Your best £1-£100 van investment

[True Romance]

Thanks wasn't sure what it was called?

 

[Ayjay]

Thanks for that - just ordered one.

 

[Ads_Essex]

Probably this - it’s fished out so many cables through the chassis for my underslung tanks, that it’s worth more than the £7 or so that I paid for it.

 

[andys]

Probably this - it’s fished out so many cables through the chassis for my underslung tanks, that it’s worth more than the £7 or so that I paid for it.
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Agreed, it annoyed me to think of how many years went by before I knew they existed

 

[Sabre]

Ridgemonkey. No doubt.

 

[andys]

Ridgemonkey. No doubt.

Broke my largest one while on hol 2 weeks ago

 

[Sabre]

Well @andys you know what you need to do....

 

[andys]

Well @andys you know what you need to do....

Yup
I'll see if there are any offers at the Mororhome show (there weren't last time) before I order one, though I still have my original and the later compact

 

[VwClarky]

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Re. The window blinds. We made them a tight fit within the window & “thumb” them into the sealing rubbers. The curtains do the rest.
The inner roof liner was a tad more technical. We templated the roof canvas (it’s deceptively “un square”). We cut insulation to match the roof canvas panels & made corner hinges with gaffer tape. We taped plastic rods into the front vertical corners to give support. The liner is a tight fit top & bottom between the roof lid & base frame. Some spring loaded net curtain poles from Wilko hold everything in place. Sounds more complicated than it is.

Thanks guys, possibly the best idea I have seen yet!!! I just completed mine too, instead of using the rods I’m using a double sided stick Velcro tape to hold it up!

 

[mmi]

Another investment experimenting inexpensive things. Steplights by sliding door.
---> US $8.78 41% OFF|2pcs Error Free 18SMD LED Courtesy Glove Box Under Door Foot Light for Audi Skoda Fabia Octavia VW Golf4/5/6 Tiguan Touareg-in Signal Lamp from Automobiles & Motorcycles on Aliexpress.com | Alibaba Group
Current draw 0.2A = 2.4W., so quite/very bright. Colour bright white - matches with OEM LEDs in the load area.
Plug and play - van's connector directly into the light (the pictured loom not needed) - even the polarity was right .

3½ year later - well, cheapish LEDs are not forever - at least without proper current regulation.

 

[shropschris]

We all know that a new set of wheels or springs will make our vans great, but what about the small stuff? What have you bought for under £100 that has improved your enjoyment of your van in some way?

An example from me: an aeropress. I like good coffee but I also can't be bothered with "faff". Aeropress is a cheap (from £22 on Amazon http://amzn.to/2xdmO4l ), quick way of making good coffee that takes up hardly any space.
I already have an aeropress at home and another at the office so buying a third for the van made sense. In fact it's the first thing I've bought to go inside.

Anyone else have favourite buys?

snap i have one its ace

 

[Gàirnealair]

£16 worth of sticky-back "tiles" from Amazon.
WALPLUS 15cm(6") 24 pcs Tile Stickers

I could have got away with one pack, but I wanted the option not to use some of the patterns which I did not like as much.

My van interior is darker than I'd like and these have brightened it up and make me smile every time I see them.

 

[ChrisBell]

Best thing for me was a dashcam. Very cheap but had lots of features. When someone decided to hit me and drive on I was able to recoup 8 or 9x the cost of the initial cam back! In this day and age makes sense to have one plugged in at all times!

 

[Mick]

We all know that a new set of wheels or springs will make our vans great, but what about the small stuff? What have you bought for under £100 that has improved your enjoyment of your van in some way?

An example from me: an aeropress. I like good coffee but I also can't be bothered with "faff". Aeropress is a cheap (from £22 on Amazon http://amzn.to/2xdmO4l ), quick way of making good coffee that takes up hardly any space.
I already have an aeropress at home and another at the office so buying a third for the van made sense. In fact it's the first thing I've bought to go inside.

Anyone else have favourite buys?

I love my aeropress. I took it with me to one of the camper shows. At the next show about 6 of the vans had them.

Then @Bigsidavies Davies pulled out some special coffee bags which I then bought along with others like @Dellmassive . It tasted like cheap Japanese van diesel but he was happy though!

 

[bobbybasic]

Another +1 for the aeropress here.

Also a big shout-out to the CPlay2Air adapter for wireless CarPlay.

 

[Mick]

Another +1 for the aeropress here.

Also a big shout-out to the CPlay2Air adapter for wireless CarPlay.

I have the C2Play as well. They only issue I shave with it is that there can be 5-15 second delay on it on Google or Apple maps. Made me miss a few turns in the past.