When we started looking at trailers. my fiance was the no slide person and I wanted the slide. We eventually bought a coachmen with 2 slides! We wanted a trailer less than 25' to fit in more campgrounds. Last week we stayed in a 25' spot with our 24'11" Coachmen.
I am very handy and can fix anything. I made sure I know how to operate the slides manually if the occasion ever arises.
The drawback of our trailer is that it is heavy but in order to get the same floor space with the slides out, we would have had to buy a longer trailer which would have had similar total weight.
