We Made Mistakes! | Things We Would Change About Our Van | Full Time Vanlifers 

Thank you for sharing!! There’s a new composting toilet from Germany called Trelino. They have S, M, and L sizes, priced at $495 - $695. That’s what I’ll be getting.

Thanks for taking a bullet for us.

You can get a swivel for the 2 person bench seat in a Promaster. I've seen some of them online in use.

Wow greeeeaaaatttttt ideal .......👏👏👏👏👏👏...............

Brutally honest. Truly appreciate you sharing yr experience.

Good video with points to think about. A few suggestions. Add a fan and transfer vent under the bed. Pull out baskets or totes for drawers. We tried a lot of things through the years. We found a hospital urinal with twist cap or Nalgene bottle for discrete emptying, dedicated for urine. The luggable lou double bagged with pet bedding works best for us. No more dumping at dump stations. Just twist the top of the bag, tie, and take it to the trash in the morning.Reload for next use. No composting bags. They will start to break down and leak. 7 gallon regular bags for 5 gallon bucket gives enough

On really cold nights throw a heated blanket over your things under the bed and heat that space up a little. It might keep things from producing condensation. Hope it works.

we use a heating blanket under our fitted sheet to warm up the bed in winter. it shuts off in 40-60 mins and works great. sounds like a lot of the things you want to change can still be done in your current van.

I made a composting toilet and urine diverter to go with it with plywood and fiberglass and the container is a 5 gallon gyp rock bucket with lid that I line with a bag and use sawdust the urine container is a 2 gallon water container it will last 2 people a week and cost 0 - $50 depending on what you have laying around.

Very clear and your choice of concerns relates to my interests.

I love the extra visuals in this video!

Thank you for sharing things you would’ve changed or done different. This will help me so very much ❤️

Thank you. I love these videeos.

This information is so helpful! The illustrations made everything very clear. Thank you for sharing your experience.

great video! Good work incorporating the graphics and footage showing the lessons learned you're referring to, really helps the communication.

Thanks for sharing your views about the van. It is always good to hear people give their insights about what they would do different.

The mixing mechanism of these expensive composting toilets is nice, but not a must-have. Just use a plastic bag for easy disposal. More important is to separate the liquid. I'm sure you can build this cheap with a bucket, a canister and a funnel or a special separator. Even in this small box.

Thanks for sharing. We are getting ready to do a box van / overlander build for our beach cruiser. So love the way you pointed out things that sound good coming from home living but not practical for van living. Question: Our van will also be used as a promo vehicle for our documentary: ScreamingTangerine, Living & Working Outside Of The Box . Did you paint your logos on or use a vinyl wrap? We are also thinking of painting the front orange bedliner paint. Thanks for sharing look forward to seeing more videos. 😀

You can convert shelves to drawers withou redoing everything

Very good and instructive video.

Nice tips, most of these we thought about it already: having 2 front seats were a must for us, we wanted to be able to access the front and back from the inside at all times. More space in the back was also a must (we never wanted a permanent bed, just for that exact reason: more living space. The bed we only uses at night for sleep), composting toilet came very early in our choice, ours will be stored in the shower. The windows will be made at the appropriate height for the living room and kitchen. We're on a waiting list to have our van build, so our project will come to life next year, and we can't wait for it!

Great video! I love that you put the pros and cons of each thing, and that you put your pride aside and admit mistakes that others can learn from. I wish every van channel would make similar to this 👍 Keep up the good work 🙌 PS, I'm curious what bed lift solution you think would fit your needs best. I'm in the same situation with a high fixed bed and would very much want some kind of bed lift.

great content

I’m positive they make a swivel conversion for a double seat. I’ve seen it on someone’s build, somewhere.

Hello, I think that the solution for your garage differential temperature is easy, install to small vents in the wall that separates the garage from the living area, one close yo the water tank (you can create a duct with AC duct sheets to bring hot air to the tank)) and the other vent at the other end, behind one of them in the garage area create a box of the size of the vent and install one or two computer fans, and a switch in a convenient place, the fans will blow hot air in to the water tank, or cold air out of the garage (depending if they are blowing air in or out of the garage) that will be replaced by hot air from the living area to equilibrate air pressure.

Replace the shelves with pull out shelves

It is possible to change those cabinets two drawers without doing too much damage to the rest of the counter and area.

You can make your shelves pull in and out.

THAT’S IT GUYS.

Get a bucket...

Marie-Pier? I hear a little quebec accent in there

If you want the US$ 1,000 one, look for the one Seven 'o Savage used for his current van built. It's the best there is now. If you want a DIY toilet make it look nice, with a round / half circle form, so it looks like a toilet (sits better, back of the knees): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-l2TztAxW8mk.html

part 2?? :D

A fix for you floor is to polyurethane it.

basically you're saying that you didn't do any research b/c these prbs/issues have been documented before.