Van Life | Van Build REGRETS--What's the WORST thing about your set-up?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ค. 2024
- I asked nomads what the worst thing is about their build or a mistake they would change about their set-up after having been in it for a while. This is valuable information because it could end up saving you time and effort. If you haven’t already, please LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, SHARE and hit the BELL to continue to receive content like this. Hope to see you next Saturday!
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"Ask somebody else." Great advice, don't reinvent the wheel.
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Another fantastic video my friend thank you for including me💙🐈🚐😎
You’re so welcome my friend!🙂
One thing I noticed right away is that colour coordination and of course less mess is much more restful.
I agree that less clutter is more restful 😊
lol only got one answer in and the look on her face when her man said smaller kitchen made me chuckle 😂
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I’m having to redo my whole bed set up. It’s overwhelming. Sigh.
Oh nooooooo
Thank you so much, Dee, for your delightful presence no matter what it is you’re presenting. I never tired of watching you and listening to you. 😊
This was an interesting question to post to your fellow nomads. It helps the rest of us who are still in the planning phase, so I appreciate it very much! 😊
You are so welcome, Diana! That is so kind of you to say🥰
Your beauty leaves me speechless...!❤️
That’s really nice of you to say. Thank you. ☺️
Thank you Dee.
Very helpful.
Fun! Fun! Fun!
Show us little Choco once in a while. 💕🐶💕🐶💕🐶
Thank you Cat! Choco ‘ran away’ (I think he accidentally found his way into the home of a little girl that he was playing with). I’m just happy he is with somebody who loves him too🥰🤫🤗
I almost got that bunk bed setup, decided against it - very happy for the honest use review.
Phew 😅
Stoked to see what you do with the back door! Thanks for including us in this series Dee, we love you!! ♥️🏴☠️
Ps. My big ass kitchen is 1000% necessary 😂
1000000%
Hope to see you out on the road sometime. I’ve converted an AWD light blue Toyota minivan that I call the space shuttle. It has a fold-out double bed with room for storing clothes underneath. In the tail gate area I have custom cabinets for kitchen supplies including an electric fridge, back up power supply, and a single burner cooker. It’s quite comfortable for 1 or 2 people. I appreciate your tips for finding just the right small appliances.that don’t take up much room. I’m based in Colorado and love New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. I would love planning a Canadian trip some time in the not to distant future. Love your shows.
Thank you Lin! Your set up sounds wonderful. If you see me on the road, please stop by to say hi. I’ll keep a look out for a light blue Toyota minivan!!!👀
I lived in a 1974 VW van for 3 years in the 90's. In 2018 I moved into a motor home for 2 years until I bought a hoarders property in 2020. Watching these videos makes me miss the wandering life.
I’m glad it brings back memories m. I hope they are good ones😁
Great ideas! Even seeing what others want to change, inspire so many.
Exactly! It is so helpful to me, so I’m glad it was helpful to you too.
It's great to hear the regrets of others. I feel van living is a constant "live and learn" event. Loved the hospital bed pan 😂, if it works it works LOL. Can't wait to see the changes you are making.
Yep! Always learning, always changing and growing🙂
Thank you for my much enjoyed "Dose of Dee" it's such a good twist to see the "other" side of van living. I travel a lot and my 4WD is just set up with a swag but it's good for me, quick and easy. Stay safe Dee. I'm already impatient for the next video.😁😁👍👍👍
I’m glad you enjoyed! It is great for me too.😁
Change is good you will always have something to do. A good thing, it means you can still think.
Hahah yep! I’m glad I can still think😝
Ooo. I can't wait to see what you have in mind for the back area. I just added another layer to my mattress this week. I had to do some tweaking but I think it will be more comfy now. It is fun to continue with changes and improvements. Good video, as always!
It’s going to be very interesting!!!
Thanks for this series. It will help so much when I get to start traveling😊❤️
So glad it’s been helpful! Yay 😀
I love these type of videos! Everybody's needs and wants are different. And it's important to to me why people like things...for survival, for mental health, for memories and just for fun.
Yes, that is exactly right☺️
@@LadyBugout I love when people have money saving tips too. Even if it's not for me, I like to have the knowledge to share if it helps someone.
You always give me such inspiration for my own little Transit Connect. Thank you and looking forward to seeing your plans for the rear windows.
Thank you Deborah! 🤗
Interesting to see the variety of things that bug people. No matter how well you plan, reality will still be the proof.
Yep! So true☺️
Fun and helpful. It’s great to learn from our own and others’ “regrets”. Thanks for gathering this info for us and in such a fun way!
