When I bought the cast iron bottle opener many years ago, I knew there will be a day where I am going find the PERFECT spot for it. It's sitting in the same corner of a drawer for all these years. Sometimes I took it out....and... nah...no need for that. NOW it has found that spot. Thank you, also for the 'easy way' of making this mattress platform. What a nice and humorous video.
The generosity of people who put their expertise and time on these videos just amazes me - I watched your video and since I'm pretty puny, I've been thinking of getting a camping cot for half the side of my SUV. Thank you so much for this video and your time!
My mindset gets on very well with you perspective, very rare at all in my country... were I seem to be a crazy one. I have donde similar this summer... and moved along the Spanish north west sea coast, and was the only one... among an ocean of the usual predictable camping site stuff... the best and flexible and easiest holidays ever! 5 mins to rebuild everything in 5 mins... and off we went to another place... my car? A tiny Renault Scenic , i noticed that I could remove the back seats, and there i sent, just taking the basic... and now i am planning a practical and more confortable update, adding a platform, to get that 31 cms space up under the platform... its a real joy to find we are many insane but possitive mindset to face these dark hours... jajaja... i. pleased to meet you!
I love watching these conversion videos as I have a pickup truck that I use for short term camping. My design is even simpler than yours as I don't want any platforms to reduce head height inside as I have a short comfortable beach chair to sit on. I lay a 3" foam mattress cut to fit for 2 people. Were does my stuff go? I hitched a luggage rack on the hitch with 4 fitting fiberglass boxes to hold my camping gear and done ! Everything is strapped down and secure.
Love the simplicity. Only one thing you left out of the tools and supply list....woodworking skills, of which I have none. I will have to hire a carpenter to do mine. Great minimalist video.
Just a suggestion; I’d finish it off with automotive carpet to match from your local upholstery shop, they’ll almost certainly have some in stock for sale by the yard… a box cutter & a staple gun & you’re ready to rock! 👍😎🤘
I made my Accord a camper after I eyeballed the right half of it and realized I could fit a 6 foot long bed in there. So the back left is my living room and the right half is the bedroom. It's a lot more attainable when you don't overcomplicate things.
Suggestions: make the top sleeping boards smaller so you can reach in while inside without moving everything. Get a camping cot so no need to build the platform. How can you measure with the front seats all the way forward and then use them? Making the platform so it can slide in and out for the bed area also allows for having a couch type setup inside when you can't be outside due to the weather.
After spine surgery sleeping in my 4runner isn’t so fun, especially when it’s too snowy to keep my totes outside...this is simple enough for me to actually want to attempt. Not due to lack of skill, knowledge, or tools , but purely based on my extreme laziness. Love the content, hope to see you on the trails one day
Finally, someone I LIKE to watch! Calm, cool, and collected! LOL! Now, I am outside of Nashville. I have a service dog that needs this set up in my 2022 Kia Soul. How about taking a trip here ?
I love your video!! I’m cracking up laughing!!! Are you a stand up comedian? Your presentation is logical, simple and brilliant!! I have a family member that will benefit from your instructions. Thank you!!!
Agree with you in terms of simplicity. I would use coroplast laminated in three pieces to make it lighter.for Organization I use shoe bags and jewelry bags.
The problem with your design is the way you situated the 2x4's..you should of placed them flat versus upright..you'd have 2 more inches of space under the bed allowing more or bigger items to stow under..
Great idea Matt , I’m in the Canary Islands and this summer I want to take my SUV to mainland Europe..I have to get a ferry which takes 40 hours but it’s comfortable, then I can go where ever I want and while I will stay in some hotels I can use camp sites as well and bring a decent tent..With this simple conversion it’s a bed when I want it and quick to set up..Thanks👏👍
I wish those measurements were for a subaru forester, it will make my project much easier...and just follow your instructions 🤗 Great job you have done!
