Full wall slide vs multiple smaller slides

I'd like to know the same thing. I've read on these forums comments about Schwintek full wall slides being bad...but for what reason I don't know. Also which brand motorhomes and which years are they bad?

We have a full wall slide, nice and open inside. Ours is a power gear hydraulic. The other two smaller ones are Schwinteck. I have more confidence in that big hydraulic slide than I do the smaller Schwinteks.

I wouldn't be opposed to one as long as it didn't have that foolish Schwintek slide system, we've just never found a full wall Floorplan that knocked our socks off.

It is still true that you have to be more careful with a FWS than the smaller ones. We bought a Newmar FWS and they have different procedures for the small versus FWS for deployment, but the procedure for the FWS is also good advice for the smaller ones. Because of the size, there is a much better chance of the slide being askew due to the nature of the site and making sure the slide won't bind before you extend it is critical.

This might be of interest to you;
http://www.rvforum.net/SMF_forum/index.php/topic,95780.msg864125.html#msg864125

I was camping next to a couple who were FT'ing with a full wall slide. Every night they would bring it in, then send it out in the morning. When I asked the guy why he was doing that he said his wife could not sleep because of the very long awning flapping on the slide. Other then that he had no complaints.

YMMV

My passenger side slide is 30 ft. long - it contains, couch, kitchen sink, cabinets stove etc., residential fridge, stacked washer and dryer, sink in bedroom and double dresser by the bed

Been working great for almost 5 years now

We have a Discovery with a full slide since 2008. We love it and so far so good. But I think you should level the coach before extending it.Ours is a power gear system. We did have to replace the slide awning this year.

Just a thought; Entegra (pretty high end) does not use full wall slides.

Like others we have as full slide and have had it a little over 2 years and 21000 miles with no problems. The motorhome is a Newmar and it has a processor that keeps the two motors in synch. We could not have our floorplan, which we like, without the full slide.

Ed Headington