I dunno anything about Ascend, but I've owned an RPod for about 3 and a half years. It has towed fine and held up well. The quality seems to be better than other trailers we've owned, except maybe our Arctic Fox. We have an RPod with a slide, so elbow room is a little better than some trailers of this size. The quality of the supplied mattress in our Pod was not good. We replaced it right away. Also, anyone over 5'10' or maybe 6' would be a tight fit for sleeping on a short queen.
The bathroom is a wet bath, and I know some don't care for that. Never been a problem. The tanks are sized nicely for a small trailer @ about 30 gallons each. We have had a good enough experience with our Pod that I would buy another, but I also know they aren't for everyone.
P/S Don't buy a Pod w/out axle risers. as they have too little ground clearance. Also my 4.6 Tundra does a great job towing the Pod--you'd have no probs.