Oh my goodness!! I paused your video to comment before I got to the end! Yes! You absolutely are a comedian!! I’m so glad I’m not the only one with questionable ideas. :)
Thanks. You gave me an idea for a hinged front, not back. I have a 10 yr old that needs that back seat. If I injured in two spots, you could also make a lounge out of the back. Thank you!
I lived in my volvo station wagon for almost a year and it has fold flat back seats but in order to do that you have to lift up the bottom seat cushion and fold it forward and then fold down the back and then you loose the big gap of storage space behind the front seat it gets filled with the bottom cushion wich still sticks up enough to take up precious foot room when laying in the back so I just opted out of folding the back seats completely flat and folded the backs down without folding out the bottom cushion and put my trifold matress on top at a slight slope and slept with my head in the back on the flat part it was fine the inside of a station wagon is not tall enough for any kind of platform
I don’t know that’s pretty cheap and easy, but I definitely emptied all the tools out of my work van, (Dodge Grand Caravan) and chucked in the smallest camping chair I had and an old army cot. The hardest part was emptying the tools 🧰
I’d love to make a platform that can be pushed up to fit in the trunk and act as storage in some form for daily commute and then push it down to a flag surface for a bed.
Personally I just recline the driver's or if I'm feelin' frisky, front passenger's seat all the way and sleep in that. Way more comfortable than any even vaguely portable mattress I've ever found., nevermind that crap people use in tents. Except in my tow rig. Which is a single cab. With a shitty vinyl bench seat. Slept in the bed at a freeway rest stop once, people kept waking me up to try to buy the car off my trailer. Slept in the cab laying across the bench once, with the engine running, wearing full race gear, in a sleeping bag, because it was substantially below freezing outside with like 40mph winds and this was the only way I could figure out not to die. Heater on full blast, barely got up to like 40 in the cab because the weather sealing is terrible and it's a diesel so it makes little heat at idle. I considered throwing a brick on the accelerator pedal, but decided redlining the engine for 8 hours probably wouldn't end well. ... And there were people in tents nearby who I'm sure already hated me. And themselves. Since then, the rule is "either bum a spot in somebody else's RV, get a hotel, or don't be the sucker that has to tow the racecar".
This is a great idea. But, you could just buy a second-gen Subaru Forester with fold-flat seats, put an air mattress in the back, and deal with being about twenty-five thou from the headliner.
Yahoo, whoopy😅! You got me. I loved when you pulled out what I thought was your laptop, I had to pause vid, clapping out loud Zowee, yes, going on to see rest and looking forward to using some of your suggestions (links)
I'm gunna make my own version with a folding table as the bed. So when you wake up and you need a table you just take the bed out and you have a table.
Love this idea and it’s simplicity. Would love this for my Honda HRV. Question. With the front seats pushed all the way up, how can you drive the vehicle? Seems like it would need to be built in two sections so it could fold in half lengthwise.
fun video, well done. i obsessed way too much about mine being level. i later found out that if the bed platform is a little higher on the front seats end and a tad lower on the cargo end, that's totally cool cause otherwise you have the blood rushing to your head all night. (let the snarky jokes fly)
I’ve got a idea to remove the back seats and passenger seat then make a flat bed with box roof in a L shape curved over the passenger side window opening at the boot for access with padding down the left sleeping side and draws/tabletop on the right.. I hope that’s understandable but I’m just unsure about the legality of this isit ok to do any info or ideas welcome ? I’ve got a vw polo too haha nice and compact 😉
I was hoping for a link to the 'complicated camper conversion' you mention at 0:37 (so that I could go 'like' that as well), but couldn't find it anywhere... ?
