What am I missing on GVWR??

Geoboy wrote:
Yeah, what’s better?

This is just my personal opinion. I will start with a few off the top of my head.

.1) The Northstar is a wood framed camper, if any bit of water gets to it, it rots, and you may not realize it until it is too late. I had this problem with mine, there are some sharp screws in the AC unit, over time on rough roads those screw punctured the rubber roof, water was able to get in, and it was not caught until a leak presented itself. There is no way of knowing this until it is too late. Fortunately I was able to repair it myself, which involved a new roof, that is a 5-10K repair at an RV facility.
Bonus points for Cirrus. It's not a wood framed camper

2.) I fail to understand what is so great about "rubber roofs" That's all manufactures use. They seem cheap to me, and I would think in this day and age there would be something better out there.
Bonus points to the Cirrus on this one. They don't use a rubber roof.

3.) Northstar interiors are straight out of a 90's motel room. Northstar acts like their poop don't stink, and have no desire to innovate. They use fake cheap wood, the countertop is made with a cover over particle wood. The insulation is not that great, perhaps better than the cheapest made campers on the market but not by much.
-with the Cirrus the interior is night and day better. The quality from what I can tell is also a lot better.

4.)Cassette toilet- my personal opinion is that in some instances it is slightly better than a black tank, but with a blank tank you at least don't have to watch **** flow out, and that smell? It's horrendous, with all the methane and stuff I don't think you will be wheeling your cassette poop suitcase into a mcdonalds or friends house to empty. Also, in Europe at least when they use a cassette toilet it usually comes with a SOG kit, they don't do that with Northstar, so basically when you open the trap door with all the methane and heat build up in the tank it has the potential to literally explode the feces contents up and out of. Ask my GF how she knows. The SOG releases this pressure and vents it outside when the door is open
- Plus one for a composting toilet

5.) The appliances in the Northstar are not horrible, but they are not that great either, they are same stuff found in 99% of all other RVs. Again, no innovation by Northstar here.
-There are better options out there, like the Truma, or the Alde system in Cirrus.

6.) The tiedowns on the northstar rip out when going offroad. Again, not an issue if you stick to the pavement or RV parks, I am told they have since addressed this with some steel plate added to the wood.

7.) Those Dometic Seitz windows and Heiki skylight are of poor quality. I like the concept better than the typical RV window but both skylight and windows found in Northstar are of poor quality. Have you tried getting replacement parts for the Heiki? Next to impossible, and they are very expensive to replace.