Chrome, you might have a few minutes of setting up your shower, but people living in sticks and bricks. Need to spend a lot longer cleaning their shower. I say you’re winning 👍
Trick an old blacksmith taught me for keeping propane tanks from freezing up - put it in a bucket of water! The water acts as a heat sink and keeps the tank from freezing as quickly, so the propane doesn't gel up.
Well thought - thank you for sharing! The water increases the mass the cold has to cool down, that makes the process slower, maybe get me through a particular cold night - and B. water takes up extra energie when going from fluid to solid, an extra goody only water provids for!
How nice to find a person you can share the shower with! I am lucky like you, to find a lady who loves the outdoor shower, loves sleeping in a van rather than a hotel or AirBnB! Loves traveling, loves the lifestyle.
I think you hit a key word I have been looking for over several months: “process”. Getting ready for a hot shot takes many steps (versus a sticks and bricks). Using and having fresh wash. Having LP. Emptying tread. Getting rid of “poop”. Making sure there is enough gas. I love the nomads life, but as you touched on, it has so many different challenges. Great video brother Chrome!
If I recall correctly Emy bought some reflects and has some left. Make a slieve to slide the propane tank into. Should help prevent it from getting frosty
Little inconveniences are just that. Do them often enough, they become less of an inconvenience and more of a routine without thinking about it as an inconvenience. 😊 You two just took a shower without tapping into your own water supply in the vans with heat! That’s awesome!
Boy hot shower in the back country Learn so Much from you chrome and it’s so excited to see you both enjoying the hot shower So cool . Aussie made it happened. Aww cruizie is so handsome . Love his look Stay safe and enjoy
We just installed ours. We went ahead and put it on the wall and cut a hole in the van for the shower head and hot and cold handles which locks up nice when not in use. Also, got that shower curtain you were talking about that fits at least 2, but I swear it's so huge you could fit 3 but that's just getting freaky! Haven't used it yet. Van is almost finished though!
I was thinking the same... there's portable teakwood outdoor shower mats that can be purchased. There's different sizes to choose from depending on your storage capacity and/or personal preference. There's different options to choose from other than the teakwood as well
Propane does not 'gel' the bottle is freezing due to the draw of the appliance. So it is due to the loss of vapor pressure that the appliance will stop working. So the 20 lb tank and even the water trick will help. We use tank heaters and vaporizers to heat the liquid propane to vapor in industrial situations during winter months.
I lived in a camp trailer for awhile, and I got a tote heated the water and took a small bath. It took a little time ,but I felt supreme after. It's great you, and Emi both got a shower 🚿. Always enjoy the simple things like a shower. I really like your onesie pajamas. Stay warm, and safe travels.
I think you would like the AeroPress.... It is a lot less messy then french press, and less water waste.... I have starlink and sometimes it can work through the trees....
I’m like you Crome, I have to leave every thing all clean & put away before I go out the house . Even in our 33 foot boat We clean & leave it ready for our next trip out,water tank (1000 litres), fuel tank 800 litres, & the list goes on, It’s not a modern boat ,built in 1989. But it is all we need to go fishing & crabbing out of.We are 77 &75 now, & semi retired,& love the freedom of sailing around the bay. Safe travels to you & Emile, from Elaine, Queensland, Australia.
Hi!!! Been enjoying your content for a while. Great work! Today I saw you raving about a French press. I think you will be amazed if you gave the Aeropress a try. It’s about $49 bucks and makes awesome coffee. Research it. Get one. CLeans up in a second. No fuss. No mess. No water needed to clean it. I promise. It’s my preferred brewing method over pour over or French press or drip etc. aero press. From the makers of the aerobie frisbee. ☺️👍💥
It's also the way you set your batteries up. They are living their best life in the best possible situation and only the best connections and wiring have been used. . . They even individually heated. . A battery living that kind of life would most definitely give you 50% more power just because its happy. . . .
Love that shower!! You really did need that a couple years ago when covid hit. Love that spot, looks so peaceful, good place to recharge your own batteries. Be safe. 😎🍻💕
Saw some teenagers in Walmart wearing a bunch of different styles of one piece jumpsuits like you have on. They were goofing around and just having simple nerdy fun. Now I just want to get a pair of overalls!