Cool video dude! The thought of learning how to plumb in my kitchenette and learn to become an electrician to wire up transformers and solar panels is daunting to the point I don’t feel ready to buy a van to convert it. I currently sleep in my BMW Touring and I want to buy something bigger. Think I’ll start with the Nissan Pathfinder and do something similar to what you’ve got here for now. 👍
Wait, you don’t need to spend $3500 for a “storage system” to be a true overlander? 🙄😜😎 I got a $18 24”x72” wood plank (sanded and super light!) from Menards and a 4” foam mattress (Amaz.) for the uneven back of my 2018 4Runner after completely removing the back seats - made a lot more room, saved some weight, and A LOT of money/time 👍🏼 I’m 6’ and sleep behind the passenger seat - works great! Cool vid - thanks for being no-nonsense practical 👏🏻
I don't know how, but you managed to make building a rectangle confusing. Probably because it was in inches and I just woke up I used to work at a place that did battery fitouts for campers, the amount of money people would put into a 4wd just to either go to the same beach as everyone else or to tow a caravan to the same caravan park as everyone else was mind boggling. You got the occasional person who was fairdinkum and going actually out bush enough to justify 10K worth of power system, but most of them were just posers honestly
If you build a frame that forces your seats to stay in the far forward position, you won't be able to drive. Better choice would be measure from your actual driving position...
What's your thoughts of a roof-top tent especially if you don't have an SUV I'm considering putting the biggest Rooftop tent I can get my hands on and putting it on my little tiny Toyota Corolla
I sold that car years ago but it wasn't too dissimilar to this build, except that it had nicer wood and I made a kind of bookshelf in the back with shelves sized for things like my water bottle and propane tank. If I were to do it again I would probably build the platform part and then buy an actual bookshelf.
Well, seeing how much lumber is now it's a $30,000 conversion now. Vehicle extra.
You need so little lumber you could probably get this much from someone's scrap pile when doing renovations.
(let's go brandon)
FJB☺
What was different in early 2020? Hmmmm....
When I bought the cast iron bottle opener many years ago, I knew there will be a day where I am going find the PERFECT spot for it. It's sitting in the same corner of a drawer for all these years. Sometimes I took it out....and... nah...no need for that. NOW it has found that spot. Thank you, also for the 'easy way' of making this mattress platform. What a nice and humorous video.
This guy's way to present is so simple and yet surprisingly entertaining! You deserve SO MANY MORE SUBSCRIBERS!!! Love these diy projects!
The generosity of people who put their expertise and time on these videos just amazes me - I watched your video and since I'm pretty puny, I've been thinking of getting a camping cot for half the side of my SUV. Thank you so much for this video and your time!
The hip way Matt presents this is so cool.
Thanks for including your measurements! I wish everyone would do this!
My mindset gets on very well with you perspective, very rare at all in my country... were I seem to be a crazy one. I have donde similar this summer... and moved along the Spanish north west sea coast, and was the only one... among an ocean of the usual predictable camping site stuff... the best and flexible and easiest holidays ever! 5 mins to rebuild everything in 5 mins... and off we went to another place... my car? A tiny Renault Scenic , i noticed that I could remove the back seats, and there i sent, just taking the basic... and now i am planning a practical and more confortable update, adding a platform, to get that 31 cms space up under the platform... its a real joy to find we are many insane but possitive mindset to face these dark hours... jajaja... i. pleased to meet you!
I love watching these conversion videos as I have a pickup truck that I use for short term camping. My design is even simpler than yours as I don't want any platforms to reduce head height inside as I have a short comfortable beach chair to sit on. I lay a 3" foam mattress cut to fit for 2 people. Were does my stuff go? I hitched a luggage rack on the hitch with 4 fitting fiberglass boxes to hold my camping gear and done ! Everything is strapped down and secure.
Subscribed. Thank you for not yelling at the camera and saying "HEEYYYYWUTIZZUPGUYZZZZZ!"
I also hate that trend. Alot.
You are a breath of fresh air. I will be binging your other vids, for more simple ways to get out there
Love the simplicity. Only one thing you left out of the tools and supply list....woodworking skills, of which I have none. I will have to hire a carpenter to do mine. Great minimalist video.
This channel is vastly underrated. Keep up the quality work!
Smart thiknking / good project
I work as a carpenter and the backpack - tote bag - bucket system works great.
Just a suggestion; I’d finish it off with automotive carpet to match from your local upholstery shop, they’ll almost certainly have some in stock for sale by the yard… a box cutter & a staple gun & you’re ready to rock!
