Oh I love the remote, I feel bad talking about it, as it seems like I'm rubbing it in to the guy who bought his model 5ver expecting it to have the remote..
Yes, it is a really nice feature. From just being able to raise or lower the front landing gear standing right next to hitch, to ensuring not hitting anything when extending the sldies, to leveling, etc.
Just wondering about possibility of adding one, to amend for telling someone how much I love mine. The Lippert unit, is listed on their website for $163. With the critical question now is would you need to run wires to the slides, landing gear, rear jack, and awning to do it? Have they already done that, just didn't include the receiver unit? Yeah possible without, but would seem to be a pain.
Also, I wouldn't be surprised you could probably find one used somewhere, as there are several salvage dealers around,
Otherwise, sorry.