slide or not to slide

We recently upgraded from a Lance 835 to an 851 with a dinette slide. The 835 really seated only one person comfortably at the table, the other person was falling off the edge of the short bench on the back side. With the slide both of us can sit comfortably, a huge improvement because there is a full size bench on each side. The whole thing feels dramatically roomier even though you are only adding 6 or 8 sq ft.

I'm just hoping it doesn't break!