👍😎🤘
Hey great channel. I was able to make my sleeping platform, underlying supports, with integrated storage all from one sheet of plywood.
I made my Accord a camper after I eyeballed the right half of it and realized I could fit a 6 foot long bed in there. So the back left is my living room and the right half is the bedroom. It's a lot more attainable when you don't overcomplicate things.
I like this. I don't want my own sink, countertop, and a toilet when camping. I just want my own bed!
Suggestions: make the top sleeping boards smaller so you can reach in while inside without moving everything. Get a camping cot so no need to build the platform. How can you measure with the front seats all the way forward and then use them? Making the platform so it can slide in and out for the bed area also allows for having a couch type setup inside when you can't be outside due to the weather.
After spine surgery sleeping in my 4runner isn’t so fun, especially when it’s too snowy to keep my totes outside...this is simple enough for me to actually want to attempt. Not due to lack of skill, knowledge, or tools , but purely based on my extreme laziness. Love the content, hope to see you on the trails one day
Almost forgot the church key. Good thing there was time for celebrating at the end of the job. Well done!
AMAZING. I live in Uganda at the moment and will follow this fast method. Cheers to Safari life
Matt. Liking your channel! Quick, consise with the right amount of dry humor! Love it!
Geez, remember when you could buy a sheet of SANDED plywood and all the other parts of a camping project for FOURTY DOLLARS?
Sometimes less is so much more, great job showing us this easy conversion 👍
I did something similar in my jetta. Surprisingly, it worked.
Finally, someone I LIKE to watch! Calm, cool, and collected! LOL! Now, I am outside of Nashville. I have a service dog that needs this set up in my 2022 Kia Soul. How about taking a trip here ?
I love your video!! I’m cracking up laughing!!! Are you a stand up comedian? Your presentation is logical, simple and brilliant!! I have a family member that will benefit from your instructions. Thank you!!!
You have a good sense of humor great job!
Nice job! Definitely ultra-light version of vanlife. Just add a full cooler and water, and it's ready!
Agree with you in terms of simplicity. I would use coroplast laminated in three pieces to make it lighter.for Organization I use shoe bags and jewelry bags.
I love your videos and how you explain things. Best channel by far.
The problem with your design is the way you situated the 2x4's..you should of placed them flat versus upright..you'd have 2 more inches of space under the bed allowing more or bigger items to stow under..
The using rucksacks for storage is a great tip.
Best of all, build-in bottle-opener. Love it.
Thanks for the stripped down version of the build. It was exactly what I was looking for. Sub.
Great idea Matt , I’m in the Canary Islands and this summer I want to take my SUV to mainland Europe..I have to get a ferry which takes 40 hours but it’s comfortable, then I can go where ever I want and while I will stay in some hotels I can use camp sites as well and bring a decent tent..With this simple conversion it’s a bed when I want it and quick to set up..Thanks👏👍
Hi SuperFast Matt, great channel. I did a build on my Honda Element for $99. Following you now. Cheers!
The teddy bear was awesome
Jenius!!! I have same idea about bags.. But now I know where I put them... It's so simple, why never come out of my mind??
Quick job - should work fine!
Safety precaution : you should firmly attached for bed frame to the chassis (in case of rollover)
I wish those measurements were for a subaru forester, it will make my project much easier...and just follow your instructions 🤗
Great job you have done!
Oh my goodness!! I paused your video to comment before I got to the end! Yes! You absolutely are a comedian!! I’m so glad I’m not the only one with questionable ideas. :)
Thanks. You gave me an idea for a hinged front, not back. I have a 10 yr old that needs that back seat. If I injured in two spots, you could also make a lounge out of the back. Thank you!
You're awesome. Funny as hell and damned smart! LOVE IT!
love the bottle opener
Best Overlander build I've seen in awhile
My favorite channel these days
Thank you! Funny yet practical.
