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Chevy Bright Drop - What’s Wrong With It
I’m looking to build out my first van/boxtruck and I’ve been looking for options.
The Chevy bright drop 400/600seems to be a really good deal for what you are getting. Does anyone have one and have good experience with it? There’s got to be some issues with it since the price is decent. I found it was discontinued but I’m not sure why.
Is it because it’s electric? I’m wondering if that makes it difficult to keep fueled. I’m looking to see if anyone has any good builds as well, I’ve found one but it seems pretty uncommon.
I apologize as well, I’m new to this.
Thanks in advance!
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I’m looking to build out my first van/boxtruck and I’ve been looking for options.
The Chevy bright drop 400/600seems to be a really good deal for what you are getting. Does anyone have one and have good experience with it? There’s got to be some issues with it since the price is decent. I found it was discontinued but I’m not sure why.
Is it because it’s electric? I’m wondering if that makes it difficult to keep fueled. I’m looking to see if anyone has any good builds as well, I’ve found one but it seems pretty uncommon.
I apologize as well, I’m new to this.
Thanks in advance!
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Need a mattress today, no time to comparison shop and order online
My first thoughts are find a pet store and get a thick dog mattress or find a store that sells like patio furniture and get a couple big chaise lounge cousins.
If you right now had to procure the easiest thing to find that will work well, what would you get? (To fit in a 2014 Ford escape)
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My first thoughts are find a pet store and get a thick dog mattress or find a store that sells like patio furniture and get a couple big chaise lounge cousins.
If you right now had to procure the easiest thing to find that will work well, what would you get? (To fit in a 2014 Ford escape)
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Need a winter coat with like loads of fur inside
Like I'm looking online and all i can find is fur hood with maybe a tiny bit of lining. No. I need to much fur in the torso and sleeves that you need to size up a couple sizes to make it fit. I need to feel like a stuffed turkey. I need there to be so much fur inside that I can't even put my arms down properly.
I can't find any :( any recs?
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Like I'm looking online and all i can find is fur hood with maybe a tiny bit of lining. No. I need to much fur in the torso and sleeves that you need to size up a couple sizes to make it fit. I need to feel like a stuffed turkey. I need there to be so much fur inside that I can't even put my arms down properly.
I can't find any :( any recs?
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Any Americans here drive into Canada and spend a couple of years there?
I've been wondering about driving to Canada and spending a couple of years there. The Vancouver area would be for winter while summer would be for exploring eastwards.
Has anyone done this and care to share?
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I've been wondering about driving to Canada and spending a couple of years there. The Vancouver area would be for winter while summer would be for exploring eastwards.
Has anyone done this and care to share?
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We nearly lost months of work to heat and a bad SSD copy
We've been building our mobile RTS game from a campervan, driving across the US for 11 months. My husband codes, I handle design — and the road taught us some infrastructure lessons the hard way.
*If you work from a laptop on the road, or you're just curious what actually breaks when you try to do serious work from a van, this might be useful.*
The scariest one was overheating. It corrupted a project copy mid-transfer, and because we only had space for one or two full backups on the drive, we came dangerously close to losing everything. Laptop cooling in a van is not optional — heat may cause silent corruption before you even see errors.
Power was the other constant fight. Solar + a battery bank works, until a cloudy day kills your charge and you lose most of a workday. We ended up adding an inverter, but still had to drive around just to charge enough for laptops and the fridge.
And don't cheap out on storage or internet — slow/no upload means no cloud backup, and a nearly-full drive causes silent file issues that only surface later.
Curious how other van-lifers/remote workers handle power and hardware reliability on the road... Any setups that actually held up?
If you're a digital nomad dev (or just curious how road life goes), happy to go into more detail on any of this.
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We've been building our mobile RTS game from a campervan, driving across the US for 11 months. My husband codes, I handle design — and the road taught us some infrastructure lessons the hard way.
*If you work from a laptop on the road, or you're just curious what actually breaks when you try to do serious work from a van, this might be useful.*
The scariest one was overheating. It corrupted a project copy mid-transfer, and because we only had space for one or two full backups on the drive, we came dangerously close to losing everything. Laptop cooling in a van is not optional — heat may cause silent corruption before you even see errors.
Power was the other constant fight. Solar + a battery bank works, until a cloudy day kills your charge and you lose most of a workday. We ended up adding an inverter, but still had to drive around just to charge enough for laptops and the fridge.
And don't cheap out on storage or internet — slow/no upload means no cloud backup, and a nearly-full drive causes silent file issues that only surface later.
Curious how other van-lifers/remote workers handle power and hardware reliability on the road... Any setups that actually held up?
If you're a digital nomad dev (or just curious how road life goes), happy to go into more detail on any of this.
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Fridge features that are cool to have
We need a new fridge. Haven't bought one in a long time. I feel like sometimes when shopping for these kind of things I don't really know what I need until after I've bought it and then I think "man I wish this had lights on the back instead of the top" or whatever.
So what are some things ya'll got in your fridges that you like that I might not have thought of? Stuff like water dispenser inside or ice that can be taken out without the dispenser or stuff that we may not have thought of as being helpful.