Want an even better cup of coffee, imo. Go to Coyote coffee (Parksville), get Bali Blue (as a suggestion), and use an AeroPress coffee maker, similar to a French press but the coffee is ground finer, therefore a better extraction. I got a travel AeroPress for my van, small and easy to store. Now that’s a cup of coffee!!😁💛
i use the same type and size of propane heater for our expedition RV, its on the wall above the oven/stove and uses the exhaust fan for the fumes. it never smells and is used for the shower and kitchen. cheap, easy and been very reliable.
A onesie, Chrome?! Say it isn't so!!! Oh, well, I actually see the proof!! Love the pattern and colors, and as you said, you are really comfortable in them!! Okay, enough about that!!! Lots of love to you and Cruzie 🐻!! Be safe in your travels wherever you go!!! 🇺🇲
Go to Marks Work Warehouse and get a pair of battery powered warming socks. Charge one up with a USB and put it on the propane bottle. No more frosty bottle 😉
I have an outdoor shower on my truck camper. Like you said, showering free outside like that is awesome ❤️ . I do have a tent if I'm around others but I prefer to shower without it (and I'm female) 👍 My next rig will definitely have an outdoor shower too!
I can relate. As temps Tonight dipped down to the low 40’s (on their way later to 30’s) F, I trueness on my propane RV heater. After 20 minutes I had to turn it off! Over 65 F!! Too hot.
Chrome, wear those socks to bed when it's cold! A friend gifted me a bunch of warm fluffy socks a few years ago, the kind of socks that won't really fit into shoes, I suppose, but I didn't even try. If you keep them on overnight, they'll really help keep you warm! The van looks great, btw; all the upgrades have really improved things a lot. So does Cruzy (look great, I mean), and you too, you seem a lot happier than you were a few years ago when I first started watching your videos. (I have some catching up to do; maybe I'll binge-watch over the holidays if I can wait that long.) And I too swear by French presses. But, heck, I live in an apartment and it takes me much longer than you to prepare a hot shower. Heating the water, depending on factors such as overnight temp - takes 15 to 45 minutes. Leaving the water heater on non-stop would ruin a person financially. Sometimes, I leave it on for a full day or so and then benefit from that for a few days, but that only works when the weather isn't cold, otherwise the water will just cool again. I also try to make use of any warm water that is still left after the shower for laundry and doing dishes as much as I can.
Just had a leg surgery can’t walk chrome , I’m having anxiety your videos are like therapy enjoying, forgetting my pain through your videos thank you very much 😊love you chrome 👍
I wouldn't care, I could stay out there not go to back to peoplezation yeck yes signed me up. First need the Jackery pro then the shower they are on my list at opposite ends, one step at a time I'll get the build done. 😊
I've use a coffee press for years. 🔴YOU DON'T HAVE TO WASH IT WITH WATER!! 🔴 I have a rubber spatula that I use to scrape the grounds out. Then I just tap most of the grounds out of the lid. Because I use it every day, it doesn't matter if there are a few grounds still in it from the day before. I haven't washed it in years and I'm still alive. It's just coffee grounds and water. Now, if you were to not use it for a long time (like if you went away on a holiday or something), wash it and store it with the lid tilted so it doesn't get moldy inside. But day to day use ~ no washing required.
We might take longer to get back on the road, but I wouldn't trade that inconvenience for having to clean a house. Every weekend I spent the whole weekend doing laundry, cleaning the house, doing yard work, going grocery shopping, yadda yadda yadda. Yes I still have to do laundry but guess what? It only takes me a couple of hours to do five loads cause I’m doing them all simultaneously at the laundromat. Just cleaning a house and doing the yardwork would take entire weekends over and over again. so to be slightly inconvenienced every morning is a breath of fresh air, literally and figuratively. By the way I love the outdoor shower set up. I need to look into it. Stay safe and have the time of your life. 😎🚐🥾
YIKES! Chrome,please stop stirring the coffee in the Bodum! It WILL explode, the metal hitting on the sides will eventually cause the Bodum to shatter the glass and it WILL cause the hot coffee to spew out and possibly burn you. I wanted to open a coffee house and call it, Bodums Up!
