GoRV - Digital Magazine Issue #92 | Page 31

RV REVIEW
The van is clad with composite aluminium and X-plate , an elegant upgrade over standard black checkerplate . The X-plate has also been neatly applied , too , to the recess behind the picnic table , where you ’ ll find a mounting point and the connection points for a TV . This shows the attention to detail you get from Everest – I guarantee that not all manufacturers would extend the X-plate to behind the picnic table .
The attention to detail extends to under the van as well . There are two 110L fresh water tanks , as well as a 110L grey water tank . Each tank and associated fitting has been given shielding so that they don ’ t become shot-peened to pieces by gravel . One thing I also liked : the town water inlet becomes the filling point for the water tanks via a couple of valves . Simply open the valves and the water tanks will fill from beneath , minimising air locks , via the town water inlet .
The van has Starlink provision , too , with a through-the-wall RJ45 point fitted to the offside .
Now , for all intents and purposes , this is a gas-less caravan ; however , its new owner still wanted two 9kg gas cylinders – stored in a box fabricated from powder-coated aluminium on the A-frame – so that he could cook with a gas-fired barbecue that will be fitted to the slide-out tray in the same storage box . This is wise , in my opinion . I am a huge proponent of going ‘ gasless ’ but I do think having a gas back-up so that you can at least still cook is a good idea .
But there ’ s otherwise no internal cooker , and nor is there a cooktop on the powder-coated aluminium , external Everest slide-out kitchen .
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