When you are designing the electrical system of your camper van, how much solar and how many batteries to get is a common and reasonable question to ask. There are several schools of thought on this topic depending on who you talk to. The reality is that there is no Read more…
Last year while we are at Caravan Salon in Dusseldorf, Germany displaying our van at the Dometic booth, we got to stroll around and see some of the exciting new concepts showcased here. One of the most interesting concept vehicles is at the Hymer booth. This is the Hymer Vision Read more…
So I am guessing you have been hearing all this talk about the wonders of lithium batteries for RVs. Have you finally thought this might be the right time to upgrade your camper? Perhaps you have decided which of the 5 levels you want to have for you camper’s electrical Read more…
We have owned 5 campers in our 12 years of living on the road. In this video, we talk about all of our old layouts, what worked and what didn’t, our decisions for choosing the best layout for our DIY van build, and things you should consider when planning your Read more…
We don’t always feel like we belong into these different categories of vehicle-based traveling styles. Does it matter? What do these labels mean to you? In this video we try to explain our thoughts about labeling ourselves as an overlander, vanlifer or full-timers.
A few of you might not know just how we are qualified to go around giving advice to people about living full time on the road. I thought this video might provide some background of who we are. From a T@B trailer -to- an Airstream trailer -to- a Four Wheel Read more…
A year ago, we started the Freely Roaming project where we share tips and tricks of this life on the road. We decided it would be great to share those tips in a podcast as well. So as of today, we are officially rebranding our ‘Mali Mish Podcast‘ to ‘The Read more…
We’ve spent the better part of 12 years overlanding the world with our family in all different types of campers: from a T@B trailer to an Airstream trailer to a Four Wheel Camper to a Casita Travel Trailer to Sprinter van. The two rigs we get asked the most about Read more…
We chose to ship our camper to Europe instead of buying one there. Now that we’ve been in Europe for 18 months, we can confidently share the pro and cons of shipping your RV versus buying one in Europe. It’s a lot of helpful information so we broke up into Read more…
There are 5 different ways to charge your RV batteries: photovoltaic solar, inverter generator, AC converter, alternator DC-DC and wind turbine. Find out what our preferences are and what will work best for you.