01 What makes it unique
The Imagine XLS 22RBE is the couples' coach for buyers who want a permanent bed and a private bathroom rather than the convertible spaces of a Murphy or bunk plan. A walk-around front bedroom sits up front, the living area and galley occupy the middle, and a full bath spans the rear — a layout that keeps the sleeping and bathing areas private and quiet.
Like the rest of the XLS line it's built on Grand Design's laminated aluminum-framed cage with gel-coated fiberglass walls, foam insulation (R-7), a one-piece roof membrane and a heated, enclosed underbelly — and it carries the line's standard 200-watt rooftop solar, 30-amp controller and 10-cubic-foot 12-volt refrigerator. A notably large 82-gallon grey tank stands out for a trailer this size, stretching the time between dumps on longer or hookup-free stays.
At 5,379 pounds dry with a 6,995-pound GVWR and 1,616 pounds of payload, it sits in comfortable half-ton territory while staying towable by capable medium-duty SUVs. For couples who want Grand Design's finish, standard solar and a genuine private-bedroom-plus-rear-bath layout in a sub-26-foot trailer, the 22RBE is one of the most livable compact plans in the line.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 25' 11"
- Exterior width
- 8' 0"
- Exterior height
- 10' 10"
- Interior height
- 6' 6"
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight
- 5,379 lbs
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 6,995 lbs
- Net cargo / payload
- 1,616 lbs
- Hitch / tongue weight
- 618 lbs
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 37 gal
- Grey water
- 82 gal
- Black water
- 37 gal
- Refrigerator
- 10 cu ft
Construction
- Frame
- Laminated aluminum-framed · R-7
- Roof
- One-piece membrane · ltd lifetime
- Underbelly
- Heated & enclosed · suspended tanks
- Body
- Gel-coated fiberglass · laminated
Running gear
- Axles
- 2 (tandem)
- Hitch
- Bumper Pull
- Suspension
- Torsion / leaf · TPMS prep
- Solar
- 200W roof · standard
Galley & bath
- Cooktop
- 3-burner recessed
- Refrigerator
- 10 cu ft 12V
- A/C
- 15,000 BTU
- Water heater
- Tankless / gas-electric
Sleeping & layout
- Sleeps
- 4
- Primary bed
- Front walk-around queen
- Layout
- Front bedroom, mid living, rear bath, 1 slide
- Awnings
- 1
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.
03 Imagine floorplan family
Grand Design's Imagine family — the premium-mainstream volume leader and the industry's perennial owner-satisfaction front-runner. It spans three sub-lines: the lightweight Imagine AIM, the medium-duty Imagine XLS (standard rooftop solar), and the residential flagship Imagine. The 22RBE on this page is highlighted; each other profiled plan links to its own page. The full family runs more than thirty floorplans; the highest-demand layouts across XLS and the flagship line are detailed here and the rest are catalogued on the line hub.
| Floorplan | Line | Nominal | Sleeps | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17MKE | XLS | 22 ft | 4 | Compact Murphy-bed couples coach |
| 22RBE | XLS | 26 ft | 4 | Rear-bath private-bedroom couples |
| 25RLE | XLS | 30 ft | 3 | Rear-living couples coach, two doors |
| 25DBE | XLS | 30 ft | 7 | Double-bunkhouse family |
| 2500RL | Imagine | 30 ft | 6 | Flagship rear-living couples |
| 2670MK | Imagine | 32 ft | 6 | Rear mid-kitchen, dual slide |
| 2800BH | Imagine | 32 ft | 10 | Flagship bunkhouse, sleeps 10 |
| 3210BH | Imagine | 37 ft | 8 | Quad-bunk family flagship |
Imagine XLS floorplans carry a standard 200-watt rooftop solar package, a 30-amp charge controller and a 10-cubic-foot 12-volt refrigerator; the flagship Imagine line adds MorRyde CRE-3000 rubber suspension and larger holding tanks. Lengths, weights and equipment can change with options and model year — always confirm against the unit's own weight sticker. Additional XLS, flagship and AIM floorplans are documented on the line hub.
04 What owners & reviewers report
Private bed and bath
A permanent front bedroom and a full rear bath keep sleeping and bathing private — no convertible furniture, the couples' preference.
Big grey tank for the size
An 82-gallon grey tank is generous for a 26-foot trailer, meaningfully extending time between dumps on longer trips.
Standard solar carries over
The XLS 200W roof solar, 30A controller and 12V fridge are standard here too — off-grid-ready without extra cost.
