01 What makes it unique
The 22FB is the top of the Bambi line. A full bathroom spans the entire rear of the trailer — shower with a seat and an opening window — while the largest bed in the line, a 54-by-80 queen, sits forward. A U-shaped dinette, the most galley and storage Bambi offers, and a full-height wood divider for bedroom privacy round out the most livable single-axle layout Airstream builds.
It carries that extra room without leaving the easy-tow class: 3,900 pounds dry, a 5,000-pound GVWR, and just 525 pounds on the hitch. The rear bath is the reason tongue weight comes in below the shorter 20FB. Tanks run 23 fresh, 30 grey, 17 black; a 4.1-cubic-foot fridge, a 13,500-BTU heat-pump A/C, and an 18,000-BTU furnace handle the rest, with the DUNE solar-and-lithium package available for off-grid trips.
The 22FB is for buyers who want the most space and the biggest bed while staying on a single axle that a mid-size truck can tow comfortably. The forward-bed, rear-bath split gives it the most separation and the most balanced weight distribution in the line.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 21 ft 11 in
- Exterior width
- 8 ft 0 in
- Exterior height
- 9 ft 5 in
- Interior height
- 6 ft 4 in
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight
- 3,900 lb
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 5,000 lb
- Hitch / tongue weight
- 525 lb
- Net cargo capacity
- 1,150 lb
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 23 gal
- Grey water
- 30 gal
- Black water
- 17 gal
- LP / propane
- 2 × 20 lb
Running gear
- Axles
- 1 · torsion
- Tire size
- ST225/75R15
- Brakes
- Electric drum
- Chassis
- Hand-painted
Systems
- Air conditioning
- 13,500 BTU
- Furnace
- 18,000 BTU
- A/C type
- Heat pump
- Refrigerator
- 4.1 cu ft · 12V
- Shore power
- 30 amp
Sleeping & layout
- Sleeps
- 4
- Primary bed
- Front Queen 54"×80"
- Bath
- Full rear · shower seat
- Dinette
- U-shaped
- Privacy
- Full-height wood divider
Verified specs, drawn to scale
Original graphics built from this floorplan’s own verified figures.
Loaded weight budget
Size, drawn to scale
Holding tanks
These graphics are generated from the same verified record that builds the table above, and are published under this site’s own licence — nothing here is traced from, or derived from, a manufacturer drawing or photo. Where a figure is not published for this plan, the graphic that would need it is omitted rather than estimated. The full record is in the published dataset.
What it takes to tow this
Built from this floorplan’s verified weights. We publish the trailer side only.
We do not publish tow ratings for specific trucks. A single model can vary by thousands of pounds depending on engine, axle ratio, cab, drivetrain and package — the only authoritative figure is the one on your own door jamb. Loaded tongue percentages are industry convention for travel trailers (10–15% of loaded weight), not a measurement of this unit. Hitch classes are not used here as a rating: SAE J684 covers trailers to 10,000 lb GVWR and does not define Class V, and capacity boundaries differ between manufacturers — read the rating stamped on your hitch. On this plan the convention band’s low end fell below the published dry figure, so the range starts at the published dry weight instead — loaded is never lighter than dry.
03 Bambi floorplan family
The current Bambi line — three single-axle floorplans from a 16-foot wet-bath layout to a 22-foot full-rear-bath build. The 22FB on this page is highlighted; each other plan links to its own profile.
| Floorplan | Nominal | Bedroom | Sleeps | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16RB | 16 ft | Rear | 4 | Lightest; wet bath, rear bed |
| 20FB | 20 ft | Front | 4 | Panoramic front bed, full bath |
| 22FB | 22 ft | Front | 4 | Largest; full rear bath, 54" bed |
The 19CB corner-bed floorplan was part of the Bambi line through roughly 2024 and was dropped for the 2025 model year; it is documented separately as a discontinued plan. The Caravel line shares Bambi's shell and floorplans with upscale trim.
