Day Test | 39 As expected the body is fully insulated, while standard equipment also includes a 200 amphour AGM deep-cycle house battery and 150 watt Redarc solar panel, with a matching Redarc Manager30 power management system. Fresh and grey water capacities are 110-litres and 80-litres respectively, hot water is 14-litres using a Truma LPG/240-volt unit, LPG comes from a pair of 4-kg cylinders, and the 17-litre cassette toilet has an SOG ventilation system. One feature worth a mention on its own is what the brochures describes as ‘backlit billet switches’. To you and me they’re the little silver light and power buttons, backlit with colours according to their use and individually laser etched with symbols and names. They’re a breath of minimalist futurism in an world otherwise full of mundane black plastic switches…
Stepping Inside…
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here are only so many ways you can arrange things in a rectangular box. So it should come as no surprise the floor plan has a front lounge/dinette using the cab seats; a split kitchen in the middle, a bathroom towards the back and a rear bedroom. Opening the side entry door triggers a courtesy lighting system of concealed blue LEDs, which is terrific when returning to the vehicle at night. Decor in the test vehicle was fairly neutral, with glossy white cupboards and drawers, glossy woodgrain panelling and light grey wood-effect vinyl flooring. In the kitchen, light grey marblelike bench tops and a brown acrylic splashback tied everything together, providing an overall upmarket feel. Of course, there’s a range of colours to choose from to tailor the interior to your tastes.
Top to bottom: Backlit, custom labelled ‘billet’ switches are neat and easy to use; The Redarc Manager30 power management system is a beauty (we have one in Project Polly); Rear boot has main power circuit breakers plus 240 V/12 V/USB charging outlets.