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Michael Fedor
Sun-Mar Mobile, Installed 2001
Mobile Home, Tupper Lake, New York
Our Sun-Mar is installed in our RV. The RV is on a permanent installation in the Adirondacks. We were unable to secure
permission from APA for a septic system thus the composting toilet.
We use it 4-5 weeks at a time so far and have been pleased with performance. Aside from a few minor glitches all is going well.
We vented it through the bathroom ceiling vent and that works OK. Odor isn't much of a problem especially when using the exhaust
fan through the charcoal filter.
Pete & Carol Radcliff
Centrex 3000 AF
Cabin in Colorado
Dear Friends at Sun-Mar,
We'd like to say that we are enjoying our Centrex Plus A/F composting toilet in our cabin in Clear Creek County, Colorado. With the
drought conditions that we in Colorado (and many of the Western States) are experiencing, it has been great to know that we are
doing our part in water conservation. We installed our central unit during the construction phase of our cabin and have been using it
almost every weekend and vacation since it was installed (over a year now).
It took very little effort to get used to the maintenance of the unit. At first there was a bit of trepidation about how it would all work...
but everything has been working well and we have had few problems. (The 7-and-a-half-feet of snow in the March Blizzard of '03
was a bit hard on the roof vent stack, but that was a once-in-90-year storm)
Thanks, Sun-Mar, for helping us save water, keeping our septic field a "grey-water" system, and giving us a sense of helping the
environment. Our little part in saving an incredible 1.6 billion gallons of fresh water with other Sun-Mar users everywhere.
Bill MacGregor
Centrex 2000, installed 2001
Cottage, Ontario
We are thrilled with our Centrex 2000. As our cottage is built on rock, a septic system would have been very expensive. The Sun-Mar
system is much more affordable and environmentally friendly, which is important to us.
Pat & Mary Madaleno
Centrex 2000, installed 2002
Summer Cottage, Lost Channel, Trent Severn, Ontario
We are really pleased with our compost toilet. (We have the one pint flush). Easy to install, very little maintenance and no problems
so far. The township inspector gave it the "thumbs up" as well.
We would recommend it to anyone.
Russ & Heather Bencharski
Centrex 2000, installed 2001
Installed at cottage in Minaki, ON
We installed the Centrex 2000 last summer in our cottage in Minaki, ON. Over the years we tried propane and chemical toilets and
neither worked. We are so pleased with the composting toilet. It is great.
M & G Arason
Centrex 2000, Installed 2000
Installed in cabin at West Hawk Lake in Manitoba, Canada
Being an island cottage owner, the Centrex 2000 works great. We have had it in operation for 2 summers now and the system has
worked extremely well. We have absolutely no regrets! We have recommended the system & now there are several more installed
on our island.
Betty Beange
Excel NE, Installed 2000
Installed at camp in Ontario
My son & I built a camp in May 2000. Water was not available, so we heard about Sun-Mar composting toilets. We then got some
information and purchased the Excel NE in August 2000 and have never regretted it. It works like a charm.
Edward Hand
Excel NE - Installed 2001
Installed at Cottage in Seeley's Bay, ON
Our cottage near Seeley's Bay, Ontario is very rustic with no electricity or running water/septic. We've had our Sun-Mar Excel-NE just
over a year and are very pleased with the results - no mess, no smell, and much more pleasant than the "outhouse".
Linda Ochs
Homestead, NY
Excel-NE, Installed 1996
Letter from Linda Ochs:
One of the features I like about the Sun-Mar non-electric unit is the fact that it uses no electricity or water which saves hundreds of
thousands of gallons of water as well as no additional electrical loads. Our house runs on solar power for electricity so this is an
important feature.
Mother Nature composts naturally and this product follows along this guideline. Our society has a crazy system of dirtying clean
water with our waste, shipping it to a treatment plant, adding potentially deadly chemicals to "clean it up", and then put it back into
our waterways again. This system is not an effective or efficient way to deal with our wastes. If we could get the idea of composting
as THE way to deal with waste disposal we could save hundreds of thousands of gallons of water from going through the
"business as usual" system.
I also wouldn't mind my photo that I am sending with this letter being used in your catalog. I tell all my friends about my system and
give tours of my home so people can see the environmentally friendly items that do exist and can be incorporated into their homes.
I put cedar closet boards behind the unit to help control possible odors/insect problems and decorated the stack air vent with a silk
ivy garland to make it blend in better with the decor.
There are two full-time residents at our house so this unit works pretty well for our needs. Visiting friends and relatives are
surprised there is no big odor problem and how simple the composting idea is.
