A solution for heat resistant velcro attaching is to buy sew-on velcro with no adhesive and use Goop adhesive to attach it. I did this in my Prius camper and it lasted for years in the heat.

Great update. Still my absolute favorite van build, and great to see you back👍😊

If your cameras are zip tied to your tube style roof rack and they swivel downward i would recommend popping a small self tap screw through the zip tie... and maybe it would behoove you to use a metal zip tie that have small holes to accommodate a screw with that idea as well. That would keep your camera from shifting for sure!

Really appreciated you coming back 6-mos later. I enjoyed watching it happen, and now I'm full-time, so am really interested in how to provide a little security too. Thanks!! And it would be great to keep going if you're into it! I'm obviously not alone!

Great to see you back! Keep them coming

Great update. Glad to see the van is holding up well and hope to see another video soon!

You have a rare ability to clearly explain things that are technical and often complicated. I watch every one of your videos and have learned tons. So, yes! Please keep posting!

@seven_o_savage

11 ай бұрын

Thank you really appreciate this!

Don't know if anyone has already mentioned using a strap of rubber underneath the zip-ties to keep it in place. This is how bells and reflectors on bikes stay in place.

@tonyvaninetti3429

3 ай бұрын

Pipe insulation woud work too.

Glad you're back! You're a joy to watch; helpful and positive! Thank you!

Keep the vids coming man! I've watched all of them and it helped me a lot in my Sprinter van build so hope that helps in finding more inspiration. Honest review videos about what worked well and what you would have done different another time really help future builders as well.

Really enjoy your videos thanks for another great one. Would like to see more but I understand the motivation thing. Glad to see you’re doing well. I’ve been looking to replace my cameras at my house, I’ll give the blinks a try.

Thanks for the follow-up video and all the information in both Blink Videos!

Welcome back! And thank you for the video. Your videos help give ME motivation to keep working on my build when I lack motivation or am getting frustrated with something that’s giving me trouble!

Dude, please do more videos! I love watching these

Seven, your videos are fantastic and please keep making them! I watch the all and I learned so much! Thank you.

It's so nice to see you again, got a customer to the information and of course the eye candy, most what just to know your safe and having fun, its definitely an inconvenience to put your self all out on the internet so your decision is all up to you, thanks for the scoop on the security systems and good seeing you again. Lots of love. Afriend.

Loved the video good information 🎉I like your honesty ❤

Thanks! I've been seeing mine up today and came here looking for how to attach the exterior ones and also whether to leave them up all the time. You answered both questions!

Awesome. I just bought these because I saw your install video a few days ago and I'm happy that i just found this 6 month reveiw video and you still recommend them. Super glad I made this purchase and stoked to install them this week!😊

Awesome, want a 12 month review too 💪

Thanks for another great video! We will be putting a few of these cameras into our custom RV build.

Dude, We love your videos - they're awesome. The video is useful concent - I was thinking about security solutions lately but get stuck on deciding on wifi options...this was helpful. Thanks 7 - keep the videos coming.

♥️I LOVE UR VIDEOS ♥️ Please keep making them!! Travel vids too!! Anything you put out I will watch❣️

Keep up the great work!

🎉 welcome back

VAN looking so good!

OH SHIT! I have watched your series twice now in the time youve been gone.😅 I need more!

Thamks! Always like your videos and design ideas.

This was exactly what I needed. Tyvm ❤

Seven how about a review of your build video? What works , what you don’t use or change. Great to see you are still on KZread.

I loved your build videos and re-viewing them now as I am getting ready to build out my own sprinter (2006). I think you are someone I would trust to do reviews, just like this one. Perhaps that might be something you could consider? Travel videos are ok, too, as long as they are a bit unique. Here again, I think your personality would make that easily possible.

Cheers for the info; really clear and concise, and delivered with great charisma. I'm a total newbie (collecting my van tomorrow), and haven't the skills or time to build anything 😅 However, I've been scoping out plenty of KZread vids to avoid as many newbie mistakes as possible! Plenty of people recommend the blinks (so I will be going down that route for sure), but you have clearly explained the WiFi practicalities better than anyone thanku, and you're right; this is surely THE most important issue to a lot of us. I am now searching (without success so far 😢) through all my old boxes for an old fone.... there's gotta be one somewhere 😂 Finally, an idea to help motivate you to make more vids, cos I totally get why you're on a low right now; you mastered a huge project, ticked all the boxes, got the t-shirt, and see no point in repeating! How about a complete change? Go back to basics; put yourself in my newbie shoes, and put together some 'idiot guides' (real basic stuff that you've long taken for granted) for beginners, utilising your experience to help the newbies (& also casual weekenders) avoid learning from mistakes. Just a thought! 🤔

I'm leaning toward wired analog hi-def cameras and a DVR but given what you've shared here leads me to look at wi-fi again. Thank you for this video.

