Fellas and ladies, consider that kohldad is anticipating 10+ cycles of the slide per day. Whether a cycle is just an "in" or "out," or is an "in and out," he will need to clarify.
You can see where running the slide in and out and in and out would quickly get old. Even 5 in's and 5 out's a day would be enough to drive one batty. That doesn't even take the excessive wear and tear on the slide into consideration.
In that case I wouldn't even consider a slide unless what I needed could be easily accessed with the slide in, withOUT having to climb, shimmy, contort, or "suck it in."