Custom Magnetic Window Covers for Stealth Camping

[@heathereckert8913]

I just made these for my son’s camper van and they work great! I followed the instructions pretty much exactly and they look fabulous! Easy to put up and down. The only tricky part was stuffing the Reflectix into the covers. I found that it was easier to accordion fold the Reflectix than to roll it. Thanks for the video!

[@FnAVanLife]

So awesome Heather!! I'll bet your son is stoked to have the black out 😎 you just won the number 1 mom award!! 🥰

[@chrisarneson8644]

Fantastic video! The tip about making the magnet pockets is gold!!!!!! One constructive suggestion though: enclosing Reflectix inside a curtain effectively nullified nearly all of its insulating properties. You should have either left one reflective side visible as a radiant barrier or chosen a thermal insulation such as thinsulate instead. Regardless thank you! Making videos is hard and you make it look easy. Well done.

[@FnAVanLife]

Hey Chris!! After living with "curtains" like this for over 2 years, I can say with 100% certainty, they work! Even with both sides being covered, we have zero issues with them. When we pull them down you can feel the hot or cold right away which means, they've been blocking it very well. Maybe a different material would be better but these work great!

[@martinadonkers4642]

The tabs are a great idea, thank you!

[@FnAVanLife]

Anytime Martina!!! We have an updated version on Tik Tok if you want to check our our 2.0 version!

[@kiatheyoutuber]

Full of life you are awesome keep going

[@jmvlog143]

Wow Excellent and beautiful upload...TFS dear 👍 Watched in full and liked! Stay connected🤝

[@YourNextCast]

Hey Alex, great DIY. You have some super creative ideas and you sure know how to execute. Nice work on the sprinter. 👍👍🧡

[@FnAVanLife]

thank you so much!!

[@Evdro.s]

This tutorial was great, I followed this to make ones for my own van, thankyou!

[@FnAVanLife]

awesome Evan!!! I hope they turned out great!!!

[@LEWISWATSONVLOGS1]

Happy new year my friend 😊👍 cool designs. And nice video liked for you 😊have a nice day

[@FnAVanLife]

Thank you so much!

[@jamiegrimm5243]

Love it!

[@FnAVanLife]

Nice Jamie!! These worked out great in our first van. We have a whole new van now and new window covers too lol come check it out!

[@VANESSASVANGUARDLIFE]

*looks amazing*

[@FnAVanLife]

thanks you so much we are going to be making new ones now that we are building out a new rig. Make sure to check out our vanlife content. We appreciate you talking the time to watch our content. see you in the next video.

[@Rajesh_108]

Nice video thanks friend for sharing fully view 💐❤👍

[@FnAVanLife]

Thank you so much!!

[@akiwiincanada]

These look GREAT! I just made mine the same way - very happy with them - although I have a passenger van, so no exposed metal to use magnets. I'm going to have to use velcro dots on the windows instead. This really is such an easy DIY project, even if you're a crap sewer like me :-)

[@FnAVanLife]

Awesome!!!! So glad these worked out for you too. We loved ours before we sold them with out first van - they were custom fit after all!!! Lol 😆 I'm not the best at sewing either but I'm about to do a bunch more projects for our new build. Wish me luck lol

[@16Gould1]

Do you Velcro the magnets to the plastic part in your van? Or just the Velcro instead of magnets?

[@akiwiincanada]

@@16Gould1 just use big Velcro dots, stuck to the fixed part of the windows.

[@cynthiahoffman22]

Happy new year beautiful!!! Such s good idea! 👏🏽

[@FnAVanLife]

Thank you so much!

[@theweddingdepartment]

Been trying to think of a solution to this problem. Looks like a good one and great video by the way.

[@FnAVanLife]

They've been working out great! Just make sure you buy really good magnets :)

[@sktechnical243]

Superb presentation

[@VannaMae]

Awesome video! Could you use one of those handheld sewing machines instead of a traditional sewing machine?

[@FnAVanLife]

probably! I have like zero experience sewing and I was able to do it with my machine. If you can sew a pocket with a handheld unit you can do this too!

[@wadudtvbd295]

your presentation and all everything are so good, hope you are a professional youtuber. god bless you.. go ahead like 7

[@padmasfoodcourt6352]

Well description and it looks so good and very helpful too👌👌🤩🤩

[@FnAVanLife]

THank you so much!

[@JBJHappyMoments]

nice idea. i can apply to our car also. thanks for sharing.

[@FnAVanLife]

Glad to hear it!

[@craftstest]

super super super like good luck 😍❤️😍❤️😍❤️

[@BuxBaby]

very cool. great presentation thanks for sharing and happy new year ❤️💙❤️💙❤️ 💙

[@FnAVanLife]

Thank you!

