10 EFFECTIVE VANLIFE SECURITY SYSTEMS 🔒 Don't Let Them Ruin The Dream!

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Same good ideas. 1. 3m security film on all windows. Makes much much harder too break glass. 2. Bolted safe in secret place. Keep your valuables safe in a secret place 3. Car Battery demobilizer. I have a secret switch for this easy 4. Light Sensors outside for inside awareness 5. Wheel Lock. Visable deterant 6. Strobe light. Rave party them in the face an whack them. 7. Personal Pepper spray 8. Car GPS. If its ever stolen you can find the van 9. Cctv I like too look at the screen if i hear movement outside 10. Secret Switch for engine start

dude wITh the glasses should write a book

I usually connect motion sensors with machine gun on the roof.

Fuel Cap Lock is an excellent idea!

They will break a window if they really want it. Puting a tracking device in the van is smart. "Think like a thief."

another good idea is installing a kill switch so the van in impossible to fire up

Great ideas. I padlock my driver seat swiveled around facing backwards. Also use seat belts through door handle's.

Everyone mentions the "getting out in a fire scenario", here are a couple of suggestions: Fit a smoke alarm, they are cheap and easy to find, and will alert you quickly if there is a fire while you sleep. Buy a fire extinguisher, and have it regularly checked. It costs a bit more than the smoke alarm, but it is money well spent for peace of mind. Make sure your gas and electric are fitted by someone who knows what they are doing! If you don't know how to do it PROPERLY yourself, just don't! Having a skylight (although another weak point) is a less obvious entry for thieves and more suspicious to a passerby, and also makes for a good emergency exit - over the bed would be best for being woken by the smoke alarm at night. It also gives access to the roof if you want to put a deck up, without needing a ladder which is also a temptation to scumbags. Worst case, in a life-or-death situation, you could probably burst through the ceiling fans if you had no alternative ... Peace, Love, and remember; happiness is your journey, not your destination.

9:30 I own a similar steering wheel lock. It is actually very good at slowing down somebody trying to steal the van but it is also very handy as a self defence weapon while it is not seen (by police) as a weapon. A baseball bat can be confiscated sitting next to the seat in the cab since it has no business being there while a steering wheel lock has every reason to be next to the drivers seat... obviously...

Good tips. Whenever i do vanlife someday, i will definitely be installing numerous security measures. Hidden locked compartments for valuables. A motion detecting camera system that alerts my phone should a break in occur so i can see whats going on with my van should I go on a hike. A tracking system if my van is stolen. Maybe even some booby traps like in home alone. 😂

3M makes a vandal proof clear window film for commercial / home & automotive applications that keeps the glass from breaking apart if someone smashes it. Looking at these & other builds it seems that glass is often the weakest link.

The idea with the chain across both doors also works with a ratchet strap which is much easier to tighten that the chain, and you can use it for other things such as securing loads onto the roof rack

I waited for a video like that, combined most of what we can do to secure vans! I'm saving that video for when I'll build my own van! And probs going to have all the stated locks and tips 😂

If you thread your seat belts through the door handles and then click them into place that also prevents front doors from being opened.

"you need the key to open it so it's pretty much thief proof" Lock picking lawyer: hold my Scotch

I remember seeing a vid a few years ago where they deliberately left cheap or broken electronics in easy to find places, a wallet with expired cards and a few $ in it and they had a secure lock box welded to the vehicle for their expensive stuff. There logic was that it was better for them if the thief got a small reward and left rather than find nothing and rip the place apart looking for valuables.

This video spoils my fun with the Vanlife. If there are such bad people who make the Vanlife so dangerous, maybe it is better to sleep in a hotel.

This by far is the best video I have seen on van security. Thank you..

Invaluable tip I learnt from an old timer, if you're parking your van up for a few days learn how to remove the fuel pump fuse, so if they get beyond your alarm/immobiliser, get through your additional physical security, it still won't start!