04 What owners & reviewers report
Biggest bed, most space
A 54-by-80 queen and the line's largest galley and storage make the 22FB the most livable Bambi for longer stays.
Full-width rear bath
The rear bath spans the trailer, with a seated shower and an opening window — a genuine bathroom, not a wet-bath compromise.
Best weight balance
Putting the bath at the rear drops tongue weight to 525 lb — lower than the shorter 20FB — for easy, stable towing.
Still single-axle nimble
At under 22 feet on one axle, it parks and maneuvers far more easily than the dual-axle Flying Cloud trailers above it.
05 How it compares
A foot shorter with a smaller front bed and a rear three-piece bath — slightly more tongue weight, a bit less living space.
The smallest dual-axle Airstream: more tank, cargo, and capability, but a real jump in weight, length, and price.
The same shell and floorplan in upscale Caravel trim, or a conventional small trailer for more room at less cost.
06 Loading it for a trip
This floorplan carries its water comfortably. A full 23-gallon fresh tank is roughly 17% of the 1,150-pound cargo capacity, leaving the Bambi 22FB with a usable gear budget even when you tow full.
| Weight budget | Figure | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Cargo capacity as published (CCC) | 1,150 lb | Everything you add: gear, water, propane, batteries, food, people’s belongings. |
| Fresh tank filled (23 gal × 8.34 lb) | −192 lb | Water is the heaviest thing most owners add, and it is added first. |
| Cargo budget left with a full fresh tank | 958 lb | 17% of this plan’s capacity is spent before a single bag is loaded. |
| Per sleeping position, water aboard | 240 lb | A rough share of what is left across the 4 berths this plan sleeps. |
The published dry tongue weight of 525 pounds is 13% of the 3,900-pound dry weight, which sits inside the 10–15% band usually quoted for stable towing. It is still a dry figure: loading the front pass-through and the fresh tank both push it up.
Nothing above changes the ceiling. Loaded to its 5,000-pound GVWR the Bambi 22FB is towing 1,100 pounds more than its 3,900-pound dry figure, and that is the number your vehicle has to be rated for — not the brochure weight.
Tank balance is generous here: 23 gallons of fresh against 30 grey and 17 black, so waste capacity keeps pace with supply and the fresh tank is the constraint that ends a dry stay.
07 Where this floorplan sits
Of the 3 Bambi floorplans profiled here, the Bambi 22FB carries the highest GVWR at 5,000 pounds. It is the top of the line by weight, which makes tow-vehicle capability the first thing to settle rather than the last.
Either side of it in the same line: Bambi 20FB matches it exactly at 5,000 lb GVWR.
1 other Bambi plan shares this floorplan’s 5,000 lb GVWR, so the ranking above separates plans that tow to the same ceiling. On a shared chassis the figure that actually differs between them is cargo capacity and where the weight sits, not the rating.
| Comparable travel trailers | GVWR (lb) | Dry (lb) | Sleeps | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bambi 22FB | 5,000 | 3,900 | 4 | 21 ft 11 in |
| Caravel 20FB | 5,000 | 4,300 | 4 | 20 ft 8 in |
| Flagstaff E-Pro E191RLS | 4,997 | 3,968 | 2 | 20 ft 8 in |
| Rockwood Geo Pro G19RLS | 4,997 | 3,968 | 2 | 20 ft 8 in |
| Jay Feather 15MRB | 4,995 | 3,675 | 4 | 20 ft 2 in |
| Jay Flight 197MB | 4,995 | 3,965 | 8 | 23 ft 7 in |
| Prowler 1802MBS | 4,995 | 4,045 | 6 | 23 ft 7 in |
Against the Bambi 22FB: the Caravel 20FB is 1 ft shorter; the Flagstaff E-Pro E191RLS is 3 lb lighter and 1 ft shorter and sleeps 2 fewer; the Rockwood Geo Pro G19RLS is 3 lb lighter and 1 ft shorter and sleeps 2 fewer. Those are differences in the published numbers only — what they cost, how they are built and how they live are separate questions each of those pages answers on its own terms.
