Citroen Berlingo Micro Camper TOUR 2023

[@zafiracamper]

Oooo so stealing that washing up liquid hack 🎉and yeah the old 🚽 is the big diff to our set up too. We have a collapsible one, likewise for emergencies only, but I do always get 🚽anxiety as too used to having my solo porta potti 😂

[@JustForTheWeekendvanlife]

@@zafiracamper the hack is there for anyone who might find it useful, and it is useful as an interim wash up. 👍🏼👍🏼😊 The simpler the toilet-the better. 😊😊😊

[@millinutz]

Well set up cooking arrangmet you have there. Would be very interesting to see how you set up the bed when it's pissing down outside!!!

[@JustForTheWeekendvanlife]

It’s a challenge! Just put raincoats on and rush. Can do the bedding whilst inside. Everything is easier when the weather is fine.

[@joechamberlain7441]

Thanks for showing me around your van this morning. Thought provoking ideas.

[@JustForTheWeekendvanlife]

Thank you for watching. Any questions, feel free to ask and we will do our best to offer advice. :)

[@neilmckay8649]

What a Tetris faff. Enough to spoil your break if it's raining, windy or midges abound.

[@JustForTheWeekendvanlife]

@@neilmckay8649 we seem to manage quite well when weather is poor. Been doing it for a while and we are quick at setting it all up.

[@jamesbrook16]

We sit in the front to put the window blinds up. The set up at the back only takes about 4 minutes and everything (apart from us!) stays inside. Rear window blinds are done later before bed. As a comparison, when we were at the Mull of Galloway (video: ‘Scared in Scotland’) a caravaner took at least 3 times as long setting up his water, waste water and winding down his stabilisers. I think ours is not a faff at all when I think about our old glamping setup with guylines, carpet, cooking and bed to set up: best part of two hours!

[@throughlucyslens]

Love this! I converted a Nissan Elgrand into a camper, Slightly bigger but a lot of the same issues - especially the loo 😅

[@john-paulattwood4515]

That looks like a very neat heater installation. I have a similar heater and similar van, and have been puzzling over exactly where it is going to go; this has been very helpful, thank you!

[@JustForTheWeekendvanlife]

Hope that it’s given you some ideas. We’ve recently had to repair the heater. It wasn’t anything too bad, just the exhaust pipe that was a bit clogged up with mud. Works fine now :)

[@john-paulattwood4515]

@@JustForTheWeekendvanlife Thank you, yes, just the knowledge that it can be fitted there is useful in itself. Hopefully your blocked exhaust won't recur, but if it does at least you will recognise the symptoms straight away 👍

[@JustForTheWeekendvanlife]

@@john-paulattwood4515, just some details on fitting. There is a box section under the van which needed to be cut through, but it doesn’t affect the structural integrity of the vehicle and it has passed an MOT since then. You may be able to avoid the box section if you position the heater differently? Our mechanic tapped the fuel pipe into the main diesel tank as we didn’t want a smelly tank (that was supplied) in the living space. You can’t tap into the vehicle fuel line because of the vehicle fuel pump. He also put a bash plate underneath to protect the heater fuel pump etc. He used better quality fittings than those supplied as he said they were a bit flimsy and wanted to upgrade now rather than have problems down the line. Hope this helps? Any further questions please don’t hesitate to ask. I’ll just add, the heater is a game changer and turns the van from a 6 month camper into all year round.

[@john-paulattwood4515]

@@JustForTheWeekendvanlife Yes, I was wondering about that box section. I'm not absolutely sure yet, but there is another potential place in what would be the rear passenger footwell if it were the car version. I can't quite decide if there would be room to fit the heater there without major surgery or not. Temperatures are still well below freezing where I live, which isn't conducive to crawling around vans and making plans, I'll need to wait until the spring. Regarding the fuel supply, my van has the Webasto engine pre-heater already, so I was thinking of inserting a T-piece into the diesel supply for this.

[@JustForTheWeekendvanlife]

@@john-paulattwood4515, we didn’t want the heater in our footwell as we can take the boot jump out and reinstall the rear seats and use it as a car. In my opinion the under seat is a wasted space and let’s face it, space is at a premium. My mechanic considered a T piece but said it wouldn’t work, obviously I can’t comment on your fuel line set up. He did need to drop the fuel tank which was a pain especially as I’d just filled up! But he had the luxury of a ramp lift to be able to stand underneath. We also have a factory installed plastic drawer under the driver’s seat where we can store 4 500g cylinders for our stove for longer trips. Have you noticed the cargo net above the cab? Very useful, we store the window blinds when travelling and use it for our clothes at night.

