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So far, the build works as expected. Not perfect, but nothing is ... The mosquito tent has been a sanity saver in BC and Yukon over the last few days. It's absolutely awesome to sit outside without need for Deet or constantly swatting at mosquitos, wasps, and other flying critters. And...

And of course, put a FpF sticker on the Pelican case after I took the photo. ;-) Holler if you see us driving down the road!

Packed the rear door.

This turned out very nice. I really like the smooth surface of the new Camper. Much better looking and probably also easier to work with. For some reason, each hole we needed to drill ended up on one of these stupid ridges of the diamond pattern .... Still, the rear door turned out okay for us...

So, navigation is also sorted. Offline maps for Maps.me downloaded for the upcoming trip, OsmAnd offline maps downloaded and iOverlander data in the categories that interest us converted and imported. This is a zoomed out view of a part of our travel area. And when zooming in, it shows more...

Updated the summary in post #2.

Here are some more impression photos. Storage for two camp chairs, easily accessible: Rear door table space, this is where we'll cook most of the time, easy reach to the outlet for induction cooking or heating water. Easy access to filtered water: And the passenger side with mosquito...

We are leaving on a long(ish) trip soon and need some time for testing and packing. We have some bookings, so the trip is mostly planned around certain times in certain places. We are butting up against winter on that trip, so moving it out wasn't an option, and we absolutely need a bit of...

Two impressions:

I hereby declare the build DONE. There are a few small and non-critical optimizations we might do over the next few days, but on the whole, it is done. At some point, I'll do a walk-through video with all the details, but that will take some time since I am not in the mood to do anything on...

Installer.

Testing the water system for leaks: And the electrical subpanel is also installed to control the heater, water pump and travel oven: Labels still missing, but we'll get to them ... We missed our deadline, which was yesterday, but water and subpanel wiring took way longer than I hoped...

We did the same. It’s not directly at the tank because we just couldn’t get it turned so that it was still usable with the furniture underneath, but added a drinking water valve with a short piece of hose. And another “gotcha” - the professional install also included teflon tape wound the wrong...

We do now, but it was the same tightness when we took it off and without the thinsulate. We cut out the shapes of the brackets to avoid too much pressure, so the insulation value is low anyways. It’s possible that there is a slight defect, but that wouldn’t help me since getting anything after...

We have now installed it ourselves as well of course, since it was out and now back in. The stainless brackets going over the tank put a very high pressure on the tank itself, it literally gets "squeezed" between them and I can see a very slight deformation. The main problems I have with the...

I hate making irreversible changes to the camper … Although We did cover it reasonably well.

Electrics are installed and reasonably clean ... The bench frame is also back in, electrics are mostly hooked up, maybe 80% or so. Tomorrow: finish electrics, hook up toilet fan, drill hole into camper for exhaust, mount the rest of the bench and close that side with all lids and panels...

Hmpf. Not great. I don't expect anything from them anymore. We've found too much they didn't do as expected, so I wouldn't go near them anyways anymore. They did have a good reputation when we went there, last year.

So, now it's all about putting a kit back together. Although it's more like a 5000 piece puzzle. Over the last few days we've put blue threadlocker on hundreds of bolts, cleaned up mistakes, and now started putting stuff back into the truck: We've gotten a bit more done today, but I don't...

So, as an FYI for people potentially reading here and being interested in the water tank: Don't. Just don't. It's a horrible mount in a stupid location, and the bags to mount against are handy to have, but would be much, much better, bigger, more convenient if the stupid tank wasn't behind...