Northstar Campers

We picked up our Northstar 12STC long-bed camper, SN#2 of the model, in February 2015. This is a “user perspective” review, four years and well more than 60,000 miles later, along with the backstory of [read more]

Truck Camper Adventure is proud to present this update to one of our most popular articles, the Top 8 Pop-Up Truck Campers for Half-Ton Trucks. Those who remember the original July 2017 article will recall [read more]

Maintaining proper ventilation in your camper is important. Proper ventilation not only can keep your camper cooler in the summer, but it can also prevent condensation from accumulating inside in winter. Roof vents play a [read more]

With the advent of smart phones, touch pads, and digital cameras, 12 volt USB charging sockets are not only in high demand in today’s homes, but also in today’s campers. Fortunately, truck camper manufacturers have [read more]

Truck Camper Adventure is proud to present this interview with Dan Weikert. Known as “dweikert” on the Internet forums, Dan has worked as a self-employed IT consultant since 2008. His career began in 1976 as [read more]

There always seems to be an air of excitement around a new release, whether it’s a new truck, a new toy, or a new model of truck camper. This is especially true at the annual [read more]

First, you might be wondering why we’d go back to the Northstar factory after just visiting there last September. Well, we began our two month-long summer adventure with no intention of traveling to Iowa, but [read more]

You can tell a lot about a company by not only meeting and talking with the people who own it, but also by meeting and talking with those who work for it. We met Rex [read more]

Ignore the advice, pay the price. This isn’t always the case, but it was for me during a recent three-day trek on the White Rim Trail at Canyonlands National Park. I’d been advised by the [read more]

Truck Camper Adventure presents a tour of a 2016 Northstar Laredo SC Truck Camper. The Northstar Laredo is a low-profile, hard-side, non-slide truck camper made for both short-bed and long-bed pickup trucks. The wet weight [read more]

There’s no doubt about it, there isn’t a truck camper feature more polarizing than the Thetford cassette toilet. You either love it or you hate it. We’ve owned seven RV’s over the years and our [read more]

Rex Willet, the owner of Northstar Campers, and his highly-skilled crew are making excellent progress on the build of my 2016 Northstar Laredo SC truck camper. How long does it take to build a truck [read more]