Thoughts on slides: They double your floor space, but then what do you do with the extra space? Speaking generally, it is just open space; it feels nicer but it doesn't change any functionality.
We have owned a fiver with a slide, and another one with two slides. They do make an RV feel more like home. No doubt about it. But we switched to a small MH with no slide, and we got used to it. It was not immediate though. At first we really wanted more free space. But, we came to appreciate how it fits into sites easily, less setup and take-down, is simpler, etc. So much so that our new small MH coming this week is also a no-slide model. We gave serious consideration to similar models with slides but decided what we gained was not all that much. Just a bit of empty floor space. And at the cost of some cabinet space besides. I know that most people want slides, and that's fine with me. I'm just giving the other side of the question.
PS: We never had any slide leaks or breakdowns, so that was not a decision point for us.
