by Bob | Jan 20, 2024 | Inspiration
TODAY’S QUOTE IS FROM a man named Leo Rosten, “The purpose of life is not to be happy at all. It is to be useful, to be honorable. It is to be compassionate. It is to matter, to have it make some difference that you lived.” That’s a quote that...
by Bob | Jan 13, 2024 | Reviews, Solar Power
I’VE HAD THE GRECELL 200W PORTABLE SOLAR PANEL for six months. I’ve set it out a lot. It has been beaten up by the wind and gone through many rainstorms. I’ve given it a really fair shot, and it has held up well. It works just as well today as it did when I...
by Bob | Jan 6, 2024 | Reviews, Solar Power
BLUETTI RECENTLY RELEASED the AC2A. It is their smallest portable power station to date. I have it alongside the old Bluetti EB3A today and will compare the two. The new AC2A is kind of a little brother to the EB3A. They’re doing a switch from the EB line to the AC...
by Bob | Dec 30, 2023 | Personal, Reviews
OVER THE YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME, “Bob, what’s your favorite thing?” They want to know one or five favorite things I have in my vehicle. This is my criteria for all of them: if I lost it today, would I reorder it right away? So, these are five things that I would...
by Bob | Dec 23, 2023 | Vandwelling Philosophy
Today, we have a quote about breaking the power of consumerism in your life and living a simple, minimal life filled with joy and not with things. So, this is another kind of unknown quote. No one knows exactly who said it; it’s just out in the ether. The quote goes,...
by Bob | Dec 16, 2023 | Cooking, Reviews
A lot of people have asked us about cooking with an Instant Pot. Brad is a vandweller and does quite a bit of cooking in the Instant Pot, so I decided to interview him and see what he says. Is it practical? What kind of foods can you cook? What kind of power needs...
by Bob | Dec 9, 2023 | Reviews
HOW CAN YOU FIT EVERYTHING YOU OWN IN A VAN? Well, often you can’t. Then the next question is, why don’t you get your stuff down far enough so everything goes inside? It’s reasonable to think that most people can do that. Some of us can’t....
by Bob | Dec 2, 2023 | Heating, Reviews
STAYING WARM IN THE COLD is hard to do for some people in your car, SUV, or even your van. In my ambulance, it’s much easier because it’s pretty darn well insulated. It stays warm pretty nicely. Of course, the more insulation you have, whatever your vehicle, the...
