the one from vanlife builds is so perfect, feels like a mini-apartment with everything in it and more

Awesome Brandon thanks so much for featuring us in this top 10 and all your kind words, it means a great deal to us! A great selection of builds here, all so unique 😍

Hey, we're Alex & Megan, the Slow Roamers. We're overlanding the Americas in our rebuilt Chevy Express 2500 (a 2WD that everyone thinks is a 4WD). YES, we want to show you our DIY van conversion and be on your next video like this one. Lots of DIY Build vids on our channel.

Very inspiring! I’m converting a Ford transit connect and love to see different ways to do it!

Great collection of wonderful van conversions! Thanks for putting this together!

So glad Susi made the list! She's my favorite youtuber :)

Me encanto la variedad de Van life Camper. Felicitaciones a todos. Gracias por compartir.

Thanks for featuring our van! ☺️✌️

We love your channel. It gives us a lot of ideas about what we can do when we get out of the city. These ideas will inspire our customers, and we’ll be pointing them in this direction. They’ll love your content, too! Keep going :)

Wow these are all fantastic. Thanks for sharing.

10.00 "wooden counter tops contemplating the white walls and ceiling" hahaha

great video, ive just bought a vw mini bus to covert to camper from owen commercials, they have a great selection for sale

Thanks for collecting all the best ones

really very cool video. can you make a video where you present the top 10 homemade motorhomes? I would be really happy, have been looking for a long time but find nothing

i'm confused, is number 10 number 1? non the less all these conversions are nice. i love the white against the wood on offgridwith.

You should include singletracksampler his van is so well done

There's another fantastic couple who converted a school bus. Justin & Juby. I live their shower area and so much more.

In number 8/2, what is the name of the fan that goes in the roof?

Diy camper very fantastic ^^

Can’t see where to get book “ how to build diy van”

Cool video and cool RVs. Best regards from russia

why there is no mention of the brand and model of the van? it's honestl one of the most important elements!!!

A must for me in any 🚐 is a 🚽 and 🚿.

can you do a video titled: Clash of the Vans?

We started out camera van! It's so exciting! And filming videos as we make it! Lots of info for people that want to fix theyr van check us out!

I want to live in a van SO bad!

😍😍😍

Most camper vans are so elaborate that if something catastrophic happens to the van, it would be a nightmare to move everything over to another vehicle. I have seen quite a few overly optimistic van lifers realize this too little, too late.

Some of the youtube links are broken...

what does "shop ball camper" mean?

Ma per sapere i prezzi?

Nice conversions, but all bar one have side on beds, not good for a 6ft male!

Hey guys! I like your channel as I've watched for a while and your Instagram too. However I feel it would be nice to state this in opinion based (or maybe that should be assumed). I think there are some really good builds in this "top 10" list. With that being said I personally would only have 1 or 2 of these on my list as I've seen hundreds, stepped into over 100 vans, personally built 2, and have helped build 10-15 others vans. Again I like what you do here and sharing everything. And of course everyone thinks their van should be on this list 🤣

Imagine vanlifing in the UK lmao it's like .... One state in size 😂

I like your video, you should add hellopeople channel :)

How is Kombi Life not in this List

soundsmith

Not all links work

im sad bearfoot theory is not included in the top 10.😞

I want to know the mpg of these vans. Especially the ones with the excessive useless decorative wood

Suzi is the only one I know that actually lives in her Van.

So it's not the 10 best it's 10 of your KZfaq buddies?

Porta potti isn't a toilet lol

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in the USA we say "homey" so when u say "homley" we think it means ugly.

05:00 they should not drive thru Germany, Austria or Switzerland, if the police stops them, they are for sure fucked, I highly doubt they met the allowed weight of 3,5T for the car with this Interior which is really beautiful but HEAVY :D :D

Only one here even looked like it should make the list .. the others ? No thank you !

Top 10 is irrational, unless you put it to an online poll.....Some are good but keeping it real....

£5 book is actually £10

Is there any interest in "media company losses" and vehicle capital assets to produce an accounting video for all of you hippies exploring a dream? Asking for myself.

Mate a bus is not a VAN!!!

no toilet? no way !

sorry .. look the example.

"Homey", not "homely". Lol.

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"Homey," not "Homely."

Full of creaky wood they must weigh a tonne

My adventure with woodworking started with Woodglut.