Hey Iishana! It is so fun for me to hear too☺️
Thank you Dee, good to see.
Thank you Robert ☺️
Your hair! It's just lovely and it's shining in the sun. Thank you for another great video!
Ps. I'm not sure I can holler this far if I spy a deer moving all up on you! Lol
🤭 especially when it happened a while ago lolololol
It was fun and informative. 😁👍🏻
I’m so glad-that makes me happy💃🏻
Lol the ending was to funny. Awesome video of ideas 💡
Thanks Ramona ☺️
👋💃🐞🚗 I enjoy your video ! A lot of different views from multiple people living in their vans is helping! Great video 🤗👍Ty for sharing Dee ! Stay Safe/ Be Happy! See you on the next video 🙂
Yes, thank you!
Hi Dee,
I am thinking about being a digital nomad in a few month, so today I learned a lot about don'ts!
But I hate it that we must wait until you've changed your barndoor; I am so courious! 😉 Can't wait to see it!
Have a nice weekend! Greetz from the Netherlands,
Hetty
There are lots of changes coming 🤭
Some of the set ups are nice even with the things that these people wish it was different. Thank you for sharing these
You are very welcome! I love all the ingenuity 🤓
I feel with every night I spend in my van I learn more and more about my setup and how I like things. That is why I have a non build set up because I can change things easily depending on what I need. Would love to see what you do with your setup
That is an excellent way to do it!!! I’m excited too. ☺️
A tour of Kari's vehicle would be interesting, it looks artistic and shedoes know how to make an entrance. :)
I love her skoolie. It is very well done.☺️
I love these videos, very good information.
Thanks Jason😁
Thanks!
Am excited to see what u are going to do on back door …have great weekend and be safe and careful!
Thanks Vicki m. You too☺️
🥰🥰🥰Thank you Dee!! 💚💚💚Thank you everyone for some great advice!
Thank YOU Tracey🙂
Hey Dee , great video , everyone helping everyone 💗🙏🏼
I look forward to seeing what u come up with .
Love the bloopers 😜
Thank you!!! 🥰
I’m loving ya work,what I’ve come away with is that every situation is different and that all systems is an evolution of the individual requirements at a given point in time. Probably the best way to describe it is “Adapt and Over Come “ an old military saying perhaps but one that wrings true. There is no right or wrong ,just different ideas and requirements. 👁👁🙃🙃🐕🦺❤️🙏🦘🐨🇦🇺. P.s. if it makes you happy,then it must be perfect ❤️
Exactly!
Your videos are very helpful. Especially from experienced vanlifers!
I’m so happy they are helpfully 💃🏻
Saludos desde Puerto Rico amiga, siempre interesantes tus comentarios y vídeos, así aprendemos todos, gracias
Gracias Ramón! Aprecio mucho sus comentarios positivos!🐞💃🏻🚗
So many good insights.
Thank you. Glad it is helpful☺️
What I didn't like about my van or should I say what I did not like about registering my van in California is that it cost me $2158! My Virginia tags expired and I no longer reside there so I had to establish a permanent California residence in order to acquire new plates...still cost me over two grand. I'll be back on the road August 1st and going to the beaches in Mendocino. While at my sister's home I completely renovated my van. I will replace my 20 liter fridge with a 50 to 65 liter Iceco. Keeping a 55 quart cooler (for bottled water and other beverages) stocked with ice on a daily basis has been costly. I will add a couple lithium batteries and solar panels to keep the fridge running when the ignition is off. This has been a great series, Dee! It helps us pick up new ideas and tips on how to improve our set up. Thank you for sharing!!
Yikes!!! That is costly😬 I’m glad to hear you say it is helpful information - it’s what I aim to do😁
Another great video...love the bloopers. I've said this before 🤔 😆 🤣
I got so sick of myself saying it when I was editing I thought I’d just go with it and laugh at myself😂
Thank you for the answers to some of my questions. Great tour! I will visit some of the others.
So glad it was useful! ☺️
Thanks for sharing!🤗 Great info.from everyone-especially with the bunk beds part in the video! That is,for sure good to know!!🤔👍
I know… right?!?!
Good video with lots of different types of people and vehicles. Cool 😎
Glad you enjoyed it!☺️
Looking forward to seeing what you do with that back door!
It’s exciting!!!
I recognized a few people in this vid! Lots of really good ideas here.
Yes! Of you know many of them😁
Thankyou for the share of your friends and you. Looking forward to seeing what you will do to upgrade the door on your rig. Take care and happy trails ❤️🚐
Hey Melody. So glad you enjoyed it! I’m excited too☺️
Great place to add in a fold down table x
Very true!☺️
I use the pine horse pellets too. They are fantastic!
