Slideouts: Benefits and drawbacks
For those considering a camper with a slide out, or without, I will offer my 3 cents worth: Benefits: More space! I love the expanded floor space I get in my AF811 with the slide out. I can i...
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Butch50 wrote:brholt wrote:
Your experience with water coming into the camper from the slide is interesting. So far on our AF we have left the slide out in varying anounts of wind and rain and I have noticed anything. Any further details?
I believe he is talking about when he brings the slide in after it has been raining and the wiper on the top of the slide doesn't wipe off the top completely. Not when he is parked in the rain with the slide in the out position. That is the reason he is talking about getting a slide topper.
Due to my living in remote (sort of) Alaska, this is one of my reasons for not looking at slides. We own a 30'TT in WA that has a 14' slide. We had similar problems occasionally, and Kodiak is wetter than western WA...
Plus, Avions never had slides, so we love our Avion! Even if it gets a bit tight for the 6 of us!
Garry