Welcome back. Could you do a review of the high performance Starlink vs the regular? Curious if you’ve seen any noticeable improvements.

#NotificationSquad really do be coming in clutch… Missed ya, homie! Looking forward to any and all vids from our most precious savage. ✊🏼🔔⚡️🤙🏼

Great info. Thanks

thanks for the video! great help.

Thank you for the great content - you've inspired me to try my own mods.

Good update 👍

Please make more videos. I love them.

Finally!!! Thank you

Awesome. We are very fussy about subscribing.. .we have for your channel expectations are high. Someday we will invite you over to London to build/convert a van. Keep up with great videos good man.

You have been GREAT! Thank you for all your hard work. Bored? Come help us with our 80/20 in Alabama.

There is an industrial strength Velcro that holds up to 10 lbs. available at Home Depot. Thanks for the update.

@chunkerbranigen5825

11 ай бұрын

Be sure to use the 3M primer before you adhere the Velcro to your devise!!!

great video! 3M do a heavy duty Dual Lock velcro which should suit your application.

You could use the "industrial" 3m velcro and use a "stitch awl" and sew by hand the loop side to the headliner. So it dose not come off

FINALLY! I’m glad you’re back. Nice security system review. You need an operation, though: surgical removal of lazy bones! 😂😂😂

Thanks for posting again. How's the acrylic windows working out as compared to glass windows of past?

The roof rack one that mounted with two zip ties, I would add a zip tie horizontally, the prevent the camera to slip out from it. The interior one, i would use 3M VHB to adhere to a velcro that has no double sized tape. or, 3D print some clip on mounts for it, mounting it outside and inside.

Welcome back and thanks for the video. Is it easy to remove the camera from the mount, asking because I’m thinking of mounting the camera mount to the outside of my trailer with 3MVHB tape, so on travel days I can just remove the camera from the mount. Thanks again!

Geez, that was too long away from KZread. Hope all is well and safe. Cheers.

I took my van to Park City last winter too. Last winter my wife and I stayed in the van 30+ nights below -20F and 20+ nights at 10,000+ ft elevation. Pretty much every non Mercadees part of our van needs repair or replacement after last winter. My van says Road Trek on the side of it, but by the time it goes out again it will be almost entirely custom.

@seven_o_savage

11 ай бұрын

Dang man I’m sorry to hear that! Probably learned a lot along that journey though, and super cool you made it through the winter. What we’re the big things that broke?

Great review. What is the view angle degree of the square outdoor camera?

Hi, Velcro works well with epoxy if you need to anchor your Velcro in a stronger more permenant way.

Please make a video about the high performance starlink. I'd love to know different mounting options and if you can detach it from the roof when you are parked in the shade.

Hot damn. Havent seen a video in months.

I use the blink camera system to, when it rains they are useless, I put on each camera the insta 360 protection lens on each one. They are really cheap and this video helped me remember what I was going to do but forgot.RAIN X for plastic is superb, rain just falls of the lens so you can see good quality all the time, without it you can only just make out some parts of the van.the other thing you asked for was better velcro. the answer is simple " DONT USE VELCRO" Glue some middle earth magnets to your inside roof they will stick the the metal screw on the blink camera and will never fall off even when driving and I do mean NEVER fail off. Hope this helps. Ray K UK YNWA.

Hey, good vid. Wife and I are trying to decide on what to do about security, etc on a PM we are waiting on. Still trying to figure out exactly how this works and the USB link says for use with "Blink Sync Module 2" but you did not list that link. Do you have that/is it needed?

Hello hello back!!! Alway love youyr videos. A cell phone as a hot spot would work - do I just leave it pluged in and on 24/7? Any suggestions onb mounting Cam's outside on a 2023 Ford Transit no rack? Thank you 👍👍👍👍

TAKE BREAKS ! Whenever you want to❤... Better to not "burn out..."

Great video it definitely addresses one of my concerns. Fwiw my home system consists of Google cams in which the battery cameras aren't as good there. They don't alert to sounds for instance and their motion detection isn't as good as the wired cameras I have. Their batteries last a few weeks on a charge depending on the activity. I will look a these Blink cameras. I'm skeptical of their battery life claim and hoping they are rechargeable but really that's not a huge deal. (Also - IMHO zip ties are great for a lot of things. Permanent mounting not being one of them!)

@dudeleboski2692

3 ай бұрын

Has, are they rechargeable?

@obikedog

2 ай бұрын

@@dudeleboski2692 Google battery cams are rechargeable; battery life ranges from two to four weeks in my experience.

Great explanation of Blink. Did you post the flat installation of your Starlink? I would be interested in watching that. Thanks.

Dude... Get back to work! Make another van. You're videos are fun and we love them! ... Oh yeah, they're super helpful too! Thanks!!

