Honest Opinions Of Our Van Build | We Survived 2021 Welcome 2022 Wrap Up

We cannot believe 2021 has come and gone! Another wild year in the books and we are excited to give you our honest opinions of our van build as we wrap up 2021 and the first year with our Mercedes Sprinter 170 4x4.

We started off the year by welcoming our brand new 2020 Mercedes Sprinter 170 4x4 into the family and quickly got started on our van build. With challenges of building in the middle of a global pandemic, supply shortages, wood prices insanely inflated, lock downs, curb side picks up and more we were determined to get our van done for summer to head to the west coast of Canada.

As we worked through the months cutting holes in the van for our bunk windows, installing Maxxair fans, a 12v Air Conditioner, getting the van spray foam insulated, putting up tongue and groove walls, doing our own DIY electrical wiring and so much more we slowly watched our van build come to life.

It was an incredible 5 months of building and we are not totally done, but it was 95% done and good enough to hit the road and head to Western Canada and then to Eastern Canada!

Enjoy our honest opinions of our van build! We would love to hear what you think!

Chapters In This Video:

00:00 - 2:42 Intro
2:42 - 3:26 Picking Up The Van
3:26 - 4:11 Laying The Floor
4:11 - 4:37 Layout Prep
4:37 - 6:57 Electrical System
6:57 - 8:20 Moving Into A Heated Garage
8:20 - 9:34 - Espar Heater
9:34 - 10:43 Spray Foam Insulation
10:43 - 12:57 Wall Fails
12:57 - 13:14 Van Flooring
13:14 - 14:05 Framing Furniture
14:05 - 15:04 Kitchen Counters
15:04 - 15:57 Nicole's 30th Birthday
15:57 - 16:59 Chris' Solo Flight
16:59 - 18:12 - Crunch Time
18:12 - 19:13 Extra Battery
19:13 - 20:54 Western Canada
20:54 - 21:46 - Banff & Yukon
21:09 - 21:46 - Atlantic Canada Road Trip
21:46 - 22:42 New Tires & Suspension
22:42 - 22:55 Iceland
22:55 - 23:20 Christmas
23:20 - 25:42 Wrap Up


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Who are Chris and Nicole?

We are a Canadian couple with a passion for exploring our beautiful country and beyond, meeting amazing people along the way and learning about different cultures, places and more while on our adventures. We have been travelling the world together for 8 years, have spent the last 3 years exploring Canada in our 25’ foot RV and now it is time to follow our dreams and convert a Mercedes Sprinter Van 4x4 to take us on our next adventure as a new Van Life Couple.

We are so excited to be able to share new places and adventures with you and hope that we are able to inspire you in anyway from following your dream of a van build to travelling to a new province or country. We love meeting other members of our incredible, ever growing community while we are on the road that are filled with like minded, kind hearted people. We hope to see you out there living your dreams!

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