Chrome.. Just had to share buddy.. Just bought my 1979 E350 ambulance.. you have been a huge inspiration both on starting youtube.. and now building a old-school ambo rig so thank you. I cant wait to get started on it.
The settlers traveled by wagon and wiukd set up in spots...so you have alot more convince then they had...but its freedom to see beautiful places ...so jelly chrome...you have the life...🤘
I love seeing the hot shower system in the cold I was in Iraq and bought a bladder shower that I could put in the sun for a while and have a nice shower
My sentiments exactly! French press is the ONLY way to go! AND........ love that you start your day with WARMTH before driving. Why SHOULD it be any other way!? 😄
hey heads up chrome if you already have the side canopy where side barn doors are you could get walls for it if you don't already that set up that's where you could be showering with vans doors staying closed to keep the water out use a big side double wide living space in closed canopy tent floorless space
Little French Press tip: They make them in double walled stainless steel. I broke 3 glass ones before I thought about looking for a stainless one. One more tip: if you rinse them out right after you pour the coffee, it's easier to rinse out. I think as it cools off, it becomes more like a brick.
I found one with a platform that sits at the bottom, that you pull out by an attached handle, dump the grinds, rinse, done. Of course, that's after you are done with coffee. 😉
Chrome, you might have a few minutes of setting up your shower, but people living in sticks and bricks. Need to spend a lot longer cleaning their shower. I say you’re winning 👍
Trick an old blacksmith taught me for keeping propane tanks from freezing up - put it in a bucket of water! The water acts as a heat sink and keeps the tank from freezing as quickly, so the propane doesn't gel up.
lol. at -30c and volder you got a block of ice around a propane tank. Genius idea
Hmm a poop bucket and running hot water 3 feet away.🤔
Pet smart has Buffalo check onesees 4 dogs..
Well thought - thank you for sharing! The water increases the mass the cold has to cool down, that makes the process slower, maybe get me through a particular cold night - and B. water takes up extra energie when going from fluid to solid, an extra goody only water provids for!
If you and Emi parked parallel and had an awning you could walk under it dry feeted. The outdoor shower would also be more comfy.
How nice to find a person you can share the shower with!
I am lucky like you, to find a lady who loves the outdoor shower, loves sleeping in a van rather than a hotel or AirBnB! Loves traveling, loves the lifestyle.
She’s a keeper hold onto her. 😎🚐❤️
A couple thar showers together stays together 😂
I think you hit a key word I have been looking for over several months: “process”.
Getting ready for a hot shot takes many steps (versus a sticks and bricks). Using and having fresh wash. Having LP. Emptying tread. Getting rid of “poop”.
Making sure there is enough gas.
I love the nomads life, but as you touched on, it has so many different challenges.
Great video brother Chrome!
If I recall correctly Emy bought some reflects and has some left. Make a slieve to slide the propane tank into. Should help prevent it from getting frosty
Little inconveniences are just that. Do them often enough, they become less of an inconvenience and more of a routine without thinking about it as an inconvenience. 😊 You two just took a shower without tapping into your own water supply in the vans with heat! That’s awesome!
Boy hot shower in the back country
Learn so
Much from you chrome and it’s so excited to see you both enjoying the hot shower
So cool . Aussie made it happened. Aww cruizie is so handsome . Love his look
Stay safe and enjoy
Those socks matched! Those socks matched!! Chrome sold out!!! Chrome sold out!!!!
We just installed ours. We went ahead and put it on the wall and cut a hole in the van for the shower head and hot and cold handles which locks up nice when not in use. Also, got that shower curtain you were talking about that fits at least 2, but I swear it's so huge you could fit 3 but that's just getting freaky! Haven't used it yet. Van is almost finished though!
Chrome, you make Van life look fun!