The problem I see with most "new" or "different" environmentally friendly products is that society does not like change. We are used
to the status quo and don't want to have to do things differently. Nor do we want to know what happens to our waste. A flush takes
care of everything, we think. I urge people to take a tour of the sewer plants in their area and really see what happens to our
resources. I try to encourage people to take some kind of responsibility for their wastes and this is one way they can do that. I
haven't had anyone actually purchase one to date, and the most common answer is that they are very expensive compared to a
standard system. Maybe if they had to pay their sewer bills out of their pocket instead of being hid in their tax bill, they might see the
true cost and change their minds. That's what I hope for.
-Linda S. Ochs
Deidre Billes
I am very satisfied with the performance of the units and I like the fact that my toilet facilities are never going to destroy my business'
most precious resource - nature!
Greg & Karen
Vermillion Bay, ON
Installed Spring 1997
Excel NE (Non-Electric)
Letter from Greg & Karen, Dated 7/15/98:
Our experience with our Sun-Mar non-electric composting toilet has been nothing but positive. What a great idea! We would & do
recommend this system to anyone who needs an alternative to the conventional septic system.
Our cabin is located on a 4 acre island on Eagle Lake near Vermilion Bay, Ontario. We built the cabin in the early spring of 1997,
taking advantage of the ice cover to transport the materials to the island. We were inspected by the local building inspector and by
the inspector from the districts' Health Unit. They both took one look at the Sun-Mar & inspection in that area was ended. To say
they were happy with our choice was an understatement. "Its the way of the future" we were told. We agree.
Enclosed are pictures of our cabin, our Sun-Mar and of course us. Again - we are very satisfied with the product and with the service
we received from the service department when we had questions. It has been a positive experience throughout.
-Greg & Karen Miels
H.R. White
Compact, Installed 1998
Installed in 2nd Bathroom
We closed in part of the back porch to create a second bathroom and a laundry room. The Sun-Mar works well and avoided the
necessity of installing a second septic system. The small stool makes it easier for the grandchildren to use the Sun-Mar, but we all
use it.
James A. Mauger
Compact, Installed 2000
Installed at cabin in Loudersport, PA
This cabin has been in my family for 40 years. We have no running water
and for 37 years had an outhouse. The Sun-Mar Compact is the best investment we ever made - and at a fraction of the cost of a
well and septic system. Using the bathroom at night no longer involves shoes, coat, and a flashlight!
Sun-Mar Mobile, Installed 2001
Mobile Home, Tupper Lake, New York
Our Sun-Mar is installed in our RV. The RV is on a permanent installation in the Adirondacks. We were unable to secure
permission from APA for a septic system thus the composting toilet.
We use it 4-5 weeks at a time so far and have been pleased with performance. Aside from a few minor glitches all is going well.
We vented it through the bathroom ceiling vent and that works OK. Odor isn't much of a problem especially when using the exhaust
fan through the charcoal filter.
Pete & Carol Radcliff
Centrex 3000 AF
Cabin in Colorado
Dear Friends at Sun-Mar,
We'd like to say that we are enjoying our Centrex Plus A/F composting toilet in our cabin in Clear Creek County, Colorado. With the
drought conditions that we in Colorado (and many of the Western States) are experiencing, it has been great to know that we are
doing our part in water conservation. We installed our central unit during the construction phase of our cabin and have been using it
almost every weekend and vacation since it was installed (over a year now).
It took very little effort to get used to the maintenance of the unit. At first there was a bit of trepidation about how it would all work...
but everything has been working well and we have had few problems. (The 7-and-a-half-feet of snow in the March Blizzard of '03
was a bit hard on the roof vent stack, but that was a once-in-90-year storm)
Thanks, Sun-Mar, for helping us save water, keeping our septic field a "grey-water" system, and giving us a sense of helping the
environment. Our little part in saving an incredible 1.6 billion gallons of fresh water with other Sun-Mar users everywhere.
Bill MacGregor
Centrex 2000, installed 2001
Cottage, Ontario
We are thrilled with our Centrex 2000. As our cottage is built on rock, a septic system would have been very expensive. The Sun-Mar
system is much more affordable and environmentally friendly, which is important to us.
Pat & Mary Madaleno
Centrex 2000, installed 2002
Summer Cottage, Lost Channel, Trent Severn, Ontario
We are really pleased with our compost toilet. (We have the one pint flush). Easy to install, very little maintenance and no problems
so far. The township inspector gave it the "thumbs up" as well.
We would recommend it to anyone.
Russ & Heather Bencharski
Centrex 2000, installed 2001
Installed at cottage in Minaki, ON
We installed the Centrex 2000 last summer in our cottage in Minaki, ON. Over the years we tried propane and chemical toilets and
neither worked. We are so pleased with the composting toilet. It is great.
