Today’s RV review is of the new Keystone Bullet 260RBS travel trailer, a larger couples’ camper that has a really great outdoor kitchen. In fact that outdoor kitchen was the reason I found this model to share with you - I am writing a story about great outdoor kitchens in RVs and both Keystone and Josh the RV Nerd recommended this model.

Great outdoor kitchen

Since the outdoor kitchen is the whole reason I sought-out this model let’s take a look at what makes a great outdoor kitchen, to me. If you really want to prepare food outside then there should be a properly plumbed sink (hot and cold water and a drain), some sort of cooking surface and a way to keep things cold.

In the case of the Bullet 260RBS the cooking is done on a Capital grill that has a larger cooking surface.

There’s also a 4.4 cubic foot refrigerator out here. Now, interestingly, I had talked with some Keystone folks about whether this is wired to the inverter and they said no, but Josh the RV Nerd had one on his lot where it was wired to the inverter. What’s the big deal?

Keystone has really taken the lead in offering solar in their RVs including in their more affordable offerings. Even the most affordable variation, the SolarFlex 200, is wired such that you could add an inverter later. As such some of the outlets are wired so that they can operate from the inverter.

Inverted outlet in outdoor kitchen lets you run the mini fridge while boondocking. Photo thanks to Josh Winters of Bish’s RV

In other words, you could use the on-board batteries to operate the electrical outlets if you add an inverter.

In fact there is the upgraded SolarFlex 400i package that includes a 2,000 watt inverter.

The reason I’m going on about this is that, with the inverter, you could operate the outdoor fridge when driving down the road. That means you could use it for grocery stops or just to have things cold when you get to camp. This makes a lot of sense.

You could also use the outdoor fridge if you’re off-grid camping or boondocking. Also a good thing.

If it doesn’t run from the inverter, then the only time you could use the outdoor fridge is when you’re plugged in to a generator or shore power. So I’m going to go with what Josh told me since he was looking right at one of these on the showroom floor at Bish’s.

Why Keystone Bullet

When I was selling RVs we sold a lot of Keystone Bullets. These are at the more affordable end of Keystone’s line-up and are a relatively light weight laminated offering.

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Some of the other things we liked about the Bullet line included the spread axle design which transport drivers told us offered better stability, particularly in windy highway conditions.

Since the days I worked at the dealership Keystone has also really stepped-up their game with something they call their Innovation Lab. There are a lot of things they’ve come up with that actually do make a positive difference in an owner’s RV experience.

For example, the company has a flooring laminate that’s completely made-up of man-made waterproof materials branded as Hyperdeck Flooring. They’ve also re-thought air handling for the air conditioner that provides better air flow.

The SolarFlex packages come from the Innovation Lab as well. Plus all Keystone RVs are wired alike which means the red wire on one Bullet does the same job as the red wire on the next one. It’s not uncommon in the RV industry that the line workers simply pull wire as needed. This results in a higher likelihood of failure and much greater difficulty doing a diagnosis if there is a problem.

Another plus for 2023 is that Keystone is including a Gerard tankless propane water heater with these. This means that you aren’t limited by the typical six gallons of hot water that is typical in an RV.

What’s inside the Bullet 260RBS

There is a slide room on the road side where you have a choice of either table and chairs or a dinette and theater seats of a trifold sofa.

I like the dinettes on these described as a “Dream Dinette” because the table is mounted to the wall and can be easily lowered to turn the dinette into a bed. Instead of being a complicated arrangement the Dream Dinette system makes the process easy.

The theater seats or couch are opposite the entertainment area that incorporates a TV and fireplace so a cozy spot for those rainy days at camp.

I also like the fact that there are no floor registers for the furnace with those being in the lower sections of the cabinetry instead. That way things don’t drop in the ducts all summer so you get that “special smell” the first time you kick on the furnace.

Sleeping spaces in the Bullet 260RBS

Depending on your seating and dinette choices this could either accommodate two people in the bedroom or a total of six people with the dinette and trifold couch making into beds. If you don’t want others joining you in your own camper, you can make choices that support that.

Although I’ve also seen where those people you’d least like joining you offer to bring sleeping bags and sleep on the floor and, with that big slide room, there is a decent amount of floor space to accommodate them. You didn’t get that from me, though.

This model could be a great choice as a couples’ camper. It features a true 60” X 80” queen-sized bed in a bedroom that can be closed off from the rest of the camper.

I also like the shelves behind the bed-side closets in here which offer good space for either things like a CPAP machine or just those noisy toys we all bring camping nowadays and stare at all day, even though we tell our friends we went hiking.

Further, should you opt for the inverter or install one, you can operate the bed-side outlets even when boondocking which means you could run that CPAP machine overnight. Nice.

Bullet 260RBS kitchen

In addition to the outside kitchen the inside kitchen offers a decent amount of prep space with an “L” shaped counter top. There’s also a flip-up counter top extension if what’s there isn’t enough, and we all know it never is.

Give me a mile of counter space and I can fill it in short order and want more.

There’s the usual three-burner propane stove and oven, unfortunately it’s the 17” oven that I wish would be banned to the corn field.

Storage, though, is a real strong point with cabinets and drawers at the kitchen but a huge pantry at the main entry door that can also serve as a closet.

From the outside there is also a big pass-through storage compartment with a little bonus. Keystone provides a hatch from the bedroom into the pass-through storage compartment which is intended for laundry - you can drop your laundry into a hamper below. People always liked this when I was selling RVs and it’s a pretty neat feature.

Boondocking and travel access

One of the things that make Keystone’s SolarFlex package so outstanding is that they’ve worked with their dealership network such that dealers can install upgrades to the system which would be covered under warranty. Batteries, additional panels, inverters and a number of features are all included in this.

The pieces are all designed to work together, another plus. I have found that RV dealerships tend to still need to improve their understanding of solar and battery technology so the fact that Keystone has simplified this for them is a big deal.

Obviously there are dealerships who have taken a huge interest in this, but not all.

Tank sizes are good with 54 gallons of fresh water, 60 gallons of gray water storage and 30 of black. This could keep you off the grid for some time - I have found we can go about five days on a similar fresh water supply with gray water being our limitation, though with twice as much gray storage as our own RV this would be a better situation.

I wasn’t able to see one of these with the slide room closed but studying the floor plan it appears that the slide room blocks the bathroom, so that’s a bummer for mid-journey potty stops.

Changes I would make

As always opinions are like hind ends - we all have them and some of them stink. But, of course, I wouldn’t have a job if it weren’t for my opinion about RVs.

So what I would change on this starts with the fact that the back walls of Bullets are not laminated. They are considered “hung walls” so they can look like they are delaminating at times but aren’t.

I had to explain this a number of times to customers who were concerned that they had a problem and didn’t.

Also, while the outdoor kitchen is nice on here note that the lid for the grille blocks access to the refrigerator. Oops.

I do really like how spacious and open this RV feels and that the bedroom has a real queen-sized bed but can also be blocked off. That spaciousness extends to the bathroom as well, which offers plenty of space so you don’t have to open the door just to have the room to change your mind.

Lastly, I don’t think you come here to read about my opinion of colors but I am not a fan of the gray cabinets in these with gold handles. Perhaps some TV redo show says this is the thing and I’m out of touch. Further, I’m not the buyer here. I know there are people who like this and those who don’t, but it is polarizing. What’s your opinion?

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