Can anyone tell me about their personal experience with this trailer? 

We went to a dealer and hubby smoked over Exiss Sport, a Sundowner Sunlite and several others; he  crawled all around, under and in them.  He didn't  see much difference in the basic way they are made and put together.  He said that aside from different types of hinges, he doesn't see the difference and where the problems would be or what goes wrong with them. 

 I know the skin is thinner than their next step up, but what problems have been seen with this thinner aluminum? What goes wrong with it?  Is it hotter in the trailer compared to thicker skin?  Does a flying piece of gravel pierce it worse than other trailers?

Dealer says urine eats away aluminum, but does it eat aluminum away more than steel?

Dealer said the Exiss doesn't hold up to a horse kick like the Sundowner, but pounding on the trailer, especially with the mats in the Exiss, I don't see how a horse could damage it with a kick any worse than in the Sundowner with the sprayed in coating/liner.

What am I missing that makes some folks say the Exiss and cheap and they wouldn't buy one?

Please give me your thoughts or warnings because we are thinking of buying a Exiss 307E Sport with LQ and need to know what problems with them we aren't aware of.  Stop us before we make a mistake, or are we on the right track?

KR   

I wasn't impressed with them. I even had a dealer say he wouldn't push one on me either and he wasn't pushing any trailer on me either because he knew I knew exactly what I wanted. I went with the Event model and love it. The Sport is narrower in width, 6'9" compared to a full 7' width with the Event. Doesn't seem like alot but my horse fits much better in my trailer than a previous 6'8" trailer I had.

Hey, if you are doubting yourself on this trailer and asking for reassurance on this forum, maybe you should keep looking.

I have an Exiss Sport and absolutly love it!!! I also have two horses that are kickers and they paw and I haven't have one scratch or dent in the trailer. I was also at a rodeo and somebody parked too close to my trailer. They tied their horse to their trailer and it ended up kicking the crud out of my rear tack door. I was so mad, I just knew there was going to be a big dent in my door, and nothing, I can't find a thing wrong with. That tells me that the alluminum is pretty strong. I did alot of research before purchasing a new trailer and this one past the test as far as I'm concerned. I haul alot going to AQHA shows a few times a month and rodeos every weekend. I haul my trailer at least 3 times a week to practice. It is doing great job. If  I had it to do over, this is the trailer I would choose. Hope this helps!!!

I do not have personal experience with the Sport model but I do own a Exiss. I have several friends who also own them. We are all satisfied with our purchase.

While they may not be at level of the Events, I don't think they are that much lower in quality that would effect its safety. I think they are filling the market for a less expensive trailer thats still all -aluminum. Just as you'd expect to pay more for a 8ft wide trailer, one would expect to pay less for something in the 6'8" width. If you are trailer shopping and you know the differences, you can make the call yourself.  You have to find what will fit into your budget and fill your needs.

The dealer I bought my trailer from also sells Exiss (I bought a CM) and he sells an upgrade on the windows... on a 3H I think it was $700 to upgrade the drops to the large metal frames one and add the Stainless nose cap to the goose.

I choose the CM over the Sport because I plan on keeping this trailer for Long long time and the CM was built more sturdy.