A Tour of My Teardrop Camper 

the Blue Drop Inn

Thanks for the tour.....you are saving thousands of dollars with your mini camper. All you need out of the weather a place to sleep. Smart move! ❤

Hi DBA! My favorite part of the tour was the fantastic wood cutting board.

Dad, Dad, she looks like an Isabelle.

Nice efficient setup you have there!

Every time you said “Solar System” I pictured this poster of the planets (solar sustem) I had in my room when I was muuuuch younger 😂

Nice little tear drop camper!

Nice and simple. I like simple. Thanks for the video.

Cool little tear drop camper. You might want to insulate of cover you battery terminals, it would get interesting if a metal pan were to slide overtop of the battery and contact both terminals.

Such a cute camper. I love these "bonus Wednesday" videos!!

What fun I always wondered what those looked like inside. Thank you for the tour

I’ll have to show this to the wife. We’ve talked about getting a “tin tent” for a while. Nice setup.

Very cool camper

That’s such a cool set up. I really like it 👍🏻 Might I suggest adding a small (whisk type) broom and dust pan or a ‘dustbuster’ type vacuum? Also, you might want to throw a spool of paracord in with your tent stakes. They often go hand in hand 😊

Impressive ! Great planning. Thank you for showing us.

Im looking forward to a review of the 12 volt solar powered air conditioner. I spent several years traveling in a full size camper in the hot southern climate. Some times it was very dry and sometimes it was very humid. The camper had a air conditioner but it needed 110 to operate we did buy a Honda generator to run it but that was one more thing that must be managed. So most of the time we put up with no air conditioning.

👍 Thanks 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Thanks for the tour. That is a very nice setup and makes a very easy and convenient way to travel. Thanks for showing it to us.

Teardrop Camper Name Suggestion: Man's Recreational Escape Then you can call it Dad's Budget Adventures MRE!

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She sure is cozy, DB. I think with the hubs, our dog (great dane), and myself, we'd be just a tad bit snug. 😂

pretty cool

Great video with good info. I am looking forward to your video’s testing off grid air conditioning. Cheers and safe travels

Just a reminder. It's currently 66° here at 11:AM! Gotta love Colorado summers! P.S. I live at 9200 feet above sea level.

What a cute little unit! My suggestion for a name is Blueberry or Jellybean. Thanks for the genuine effort you put into your videos. Safe travels. 😊

Found your channel through the MRE videos and stayed for the rest, love your channel! When i saw the message asking for name suggestions the first thing that popped in my head was "Papa Smurf" because of the compact size and colors, might be too silly but i thought i would throw it out there haha. Keep up the great videos!

That was fun. Thanks for sharing.

I love the teardrop. Space is good for me. I lived in my dodge grand caravan for a while when I could no longer work and before I got disability. Thank God I didn’t have to wait long for it. I wrecked my body as a hospice aide with a bad back and arthritis throughout my spine. It sucked. I LOVED what I did. Anyway, I took advantage of the time in the van camping near creeks, etc. I love being in nature. I think I would love the teardrop. You can set it up with an attachable screen room over the galley, an awning over one side and a “tent “ for privacy on the other side where you could put a camping toilet for those middle of the nighters. Gosh I miss camping. P.S. sorry for the long winded comment. 💁🏻‍♀️

Cool little setup… I like options cause you never know.

Way cool….Thanks for sharing! 🙌🏼

Good morning DBA, Nice tour of your teardrop, thanks for taking us along. I thought about buying a teardrop for weekend camping and traveling from point A to B to visit relatives. But I'm 6'4" tall and 270lbs , and "ole what's her name" (my wife) likes to go camping too, so I think it would be a bit crowded for us. Let us know how those bags work, I may buy some for traveling. Have a fun - safe & blessed 4th of July weekend. JT Barren County, KY

Nice teardrop! I had a tc teardrops 5x9 for several years. Flatter roof allowed a foxwing 270 deg awning. The teardrop was awesome. I did an 8500 mile trip from Philly to NM to NV and up to MT and back. Now I’m doing full time camper life so i needed something bigger. But when i started FT, I lived in the teardrop for 19 weeks. BTW, the SimplyOrange 53 oz juice bottle with its wide mouth and volume is a great pee bottle for 2 AM and it’s pouring down rain outside!

looks good

nice ! love my teardrop , Happy trails

It’s perfect ❤

I had a friend in TN that built a teardrop with his dad..not as decked out as your but still cool.

Thank you for the really nice overview tour of your camper. Those are very nice camping trailers. I’m not much for camping but I did a lot of that during my tenor in the Army active duty. But civilian camping is so much nicer LOL. It’s really cool you have your channel posted so folks can go see it. A QDR code would be neat if you do not have one. That maybe a nice addition. The neat thing is there is plenty of storage so you can bring extra things; tents, mosquito netting shelter or just any equipment you need during your adventure in camping. Again I love your content. Thank you for creating these really informative videos.

