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I work from a Van! Vanlife

DeChamp on July 06, 2020

So I've been m.i.a. from here for a while. I ended up kind of reinventing some of my life. I've missed it here! So I figured I would start with a n...
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Lisa Sy (she/her)

This is incredible! I've definitely thought about doing this while camping, but I think that what I haven't figured out is the wireless internet situation. I feel like it might be pretty costly to pay for hotspot, not to mention the possibly less-than-ideal bandwidth speed. Wouldn't hurt to try for one day, though :)

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DeChamp

Ya so far other than calls I’m finding that it’s not too bad. I have unlimited data on my phone but 30gb of hotspot. So I do the zoom calls on either my phone or when I’m hooked up to WiFi. I leave the hotspot for minimum stuff and so far it’s working out well

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Anita C.

I think I'll be investing in the Weboost. I've heard a lot of good things about it from other Vanlifers for boosting WiFi signals, especially those who work on the road.

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DeChamp

Let me know how it goes with that. I've heard great things abiout it.

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Anita C. • Edited

Your link was shared with me because I've been researching van life for a little over a year. When I first saw your van before I scrolled down, I said to myself, "Oh he has a van like Chrome's." And then I scrolled and you mentioned him. I follow his channel! I love him and I follow a lot Vanlifers on IG. That's so awesome you did that. When the virus started, that kinda put my van dreams on hold. I live in a hotel right now. I'm hoping that I can get a van before my birthday or at least before winter comes. *Forgot to add that I was going to be driving out in my van to Scottsdale where my godson lives. Kinda bummed that I couldn't do that. How much solar and batter power do you have that runs the fan and the George Foreman grill?

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DeChamp

Ha ha what a small world! I’m actually in Phoenix. Just a few miles from Scottsdale. I think you should do it! It’s been awesome. The heat is no joke but I can handle it most nights. If you are able to travel more, the a hour or two outside of AZ is nice and cool. I’m running 3 x 100 watt panels, and 2 x 200 amp hour batteries. Renogy. It’s given me plenty of power to run my fans constantly, the grill, my fridge and charge my laptops. As long as I have sunny days then I’m good. I was able to get it done pretty quick by myself working hours after the kids went to bed. It was a lot of work but I love it.

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Robin Kretzschmar

What an awesome idea!
This looks great.
What comes to my mind immediately: Do you use public restrooms or how do you manage this?
And how do you store the fresh water?

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DeChamp

So public restrooms and plus I live close to home. I have a grey water tank too if I had to pee and couldn’t hold it 😜

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Simon Köhler

"Having a quiet place to work from has been a huge improvement to work life." Oh yeah man I hear you! Greetings from the beautiful Panama, where I finally have these places. But mostly without other humans around, it's better! ;)

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Jogesh

WOW, This is amazing.

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Gustavo Duarte

I love it!

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DeChamp

Thank you!

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Frederik 👨‍💻➡️🌐 Creemers

Woah, that looks awesome!

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DeChamp

Thank you! I appreciate it.

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Heiko Kanzler 🇪🇺

The perfect balance between home office and beeing a digital nomad.
Very nice.
Really nice.

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DeChamp

Thank you!

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Prajwal • Edited

This is some breaking bad stuff! Lol! This is a great idea to maintain a work-life balance. Awesome!

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DeChamp

ha ha. Yes, it definitely helps to keep me balanced.

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Rafik Naccache

This is the coolest workplace in the universe:) !

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DeChamp

Wow that is a huge compliment. Thank you!

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Mighty

This really great idea than sitting the same place and code every day.

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Adam Crockett 🌀

I read "kids" then instantly related. This is absolutely genius!!! Must continue reading.

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DeChamp

Well thank you!