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It's official Chinese diesel heater season for van life here in the uk and on Amazon's Black Friday I picked up myself something to keep me cosy on those longer, colder van life nights. Snappily name, namely the snappily titles 8KW Diesel Heater, HBS1S Portable Diesel
Mercedes Sprinter Van Build
If you've been watching my Youtube series on converting a Mercedes Sprinter van into a camper van, you might be aware that I've been banging on about not feeling well. Turns out that not feeling to well was leading me up to having a heart attack.
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You know the drill: the alarm blares at silly-o’clock, coffee’s brewing, and you’re itching to point the van’s nose towards Cornwall. Then—click-click-click—your leisure battery mutters nah, pal. We’ve all been there, spanner in hand, wishing we’d spent ten minutes
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You wake up buzzing. Sun’s out. No aches. Today’s the day you finally crack on with the floor. You nip to Homebase for cheap brushes… except it’s shut for good. Fine. Wicks it is—warehouse vibes and DeWalt dads everywhere. You emerge with “Clean Spirits,” which turns
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TL;DR (read this if you skim everything) Instagram has a new “Maps” feature that can pin your posts to an exact road. Quiet rollout. Big risk. Van lifers, solo travellers, and families: this can expose your home, workshop, or park-up in real time. Do this now: 1) Set
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You know those days when you think, right, I’m finally getting my act together — and then your camera decides to record everything except the audio? Yeah, that’s been the general theme of my van build lately. Progress has been slower than a pensioner overtaking on a hill, partly
Mercedes Sprinter Van Build
Recorded August 2024 It's exciting, it's electrifying as I'm working on the sprinter build to see if I can get it down before the October deadline. An idiot vs electrics in this video #vanbuild If anyone has any information regarding what the Watchguard 3000
Mercedes Sprinter Van Build
It's been an epic battle to try and get the bulkhead out of the van, many hours of blood, sweat, tears and non alcholic drinks. Yet here we are inching ever forward to working on the van build. Please consider a like and leaving a comment on the
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Fix your Chinese diesel heater errors fast with this practical troubleshooting guide. Real van life solutions for E01-E10 error codes, plus prevention tips to keep you warm on the road.
van life trips
For the UK’s van life community, Morocco has emerged as the new promised land—a sun-drenched, budget-friendly alternative to Europe’s increasingly regulated and expensive roads. What began as a trickle of adventurous overlanders has turned into a full-blown migration, with YouTube feeds filled with desert
What I Wish I Knew
There is a very specific type of panic that comes from rolling into a UK car park at 11 PM, exhausted, only to find a bright yellow 2-meter height barrier staring down the windscreen of your high-top van. And even if you do find an open surface lot,
Mercedes Sprinter Van Build
In this Mercedes Sprinter camper conversion, I clean and prep the floor, scrub away grime, and check for rust — practical, unglamorous progress with lessons learned along the way. A new dawn, a dodgy door, and a Dishmatic revelation It’s a new day I’ve been off sick for a