We have aluminum Keystone Sprinter 300 FKBS and it is 8 years old and it looks brand new. It's all in how you take care of it. I see a lot of laminate ones that look really sharp and modern and maybe down the road we might get one. But some people here have said they think aluminum looks "old and tacky" and I just want them to know ours does NOT and for the first six yeait rs was stored outside in northern Wisconsin. My point is, it comes down to what kind of construction you want and how you take care of it! If you don't wash and wax it and do some general upkeep, any trailer is going to turn to crap........aluminum or laminate.