RV REVIEW

SOLID BUNK VAN !

Now and then , I come across a relatively new manufacturer building surprisingly welldeveloped caravans , as if they were built by a company with decades of experience , rather than two or three years . Based on my recent experience with the new RVS196 , I ’ ve put Atlas Caravans on that list .

While the company has been operating for only three years , it ’ s been developing a line-up of caravans worthy of our roads and remote areas .

It ’ s known as the RVS range . For the moment , it ’ s the only range in the Atlas Caravans stable , but it ’ s available in six different layouts from 18ft to 22ft 6in . Ours was the 19ft 6in centre-door family model , which we hitched up during the depths of Melbourne ’ s winter for a shakedown run to our favourite bush campsite north of the city .

INTERNAL FITOUT

This model is also available in a couple ’ s layout . The main differences between our bunk van and the couple ’ s van is the fact ours had a space-saving east-west bed , a centre door , and a nearside bathroom facing the rear bunks . The couple ’ s layout , however , has a rear door , a north-south bed and a full-width rear ensuite .

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