You are a riot, Chrome! "I've got to go take care of some business." Gotta love the van life. Stay safe and travel on, brother
aka paper work 😁
You definitely need a bath mat or something to stand on while showering so your feet get clean too. 😉
I was thinking the same... there's portable teakwood outdoor shower mats that can be purchased. There's different sizes to choose from depending on your storage capacity and/or personal preference. There's different options to choose from other than the teakwood as well
@@sammyaisel9019 And you can even roll some of them up for storing
put a wool sock on the propane tank. it would absorb moisture
Propane does not 'gel' the bottle is freezing due to the draw of the appliance. So it is due to the loss of vapor pressure that the appliance will stop working. So the 20 lb tank and even the water trick will help. We use tank heaters and vaporizers to heat the liquid propane to vapor in industrial situations during winter months.
I lived in a camp trailer for awhile, and I got a tote heated the water and took a small bath. It took a little time ,but I felt supreme after. It's great you, and Emi both got a shower 🚿. Always enjoy the simple things like a shower. I really like your onesie pajamas. Stay warm, and safe travels.
I think you would like the AeroPress.... It is a lot less messy then french press, and less water waste....
I have starlink and sometimes it can work through the trees....
G’Day from Queensland, Australia. I have the joolca set-up too (with the sink etc), and I love it!!
Got damn Chrome has it all, hot woman, hot shower, dope van, dope dog: GOALS by 40!
Just use your shower to warm your propane bottle.
Washes off your propane bottle as well.
Hell ya hot shower out in the woods for two ! love it ,big hugs from MN thanks for sharing
I’m like you Crome, I have to leave every thing all clean & put away before I go out the house . Even in our 33 foot boat We clean & leave it ready for our next trip out,water tank (1000 litres), fuel tank 800 litres, & the list goes on, It’s not a modern boat ,built in 1989. But it is all we need to go fishing & crabbing out of.We are 77 &75 now, & semi retired,& love the freedom of sailing around the bay. Safe travels to you & Emile, from Elaine, Queensland, Australia.
I cant wait to be free on the road with my furbabies!!
My Joolco shower is on it's way to me as we speak...I'm so excited!!! Thanks for doing a review and letting us know about it ❤
Your unbridled love of van life is invigorating 💪🏼😎 Goodonya, brother
Hi!!! Been enjoying your content for a while. Great work! Today I saw you raving about a French press. I think you will be amazed if you gave the Aeropress a try. It’s about $49 bucks and makes awesome coffee. Research it. Get one. CLeans up in a second. No fuss. No mess. No water needed to clean it. I promise. It’s my preferred brewing method over pour over or French press or drip etc. aero press. From the makers of the aerobie frisbee. ☺️👍💥
Use the warm waste water to warm the 1 pound tank it works well
You and Emi fit together like a perfect puzzle
It's also the way you set your batteries up. They are living their best life in the best possible situation and only the best connections and wiring have been used. . .
They even individually heated. .
A battery living that kind of life would most definitely give you 50% more power just because its happy. . . .
Love that shower!! You really did need that a couple years ago when covid hit. Love that spot, looks so peaceful, good place to recharge your own batteries. Be safe. 😎🍻💕
I think ya'lls life how you both live together is fantastic
Saw some teenagers in Walmart wearing a bunch of different styles of one piece jumpsuits like you have on. They were goofing around and just having simple nerdy fun. Now I just want to get a pair of overalls!
Want an even better cup of coffee, imo. Go to Coyote coffee (Parksville), get Bali Blue (as a suggestion), and use an AeroPress coffee maker, similar to a French press but the coffee is ground finer, therefore a better extraction. I got a travel AeroPress for my van, small and easy to store. Now that’s a cup of coffee!!😁💛
The hot shower is AMAZING!!!
Nothing like a hot shower in nature! As a city-dweller with occasional forays into nature, the fuss-factor feels more like a ritual of anticipation.
Thanks for the upload! Give cruze a treat for me!
I truly love that you coordinate everything. Your since of design 😍
There’s something refreshing about a shower in the woods
i use the same type and size of propane heater for our expedition RV, its on the wall above the oven/stove and uses the exhaust fan for the fumes. it never smells and is used for the shower and kitchen. cheap, easy and been very reliable.
