Other features that you’ ll find inside this van include a Dometic Dust Reduction System, a reversecycle air-conditioner and, moving into the bathroom, a front-loader washing machine mounted to the rear wall. The vanity is good and large – no storage shortage here – and the bathroom also gets a cassette toilet, of course, along with a sizeable fibreglass shower. The cubicle is a one-piece mould, so it should never leak.
Something else I noticed: in one offside overhead locker, Majestic had included a 12V point. Because the van is pre-wired for Starlink, with an RJ45 connector on the offside, this locker would be the perfect place to fit a 12V power supply for your Starlink router, such as the Cosmo.
EXTERIOR
The Navigator 196 rides on tandem axles with independent coil suspension on a 4in SupaGal chassis with raiser. The extended A-frame sports a DO35 coupling, two 9kg gas cylinders behind a mesh stoneguard, a fresh water tap( with stoneguard!) and there’ s also a checkerplate storage compartment with offside slideout tray that would perhaps suit a small generator.
The van comes with three 100Ah lithium batteries, which are on the offside chassis rail behind some checkerplate protection – a standard installation, these days. Speaking of protection, I’ d like to point out the protection given to the grey water tank’ s PVC outlet. It’ s literally just a piece of ag pipe secured by zip ties, but that’ s all that’ s needed, and I honestly don’ t understand why all caravan manufacturers don’ t offer this as a matter of course. Sure, you could do it yourself … but it’ s this sort of attention to detail that tells me the manufacturer of the van has engaged their grey matter.
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