RV REVIEW
That leaves the bathroom, which is positioned in the layout on the offside, between the forward and rear lounge areas. It is equipped with a cassette toilet and small washbasin, and even a separate shower. The nature of the space has required the washbasin to be a moulded fibreglass unit mounted to the wall, rather than being part of a larger vanity unit. As a result, the drain and water lines are covered by a special vertical moulding between the basin and the floor, though it is in no way untidy.
A small point, which I quite liked: all switches and controls have been centralised inside an overhead locker. It actually took me a minute to work out how to get 12V power to the lights … until I noticed that there were switches for each 12V circuit, from the lights to the onboard Fusion sound system that’ s also inside this locker, to the 14L Truma heater and fridge. You’ ll also find a Projecta voltmeter within this cupboard, which shows the battery state of charge, as well as an RV Electronics water level indicator.
Again, the 12V system isn’ t fancy, given the nature of touring for which the Byron is intended, but there is scope to upgrade, whether you wanted to add a second deep-cycle battery, swap to lithium, or even add a 1000W pure sine wave inverter to charge your devices or power 240V appliances( provided their current draw is within the scope of the inverter). You can even add a second 200W solar panel, a water filtration system, a Webasto 2kW diesel heater and more. It would, however, be worth paying attention to how these affect the van’ s payload capacity.
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