A onesie, Chrome?! Say it isn't so!!! Oh, well, I actually see the proof!! Love the pattern and colors, and as you said, you are really comfortable in them!! Okay, enough about that!!! Lots of love to you and Cruzie 🐻!! Be safe in your travels wherever you go!!! 🇺🇲
😂
He he best ending ever..and I know I’ve been watching since day 1.
Chrome you laughed at the thought of a 2 person shower tent but you also said its awesome. I think yall need one. Lol
Me and my husband love the outdoors as of now we’re working on getting us on the road.
You sure could have used your new shower back in 2020 when all the gyms were closed . Keep living the dream 👍
Go to Marks Work Warehouse and get a pair of battery powered warming socks. Charge one up with a USB and put it on the propane bottle. No more frosty bottle 😉
All the best to you. Stay safe and enjoy your life 🙏🏻😊 continue to smile and be happy 😊
I have an outdoor shower on my truck camper. Like you said, showering free outside like that is awesome ❤️ . I do have a tent if I'm around others but I prefer to shower without it (and I'm female) 👍
My next rig will definitely have an outdoor shower too!
That onesie looks incredibly warm!!☺️
Ever think about ditching the 1 pound propane bottles and upgrading to a 5 pound refillable bottle
I have the exact same dyson, it changed my life.
"California Raisins" LOL..love how everything has it's place in the van...keep warm :)
Enjoy Weirdo much love thank you for sharing our journey 💓
And I love the little laugh when u drop the mug ur dryin. Hehehe
I can relate. As temps Tonight dipped down to the low 40’s (on their way later to 30’s) F, I trueness on my propane RV heater.
After 20 minutes I had to turn it off! Over 65 F!! Too hot.
Chrome, wear those socks to bed when it's cold! A friend gifted me a bunch of warm fluffy socks a few years ago, the kind of socks that won't really fit into shoes, I suppose, but I didn't even try. If you keep them on overnight, they'll really help keep you warm! The van looks great, btw; all the upgrades have really improved things a lot. So does Cruzy (look great, I mean), and you too, you seem a lot happier than you were a few years ago when I first started watching your videos. (I have some catching up to do; maybe I'll binge-watch over the holidays if I can wait that long.) And I too swear by French presses.
But, heck, I live in an apartment and it takes me much longer than you to prepare a hot shower. Heating the water, depending on factors such as overnight temp - takes 15 to 45 minutes. Leaving the water heater on non-stop would ruin a person financially. Sometimes, I leave it on for a full day or so and then benefit from that for a few days, but that only works when the weather isn't cold, otherwise the water will just cool again. I also try to make use of any warm water that is still left after the shower for laundry and doing dishes as much as I can.
You know chrome, now that you have that outdoor shower setup, no one can call you a dirty van dweller 😁👍
Just had a leg surgery can’t walk chrome , I’m having anxiety your videos are like therapy enjoying, forgetting my pain through your videos thank you very much 😊love you chrome 👍
Looked like Cruz wanted a hot shower, too. He was looking at you and saying to himself, your clean, what about me.
I wouldn't care, I could stay out there not go to back to peoplezation yeck yes signed me up. First need the Jackery pro then the shower they are on my list at opposite ends, one step at a time I'll get the build done. 😊
I've use a coffee press for years. 🔴YOU DON'T HAVE TO WASH IT WITH WATER!! 🔴 I have a rubber spatula that I use to scrape the grounds out. Then I just tap most of the grounds out of the lid. Because I use it every day, it doesn't matter if there are a few grounds still in it from the day before. I haven't washed it in years and I'm still alive. It's just coffee grounds and water. Now, if you were to not use it for a long time (like if you went away on a holiday or something), wash it and store it with the lid tilted so it doesn't get moldy inside. But day to day use ~ no washing required.
