Derek Holsworth

Derek Holsworth has spent the last eleven years converting, driving, and sleeping in vans across the American West, logging well over 80,000 miles from the Cascades to the Sonoran Desert. His focus sits squarely on electrical systems, insulation builds, and roof ventilation setups, having personally tested gear across temperature swings from below freezing in the Sierras to triple-digit heat in southern Utah. He started writing reviews after growing frustrated with product pages that never addressed real-world durability on rough forest service roads. Every van, component, and accessory he covers has been used on at least one extended trip before he puts a word to paper.