The great slide vs no slide debate

pasusan wrote:

winnietrey wrote:
My observation.
We have a 24ft class C with one small slide. For the second time in 14 years in broke. This time on the second day of a 3 week road trip

Both times it was a 25 cent roll pin. The first time I had an RV place fix it. So I did not gain an understanding of how the slide works. This time my cousin and I did it.

I was reluctant to try and fix it on the road, for fear I would get it stuck out, then we would be in trouble. So we used it with the slide in for the remainder of the trip.

DW, myself, GD and dog. My observation is this, slide is indeed, a very nice thing to have. We felt pretty cramped especially in the AM and at bed time. Lead to all of us being a bit cranky at times.

Given this experience, I would have not have any interest in a RV without a slide. Others of course will feel different, but this is our opinion

The reason you felt cramped is not because of no slide, but because you do have a slide that wouldn't go out. Your space was actually lessened because of that.

We haven't felt the need for a slide in the 40+ years we've been camping together.