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Thanks for the kind words :) Creating quality content for YouTube is a full time job (we know a few YouTubers, it's crazy the amount of work they spend filming and editing!), and believe it or not faroutride.com still occupies most of our time (when we're not on our bikes or skis :giggle:) See...

We joined our friends Eric and Yuka to install mosquito screens on their Transit (they live full time in it). The screens are pretty neat: the side door screen is magnetic and shuts automagically by itself, and the height of the rear door screen is custom made to align with the elevated platform...

We added a pair of Rockford Fosgate 6"x8" speakers to the headliner. It's been a few months already since we did it and we've been procrastinating to publish the write-up -"We'll do it later when we have time"-... We definitely have a surplus of time right now, so here it is ...

EPIC POST ALERT! Two years of #vanlife condensed into one article! If there's only one article you should read on our blog, it's this one... Hope you enjoy! faroutride.com/two-years-vanlife --------------------------------------------------- Table Of Content: 1- Life Before Vanlife 2- Two...

For the last two years we improvised repair stands out of picnic tables, Adirondack chairs, bike racks, and other unrelated objects definitely not suited for the job. A repair stand is not absolutely necessary, but it makes mechanical sessions much more efficient and enjoyable! After holding...

Here's our budget for 2018:

Sooooo, we finally installed a SOLENOID VALVE to our propane system. We initially did not to install one; we thought we would close the tank manually every time we hit the road... nope, we honestly NEVER close the tank (except on ferries and tunnels)! We've said if before: every repetitive task...

Thanks for letting me know ? Not many people go with propane, glad it's helping a few fellow!

And we'll let you know if anything happens with the heaters during 2018/2019 winter! :) We're constantly learning! When firing-up the Propex a few weeks ago, it wouldn't start and I thought it was broken... it took a while to realize my propane regulator was off and pressure was lower than 11...

Summer is almost over and mornings are getting colder here on the coast of Oregon. We recently fired-up our heaters as a pre-winter check and that made us wonder: Both Webasto and Propex are solid options, but which one is the best? As you know we have installed both in our van, and here is...

This is a huge and overdue update! Indeed, the Propane System of our van has seen a few upgrades since we first built it and initially published the article... First of all, we replaced our backup heat source from a Mr. Heater Buddy to a Propex HS2000. Then we changed our hot shower system from...

Thanks! We try to keep the website fresh and updated! :)

Fresh from the oven: "TENTH AND ELEVENTH MONTHS ON THE ROAD". A quick pictures/videos recap of the last two months (June/July). http://faroutride.com/tenth-eleventh-month/ Thanks for reading! Isabelle and Antoine

Just an update on our Water System: 1- We traded our Mr Heater BOSS for an Eccotemp L5 on-demand hot shower system. (nothing wrong with the Mr Heater, we found that : a) we don't need our hot shower to be portable. b) we don't need the extra 7 gallons water jug because finding water turned out...

A few weeks ago we asked ourselves "If we had to start over, what would we change about our electrical system?" and published a new wiring diagram and tutorial (http://faroutride.com/wiring-diagram). In this new diagram, we upgraded the Bogart Engineering PWM Solar Charger & Monitor to a...

It's been a while, but we're still there! The last two months were EPIC! Here is our latest "Tales from the Road" post: http://faroutride.com/eighth-ninth-month/ Thanks for reading :)

You mean whitewater or sea kayaking? We sold our whitewater gear cause it didn't fit in the van... Of course!! Pemby was AWESOME! Whistler is opening up :) THANKS for using our links, it means a lot!

We're in Squamish, BC. Love it here! In fact we love it so much we've been here for two months now... :)

One of the "problem" we have living in a van is that my girlfriend needs more hours of sleep than I do. So I have to find stuff to do in the morning... :D

So we came up with a new Wiring Diagram. What’s wrong we the previous one? Nothing, it passed the test of time and it works exactly as it should! Then why change it? Here’s why: We realized many people are just replicating it (which we think is great!), so we wanted to make it 1- easier to...