THING OF BEAUTY
A breath of fresh air. Loads of wow factor. Choose
your cliche. The bottom line: the Macedon is a
beauty. The bathroom, incidentally, is one of the
best that I’ve seen in a long time.
The layout comprises a forward bedroom, a
nearside kitchen and offside dinette, and rear
ensuite. The bedroom is fitted with overhead
lockers and side wardrobes; however, each bedside
table is fitted with a wireless charger – just drop a
compatible phone or tablet on the black ‘pad’ and
technology will do the rest.
A foot-of-the-bed cabinet hides a Winegard
antenna signal booster and necessary TV cabling.
The Macedon is also equipped with a Satking
satellite TV setup, along with RV Wi-Fi and the
latest Fusion sound system.
The kitchen is not only visually appealing –
especially the strikingly colourful and patterned
acrylic splashback – it is highly functional. Hilltop
26 \
Caravans has fitted an electric induction cooktop
rather than a standard four-burner gas stove. But
how will I use this when free-camping? you ask.
Well, the Macedon is also equipped with three
120Ah lithium batteries, which should allow the
cooktop to run at full heat for more than an hour.
The bathroom, with its offside corner shower,
rear linen cupboard above three drawers, offside
vanity unit and washing machine, instantly won my
favour. The layout is, in my opinion, a cut above.
Throughout the Macedon, the facings of all
furniture are done in acrylic rather than laminated
plywood, resulting in a consistently smooth
finish. In addition, a 2500W inverter is mounted
under a dinette seat. This inverter is wired to all
powerpoints, giving you 240V power off the lithium
batteries wherever you’re camped. Did I mention
that the Macedon had a combined 640W of solar
panels on the roof?