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Choosing and Building Your Adventure Mobile

Choosing and Building Your Adventure Mobile

DIY LiFePO4 Battery Review After 400 Days of Continuous Use

It’s been a little over a year since we built and installed our DIY LiFePO4 pack into our Sprinter van. We built a 280Ah LiFePO4 12.8 volt pack using new, grade A prismatic cells I bought from AliExpress. Using a 4S Daly BMS and an active cell balancer, our pack Read more…

By Dan Lin, 1 year1 year ago
Choosing and Building Your Adventure Mobile

Sprinter Van Snorkel Install And Why You Need One

We haven’t drilled a new hole in our van since we first built it out in California back in 2018. That changed this week when we drilled 5 teeny holes and one large hole for a snorkel. Why a snorkel? Well, the assumption is that snorkels are for river crossings Read more…

By Marlene Lin, 1 year1 year ago
Choosing and Building Your Adventure Mobile

Build Affordable, Flexible, Portable and Light-Weight Solar Panel Kits

Portable solar is an essential way to add more capacity to your camper’s existing solar system. It’s also a great introduction to clean, unlimited electrical power. Portable solar can be very expensive but it doesn’t have to be. For less than half the price of commercial systems, I can show Read more…

By Marlene Lin, 1 year1 year ago
Choosing and Building Your Adventure Mobile

Anti-Condensations Mats your Camper

During our travels in North America, we always escaped the cold moist weather by heading to the desert so mold was never an issue. That’s not easy to do in Europe so we installed some anti-condensation mats that should help mold from growing under our mattress. With a dehumidifier and Read more…

By Marlene Lin, 2 years ago
Choosing and Building Your Adventure Mobile

How To Choose A Solar Charge Controller For Beginners

When you break it down to the simplest forms, there are basically 2 main components to a solar system not counting the battery. The solar panel and the solar charge controller. While many of you understand the job of a solar panel is to convert sunlight into electricity, not as Read more…

By Dan Lin, 2 years2 years ago
Choosing and Building Your Adventure Mobile

Lithium Iron Phosphate Batteries Are Finally Cheaper Than AGM Batteries

When we built out our van back in 2018, we decided to stick with two six-volt AGM deep cycle batteries. We knew all of the benefits of switching to lithium but the main reason was that they were still very expensive. At the time, there weren’t as many factory-built packs Read more…

By Dan Lin, 2 years2 years ago
Adventure Mobile

Is Installing Air Suspension On A Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Van A Good Idea?

Air suspensions are a popular aftermarket upgrade for trucks and vans that carry heavy loads. Whether it is a work vehicle or a camper, it can help smooth out the ride as well as prevent sagging in the rear end. But how do they affect the structural integrity of these Read more…

By Dan Lin, 2 years ago
Choosing and Building Your Adventure Mobile

Long Term Review of Our Dometic CFX3-75DZ // Off-Grid Compressor Fridge

After using our Dometic CFX3 75DZ fridge for a year, we wanted to give you some feedback of how we liked it. Dan and I both share our likes and dislikes as we travel the world with our in our self-built van. We cover the dual zone model, new compressor Read more…

By Marlene Lin, 2 years2 years ago
Choosing and Building Your Adventure Mobile

DIY Electrical System vs. Portable Solar Generator – Which One Is Best For You?

Portable solar generators have become a huge and very competitive industry in the last few years. It wasn’t that long ago the only way to get an electrical system built in your camper was to spend days and weeks learning about watts, amps, ohms or hire someone who knows to Read more…

By Dan Lin, 2 years2 years ago
Choosing and Building Your Adventure Mobile

Shorepower Hack Using Your Laptop Charger That Works Everywhere Around The World

We have always tried to keep our systems in our campers as simple as reasonable so it can be easily maintained and repaired as necessary. It is especially important as we have been traveling in our camper van internationally over the last several years. We also need our systems to Read more…

By Dan Lin, 2 years2 years ago

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