How hard is it to convert a van into a camper?

The two parts everyone gets stuck on

How hard is it to convert a van into a camper? In Lee's experience with hundreds of Crafter and Sprinter customers, everyone gets stuck on one of two parts: the electrics or the woodwork.

Lee answers it himself · 1:28

The two hard parts

Everything else, you can research and do yourself.

  • Cables and fittings for a Clayton Power electrics install
    The electricsIf you want to keep it simple, we like to keep to the Clayton: a very simple package, sold on our website. Buy it from us and we talk you through your first fix and your second fix, and we're always there on the phone.See Clayton Power
  • A D1 90L kitchen pod with a concrete worktop, built and assembled at our workshop
    The woodworkWithout the tools (jigsaws, routers, in our case CNCs and edge banders) it costs you a lot before you've even started. Best to pass the woodwork to the professional: we do it for you.See the furniture kits

Which electrics?

  • Keep it simple: Clayton

    • Basic 12-volt electrics
    • 20 minutes cooking in the morning, 20 minutes at night
    • We talk you through the first fix and the second fix

  • The big power: Victron

    • Off grid for weeks on end
    • Air con and the like
    • A great package: the best in the world, says Lee

Everyone gets either stuck with the electrics or the woodwork.

Lee, VANZ Adventures

Best to pass it to the professional, in our case in the woodwork, and we do it for you.

Lee, VANZ Adventures
A slate grey kitchen pod with a concrete worktop, fitted in a van

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