They are great!!
Thanks for another excellent video. I bought a diesel heater and will be installing it in my 2010 transit connect in the coming weeks. 29° at 10,500' in Colorado this April was a tad chilly.
Oooooo I’d be interested in how you like it!
Great job and the bloopers LOL😂
Thank you!! 😁
Another great video Dee.
Thanks Paul!
I enjoyed this thank you. Your hair looks amazing by the way.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed 🙂
Love the ideas❤️
Thanks Helen☺️
You have the best hair!
Thank you Michele ☺️
Enjoyed this series.
So glad you enjoyed it☺️
Cool video. Good to see
Thank you, Matthew!
Okay Dee, apart from posting another great video, you’re working with power tools...I think I love you!😍😍😍...in a YT kinda way, of course!
Lolololo 😂💃🏻💪🏼🪚🪛🔧🔨
I learnt a great tip from yourself which was using the horse pellets, they work a treat, thanks so much. 😃👍
I love those things 😜
Hi again DEE
Another informative one. Always interesting to hear the wide variety of comments. Takes a village to make a perfect van lol lol.
Looking forward to what you've thought of this time to change out the back door! You're always soo creative and inspired so I know it will be coool.
Thx as always for sharing. This has been a fun series. Always happy seeing you doing well. Catcha next time...
Thank you. There are some big changes coming🤫
As always your content is excellent and informative. 🤍
You make having a TH-cam channel seem so easy it was nice to see the bloopers or extra takes at the end. Being willing to share all of yourself (or most lol) is another attribute and reason why I look forward to your weekly post. ~Stacey
Thank you Stacey. Yes, it would be surprising to you the amount of stuff I have to edit out lol😜
Two artist in a van, could make like a double storage, almost like a Murphy bed.. So you have the flat surface that you lay down and put the madras on for sleeping, but the end has like an open shelf or something.
Then when it's up, what's under when you sleep, is now the part you have access to, so they could make it double, so when it's up, they can open it, and there is storage in between the two pieces, and the part that in to the van, when folded down, can work as a table. So it could be a Murphy closet for the artsupplies, with its own table..
Really hard to describe what I'm thinking.. 😅
Looking forward to see what you are going to do with the back door. 😄
Lolol…I think they’ll figure it out. Good suggestion💪🏼
Love the out takes! 😂 Wish you would have asked me that question in WY, I certainly have some purchases I’ve regretted and found I really don’t ‘need’ with my SUV camping! Be well & safe travels Dee❣️🚗 🐞
I’ll have to do a special Patreon one😜
Good ideas for sure. I just purchased a little pull trailer aliner.
That’ll be fun!!! Happy travels☺️
The worst thing I have done was think I could still do it at 71. My first and last trip was a nightmare and so hard with my limited mobility. I used to be Lin Van Go and now I don’t and am going to sell my minivan. It truly is heartbreaking but my second major surgery in one year really took it out of me. We have a heat wave going on here and as soon as it is done will make up the bed and put the camping supplies back in. Weird that Central Oregon is hitting 108’ . Just staying low. Oh I am going to move and the little town will be perfect for getting a three wheel bike with basket on back Then a little commuter for visiting family. Thanks for video…
Awww so sorry to hear that. I often wonder how long I will be able to be as mobile as I am now. For now, I am grateful to be doing this at all and will take it one day at a time! Be well, Linda. Thank you for being so supportive of my channel. 🥰
Can't wait to see what your gonna do to the back door!
🤭 we shall see
Great video xx
Thank you.
I have not hit the road yet and I am on my 5th iteration! This winter I do the Florida loop and return home to make the final changes. Great video!
It happens!!! Over and over😜
I think everybody rethinks their design several times before they settle on something. I was using my van for two years before I decided on the interior build for my Transit Connect. And while even now, while I wish I’d built what I call my ‘Bed Box’, and my ‘Secure BoX’, a couple of inches narrower (what I sleep on in the back), I can live with them for now. But for what I carry, I wouldn’t change the basic lay out at all.
Yes. That is so true. And it is always in a state of flux☺️
Another great and interesting video Dee. Learning from you and your entourage is always informative! Always great to see a girl using tools as well or better than any man. Your smile is infectious!
Thanks Brian! I am still learning more and more.
@@LadyBugout And teaching us along the way! Safe travels Dee.
Great video! I always love to see how other people do things in their van. My heart goes out to the guy living out of a car though. That would be really rough I think.
