I’ve been regrouping a bit lately and getting ready to start our camper interior build. I decided to give myself some extra time at this phase of the project to research new products and not just repeat everything that I previously did on our Unimog built 5-6 years ago. There are a lot of nice new products that have come out in the last few years.
I’m still debating what cooking setup that we want in our tiny camper kitchen: induction, alcohol stove, propane/butane, microwave, Travel Buddy or Road Chef 12V oven…? We used an alcohol stove in our Unimog and liked it, but they are being phased out.
Yvonne and I have taken our camper on a few short trips, and it has helped me a lot with planning the interior build. I had a crude/temporary bed platform installed for this summer, so I just removed that, and the habitat is now totally empty again.
I’ve been spending a lot of time lately thinking about the water system, estimating the habit interior weight, sizing the power system, and comparing interior material options (likely carbon fiber per my original plan). I have just started ordering appliances and power system parts. I got a Dometic 55L front-load refrigerator, a Victron charge controller, Renogy solar panels, and a Renogy battery monitor.
I’ve also been considering making a new habitat roof. The current honeycomb core fiberglass roof is totally functional and nice, but I could save some weight, have a lower center of mass, and increase roof insulation with a carbon fiber roof with foam core. Maybe more on that later.
Wabi-sabi Overland 