Ok, these are all really great, but does anyone else just cringe at stupid things like sliding cantilevered hammock hangars? I get that not all natural areas are full of trees, but come on. Just hang your hammock from the trees, preferably hiking in nature away from the van, or pop open some folding camp chairs on a nice day back at the van. These types of gimmicks are showpieces for youtube or instagram, and are endemic of a #vanlife virtual pissing contest... or at the least, they're #missingthepoint.

jesus h christ......van life is supposed to be a sense of adventure,leaving it all behind,a being out there,diy,just living on the rocks,making do with what u got,a sort of hobo lifestyle,hermit wandering adventurer,escaping from ur past or just sleeping in the carpark variety...yes u have some of ur creature comforts and modern amenities,but sometimes u are supposed to wing it........these people might as well bring their entire living room along,their personal interior decorator and their entire ikea collection and nesting habit.......their tea and cutlery collection from buckingham palace,their finest egyptian cotton linen and these people are just out there seeking their next instagrammable moment or youtube payday.......... has these guys ever cooked shabu shabu on a $50 portable japanese butane stove with $12 worth of ingredients brought from the supermarket under a overpass or bridge somewhere along a river bank just chilling and looking at a deserted carpark?

Retro dodo

dude . . . you're retro dodo tho what is going on.

This is much easier to watch on mute😳

This video was so bad 😂

All terrible van builds! not to mention the last one is a bus not a van. Smh

No offense intended, but the typical van is: OVERWEIGHT This is testimony to just how obsolete and out-of-touch present-day Van and RV manufacturers are in the United States. I am an engineer and have some constructive criticism. Every gram of weight counts. People think their van is a house. It's not. It's a road-worthy, resource-efficient machine. Here are seven issues with typical van builds: 1) NOT ECO-FRIENDLY Heavy ceiling / van causes causes low MPG. Poor cornering because of the high center of gravity of ceiling. Should have big solar to make the claim "Best Quality and Design". People insist on outfitting their rigs with doodads like heavy wood ceilings, wood closets, wasteful showers, heavy wood cabinetry, exterior lights, wasteful water heaters, roof decks, vents, sky lights and ladders. Most van build windows are heavy outdated silicon glass. They should be dual-pane acrylic like in Europe. Insulation is minimal because cockpit is not thermally isolated from living area. Reflectix is not insulation. Materials are way OVERWEIGHT. Polyiso has 2x more R value than wool and has no fibers, which are condensation nuclei for water vapor, causing water build-up. The wood cabinetry and doors could be lightened by 50% or eliminated. Please care about the environment. 2) EXPENSIVE All of the above doodads cost money that unwitting customers pay for because they do not understand first principals of engineering regarding minimization. Lithium batteries in typical van cost about $1000/usable KWH (KiloWatt Hour). My Tesla battery cost about 8x less. My empty Sprinter van with a BlueTec i4 turbodiesel gets 30MPG, and 25MPG with the camper build at 55 MPH. The van in this video is so overburdened I doubt it even gets 16MPG. Expensive fridge. My fridge costs $195 and is 2x larger. 3) HOT WATER DELAY With a remote hot water heater, it will take up to 30 minutes to get hot water. If the hot water tank is pre-heated, it still may take 30 seconds to get hot water. Meanwhile, much water is wasted. This hot water tank design wasted both water and energy. To resolve this, I installed a true-instant hot water faucet; six seconds for hot water. 4) NOT BOONDOCKABLE Greenwashing: Since there is inadequate solar, fossil fuels must be used to charge the battery and keep the van warm. If it is winter, very little solar power is available. Wasteful water design will require frequent trips to replenish. 5) FOUR-SEASON, NOT Customers camping in the hot summer or cold winter will have issues with energy usage and temperature control due to the lack of insulation and outdated climate control. My Mitsubishi mini-split heat pump has a SEER of 33 and can heat down to -13F. A lot of fossil fuel will be needed to stay warm in winter. Water will freeze and burst pipes. 6) NOISY The choice of outdated climate control like Maxxair fans will lead to excessive CFM (Cubic Feet per Minute) airflow, causing high noise levels. Maxxair fans are noisy, are bug collectors, are not insulated and don’t move much air. Diesel heaters noisy, emit toxic gas and are high-maintenance. 7) POWER Small battery, solar and inverter are inadequate to power a house on wheels. To resolve the above problems, see my Tim's Tips van build at: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j96AnZVi08nPlGQ.html