Keystone’s Walkabout 26MAX Lets You Live Off the Grid in Luxury

A 31-foot glass box plopped right out in the middle of nowhere but somehow still feels like home. So, what’s the story here then? Keystone RV’s Walkabout 26MAX, which sports a black metal exterior, some nice orange topo lines, and panoramic glass windows – it’s like this thing is just begging to be taken on a road trip across Montana mud without you ever needing to pitch a tent.

Pull up to the campsite, and this trailer just levels itself in 90 seconds like magic. Three electric jacks drop down, communications kick in, and the floor stops wobbling before you can even get the safety chains unhooked. Hit the all-terrain tyres and the Curt suspension just soaks up the washboard ruts like a pickup truck handles potholes. Its dry weight is 7,140 pounds, which is light enough for a 3/4 ton truck but still heavy enough to haul a couple of weeks’ worth of grub, four bikes and every fishing rod you own.

When you open up the front pass-through, you’re greeted with a mini garage – it’s like you just walked into a storage unit for all your gear. Fishing rods can lock overhead, there’s a pressure sprayer hanging on the wall and a fold-out shower hose at the ready in case you get in with some filthy footwear. Shut the door up and nothing rattles around like a loose change in your pocket – 11 gauge aluminium rails lock down every corner like a pelican case.


Walk another 10 feet back and the trailer’s side opens up to form a kitchen counter – it’s like having a full on outdoor kitchen. There’s a propane quick-connect, a foldable sink, and a MOLLE panel for knives and tongs so you can cook up a storm outside while the kids stay squeaky clean. A heated slide-out tray comes out of the next compartment – damp gloves can just drain through the perforated steel and dry off by morning.


You’ve got two doors to deal with – one of them leads into a glass-walled living area, the other is right into the bathroom so no pine needles or whatever get all over the floor. Shut both doors and this thing seals up tighter than a submarine during a war. When you press a button, the curbside wall just glides out by three feet. Now the sofa is in a mini greenhouse – floor-to-ceiling windows on three sides, skylights above, blackout blinds on zippers. The sun reaches the couch by 6:12 a.m. and the coffee tastes better because the mountains are already with you through that big picture window.


Across the way is a proper kitchen: a 10-cubic-foot French door fridge, a pull-out freezer drawer, a two-burner stove with a glass cover, and a convection microwave that can air fry some halfway decent wings. The counter space stretches out six feet without any seams. The sink faucet is high enough to fill a large stock pot, and every drawer closes with a quiet click that tells you someone likely measured twice. The back corner is home to two bunk beds with real mattresses, and there’s even USB ports down at pillow height. A short set of stairs leads up to the top bed, so you don’t have to worry about anyone tumbling off a ladder at 3 in the morning. The bathroom across the hall is just the right size for two adults to get ready in the morning without having to do any backwards dancing. There’s a rainfall shower, a porcelain toilet, a vanity mirror and all the LED edging you could want that never fogs up – a real treat.


Up front, the pocket doors slide open and safely connect in the middle, to keep the master suite secure. The king size bed sits on some clever gas struts – if you remove the mattress you’ll find two hidden compartments in the base that are lined in cedar and can swallow your gear bags no problem. The second air conditioner is a big 8,000-BTU unit that hangs over the bed headboard – and here’s the beauty part: the kids can crank the main unit down to 68 degrees while you sleep at a nice cool 62 degrees (if you’re a bit of a quiet sleeper like me). Under the bed is a Victron controller that runs the whole show. Power-wise, you’re looking at an inverter that’s lithium ready – and it gets its juice from 220 watts of solar panels on the roof. If you want to run a generator, you’ve got that option too and you can even go off-grid for 3 days and still have power for lights, fridge and charging your phone. On the water front, the rig has 54 liters of fresh, 34 gray, and 34 black water tanks, so fill up once and you’re good to go for 10 nights of camping, even if you prefer to wash down like a sailor.


Dealers are quoting around $80,000 before shipping and taxes for the base model – and that’s before you factor in all the extras like the solar package, the extendable roof ladder and backup camera that bump the price up to $92,000 on the window sticker. If you can camp for a weekend at a Hyatt hotel – with a tank of diesel and a campground fee thrown in – you’re probably looking at a similar price point.
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