I lived in my volvo station wagon for almost a year and it has fold flat back seats but in order to do that you have to lift up the bottom seat cushion and fold it forward and then fold down the back and then you loose the big gap of storage space behind the front seat it gets filled with the bottom cushion wich still sticks up enough to take up precious foot room when laying in the back so I just opted out of folding the back seats completely flat and folded the backs down without folding out the bottom cushion and put my trifold matress on top at a slight slope and slept with my head in the back on the flat part it was fine the inside of a station wagon is not tall enough for any kind of platform
Oh you have a Volvo 240 too? Epic
@@fast.biking_freddy 99 v70xc awd Volvo but I would love to have an even older volvo someday
Like your style, simple yet effective. Some of these other people are Overkill.
That's superb bro I also made a bed like this but it's in a hatchback car. Built a bed in a car and camping is really fun and enjoyable for me.
Very cool. I need to take at least 3 of those giant bears with me though, so I'm trying to customize my build somehow.
I don’t know that’s pretty cheap and easy, but I definitely emptied all the tools out of my work van, (Dodge Grand Caravan) and chucked in the smallest camping chair I had and an old army cot. The hardest part was emptying the tools 🧰
I’d love to make a platform that can be pushed up to fit in the trunk and act as storage in some form for daily commute and then push it down to a flag surface for a bed.
Bro I have been trying to wreck my brain on building these. I’m soooo glad you did this thanks!!!
Nice. I take out the seats in my Tesla and sleep on a sh1tty piece of ply. Still haven't got around to doing this as 'properly' as you!
Great choice of beer!
Loved your outlook and how you spoke about the topic. Gained a sub.
I watch your videos on 2x speed to make it superfaster Matt.
A friend of mine did something like this on his Opel corsa hatchback, although smaller
This was so helpful! I needed a simple build for my Honda Pilot! Thanks!
Personally I just recline the driver's or if I'm feelin' frisky, front passenger's seat all the way and sleep in that. Way more comfortable than any even vaguely portable mattress I've ever found., nevermind that crap people use in tents.
Except in my tow rig. Which is a single cab. With a shitty vinyl bench seat. Slept in the bed at a freeway rest stop once, people kept waking me up to try to buy the car off my trailer. Slept in the cab laying across the bench once, with the engine running, wearing full race gear, in a sleeping bag, because it was substantially below freezing outside with like 40mph winds and this was the only way I could figure out not to die. Heater on full blast, barely got up to like 40 in the cab because the weather sealing is terrible and it's a diesel so it makes little heat at idle. I considered throwing a brick on the accelerator pedal, but decided redlining the engine for 8 hours probably wouldn't end well. ... And there were people in tents nearby who I'm sure already hated me. And themselves.
Since then, the rule is "either bum a spot in somebody else's RV, get a hotel, or don't be the sucker that has to tow the racecar".
Excellent, simple, quick, & practical!🥂
Love the teddy bear!! Lol
Great video and you made me laugh. I needed that.
Reminds me of my Outback build. But due to lack of head space. The bed was a fail. Lol
This is a great idea. But, you could just buy a second-gen Subaru Forester with fold-flat seats, put an air mattress in the back, and deal with being about twenty-five thou from the headliner.
Yahoo, whoopy😅! You got me. I loved when you pulled out what I thought was your laptop, I had to pause vid, clapping out loud Zowee, yes, going on to see rest and looking forward to using some of your suggestions (links)
I liked the video. Thanks for making this video.
Good video. Straight to the point. Thanks! Liked
The giant teddy bear...nice touch! LOL
My thought too 😂
Yeah. I feel kinda bad now that I don't have one of them to sleep with.
@@livinginthenow LOL
Love everything ...especially the funny parts !
I'm gunna make my own version with a folding table as the bed. So when you wake up and you need a table you just take the bed out and you have a table.
Haha now I can stop watching the video. Great idea.
I did that too! Now I'm its so thick that I'm about as close to the roof as though i just slept under the car :)
Watching this at the camp site in my converted VAN. Thanks, youtube =)
Thumbs-up. You made me smile at the end. Great job!