M & G Arason
Centrex 2000, Installed 2000
Installed in cabin at West Hawk Lake in Manitoba, Canada
Being an island cottage owner, the Centrex 2000 works great. We have had it in operation for 2 summers now and the system has
worked extremely well. We have absolutely no regrets! We have recommended the system & now there are several more installed
on our island.
Betty Beange
Excel NE, Installed 2000
Installed at camp in Ontario
My son & I built a camp in May 2000. Water was not available, so we heard about Sun-Mar composting toilets. We then got some
information and purchased the Excel NE in August 2000 and have never regretted it. It works like a charm.
Edward Hand
Excel NE - Installed 2001
Installed at Cottage in Seeley's Bay, ON
Our cottage near Seeley's Bay, Ontario is very rustic with no electricity or running water/septic. We've had our Sun-Mar Excel-NE just
over a year and are very pleased with the results - no mess, no smell, and much more pleasant than the "outhouse".
Linda Ochs
Homestead, NY
Excel-NE, Installed 1996
Letter from Linda Ochs:
One of the features I like about the Sun-Mar non-electric unit is the fact that it uses no electricity or water which saves hundreds of
thousands of gallons of water as well as no additional electrical loads. Our house runs on solar power for electricity so this is an
important feature.
Mother Nature composts naturally and this product follows along this guideline. Our society has a crazy system of dirtying clean
water with our waste, shipping it to a treatment plant, adding potentially deadly chemicals to "clean it up", and then put it back into
our waterways again. This system is not an effective or efficient way to deal with our wastes. If we could get the idea of composting
as THE way to deal with waste disposal we could save hundreds of thousands of gallons of water from going through the
"business as usual" system.
I also wouldn't mind my photo that I am sending with this letter being used in your catalog. I tell all my friends about my system and
give tours of my home so people can see the environmentally friendly items that do exist and can be incorporated into their homes.
I put cedar closet boards behind the unit to help control possible odors/insect problems and decorated the stack air vent with a silk
ivy garland to make it blend in better with the decor.
There are two full-time residents at our house so this unit works pretty well for our needs. Visiting friends and relatives are
surprised there is no big odor problem and how simple the composting idea is.
The problem I see with most "new" or "different" environmentally friendly products is that society does not like change. We are used
to the status quo and don't want to have to do things differently. Nor do we want to know what happens to our waste. A flush takes
care of everything, we think. I urge people to take a tour of the sewer plants in their area and really see what happens to our
resources. I try to encourage people to take some kind of responsibility for their wastes and this is one way they can do that. I
haven't had anyone actually purchase one to date, and the most common answer is that they are very expensive compared to a
standard system. Maybe if they had to pay their sewer bills out of their pocket instead of being hid in their tax bill, they might see the
true cost and change their minds. That's what I hope for.
-Linda S. Ochs
Deidre Billes
I am very satisfied with the performance of the units and I like the fact that my toilet facilities are never going to destroy my business'
most precious resource - nature!
Greg & Karen
Vermillion Bay, ON
Installed Spring 1997
Excel NE (Non-Electric)
Letter from Greg & Karen, Dated 7/15/98:
Our experience with our Sun-Mar non-electric composting toilet has been nothing but positive. What a great idea! We would & do
recommend this system to anyone who needs an alternative to the conventional septic system.
Our cabin is located on a 4 acre island on Eagle Lake near Vermilion Bay, Ontario. We built the cabin in the early spring of 1997,
taking advantage of the ice cover to transport the materials to the island. We were inspected by the local building inspector and by
the inspector from the districts' Health Unit. They both took one look at the Sun-Mar & inspection in that area was ended. To say
they were happy with our choice was an understatement. "Its the way of the future" we were told. We agree.
Enclosed are pictures of our cabin, our Sun-Mar and of course us. Again - we are very satisfied with the product and with the service
we received from the service department when we had questions. It has been a positive experience throughout.
-Greg & Karen Miels
H.R. White
Compact, Installed 1998
Installed in 2nd Bathroom
We closed in part of the back porch to create a second bathroom and a laundry room. The Sun-Mar works well and avoided the
necessity of installing a second septic system. The small stool makes it easier for the grandchildren to use the Sun-Mar, but we all
use it.
James A. Mauger
Compact, Installed 2000
Installed at cabin in Loudersport, PA
This cabin has been in my family for 40 years. We have no running water
and for 37 years had an outhouse. The Sun-Mar Compact is the best investment we ever made - and at a fraction of the cost of a
well and septic system. Using the bathroom at night no longer involves shoes, coat, and a flashlight!
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