of year to get out and about in my own camper-van. I don't think you can beat thermal underwear in the winter when in the van. Regarding electric power I carry an Ecoflow Delta 2 Max which is aided by an 800w alternator charger from Ecoflow, this is great back up to my solar/lithium set up.
We just got an allpower R1500 and a smaller Jackery. Haven't yet worked out how to alternator charge them though. I'll YT it 👍
@@Roadshome Bluetti now do a 500w alternator charger that is compatible with all power banks, worth taking a look at mate.
@KevSmith-v4u cheers Kevin. Will take a look. That sounds like a good investment.
I get it 100% as I started myself a few weeks ago and agree with what you say.
I called it VanSurvival for the first few days and then got the battery upgraded which helped. This week the diesel heater is getting installed so that will help and hopefully it will feel more like VanLife and less like VanSurvival!
In summer it's not so bad. In fact it's easy. Solar will charge everything. It's warm and dry. If you survive the winter you will piss summer.
Agreed@@Roadshome
I've had a baptism of fire buying a van that's never seen a day in it's life off grid.
Upgraded the battery, installing a diesel heater and later will be adding as much solar as the roof can take.
Most important to be warm ,you are very sensible. ❤
Dug myself out of a snow drift yesterday morning, out in the peaks.. The only reason i dug myself out was because of me 2 ferrets and they were running out of food.. but i love Winter Van life as long as you have what you need , so heat, dry, food, heating food up, and all the rest.. All van life is hard, that's why we do it... who wants a cotton wool life..
Love to hear your thoughts on whats going on (stealthily) You have to talk in cryptic nowdays..
I do it in next video. At least you'll know what I'm going on about 😆
@Roadshome Lookin forward to it..
Happy New Year Mark & Sioux 🎉❤
I keep getting comments withheld or deleted from my subscribers too 🤷♀️
Hello Mark, brilliant vlog as usual and thank you for sharing, we were wondering why you hadn't put anything on. Understandbly that is your home so you need to do whatever it takes to make life comfortable I imagine otherwise like any home your health mentally and physically will suffer. Good on you Mark for speaking and standing up to the issues you come across as a vanlifer and youtuber in daily life alot of channels out there sugar coat vanlife without living the reality. Keep it up Mark 👏 👏, freedom of speech. God bless you Mark and Sioux, love from Paul and Denise x 🤗 ❤✌.
Ps- Mark what is the make of your hoodie in the vlog? And would you recommend them? TIA.
Helikon tex fleece. Made for military personel. I have one in every colour 😆 so yes I love them. Hard wearing and easy to care for.
Mark have you got a discount code through your channel for Helikon?
full time in a van , need a little wood burning stove cost nothing to run you,ll always be warm ,so long as you got ladders or hatch to get access to your roof to remove flu pipe when travelling ,while your up there fit a wind turbine hinge it to flip up and fold flat onto the roof when driving ,,solar panels dead weight, skip them dont work ,wont work
@theresnobodyhere5778 removable flue , there's a thing . I caught mine in a low hanging fibre optic cable new years day. It was on the outside of a bend (so cable was cutting corner,) it was off one pole and was just low enough to foul my flue . If I ever build another van , all my roof protrusions will be on the off side . I was lucky not to rip the roof open .
Happy new year . I think you need 60-80 Ah on the dc to dc in winter at least . I wish I'd gone for victron .
Happy New Year ❤ I'm not a great lover of winter vanlife, especially when its raining. Plus the lack of solar. Might have to think about going down the route of a little generator. Take Care of Yourselves. Love and Big Hugs ❤
It's not easy mate with dog and mud.
Well said buddy keep going
Warmth & light are basic human needs, the sheeple are stupid.
Do Your own thing , I am , ok Im in a house , but it is only a coal fir for heating the house, and my hot water, fuck this central heating larky , and I am still thinking of getting a campervan , a great video and good words,,
Why dont u put up some multi coloured fairy lights to make it a bit more cheerful or do they run up too much power? 🤔❤
No sioux has little led lights around her bed. Hard use any power. They run off a small phone power bank.
Talk about the YT police, I commented earlier about it & low & behold, it's disappeared 😒
I've had a lot of subscribers leave comments and replies only for them to be removed or hidden. I've even had people ask why I've not allowed a comment, but I've never seen it. We won't even be allowed to fart in public soon.
@Roadshome
Exactly, it's getting worse day by day.
Going off what I've learned recently, a good % of comments get removed by YT & many for zero reasons. It can just be one word that is 100% clean & worthy, yet YT pull it.
The thing is we've no idea what we can write or not...YT don't give us the script.
I will be expecting this to get removed.
@@Roadshome you won't be farting at all soon now they have added that stuff to cows feed that stops them farting. Once that passes through them and into the milk we'll all be unable to fart.
In denial, In reality or insane... Take your pick.
Appy New year
Put a HAT on to keep warmer , a snood/ scarf and some fingerless gloves ... Surprisingly these All really help to keep u warm
Was getting worried
Pocksy YT. It's getting as bad as fb 😆
@Roadshome batshit bonkers Britain mate
1 you need to address ya battery's lithium is the way forward : This time of year your defo not gunna get any amps of ya solar cuz its just not here lol :: save on your heating bill get a leccy blanket for night when in bed which ive allready told you they run cheap as chips 3rd ::: you need to get an upgraded alternator ?? i run a crafter standard is shit upgrade chucks about 190 amps !!! standard 130 ?? look into it or chat to a dealer youll be surprised ..... happy campin n ps you do know all that victron stuff's taking power just to run lol...happy campin
ps not havin a go at ya but ya victron solar running all night when you aint got solar ??? turn it off also ya victron b2b well ya not running it but ya monitoring it n its taking power ??? turn it off ::: hope this helps
I've lithium. They are great but still need to have the power put back. I'll look into an alternator upgrade. I think mine is putting out 150amp so should charge with more than 30 amp on a 50 amp B2B
Or candles are nice or a fire hazard 😂 or a small log burner heats up the van really quickly?
I do have have candles, nice smelling ones.
TH-cam can pick up on just one word and the system will flag it. Obviously they can’t physically review every video, unfortunately it has to be generic to get through. Another non lifer I follow was discussion a political topic with a group outside. Ytube picked up a few key words from a bystander and flagged and demonetised his video.
I'm surprised. I've seen certain people swear lots and not have a problem. I watched another YTer last night, and he repeated the same name I mentioned. No issue. I don't want to rock the boat with YT it's hard enough trying to make it on here as it is.
I need to go van life we don't have much time...
I wonder what will happen to future van prices. It's anyone's guess.
Rather like the punctuation the thumbnail, sadly lacking!