Those are the nearest travel trailers from other lines by weight — one per line, picked by proximity on that figure and nothing else. They are listed so the same tow vehicle can be checked against real alternatives, not because they are equivalent inside; layout, build and price diverge sharply across that group.
For scale, the Bambi floorplans profiled here run 3,150 to 3,900 pounds dry and 16 to 22 feet of exterior length across 3 plans. Where a floorplan falls in that spread usually says more about which vehicle can tow it, and which site it fits, than the layout name does.
Every profiled floorplan in this line, with the full weight table, is on the Bambi line hub.
08 Common questions about the Bambi 22FB
How much does the Bambi 22FB weigh?
It leaves the factory at 3,900 pounds dry, and its manufacturer-set loaded ceiling (GVWR) is 5,000 pounds. Real towing weight lands between the two and depends entirely on what you load. Use the GVWR when matching a tow vehicle; the dry figure is only useful for comparing floorplans against each other.
How much can the Bambi 22FB carry?
Cargo carrying capacity is 1,150 pounds. That is the whole budget: water, propane, batteries, gear and everything you bring. Filling the 23-gallon fresh tank uses about 192 pounds of that.
What is the tongue weight of the Bambi 22FB?
The published dry tongue weight is 525 pounds. It is measured empty; loaded, it runs higher, and it comes out of your tow vehicle’s payload rather than its tow rating.
What size tow vehicle does the Bambi 22FB need?
Your vehicle needs a tow rating of at least 5,000 pounds — this floorplan’s GVWR — and enough payload left over for the hitch load, passengers and anything in the bed. This site does not publish tow ratings for specific vehicles, because one truck model varies by thousands of pounds across engine, axle ratio, cab and package. The figure that governs is the payload sticker on your own door jamb.
How many people does the Bambi 22FB sleep?
It is rated to sleep 4. Rated sleeping positions include convertible furniture, so count the beds against how you actually travel rather than against the number.
What are the tank capacities on the Bambi 22FB?
Fresh 23 gallons, grey 30 gallons, black 17 gallons. Tank sizes set how long the floorplan can sit away from hookups, and the smallest of the three is what ends the stay.
How long is the Bambi 22FB?
Exterior length is 21 ft 11 in. Measure against your site length and your storage before committing — the exterior figure is the one that has to fit, and it includes the tongue or pin box.
Every figure in these answers is read from this page’s verified specification table. Where the manufacturer publishes nothing, the question is not answered rather than estimated.
09 What this page publishes, and what it does not
This catalog tracks 18 specification fields per floorplan. Named sources publish 16 of them for the Bambi 22FB. The rest are not shown, because the alternative is reading a figure across from a sibling floorplan or from what the segment usually does — and a number nobody published is worth less than an admitted gap.
Not published for this floorplan: slide count, awning. If you find one of these in a manufacturer document for this plan, it belongs on this page.
The completeness figure at the foot of this page (90%) measures the same thing on the full field set: it is a measurement of how much this floorplan’s manufacturer publishes, not of how much research went into the page.
How every figure here was sourced and checked is set out on the methodology page.
11 NHTSA safety record
This floorplan belongs to the Bambi line, and NHTSA holds 7 recall campaigns and 5 owner complaints against that line. They are separate records and are not added together — a recall is a manufacturer-confirmed defect with a remedy; a complaint is one owner’s account, which NHTSA does not verify.
Too few reports to show a pattern. 5 complaints have been filed on this line — not enough to say what fails most often. They cover service brakes, electric, unknown or other and tires.
Recall coverage is not complete — our harvest of NHTSA’s recall API ran 1,556 queries, of which 0 failed and 242 returned an explicit zero. A line can still be under-reported where NHTSA files a roster under a parent name, or where a match rests on the wording of the recall rather than its model field. Complaints come from the complete bulk file but are unverified and self-selected: a high count tracks how many units a line sold at least as much as how well it was built. Check a specific VIN at NHTSA before you buy. Full tables are on the Bambi line page.