to slide or not to slide

I looked at slide and no slide units.

Enjoyed some of the units with, but found the main seating area seemed too wide, chairs and couches too far apart, impersonal. TV placement is the biggest problem, few or no sitting for enjoyment of straight on viewing.

Slides seemed to cut down on gross cargo, cut into the storage under the floor, and some loose the upper cabinet storage or reduce the inside heights or headroom or cabinets.

Helped a guy push his new underpowered slide back into his unit after he had tilted the unit to help the slide move downhill. His dealer said the new unit and slide “was fine, just had a ‘small’ motor on the slide”. I call BS on that answer. A total pain, with someone running the switch as he and I pushed at the right time and end to get the thing to work.

We had lived in a number of boats and trailers over the years and do just fine with an 8′ coach, would like an 8½. We choose a non slide unit for many reasons. Simpler, less expensive, lower maintenance, no leaks whether a slide is in or out, are our reason to be happy without a slide. Driving our classic 1993 unit down the highway is a quiet pleasure, compared to the slide units we have ridden in over the years.