Northstar campers

That's an interesting choice for them indeed.

A cassette is a removable tank you can wheel somewhere and dump instead of having to find a traditional RV dump.

Actually much preferred by some the cassette has its own five gallon water supply that flushes into its own 4 gallon holding tank which can be slid out separately and dumped in any commode, etc. Allows use of sites without dump stations. Many small truck campers have extremely small holding tanks requiring frequent dumping. This way it is possible to just take the tank out and walk to a restroom in a rest stop for example to empty. Again it just depends on what you are looking for.

There kinda like a built in Porta-Potti..I like them..I use a ours in the winter when I blow out my water lines, and just use water containers and a porta-potti.

Easy to dump and no worry on freezing the holding tanks.Dumping the black tank can be a pain sometimes.

Having a 5th wheel with a black tank and a Northstar with a cassette I am a huge fan of the cassette. We have dumped it in porta potties at construction sites, McDonalds, coffee shop toilets, any where there is a toilet or in a dump station. We can go a week or more without dumping, there is no odor, no slinky, just a clean cassette that is inocuous and efficient.

Count me as another Northstar owner who is happy to have a cassette toilet. The cassette toilet is built in and looks and feels just like any other toilet. It flushes really well with virtually no water. As others have mentioned it is easy to empty and can be emptied in an outhouse, flush toilet or at a dump station.

In my opinion Northstar makes pretty decent campers with good designs and quality construction. On a scale of 0 to 10, I would give most builders a score of about 3 or 4. Northstar gets an 8 for quality.

Cassette toilet campers, since it is an entirely separate plumbing system, allows one to have the ability to camp in the winter and still use a BM fixture butt not need the full plumbing to to be de-winterized. One can use RV antifreeze or windshield washer fluid as the flushing fluid instead of water.

For TC's and the way I use mine, I would not want a fresh water toilet.

JimK-NY wrote:
Count me as another Northstar owner who is happy to have a cassette toilet. The cassette toilet is built in and looks and feels just like any other toilet. It flushes really well with virtually no water. As others have mentioned it is easy to empty and can be emptied in an outhouse, flush toilet or at a dump station.

In my opinion Northstar makes pretty decent campers with good designs and quality construction. On a scale of 0 to 10, I would give most builders a score of about 3 or 4. Northstar gets an 8 for quality.

I agree with the quality assessment. Family owned and run business, and they pride themselves on using good grade material. The plywood on my bed frame and under the bed is knot free, not a cheap inferior piece. And they are built to be used off the truck also. I don't have a toilet or inside shower in mine, but I would definitely opt for the cassette toilet if I did.

We have the Northstar 12' STC with the cassette and are extremely happy with both. We visited Rex, the owner, at his factory in Iowa last year. Very impressed by construction methods, support, company philosophy, and most of the materials.

The cassette makes "dumping" easier with many more options. I have briefly thought about getting a backup cassette holding container for when we are away from any type of dump opportunity with 4 folks using the toilet...but they are kinda expensive.

Another Northstar, another Cassette. Here in europe, fixed black water tanks are an exception - cassettes are the norm.

+ Dump almost anywhere
+ possibility to use the cassette without tank deodorant/chemicals, SOG* vent system
- 2 days capacity for 2 people
- no full hookup; you always need to dump and rinse the cassette
(actually, we dump more often, as an half-empty cassette is easier to carry and wheel around)

*the SOG is a small electric fan that connects to the tank vent via a hose and is activated when you flush. It works very well in keeping odours out of the bathroom. We used one in our previous Outfitter camper. Currently we just dump and rinse daily, that works well without chemistry.

My Northstar has a very simple cassette. No fans, no vents. A few tablespoons of chemicals designed for large black tanks works really well to control odors.

You pick your poison. With a cassette you need to dump every couple of days. With a black tank you are up the creek when there is no dump within miles and miles.

Typically the biggest logistics issue I face is trying to find fresh water, not trying to dump.