Loved the tour! You should name it "Peanut" its cute as one and loved your upgrades!

Very nice rolling mini-home. We have few camping areas in the Philippines but the popularity of camping vehicles and trailers is growing. Your rig would be great in Japan where many folks camp at public spots near rivers and lakes. Road Stations also allow overnight camping many places. You can also rent a parking spot for your camper in the city if you must venture there. We stock a similar emergency use bag to what you showed. We also have silicone "funnels" that allow the ladies to use an empty soda bottle or take a wiz standing up. Beautiful Bride, Beautiful Daughter and Moth-in-law all have these items in their EDC bags. We enjoy a fairly safe area but there are some questionable two legged critters walking around. In no way do I want "my girls" to encounter these certain types in the bushes. Trust me, I know about this. I visited an American two to three times per week who was in the local lockup for seven + months waiting for his case to come up. We brought him fresh salads, fruit, home cooked meals and small items he needed to get by. There were some characters in that place that I truly pray will NEVER get back out on the street. They are a real danger to any human female, especially the younger ones.

Happy for the tour! I've been curious what is inside and if there was truly enough space to spread out. Knowing that you have a twin mattress tucked in there gives me a good idea. The nearly claustrophobic space reminds me of the capsule/pod hotels in Japan (never been, but I watch vids on it). This is more spacious than that! Teardrop camper seems so functional and not a lot of fuss for storage, towing, etc. I had watched this originally on my tv, but wanted to comment from my laptop. I began to search for your channel, and one of the options was Dad Bods. All sorts of Dad this, Dad that, but that one just stuck me as funny. Ok, so I ignored that, and proceeded with Dad Budget Adventures (wait for it.. ). I watched the video and began thinking names.. Ok hear me out.. cracking myself up for this one..How about.. "Dad Pod". 🤣

Nice updates

Thank you so much for the tour! I was very curious about your little camper :) I really like it! You put some very well thought out things into it!

I regret selling my camper. We tent camp with hubs family in a huge tent with 4 queen size inflatable mattresses. A lot of talking happens..not a lot of sleeping.😂

A great tour

There's only one name for this camper, 'Ole Blue'. 😊

Possibly: "DBA's CRE" Camper Ready to Explore (Escape) Possibly: "My Buddy" ...sleeps two if you're close.

all kinds of options there

I used to tow a 20 cubic foot fibreglass trailer with hinged lid behind a Yamaha Virago 1000cc (a Japanese clone of a Harley) here in UK the only real problem I had was trying to reverse it into parking bays, it alwaays turned left, in the end I would put the bike on its stand detach the trailer and walk it back, then wheel the bike to it and reconnect because here a lot of our Motorway Service have rows of parking bays with walkways in between so it has to be back in drive out never had or felt any problems towing just had to remind myselfto steer more when changing lanes instead of just drifting to the side

Small, simple, and a claustrophobe's hellcell. Assuming my knees and hip and back let me even squirm in there, wake up at 2am, arthritis be damned I"m coming out of that thing like the Koolaid Man.

Thanks for the tour 😄 My husband would like to know how long your air conditioner ran on the off grid system?

Been looking forward this one, thanks! Is that designed for a full mattress and you choose a twin to get some extra space, or is it not wide enough for a full? Whenever you get that a/c test done, we all want to hear about thar too! 👍

What's the weight of your teardrop?

Love this! Things like this make me wish I could fit in one of those. Also, would this be considered glamping...?

I love teardrops. We have a larger one at 6x12. I’m 6’5” and many of the standard tear drops are just too small for me. That is a great camper. Do you have a side entry tent or something you use for shade and a changing space?

How's it do in cold weather? Sweet little camper!

I keep waffling between wanting a trailer and not wanting a trailer. I have a shell on my truck with a drawer system that I build, it's a little tight to sleep in but I tent camp out if it a lot. I also have a Suburban that I'm setting up to camp out of. I like that I can just get in the back to sleep. I think a trailer would be nice for campgrounds and if I'm staying in one place for a while. I may build one yet.

Woul like to know how those bags work out without being too tmi. I mean sum it up if theyre better or not than the traditional Gatorade bottle lol

Name idea: Dad Budget Boujee Buggy

I noticed there was no place for a cooler for food and drinks. I’m assuming that stays in the car. If not, how do you handle your food for the week? There didn’t seem to be much room for it in the back.❤️🤗🐝

How about Spamper!

I have a question is there a PO Box someone can send something to you? I’m a hobby blacksmith. If you would like? I do make tools and would be happy to create something you would find useful for camping with any custom attributes you would like. Then I can send the tool(s) to you for you to test and let me know how they work for you. Thanks again.

Those pee bags are far less gross than the pee jugs a lot of van life people show. Smart idea never know when a bathroom isn't available on a trip. Be good on long drives with little kids too.

That is genuinely terrifying. You have made a torture box for yourself. Wow.

well you're a prepper and that's a camper....so I'm gonna with with "pramper"