We took out the dinnete in our slide, and replaced it with a Lazyboy reclining loves eat. I have never been happy with the dinnetes in our present or past TC. We rarely stay in one place over a week or so. We did 14000 miles in one summer to Alaska and back. 7000 miles last year to Canada to Noviscotia,down the east coast, and home. When you travel a lot, the difference in recling back in that leather love seat, feet up, food on a tray, tv on looking at the weather on TV, checking email on the IPad, etc....you get the point. I would never want to switch back to the dinnete. When we are camped and it's raining, not much to see, if it's pretty, we are outside in our rockers.