GORV - Digital Magazine Issue #34 | Page 8

This bathroom includes a vanity with a reasonable amount of cupboard space – and even a front-loader washing machine – a cassette toilet, and a fully moulded fibreglass shower that’s separate to the rest of the bathroom. Indeed, the bedroom and bathroom setup is reminiscent of what you’d find in much larger vans. Amidships, the Kombat is fitted with an offside L-shaped dinette that, as we discovered, will comfortably seat two adults and two young children. Within one of the dinette’s overhead lockers, Everest has centralised most switches and controls, including the 30A solar regulator (two 170W solar panels are standard) and BMPRO Genius battery management system. Within arm’s reach of the dinette is the Truma iNet controller. The iNet is a special interface that allows the user to wirelessly control Truma devices, including this van’s onboard gas heater. 8 \ Between the dinette and bathroom is the 182L three-way fridge/freezer. Nothing unusual here, but I liked that the aqua facia of the fridge colour-matched the acrylic splashback and the door of both the bathroom and the shower. It’s touches such as this that tie the interior together, lending that extra professionalism you’d rightfully expect in such a major purchase. Now, there’s not a sweeping amount of kitchen bench space; however, the hinged section of benchtop over the recessed cooktop helps. The secret to this van’s impressive living space is in the front east-west bed. Some vanners would prefer a north-south bed, for obvious reasons, but for my money this setup wins every time. In the Kombat, it has allowed for the features and layout that you’d find in a 22ft-plus rig.