Models: Excel NE Installed 2000
Location: Installed at cabin in ON
Reviewed By: Geoff Johnson
We would like you to consider the attached picture of what has been
dubbed the Superloo for use on your Web site. The compost toilet
replaced Ye Olde Outhouse at our weekend cottage at the beginning of
the summer, and has attracted so much interest we considered setting up
turnstiles and charging for a guided tour! Once we had learned how to
achieve the correct moisture level (a matter of trial and error) the
system has performed very well. For the most part there are only two or
three of us at the cottage but we have had groups of as many as eight
on long weekends. I was relieved (nice choice of word!) to find that
the system coped very well. In fact, we have been surprised at the bulk
-- or lack of it -- so far. Any one considering a composting toilet
needs to understand that that it requires a little nurturing. In
return, it pays great dividends. And it sure beats Ye Olde Outhouse. We
look forward to a place in the Toilet Hall of Fame...
(picture shows my wife Maureen showing off the
composting toilet in its palatial home at our cottage, located in
whitewater rafting country near Beachburg, Ontario, 100 miles west of
Ottawa. We live just outside Ottawa, in the village of Manotick.)
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Models: Excel NE Installed 1999
Location: Installed on Orchard Island, near Pointe at Baril, ON
Reviewed By: Ken Kennedy
As we are on a rocky island, 7 miles from the marina, we were
looking at about a $20,000 bill to install an approved septic system. I
met Sun-Mar at the Cottage Life show and signed up for the Show
Special. As hydro has not invaded our island yet, we chose the NE
model. We installed it in a purpose-built building.
That year, the cottage was very well used and we
found that Sun-Mar's recommended capacity was accurate. So, the next
year we bought a second NE and installed it in an edifice liberated
from the construction site of a cottage being converted to year round.
Our installations cost a fraction of a conventional system and produces
excellent compost for our small flower garden.
The Sun-Mar staff have always answered queries in a prompt and useful
manner.
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Models: Excel NE Installed 2000
Location: Installed at summer cottage, Muskoka Region, ON
Reviewed By: Mike Grasser
Our camp is situated on 250 acres of land in Muskoka, electricity
is over a mile away so everything is pretty primitive and simple.
With the construction of our 10' X 12' cabin we found that we were
now spending more and more time at the 'cottage' and our waste issues
needed to be addressed. As Children we had experienced the out house
and that brought back memories that we wish we would soon forget.
Another alternative was needed. We visited the 'Cottage Life Show'
3 years ago and came across the composting toilet concept. After
some research we had decided upon the Sun Mar design and purchased
an Excel-NE as we felt that it was a better concept and product
in our opinion from all the rest.
We built another shed to house this unit and put it to work. Installation
was extremely easy as well as the set up. We were surprised at the
lack of smell from the unit (the main point) as well as the easy
of maintaining it. Since we only use it on weekends in the summer
and a few weekends in winter, it requires very very little in the
way of maintenance. Keeping it clean using the supplied solution,
rotating the drum at the end of the weekend and periodical cleaning
of the composting chamber is all that is required. Now the finished
composted waste looks, feels, and smells like rich loam earth.
We would recommend this product to anyone who is looking for a low
cost, environmental solution to their waste problem. No septic tanks
to be pumped out. No worry about environmental impact of an out
house. And surprisingly...no flies, which one might think you would
get. Get one, you'll love it!
You may print our testimonial on your web site or any other form
of advertising as we truly believe your product is that good. Thank
you very much.
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Models: Excel NE Installed 1993
Location: Installed at cottage on Lae of Many Islands, ON
Reviewed By: Connie Newitt
We have an island on this lake with no electricity. The Sun-Mar N.E.
has allowed us to have an indoor toilet which was an impossibility
before this. We think its great. No more stumbling in the dark to find
the outhouse.
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Models: Excel NE Installed 2000
Location: Installed at cottage in Tobermory, ON
Reviewed By: Phil McNamee
Our Sun-Mar toilet works great. We have a log cabin that is the
woods with no water or hydro. Therefore with no power we needed the
Excel-NE and for 4 summers now it has worked great with no problems. We
have even had 16 people up on a weekend with no problems.
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| Models: Excel NE Installed 1996
Location: Installed at camp on Lake Huron
Reviewed By: O. Meawasige
We have a true "camp" -- a deluxe tent in the bush (see picture at
right) on Lake Huron. No running water, no electricity. We didn't want
to build an outhouse so I researched toilets. The Sun-Mar Excel Non
Electric seemed to fit the bill. My husband was hesitant, thinking that
it would smell! Not only did it not smell, but it survived three bear
visits INTO our camp! The bears wrecked EVERYTHING -- but were not
attracted to the toilet -- it didn't smell! It works so well that I
didn't even realize that I wasn't using the proper start-up procedure
in the Spring -- I happened to be reviewing the manual when I
discovered the fact! Even when I empty the compost there is no smell --
it only enhances the environment and DOES NOT attract animals.
My husband works in Environmental and is now so
convinced of its benefit that he recommends it for any eco-tourist site
-- environmentally friendly and NO SMELL!
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