"Gidget" Tear Drop Trailer with slideout to be made in US

RobertRyan wrote:

Francesca Knowles wrote:

SkiMore wrote:
What is the advantage of the slide? The tow length is the same with it in or out.

As is likely true of the weight and, perhaps most important, the wind resistance while towing.

Side-slides add considerable width to living space while parked without increasing drag or of course exceeding width limits on roads. Even hybrid trailers with their fold-out ends provide an advantage by increasing length/space while parked, while keeping road length and weight lower than on a regular trailer. So one can see the gains there, too.

But I'm sorta stumped as to what tradeoff makes it worth the extra steps involved just to get into this trailer-?

Look at the Video it is NOT a side slide, but slides lengthwise , so that is not relevant Notice how the entrance expands and actually makes it easier to get in.

I know it's not a side slide- that's the point.

A side slide actually adds room to the footprint of a trailer. Even a lenghwise slide that extended rearward would do that. But in this case, it just slides up the already extended tongue.

I just don't see the benefit of the design, unless it's just for looks as someone posted earlier.