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Any "everyday" youtube vandwellers you follow? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/vandwellers

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I follow a few non-glam "everyday" vandwellers, but I was wondering if you guys knew of any more.

I follow:

Foresty Forest, who's a dude who climbs mountains (in a non-exxxxtreme sports-bro kind of way) in Canada (like, he's just very basic and accessible about it, not weird about gear or health or the like)
Tideline to Alpine who is also in Canada, but she's more a pragmatic down-to-earth back-to-nature gal and her dog
CheapRVLiving , which is run by Bob Wells, a guy who lives in a converted ambulance, and he does a lot of work interviewing people, reviewing products, and helping folks with not much money get by while vehicle living.

Are there any more out there along similar lines that I've missed? I know there's a few that do fancy builds for a living, and a few that do various mountain and outdoor sports with more of a "sporty lifestyle" focus, but I'm more looking for everyday people who live in a van or the like without building a van conversion business or whatever all around it.

Bonus points for consistant content, and consistant "production values" (that is, audio is clear and not weird, video is decently stable, etc. I'm not talking award winning, but at least servicable.)

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[–] HaphazardFinesse 1 points 1 year ago

I watched a lot of Trent & Allie and Eamon & Bec before I committed to full-timing a few years ago, but it seems both couples have moved on to tiny homes since then. For the record, I found them by searching YouTube for "Things I hate about van life," "Things I hate about my van build," or "Things I wish I knew before doing van life." Searching for the negative stuff seems to get some of the more genuine(ish) vloggers. Also I highly recommend watching a ton of those types of videos if you're considering vanlife yourself!

But yeah, I think that looking for "non-glam" vloggers who commit to regular schedules and good production quality really limits your options lol. "Regular" people don't usually invest thousands of dollars in recording equipment, hundreds of hours into learning how to self-produce quality content, and then however many hours per week dedicated to ongoing production.

A lot of the stuff I liked was when these regular vloggers would interview other vandwellers they met; They always seemed more down-to-earth. And you get the production quality of the vloggers!