RV REVIEW
Now, Royal Flair isn’ t afraid of a challenge and has been known to work closely with its customers to achieve a customised result. The kids’ room is a case in point. While it was setup for four kids, this space could equally be an on-theroad office space, or it could be equipped with two bunks, one either side, complete with cupboards and drawers beneath.
The secret to Royal Flair’ s layouts lays in the way the company has embraced drop-down beds. These lower from the ceiling at the push of a button to your preferred height. In the case of this van, the bed can be lowered, say, halfway to the floor so that the rear leather-upholstered club lounge can also be used as sleeping quarters. Just lower the table, fill it with a backrest cushion or two, and suddenly this van could sleep eight people!
So there are beds in the front and a drop-down bed in the back above a club lounge – what’ s in the middle? To begin with, the kitchen sits on the nearside wall. There’ s heaps of bench space here, due to the fact that Royal Flair omitted the stove, griller and oven while retaining the rangehood. The thinking here is that the customer will use a portable induction cooktop, something we’ re seeing more and more of. You see, this van is equipped with a 200Ah lithium battery and the full Victron suite of power management. This includes a 2000W / 80A inverter, three 200W solar panels, a couple of MPPT solar controllers, a DC-DC charger and a mains charger, along with an internal digital display to show the battery state of charge and any loads being placed on the battery.
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