[@FitnesswithMeg]

I like that sweater you are wearing! Great video!

[@FnAVanLife]

It's on of my favs!

[@francoclivio]

Nice video my friend

[@FnAVanLife]

Thank you!

[@shresthafamilymukbangvlogs]

Wow awesome video

[@selcuk.yildiz]

nice video my friend 👍👍

[@MyWayYourKitchen]

Like 1 .. Good information 👍👍

[@quiquesawesomecollectibles5138]

awesome share :) from beginning to end :)

[@FnAVanLife]

Those are the best how to's! haha

[@suecj1208]

Great video since i need blinds on my patio door. thanks

[@FnAVanLife]

Nice glad we could help!!!

[@lornathomson7626]

Ooo this is cool 😊

[@FnAVanLife]

Thank you so much!

[@MonaAndersen]

Amazing idea....

[@FnAVanLife]

Thanks so much!

[@LeRicetteDiMami]

😘😘😘❤️❤️❤️super video my dear friend ^_^

[@TheCrazyAztec]

Very nice..!

[@FreshCoastDon.007]

Kids watching this.... newssss.... paper....?? Lol... I"ll see myself out thank you... Anyways dig the DIY build. Where did you get your insulation/reflectix at??

[@FnAVanLife]

LOL what do you mean, hang up the phone? You just click the button We just started our second DIY build and will be doing a much better job this time around!!! Hope you'll stick around for it :) And we got it on amazon amzn.to/37HBT24

[@bryanzukowski6097]

Thanks so much for sharing this how-to video. Can you tell me what size magnets you recommend? 12mm? 15mm? or?

[@FnAVanLife]

Hey Bryan! I don't think the size matters so much as that they are rare earth so they stay nice and strong over time. You can sew the pockets to whatever size you need to fit your magnets! Thanks for watching and glad the video helped! Alex

[@kittycat1302]

Hi y’all! I’m behind on keeping up with your travels. I think you’re still in Mexico, though. I’ve watched this video twice now. I was wondering if you could post an Amazon link to the exact magnets that you’ve used? I’ve got to get going on making blackout shades. Thing is most of my windows, and I have a lot of them, are framed with wood. But like a box not flat. If that makes any sense. I would have to use double the magnets because I would have to glue them to the windows since I don’t have access to the metal portion of the van. I thought about going with Velcro, mainly because it be a lot less expensive. But I know that it can get to be a mess when it’s washed one too many times. Help I need some advice!!

[@FnAVanLife]

Plus the glue on velcro tends to melt in the hot sun. Did you see our video about our new window covers? Much better and no magnets if it can fit in the back. The side magnets I will grab for you too! kzbin.infotbgqwBbsADw?feature=share

[@FnAVanLife]

amzn.to/3e8A0lO ps. Thanks so much for enjoying the videos!!!

[@WhimsyToyReview]

👀👍💚 from us! Great post!!

[@FnAVanLife]

Thank you so much!

[@PeUrmeleMantuitorului]

Greetings from London!

[@rachelbrabant492]

Thanks! Could you by chance tell me what magnet force you used for it to be strong enough to hold?

[@FnAVanLife]

No problem here is a link amzn.to/3w4EEGP But for future reference if you go to amazon.com/shop/fnavanlife You can find all the products we used in both of our van builds. 😊🥰 Hope this helps you a lot. 😍

[@Russellbeta]

7:34 😄

[@FnAVanLife]

we do what we can LOL

[@chhiwatlmima]

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[@glitzygames3681]

Great video, my dear friend. Stay Connected & Joined with you . I thank you for your happiness and good things for sharing with everyone. Like!!!18*/2.61K

[@itsmesudarshana3910]

Lk16.nice

[@GymGarageMan]

Great advice excellent channel just subbed hope we can support each other thanks so much..

[@kirsten3535]

Knowing what you know now about making window covers, do you think you would do anything different for the new van?

[@FnAVanLife]

Great question Kristen! Yes i actually would change one thing. The magnets I got were pretty cheap and lost their grip after a while. Other then that they worked great. It's funny you ask cause I'm literally working on my new window covers now! We'll have a new video about how we're doing these ones soon!

[@kirsten3535]

@@FnAVanLife That is a fun coincidence. I look forward to Lolo 2.0's window cover video!

[@sunflowersvixen]

🎆😇HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎆 😇thanks for sharing your creativity 🌻like 4

[@FnAVanLife]

Thank you!

[@hiddencoinchannel3165]

Like 12!

[@lightdark00]

I need thermal tests in full sun. 😬

[@FnAVanLife]

hahahah gotta go full Bill Nye on this eh!?

[@lightdark00]

@@FnAVanLife Umm, more like Project Farm!

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