I love my Elite, I bought it used seven years ago and it is still the same as the day I bought it, except I am now doing a conversion on the dressing room. 

We shopped and shopped, a guy at a 4Star dealer said to check the sturdiness of the drop downs, if you could grab the window on the edge and twist them back and forth, the trailer wasn't built very strong...Well, try it on an Elite, you can't budge them.. A friend pulled mine and said it was heavier than his Featherlite, but his was a new lighter light skinned.  I'm 100% backer of Elites. Good luck, and they don't loose their value.. Once I get my stripping redone to more modern colors on the outside I will be set to roll...Renee J.

We love our Elite trailer. Smooth welds, very nice rubber interior, divider doors close smoothly and easily and the drops on head and tail are very well constructed. The floor joists and marine grade aluminum flooring is a big plus too. Had a cam-latch installed on the back doors so we can use the horse area as a mud room before going into the LQ. Elite can add this option on for you or an experienced aluminum welder. Worth every penny not to have to constantly sweep dirt and mud from the LQ and is another safe guard in locking up the trailer at night from the inside.

We are on our second Elite... first one was stolen after only owning it 4 months, so someone else thought it was nice too. Just didn't have the balls to pay for one themselves. BTW - the crooks were caught but the trailer is still missing in action. I'll find it one day. Not to many 15ft. shortwall 2-Horse Elite LQs out there. I think you will be pleased with an Elite trailer. Happy trailer hunting.

Hi, new to forum and would like to put my 2 cents in on this thread: I just bought an Elite (3H slant GN) I had custom-built to my specs and couldn't be happier. I went and looked at several brands - 4Star, Merhow, Integrity, Cimarron, Cherokee, Sundowner, Sooner - and narrowed it down to 2 choices, the Elite and 4Star based on construction, welds, attention to detail, etc. But the Elite had some better features (IMO) not offered by 4Star: Elite's flooring is spaced on 9" centers vs the 4Star's on 12" centers and Elite's windows have VERY strong welds, plus I got the lockable door seal plates not offered by 4Star. The pricing was very comparable on both trailers but I chose Elite because I felt it was a better-built and better all-around trailer than the 4Star.

I think you'd be very happy with an Elite trailer and, in my opinion, there's none better-built out there from what I personally saw!