Slide open or closed?

Gotcha, thanks Jato

Originally posted by hogone hey rebel(furpod!!!):  just curious why, just for ease for going in/out; a last minute notice pod party!!  actually my more serious question.  do you stick anything under the slide for the breach (i know its not much, but its there).  someone mentioned before of using some foam (like air conditioning gasket type stuff(sorry, just woke up, not thinking clearly!!).  I actually would like to leave mine open, just thought it was better to store closed.  bottom line is it all is just pref, right?, no harm either way.   oh, and for all you basketball fans; GO BADGERS!!  hogone

Our pod is in the driveway, with full hook ups. We go in and out of it a couple times a week, pretty much year 'round. That is a lot of in and out for the slide, and just time wasted listening to the wirrrr-click-click-click IMHO, that isn't needed. We have used it as a guest room, a study space, and have driveway camped several times. We have a slide topper, so even though we are in the woods, no issue keeping the top of the slide clear/clean.

I have never bothered to do any closing or plugging of the area under the slide, it has a flapper seal that seams to do fine. We get more critters in thru the door going in and out and in and out and in and out with the dogs..

I am going to go with, "yes, it's personal preference".. 99% of "slide failures" are motor or drive issues.. can happen anytime. I don't remember anyone having a slide "sag issue" or whatever some think will happen if they leave the slide out.

Originally posted by JohnBG 171 owner asks "What's this slide thing you are referring to"?

It's the thing that makes life with two adults, and two dogs, livable. We have camped with slideless pods before.. Barbaric way to live.

It truly is amazing, when camping with 171's next door, and you go in and out of each others pods, how much difference that 8sqft makes.

(for those who don't know, the 171 and 177 are nearly identical floorplans, minus the slide. Or with a slide, if you are a 171 owner)

Another Pod that almost gives me the willies is when I am in the 152, a 15' long pod, actually only 12' inside subtracting the 3 foot for the tongue.  Don't think it has been made for quite some time.  Saw one in Copper Harbor, Michigan years ago and went in one when we were at Lakeshore State Park, in the thumb of MI.  If you are by yourself it may be ok, but for 2, kind of reminds me of a lot of the teardrops like T&B and others that are really, really small inside.