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We need a new fridge. Haven't bought one in a long time. I feel like sometimes when shopping for these kind of things I don't really know what I need until after I've bought it and then I think "man I wish this had lights on the back instead of the top" or whatever.
So what are some things ya'll got in your fridges that you like that I might not have thought of? Stuff like water dispenser inside or ice that can be taken out without the dispenser or stuff that we may not have thought of as being helpful.
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Recommendations for people or shops around PNW for electrical help?
Hi,
I am not a newbie to vanlife but I am relatively inexperienced with advanced / professional electrical setups. I used to rough it with a Jackery in a little Nissan NV200. Now, I've finally got a 170 WB Sprinter and I'm trying to make my setup more comfortable. I've bought the solar panels, batteries, wires, controllers, Lynx Distributor and 3000w pure sine inverter but I'm scared of setting it up myself. I am looking to hire a contractor or shop to help me actually install some or all of this so that I can start actually running my fan, my ultrawide monitor and my cooking devices.
Can anyone please provide any recommendations for this? I have some money to spend but the sooner, the better. I figure there have to be some freelancers around looking to pick up a gig like this, right? It seems like its not that complicated, I'm just better at other kinds of tasks then mechanical ones like this.
I appreciate any advice or recommendations. Thanks!
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Hi,
I am not a newbie to vanlife but I am relatively inexperienced with advanced / professional electrical setups. I used to rough it with a Jackery in a little Nissan NV200. Now, I've finally got a 170 WB Sprinter and I'm trying to make my setup more comfortable. I've bought the solar panels, batteries, wires, controllers, Lynx Distributor and 3000w pure sine inverter but I'm scared of setting it up myself. I am looking to hire a contractor or shop to help me actually install some or all of this so that I can start actually running my fan, my ultrawide monitor and my cooking devices.
Can anyone please provide any recommendations for this? I have some money to spend but the sooner, the better. I figure there have to be some freelancers around looking to pick up a gig like this, right? It seems like its not that complicated, I'm just better at other kinds of tasks then mechanical ones like this.
I appreciate any advice or recommendations. Thanks!
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Generating too much heat.
I've recently upgraded to an extra charge converter and 2 victron 100/30. I also upgraded all of my wiring and busbars (custom). The problem is, all of this stuff is under my bed, and God help me, it gets hot! I've seen electrical cabinets crammed with way more than this. I'm really trying not to cut any more holes in the body, but this is making my AC work way harder, and I'm about to head out to West Texas for work. Any suggestions on heat management?
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I've recently upgraded to an extra charge converter and 2 victron 100/30. I also upgraded all of my wiring and busbars (custom). The problem is, all of this stuff is under my bed, and God help me, it gets hot! I've seen electrical cabinets crammed with way more than this. I'm really trying not to cut any more holes in the body, but this is making my AC work way harder, and I'm about to head out to West Texas for work. Any suggestions on heat management?
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Room&Board Ludlow Sleeper Sofa or Crate&Barrel Barrett II Sleeper Sofa?
Hi,
I am currently moving to a new apartment across the country in Ohio. I had previous sleeper sofas and a futon-style sofa from Wayfair and Facebook Marketplace, but I am now wanting to invest in a quality piece for my guests when they stay over or in the event I want to stay in my living room to watch movies.
My budget would preferably be anything below $2,500 because I am about to be a broke medical student. I have seen positive reviews for Barrett II on social media, but great reviews for Room&Board (however, it was for a different sleeper sofa out of my budget \[the Berin\]; I am unable to find anything online about Ludlow). I am interested in a queen-sized mattress, and both sofas are comparable in size and dimensions. For the Barrett II, I would get it in the Bouvier Fabric in Oyster and for the Ludlow, I would get it in Plain Weave Fabric in Summer Linen. I do not have any children, but I do have a cat and so I am also wanting a sofa that can withstand pet damage. I do not have any plans to move once I am in Ohio for at least five years and I want this piece to be sustainable for that period of time, if possible.
I am open to other recommendations or opinions as long as they can fit my budget. I have also looked at Cozey and American Leather, but American Leather was out of my pricepoint.
Thank you everyone!
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Hi,
I am currently moving to a new apartment across the country in Ohio. I had previous sleeper sofas and a futon-style sofa from Wayfair and Facebook Marketplace, but I am now wanting to invest in a quality piece for my guests when they stay over or in the event I want to stay in my living room to watch movies.
My budget would preferably be anything below $2,500 because I am about to be a broke medical student. I have seen positive reviews for Barrett II on social media, but great reviews for Room&Board (however, it was for a different sleeper sofa out of my budget \[the Berin\]; I am unable to find anything online about Ludlow). I am interested in a queen-sized mattress, and both sofas are comparable in size and dimensions. For the Barrett II, I would get it in the Bouvier Fabric in Oyster and for the Ludlow, I would get it in Plain Weave Fabric in Summer Linen. I do not have any children, but I do have a cat and so I am also wanting a sofa that can withstand pet damage. I do not have any plans to move once I am in Ohio for at least five years and I want this piece to be sustainable for that period of time, if possible.
I am open to other recommendations or opinions as long as they can fit my budget. I have also looked at Cozey and American Leather, but American Leather was out of my pricepoint.
Thank you everyone!
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