Northstar Campers

While it’s true that van life has exploded in popularity, a good number of van lifers are migrating from van life to truck camper life. The reasons for the move are simple. More living space [read more]

Truck campers are a hot commodity at this time with truck camper manufacturers reporting record sales. For non-slide-out campers, the Lance 825, Northstar Laredo SC, and BundutecUSA Roadrunner are among the most popular. These campers [read more]

Our 2015 Northstar 12STC truck camper, reviewed here on Truck Camper Adventure last year, learned a new aerial trick when one of the five tornadoes that touched down in Maryland on February 7, 2020 visited [read more]

Truck Camper Adventure’s inaugural “Boondocking in the Desert” truck camper rally, held February 7-9 in Quartzsite, Arizona, was by all accounts a big success. A total of 98 people from 21 states, the Netherlands, and [read more]

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]

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

Wondering if you should buy a truck camper framed with wood rather than aluminum? In this interview, Rory Willett, the owner of BundutecUSA, provides his thoughts on wood in general and makes a compelling case [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]

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]