Maybe you’re an RVer who loves their RV’s slideouts. They not only make it feel more spacious, but they really do increase your RV’s square footage. Sometimes they make the room feel huge! And even if you don’t love RV slideouts, we bet you at least appreciate them. Right?
Or perhaps you’re the person who doesn’t like RV slideouts. Maybe you prefer a smaller space, or maybe you’ve had issues with an RV slideout in the past that made you never want them again.
So this all leads us to our poll question today… Do you think your next RV will likely have more or fewer slideouts than the RV you currently have? More? Fewer? About the same as you have now? Or are you saying no more slideouts for good?
After you vote, please leave a comment and explain why you answered the way you did. We’d appreciate it. Thank you!
Oh, and if you don’t plan on buying another RV, this isn’t the poll for you. Sorry!
The real question for all the readers with Schwintek slideout systems is, “Will your next RV have a Schwintek slideout system?”
If I were to buy another trailer, I’d look for one with the Schwintek system. Never a problem if you follow proper opening and closing procedures.
In Dec I bought a new 2023 Outdoors 25RDS TT instead of a 2024. In 2024 Outdoors RV went to the Schwintek slide. Too many RV owners have trouble with the Schwintek slide. I wasn’t going to take a chance. You’d think a quality RV company like Outdoors RV would avoid the Schwintek slide. The slide in my Outdoors RV slide is better built than the slide in my Jayco Jayflight 29RKS
I read (and saw in some ads) that Northwood has gone to the Schwintek slides as well, at least on their less expensive models.
Always look for RV’s with hydraulic powered slides, instead of electric motor powered slides. In our experience, we’ve never had any problems with hydraulic slides.
But if you do have a slide problem and your slide is electric (especially if it’s rack and pinion), I think it’s much easier to fix yourself than hydraulic slides. I’ve learned a lot about my rack and pinion system in the last couple of years.
There are many slide systems and “fixing” them has varying degrees of difficulty. Mine is rack and pinion, but run by a powerful electric motor on a shaft with a 1 1/2″ Transtorque nut at 165 ft lbs of torque in a location only a contortionist could appreciate. With former hydraulic systems I had, if the slide didn’t move, turn the fluid valve, get some help pushing it in, close the valve. With this one, that transtorque nut must be loosened first. A literal pain. I carry a 250 ft lb torque wrench and a 1 1/2″ crow foot just in case. Changing out that motor is even more fun.
Nope…hydraulic next time.
Should have another option “Not planning on buying another RV”.
They did. They said don’t respond if you’re not planning to buy another RV.
We are VERY content having NO slide-outs on our 24′ motorhome. Makes life and ownership simpler, plus the fact that the coach body is more solid. We use our rig for traveling not for living in for lengths of time.
Went from one slide on the bumper pull to 4 slides on the 5th wheel, sold it and bought a 40 ft destination with 3 slides plus a 30 ft bunk room bumper pull with one slide & 14 ft cargo camper with no slides. So we still have 4 slides – just they’re on 3 different RV’s
Thank you, RV Travel! 🙂 Numbers 1 and 2 had three each. If there is a #3, then I anticipate it, too, will have three. Thanks again, have a great day, safe travels, and safe stays! 🙂
Opposing slides.We could never not have them. Probably the main selling point when we were looking for an RV. Opens up the living room as if we were at home. We both love that feature. One just wouldn’t do it.
I have no idea what our next unit might be. Shorter, but not sure on slide count. We have four slides now. Many people with motorhomes like a full wall slide which cuts the slide count by one (assuming they had two on a side) while opening more space. Number of slides doesn’t necessarily equate to sq ft of slide space.
We will be looking for NO flat floor slides and, while it reduces space some, no deep slides. Big, heavy, deep, flat floors put so much more strain on the slide operating systems and, in our experience, higher propensity for problems.