I've owned a Transcend travel trailer for 1 yr now.
Things I've noticed;
It's heavy for its size. (About 800# more empty than my brother in law's ultra light of the same size)
It has much bigger tanks than other brands.(60gals of fresh water, 80 gals of grey, 40 gals of black)
The floor doesn't 'squish' when I walk on it.
Not as many 'flashy' gadgets.
I paid $5k more than my BIL.
I had minor warranty work done on it, no problem getting GD to step up and get the work done.
Comparing my BIL's forest river product to mine;
He has a fancy full length rainbow coloured LED light strip under his awning. I have a 1ft white LED porch light.
He has fancy under cabinet rainbow LED mood lights in his kitchen. I don't.
He has a fancy corner shower stall that looks like it came out of home Depot, mine is standard RV.
His Furrion radio is a newer model.
My air conditioner came with one of these installed at the factory (
https://rvairflow.com/)
His floor 'squishes' when I walk on it.
His door doesn't close properly unless he levels his trailer 'just right'.
Using my trailer in below freezing temperatures isn't an issue, his gets cold easily.
Mine still feels 'new', my BIL has used his 4 times and his cupboard doors aren't closing properly already.
It seems to me that GD spent money where it counts, and may not be seen. Forest River spent money on 'Showroom Dazzle' and went cheap behind the walls.
We essentially were using the trailer 4 days a week from Mother's day to the end of September, and nothing failed, and the warranty work was just a couple of adjustment issues with the slideout. (It was dragging on the floor for about 6 inches, I put a scrap piece of linoleum down to protect the floor. GD arranged for a guy to come out and 'tweak' it.)
We have the 12v Furrion fridge with the factory solar package, I like it.
We primarily boondock, and all systems work well for that use.