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Originally Posted by harveyrv
Push-button ease is nice for the retired set.
The slide-outs on TTs and M/Hs are all electric now. I think that TM is just trying to appeal more to a market that is aging and less comfortable with lifting and pulling. $1K for an electric lift and slide-out is a lot better than 2 weeks in bed because you tweaked your back.
We went from a "Crank-up" Coleman PU to the TM because the Coleman was just getting to be too much work to set-up & tear down. I can see where (in a few years) this electric system might be appealing to us.
You do have a point about the weight though. Although the entire system is probably under 100# and the market share gained for ease of use is probably worth the loss in cargo capacity.
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That's what I originally thought, but then I was thinking about raising the shells, and how much effort that takes. If someone can lift and close the shells, I'm just speculating that the slide out is the lesser of the set up efforts. I do see your point about competing, but it seems the Elkmont enters into the picture more than an SL with power slide.
I'm not the demographic, though, so my opinion on this is worth considerably less than $0.02.