Buyer's remorse??

toedtoes wrote:
Back to the access with slides in, for me, I think the "it's no big deal"/"it's a deal breaker" choice has a lot to do with how you use the RV.

Agree completely. :B I've always been a "no slide" person, probably borne out of our earlier days when we did a lot of long distance traveling and the last thing I would have ever wanted to do 1000 miles from home in the middle of nowhere would be to deal with some sort of slide issue. :M. Our current trailer is the first one we've ever owned with a slide and although it's just a shallow sofa slide it took a lot of convincing to talk me into it. So far in three seasons we've had no issues with it but I have to admit that every time I hit the slide switch I always say to myself - "Is this finally that time the darned slide won't work?" So far, so good, but I doubt I'll ever lose that uneasiness. That said, I made darned sure that if we did pick a trailer with a slide we would still be able to access everything inside it without having to deploy the slide at all. Some may consider this to be no issue at all but I just have no interest at all in pulling over in a pouring rainstorm and having to deploy / retract the slide just so we can get inside and use the camper for a lunch break or pee break or whatever. The other issue for us is parking the trailer here at home where a deployed slide would intrude too closely to the property line ... for those who never go inside or use their trailer when it's parked at home this wouldn't be a concern but In my case I'm in it pretty well every day, even though the slide is fully stored - hey, it's my Man Cave. :B

As toedtoes said, it's all in how you intend to use the camper that should determine your slide choice.