Love this idea and it’s simplicity. Would love this for my Honda HRV.
Question. With the front seats pushed all the way up, how can you drive the vehicle? Seems like it would need to be built in two sections so it could fold in half lengthwise.
love it. keep it simple. my number one rule..
fun video, well done. i obsessed way too much about mine being level. i later found out that if the bed platform is a little higher on the front seats end and a tad lower on the cargo end, that's totally cool cause otherwise you have the blood rushing to your head all night. (let the snarky jokes fly)
I like camping with a queen size bed and room service.
I’ve got a idea to remove the back seats and passenger seat then make a flat bed with box roof in a L shape curved over the passenger side window opening at the boot for access with padding down the left sleeping side and draws/tabletop on the right.. I hope that’s understandable but I’m just unsure about the legality of this isit ok to do any info or ideas welcome ? I’ve got a vw polo too haha nice and compact 😉
"for this cheap camper, start with a 60 thousand dollar vehicle" haha.
Very entertaining and what a great idea. Not particularly involved and it works great
I was hoping for a link to the 'complicated camper conversion' you mention at 0:37 (so that I could go 'like' that as well), but couldn't find it anywhere... ?
Nice to see the Costco oversized bear making an appearance. I always wondered who actually bought those things...! 🧐😎😜
Ahh cheap and easy! 👌 Great video. Nice 4r!
Cool video dude! The thought of learning how to plumb in my kitchenette and learn to become an electrician to wire up transformers and solar panels is daunting to the point I don’t feel ready to buy a van to convert it. I currently sleep in my BMW Touring and I want to buy something bigger. Think I’ll start with the Nissan Pathfinder and do something similar to what you’ve got here for now. 👍
Wait, you don’t need to spend $3500 for a “storage system” to be a true overlander? 🙄😜😎
I got a $18 24”x72” wood plank (sanded and super light!) from Menards and a 4” foam mattress (Amaz.) for the uneven back of my 2018 4Runner after completely removing the back seats - made a lot more room, saved some weight, and A LOT of money/time 👍🏼 I’m 6’ and sleep behind the passenger seat - works great!
Cool vid - thanks for being no-nonsense practical 👏🏻
I don't know how, but you managed to make building a rectangle confusing. Probably because it was in inches and I just woke up
I used to work at a place that did battery fitouts for campers, the amount of money people would put into a 4wd just to either go to the same beach as everyone else or to tow a caravan to the same caravan park as everyone else was mind boggling. You got the occasional person who was fairdinkum and going actually out bush enough to justify 10K worth of power system, but most of them were just posers honestly
If you build a frame that forces your seats to stay in the far forward position, you won't be able to drive. Better choice would be measure from your actual driving position...
It is great idea. Shows me how to save money for car camping.
What's your thoughts of a roof-top tent especially if you don't have an SUV I'm considering putting the biggest Rooftop tent I can get my hands on and putting it on my little tiny Toyota Corolla
Hi Matt. I have a 2000 Toyota 4Runner Limited. Do you think your measurements will work? I noticed yours is a limited as well.
How do you drive with the front seats shoved all of the way up?
Quick & easy. Spent too much on mine.
Thanks. Any way you'd be able to share about your more complicated build you mentioned?
I sold that car years ago but it wasn't too dissimilar to this build, except that it had nicer wood and I made a kind of bookshelf in the back with shelves sized for things like my water bottle and propane tank. If I were to do it again I would probably build the platform part and then buy an actual bookshelf.
The cargo area for the 4runner is already flat so we can lay mattress on it and sleep thus save $40
Easy cheap man, just what I like
Very good and easygoing....
Enjoyable video. I love seeing quick, inexpensive build-outs for camping. What about just buying a cot to set up in the vehicle?
Notice the legs of the platform are at different heights… Do cots have adjustable legs?
Did you ever sleep in your parked car keeping engine ideal running condition with AC/ hot air on for whole night ?
That's terrible for the environment, Aditya! And on top, it ruins your A/C - it should only be on for longer when the car is moving.