Heavier than the Murphy plan
At 5,379 lb dry it asks for a bit more tow vehicle than the 17MKE; comfortable half-ton territory rather than light-SUV.
05 How it compares
Shorter and lighter with a Murphy bed instead of a permanent bedroom — the more towable, more flexible compact.
A rear-living couples' coach with two entry doors — more living space when a rear bath isn't the priority.
The flagship rear-living couples' plan — more residential finish and MorRyde suspension at a higher price.
06 Loading it for a trip
This floorplan carries its water comfortably. A full 37-gallon fresh tank is roughly 19% of the 1,616-pound cargo capacity, leaving the Imagine XLS 22RBE with a usable gear budget even when you tow full.
| Weight budget | Figure | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Cargo capacity as published (CCC) | 1,616 lb | Everything you add: gear, water, propane, batteries, food, people’s belongings. |
| Fresh tank filled (37 gal × 8.34 lb) | −309 lb | Water is the heaviest thing most owners add, and it is added first. |
| Cargo budget left with a full fresh tank | 1,307 lb | 19% of this plan’s capacity is spent before a single bag is loaded. |
| Per sleeping position, water aboard | 327 lb | A rough share of what is left across the 4 berths this plan sleeps. |
The published dry tongue weight of 618 pounds is 11% of the 5,379-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 6,995-pound GVWR the Imagine XLS 22RBE is towing 1,616 pounds more than its 5,379-pound dry figure, and that is the number your vehicle has to be rated for — not the brochure weight.
Tank balance is generous here: 37 gallons of fresh against 82 grey and 37 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
Ranked by GVWR, the Imagine XLS 22RBE sits 2 of 8 in the Imagine line: 6,995 pounds against a line that runs from 6,395 to 10,195 pounds. That position is the useful thing to know, because the plans immediately either side of it are the real alternatives.
Either side of it in the same line: Imagine XLS 17MKE is 600 pounds lighter at 6,395 lb GVWR; and Imagine 2500RL is 855 pounds heavier at 7,850 lb GVWR.
| Comparable travel trailers | GVWR (lb) | Dry (lb) | Sleeps | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imagine XLS 22RBE | 6,995 | 5,379 | 4 | 25 ft 11 in |
| Jay Feather 21MBH | 6,995 | 5,450 | 6 | 26 ft 8 in |
| Jay Flight 225MLSW | 6,995 | 5,220 | 6 | 27 ft 1 in |
| Transcend Xplor 22RBX | 6,995 | 5,749 | 4 | 26 ft 10 in |
| Rockwood & Flagstaff Mini Lite 2509S | 6,933 | 5,499 | 7 | 25 ft 11 in |
| Puma Tracks 2420RBS | 6,903 | 5,328 | — | 27 ft 11 in |
| Prowler 2201MDS | 6,900 | 5,340 | 4 | 27 ft 1 in |
Against the Imagine XLS 22RBE: the Jay Feather 21MBH sleeps 2 more; the Jay Flight 225MLSW is 1 ft longer and sleeps 2 more. 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 Imagine floorplans profiled here run 4,921 to 8,725 pounds dry and 22 to 37 feet of exterior length across 8 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 Imagine line hub.
08 Common questions about the Imagine XLS 22RBE
How much does the Imagine XLS 22RBE weigh?
It leaves the factory at 5,379 pounds dry, and its manufacturer-set loaded ceiling (GVWR) is 6,995 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 Imagine XLS 22RBE carry?
Cargo carrying capacity is 1,616 pounds. That is the whole budget: water, propane, batteries, gear and everything you bring. Filling the 37-gallon fresh tank uses about 309 pounds of that.
What is the tongue weight of the Imagine XLS 22RBE?
The published dry tongue weight is 618 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 Imagine XLS 22RBE need?
Your vehicle needs a tow rating of at least 6,995 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 Imagine XLS 22RBE 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 Imagine XLS 22RBE?
Fresh 37 gallons, grey 82 gallons, black 37 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 Imagine XLS 22RBE?
Exterior length is 25' 11". 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 Imagine XLS 22RBE. 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, tire specification. 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 (97%) 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 Imagine line, and NHTSA holds 15 recall campaigns and 65 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.
What to look at on a used one. Across the 65 complaints filed on this line the most-reported components are tires (20%), suspension (18%) and structure (17%). That is where owners of this family have had trouble, so it is where an inspection is worth the time.
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 Imagine line page.