Thanks! He loves it. I meet people are here out of choice usually. But, I know there are others who don’t have that choice and my heart goes out to them. I do want to show there is no shame in it as an alternate lifestyle, though, and should never be any shame for those who find themselves living out of a vehicle for any reason.🙂
@@LadyBugout your absolutely right. I didn't mean to imply any shame. Just to me that would be really rough. But hey, I'm the guy who couldn't take it in a FTC just like yours. I discovered that I'm a little claustrophobic and need to be able to stand up. I'm working towards one day being full time in my van. Blessings to you.
This was interesting! We re hoping to buildout our van this winter, and I find myself wondering what will be our things we would change. I have spent a lot of time trying to imagine us using it, two people in such a tiny space... it is going to be interesting. Happy travels, Dee! ❤
It is possible. Long term it would be interesting. I’ll be waiting for your thoughts on it🤗
@@LadyBugout Sweet! Thank you 🤗
Awesome video
Thank you Alvin!☺️
I've spent this summer tearing apart my Toyota Sienna to insulate it and I'm on my third bed setup I feel a little like Goldilocks
Good comparison. You will get close enough at some point 🤭
Thanks 👍
Thank YOU 🙂
Love the ending...😂🤣😂🤣
😜💃🏻😜
Thanks to Dee's question, I changed my setup to make #2 business quick and easy!!!🚽🧻🤣
Woohoo 🙌🏻
@@LadyBugout What was your suggestion Dee, the audio in my lap top is lacking.
Happy Sat Night Dee
Thank you!
@@LadyBugout are you having a nice night, hot there
Yes, I use horse pellets. I've never used them for #2, only #1.
They work to hide odor and moisture for #2 too😜
@@LadyBugout, good to know. Thanks.
Hi Dee. Just friendly FYI, the sound could use some refinement. The dialogue is hard to hear so I have to turn the volume up. Then the music randomly plays SUPER loud and I get a little ill from the bass.
Thanks for sharing your journey and all the helpful info ✌🏼
Yep. It’s hard when there is a lot of wind.
Hi Dee.. great series!I have been full time now since July 11th and I already know that the carpet needs replaced with linoleum!! Rainy days at O'22 and Jacqs big muddy paws made this decision a no brainer 🐕🦋😆😅
Oh yeah… with a dog, I can’t imagine carpet!!!
On the last one-next week-is the shout out. I’m a week ahead of myself and am so confused lololol
This was a great video I learned a lot from it as usual with your videos one question how do I find out where everybody’s going to have meet ups looks like a lot of great people again thank you for your wonderful video
There are Facebook groups and there is a great website ( thejournaloflosttime.com/ ) has great Van events.
A small bottle of “Goo Be Gone” can get rid of the residue.
Thanks for the tip🤗
Thankyou
You are welcome!🙂
🐞it would of helped me if you'd of shown the vehicle before asking the question, so I would of had a perspective.💙
Good vid
Thank you Stephanie 😊
Our vans are always a work in progress. Lol.
You know it girl!💃🏻🐞🚗
Awesome!!!👠🚌👠
Hey Graycee! 🐞🚗🐞
Hi Ms. Dee !
Hello Mark!☺️
I enjoyed meet you and discussing you van build with you. Mercury Bill
I enjoyed meeting you as well. Thanks for hanging out with me in my van. I will have a fleet of red vans with black spots one day 😜
Há pessoas que conseguem viver num porão 🤣🤣🤣rodeados de coisas, outros pouca coisa e organizados , como no lar !
Aww isso é tão doce de sua parte dizer. Obrigada. Amo minha casinha sobre rodas!
You are stunning!
Chris.
Thank you Chris. Very kind of you☺️
@@LadyBugout - Of course.
Chris.
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Thanks
Vegetables and Beer...doesn't get much better...lol
Lololol
Hey Dee, what a great idears again .Can you please tell me what kind of doubleside tape your used it look so strong mine is falling down its simply not strong enough. And how many mm drill you use .I"m scarred to drill🙈 but inside my Blue Moster All is sort of fabric material and pvc no metal.so manier questions again. Thanks again for this lovely video. Greetings from Holland🇳🇱
I used a very small screw. The double sided tape was gorilla brand. When using screws on fabric headliners around the van- use pop toggle screws that tighten against themselves. Hope that helps☺️
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Hello Dee
Heloo Alan🖐🏻
I don't know if you've ever addressed this, but how do you keep your hair so lovely in a small van? Can you blow dry? Do you use rollers? How do you make the layers fall so nicely?
I appreciate that compliment. I do have a blower dryer. I use it when I am at a place that has power. Otherwise, I just let it dry. I don’t use rollers or anything. I get a good cut every six weeks or so. Hope that helps.
Hi from Norway
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