[@alanrogers9589]

Great vid what make and pour is your power station have you got a link for your solar panel 😎👍

[@JustForTheWeekendvanlife]

The power station is a Bluetti EB70 and the link for the solar panel ; amzn.eu/d/1TEcRkA Hope that helps ☺️ And thank you for watching ☺️

[@Wildnwelsh]

cool camper

[@JustForTheWeekendvanlife]

It sure is cozy ☺️

[@Papillion-Man]

You mentioned Saltburn. Are you native to this area? I ask as im just putting my recently bought berlingo together and had a 15-minute drive to Saltburn last week...its full of campervanners there. Oh subbed btw👍

[@JustForTheWeekendvanlife]

We are about an hours drive away from Saltburn. It’s quite popular in summer for campers. We were there in the winter. Happy micro car camping and thank you for subbing. Much appreciated 👍🏼👍🏼

[@sidneyparkin5924]

Fab…. Do you mind if I ask? Where did you get your heater from. I use to have a Mercedes vito. Fitted a Webasto diesel heater , which cost a lot of money, hence asking where you got yours ….thanks in advance

[@JustForTheWeekendvanlife]

We bought it from Maxpeedingrods.com

[@steveelkins52]

How much cold weather camping have you done so far?

[@JustForTheWeekendvanlife]

@@steveelkins52 we did this last winter, but we only do weekends .

[@stevebeard9656]

You say you bought the window boxes. Where from ??

[@JustForTheWeekendvanlife]

We got them from Chapel Motorhomes . £150 for both, left unfinished. We varnished them.

[@chris77331]

Can I ask how you run a diesel heater & fridge off a power bank I thought they only delivered 10 amps from the 12v socket ?

[@JustForTheWeekendvanlife]

The fridge pulls up to 20W and often less as it’s a compressor fridge. The diesel heater pulls up to 90W in start up mode then drops right back to 4W on low. That’s at 12V. Sorry, I’m not sure what that converts to in Amps. Perhaps you can tell us. If we want to run both at the same time the fridge can be plugged into the 240W 3 pin socket.

[@JustForTheWeekendvanlife]

The fridge pulls up to 20W and often less as it’s a compressor fridge. The diesel heater pulls up to 90W in start up mode then drops right back to 4W on low. That’s at 12V. Sorry, I’m not sure what that converts to in Amps. Perhaps you can tell us. If we want to run both at the same time the fridge can be plugged into the 240W 3 pin socket.

[@chris77331]

Thanks for that, it’s just the diesel heaters I have seen pull a lot more than that on start up and trip out the power bank?

[@JustForTheWeekendvanlife]

@@chris77331 they use a bit more on start up but we run it on setting number one and then it hardly uses much power.

[@annamric6597]

Q, ,. Berlingo's which I hope you or other viewers can help with, about 12 years ago I test drove a 2005 (I think) Berlingo that had been a mobility car, able to take wheelchair. It was very uncomfortable I felt every pot hole up through my spine (I've spine injuries)the car dealer said the mobility conversion was from a panel van and that contributed to the problem. I have gathered from yt vids that Berlingo's can come from car passenger or van version. Am I right? Did the pot hole hell, get better through the years. Does anyone know of info pages where the differences in the berlingos are laid out, and is there info on conversions of older berlingoes, you know what changes were made and when. Heres hoping someone can shine a light on it. I still have my Renault Megane 1,6 2006 which I bought at the time, she cradles my spine beautifully, but is now getting to the end of her life 😭😭😭, so I am tempted with a Renault Kango conversion, or one to convert. Or a Renault slightly bigger, not clear what model, again are there help pages?? If I do get to France and on to Portugal, what about the problems parking in small towns, how many have height restrictions, is it common, what About Hypermarkets, which I love, again are there pages on this, to help me decide which way to go, or can just go for it with an older Talbot type campervan- my favourite layout - older van due to finances, what does that mean with emissions in France, spain, Portugal. It's going to take time to build up my confidence, 2-3 days, then longer, so wondering if I should just go for it with a micro conversion, Renault, Berlingo, Toyota ( like the look of these) to at least get started and out there, then consider a bigger van in 2-3yrs, I'll have learnt so much by then and hopefully know more about where I enjoy travelling to, and what van suits that. Sorry for lenght.

[@JustForTheWeekendvanlife]

I believe they still do them with the ramp.

[@stevetaylor7024]

Interesting ideas apart from the background music.

[@JustForTheWeekendvanlife]

@@stevetaylor7024 apologies for the music; this was quite the earlier on with the channel. We do look back at some of our first vlogs and cringe a bit, as do most other KZbinrs. Agree re- music;We have access to better music now. Hope we’ve given you some ideas, thanks for watching and your comment. 👍🏼

[@jamesbrook16]

There are some other set up videos, packing the van, no drilling solar, kitchen set up and the diesel heater which might be of interest to you - and hopefully more pleasing music!