One pd propane bottle . You may want to get a longer hose. But my thinking is to put bottle in warm water. While using the shower
We might take longer to get back on the road, but I wouldn't trade that inconvenience for having to clean a house. Every weekend I spent the whole weekend doing laundry, cleaning the house, doing yard work, going grocery shopping, yadda yadda yadda. Yes I still have to do laundry but guess what? It only takes me a couple of hours to do five loads cause I’m doing them all simultaneously at the laundromat. Just cleaning a house and doing the yardwork would take entire weekends over and over again. so to be slightly inconvenienced every morning is a breath of fresh air, literally and figuratively. By the way I love the outdoor shower set up. I need to look into it. Stay safe and have the time of your life. 😎🚐🥾
I also keep my lithium batteries warm in the winter by turning on my heater and snoozing for an hour before i get up. I can relate Chrome.
Not me chrome I love it. Best thing in life ❤️ 💕
Your electricity is the same as a house. I'm so glad you figured it out!
YIKES! Chrome,please stop stirring the coffee in the Bodum! It WILL explode, the metal hitting on the sides will eventually cause the Bodum to shatter the glass and it WILL cause the hot coffee to spew out and possibly burn you. I wanted to open a coffee house and call it, Bodums Up!
Chrome.. Just had to share buddy.. Just bought my 1979 E350 ambulance.. you have been a huge inspiration both on starting youtube.. and now building a old-school ambo rig so thank you. I cant wait to get started on it.
Love your vanlife activities stay blessed safe travel bro 😀
Ty for all your information chrome. Lov to Cruzie
The settlers traveled by wagon and wiukd set up in spots...so you have alot more convince then they had...but its freedom to see beautiful places ...so jelly chrome...you have the life...🤘
Would love to see a video of you chucking everything on your power see how well it goes and how much it sucks from your battery
13:38 | Chrome you are awesome!
I love seeing the hot shower system in the cold I was in Iraq and bought a bladder shower that I could put in the sun for a while and have a nice shower
I bought jackery 240 today for work
Just set your tank under the water flow so it don't freeze up.
I switched from several 1 lb propanes, to two 5 lb tanks.
An open air shower in the woods - now that is au natural.
Hey Chrome you can take some of that reflecting and make a case for that bottle so it doesn't frost up like that
I so like Emi in your live,. yet would like some of her background.., Like what got her into van life and how did you both meet and connect.?
I have a heat exchanger off my engine yes I have to warm up my motor but that also charges my batteries
HEY Hello Chrome and Cruz!!
Love, love, love the onesie
I love your onesie.
My sentiments exactly! French press is the ONLY way to go!
AND........ love that you start your day with WARMTH before driving. Why SHOULD it be any other way!? 😄
I think the trade off of the inconveniences is worth it.
What an awesome guy!
Chrome, I want to know where you got that awesome onesie! Let us know!!!
Another Amazing video That shower looks Amazing My favorite couple Love u both Merry Christmas to u both
Emi has a roll of reflex stuff on her. Maby you could make a canholder for the gas, so it will not get as cold. Have a great day! Hug for Cruz.
Hey Der ! Dat plaid adds up to a Canadian Elf
hey heads up chrome if you already have the side canopy where side barn doors are you could get walls for it if you don't already that set up that's where you could be showering with vans doors staying closed to keep the water out use a big side double wide living space in closed canopy tent floorless space
But then you have wet, possibly muddy ground at your door.
Great vid. That hot shower looked fantastic
You look so cute in your onesie. Lol
That shower looks awesome
I gotta take a poop.... keeping it real I love it Chrome.
I need to know where I can buy a onesie like that. It looks so comfortable.
that shower system is top of my list after van repairs and lithium batteries .
First time saw u wearing ur sta Claus suite.. night wear
You all need safe,keepkeep warm give Cruz hugs from Denver co ✌️😎
Little French Press tip: They make them in double walled stainless steel. I broke 3 glass ones before I thought about looking for a stainless one. One more tip: if you rinse them out right after you pour the coffee, it's easier to rinse out. I think as it cools off, it becomes more like a brick.
I found one with a platform that sits at the bottom, that you pull out by an attached handle, dump the grinds, rinse, done. Of course, that's after you are done with coffee. 😉