Is the dish mounted permanently or do you place on the roof when parked? Awesome info, thanks!✌️

So apparently you've never gotten video of someone trying to break into your van, which is of course good. But if something like that ever happens, it would be cool to hear about it, what you did about it, and the end result. BTW, i guess another thing one can do is hide an AirTag or two (or similar product), on the van to track it in case it's stolen. Also: I've looked into systems that make it impossible to start the van without disabling a circuit breaker. I've heard bad stories of break-ins at trailheads, etc.

You should just video your day to day life, I’m sure it’s pretty entertaining. ❤

Good video. Could you put a camera in nearby tree?

Velcro Industrial Strength Heavy Duty Stick On, which has smaller hooks and sticks much better to the head liner of your vehichle. I overland heavy forest roads and have not had a problem

What is the flash drive used for and where? I was looking into cameras for my van to see whats going on outside when I'm sleeping and hear a noise, and also the inside when im in the store or something and hace my dogs in there . I came across your video for the first time😊

I am very skeptical on wireless cameras in cold winter climate, when it is crucial to keep your batteries warm. Any issues of cams shutting down while in Park City? Also, that black velcro roll from Home Depot is super strong.

Hey Seven ... so how bout a review of your Air Conditioning System? Are you pleased with it? 12 v vs. 24 v ... your water filtration system laying horizontally ... TIA, Jim

I need to check your videos, is that a grate overtop solar?

How do viewers and Seven O feel about mounting external cameras with neodymium magnets? Seems like a good way to have the cameras attached when u need them and the ability to take them down when driving or not in use, or to replace batteries?

Can you view the camera feed when no cellular nor starlink available? I want to park in the boonies and still see the outside cameras from my iphone inside the van. Thanks!

Have you looked into adding a siren to send any intruders running? I couldn't find any compatible sirens for Blink. I can even find one that I can use ITTT to capture a Blink event to trigger a stand-along siren. Any thoughts?

It says "sync module required". You never mentioned this. Do you have this? How does it work? Thanks.

Bates hook and loop strips on Amazon. I have my Wi-Fi router attached to my dash with it

You didn’t address the power needed to, say, keep your Starlink running all night. Or if using a hotspot, how much data is being used each day & night to keep the cameras doing their thing?

I think regular Velcro will work better because it will have smaller hooks that will attach better

Holy crap. Thought you were dead dude :) I've given a "like", but won't re-subscribe unless you start posting on a regular basis again. Sorry, but I have to be practical here :) It's either something your going to do, or not. If it's "or not", then please just post one of those "I'm done" type videos and I won't have to check in every few weeks, or so, and can just write you off. Still think your van is one of the best builds ever, but if you're not going to share your experiences of the systems with us, in a practical environment and post on a regular basis, it's like the van doesn't even exist. Which is sad. Cheers, Sev

@Wynsleydale

10 ай бұрын

Pretty sure it was a personal hiatus which is now like the elephant in the room! You know…”my van got me a girlfriend”….just address it don’t leave us hanging! Two choices, technical vids or personal and technical, what to expect, just what can we expect from this channel? 😊

Seven O, 1 question please;” Are the Lithium Batteries on the Bling rechargeable with a USB cable”?

How's the signal strength through the van wall to the outdoor cameras?

How do you set it up so the camera on your roof rack gets a wide view? My Blink camera just gives me a straight view so I can't see the side of the van.

Can those cams can be used as ad-hoc instead of infrastructure? I don't need the cameras to be on the internet but it would be to see what's going on outset without going out, like noisy people and you're not sure you are in security going out?

Great review and glad to see you back! My girlfriend and I love your videos and want you to make more 🙂

Does the motion detect go constantly when your driving?

What cell signal booster do you have?

So if you’re out of WiFi range… do the cameras still record onto internal storage? Or are they completely useless without WiFi?

but, you have to take them off to recharge them right?

Well you can get a mini rechargeable router TP-Link M7650 4G+ MiFi, Portable Travel Wi-Fi, SD Card Slot.

How much data was used on average per month?

Starlink has a roof flat mount!! Why not use tge strong tape/velcro on the tube on roof rack in addition to the zip ties?? Please talk about locks and why not also have a dash cam?? They have motion detection. I noticed you do not have a flip up counter so if you add one you can also add a slider version and place your cooktop in that for a slide out set up cooktop to keep your Girlfriend happy. Set plug inside.

Hows the a/c holding up ????

3M "Dual Lock" velcro is super-strong and will last forever.

it records 24/7 and the battery last 2 years???

are you building something new again ? dont hesitate to share with us

Hes alive..

put a metal plate on teh back and use a magnet

A motivated burglar attracted to bling van would probably cover his head and spray paint the cameras. Nevertheless, any security to ease worries everytime you park is better than none. Thanks.

If you’re interested in coming to Hawaii and talking us through our build let me know 😂