Lunar Lexon TL
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Key Features
Model Year
2009
Product Class
Twin Axle
Price from (£)
£17995
Berths
6
Full Review
FOR pence under £18,000 you expect to get a lot of caravan, a lot of specification – and a lot of appeal.
Lunar’s six-berth Lexon TL delivers all three in no small measure. It arrives, new for 2010, into a market where, suddenly, “six-berth” has become synonymous with “triple bunk”.
The TL, though, gives you six beds in a very different configuration. Yes, there are bunks – but they’re not fixed. They rise from above single beds in the rear of the caravan.
It’s that wonderfully spacious rear area which defines the TL. Here, with three windows to welcome in loads of light, you have, in one, a dining room for six, a bedroom for four – and a great family activity area.
And the list under the heading “spaciousness” goes on up the caravan. The kitchen is nothing short of fantastic.
You have two working surfaces, each large, with the cooker and fixed-drainer sink in the centre. There’s a cavernous cupboard under the left-hand work surface, with an equally capacious cutlery drawer above. And this hub of caravan family life doesn’t escape on styling. The bowed front of the fridge is a reflective metal-look.
The surfaces are pale cream granite-effect, so good in its imitation of the real thing that you expect it to feel cold to the touch.
On to the lounge – and, here again, it’s the spaciousness that impresses you. Not just physical space (it’s 2.28m wide – the difference between this and the Quasar’s 2.16 is discernible) and the settees are full-length), it’s the look of spaciousness that will impress you – and that’s down to the décor.
Lunar has chosen a subtle shading for 2010’s Lexon range. It’s fawn, it’s plain, but in no way is it boring. That’s because the one-colour fabric used for the upholstery is a textured weave chenille, sumptuous in its luxury appeal and totally modern because it is so plain.
There’s another colour at play here, in a much more subtle way. It’s a bright turquoise that appears in lines of stitching, alternating with deep brown in the curtains and scatter cushions. The whole effect is stunning.
But back to that spaciousness. The washroom, opposite the kitchen, gives you a sizeable, square, separate shower with folding plastic door – and the whole room is more spacious than you’d expect from a centre offside washroom.
This six-berth layout isn’t new, of course. But amid the crop of triple six-berths, a wide open, windows-all-round arrangement is a refreshing change.
Its twin lounges/dining areas give the TL great flexibility. Four can sleep in single beds before you even have to consider putting up the bunks.
That makes this caravan pretty much perfect for a family of four. But it gets better, because each of the lounge/dining areas makes into a double bed. So you can have two doubles, or one double and two singles. Parents can take the rear bedroom, make up their double bed – and even leave it up during the day, with the concertina partition in place.
Two children (or adults, for that matter) can sleep on the singles at the front. The permutations seem endless.
Back to the styling that is so much a part of Lexon appeal. The woodwork has a prominent grain and the lockers have insets and natural wood frames, giving the whole caravan a refined cabinet-maker, craftsmanship appeal.
Specification involves a long list, from niceties like a radio CD and MP3 player and microwave to far more important features including an alarm system and AL-KO Secure wheel lock receivers. And new to the whole Lexon range of 2010 is a super-pitch connector point.
Read more caravan reviews.
Lunar’s six-berth Lexon TL delivers all three in no small measure. It arrives, new for 2010, into a market where, suddenly, “six-berth” has become synonymous with “triple bunk”.
The TL, though, gives you six beds in a very different configuration. Yes, there are bunks – but they’re not fixed. They rise from above single beds in the rear of the caravan.
It’s that wonderfully spacious rear area which defines the TL. Here, with three windows to welcome in loads of light, you have, in one, a dining room for six, a bedroom for four – and a great family activity area.
And the list under the heading “spaciousness” goes on up the caravan. The kitchen is nothing short of fantastic.
You have two working surfaces, each large, with the cooker and fixed-drainer sink in the centre. There’s a cavernous cupboard under the left-hand work surface, with an equally capacious cutlery drawer above. And this hub of caravan family life doesn’t escape on styling. The bowed front of the fridge is a reflective metal-look. The surfaces are pale cream granite-effect, so good in its imitation of the real thing that you expect it to feel cold to the touch.
On to the lounge – and, here again, it’s the spaciousness that impresses you. Not just physical space (it’s 2.28m wide – the difference between this and the Quasar’s 2.16 is discernible) and the settees are full-length), it’s the look of spaciousness that will impress you – and that’s down to the décor.
Lunar has chosen a subtle shading for 2010’s Lexon range. It’s fawn, it’s plain, but in no way is it boring. That’s because the one-colour fabric used for the upholstery is a textured weave chenille, sumptuous in its luxury appeal and totally modern because it is so plain.
There’s another colour at play here, in a much more subtle way. It’s a bright turquoise that appears in lines of stitching, alternating with deep brown in the curtains and scatter cushions. The whole effect is stunning.But back to that spaciousness. The washroom, opposite the kitchen, gives you a sizeable, square, separate shower with folding plastic door – and the whole room is more spacious than you’d expect from a centre offside washroom.
This six-berth layout isn’t new, of course. But amid the crop of triple six-berths, a wide open, windows-all-round arrangement is a refreshing change.
Its twin lounges/dining areas give the TL great flexibility. Four can sleep in single beds before you even have to consider putting up the bunks.
That makes this caravan pretty much perfect for a family of four. But it gets better, because each of the lounge/dining areas makes into a double bed. So you can have two doubles, or one double and two singles. Parents can take the rear bedroom, make up their double bed – and even leave it up during the day, with the concertina partition in place.
Two children (or adults, for that matter) can sleep on the singles at the front. The permutations seem endless.
Back to the styling that is so much a part of Lexon appeal. The woodwork has a prominent grain and the lockers have insets and natural wood frames, giving the whole caravan a refined cabinet-maker, craftsmanship appeal.
Specification involves a long list, from niceties like a radio CD and MP3 player and microwave to far more important features including an alarm system and AL-KO Secure wheel lock receivers. And new to the whole Lexon range of 2010 is a super-pitch connector point.
Read more caravan reviews.
