BarneyS wrote:
TeryT wrote:
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For me, the bottom line would be how well it helps to eliminate the "Hensley bump." A few who have the Hensley hitch have said the P3 does real well with this. (Others with a Hensley hitch claim the P3 is just a sophisticated pendulum controller that will never come close to matching the smoothness of a true proportional control, which is in some way is connected directly to the braking system.)
I have already replied to your other post asking about this but take issue with your statement above that says "A few who have the Hensley hitch have said the P3 does real well with this." There are a whole lot more than a "few" of us using that hitch with a Prodigy.
In addition, I now tow with a vehicle that has the integrated controller and find it to be totally seamless in braking. However, the only really different part from the Prodigy is in slow speed maneuvering. With the Prodigy, you would have to change the boost in slow speed driving/braking to avoid jerks because of the boost from the highway setting. All that amounted to was pushing a single button on the controller. It was not difficult to do BUT you had to remember to do it and to push it again when you got back up to highway speed. That was about the only thing I found much different between braking with the Prodigy and my present trucks integrated controller. They both worked equally well with the Hensley hitch that I have been using for about 12 years. Both provide smooth sure stops as long as the trailer brakes are properly adjusted.
Barney
OK, that is additional information I don't think I had - that the boost on the P3 has to be adjusted between city and highway. Hmmmm, I suppose that is something just inherent in all accelerometer type proportional controllers, right?
