Auxiliary brake system

Mr. Pinky wrote:
What are the pros and cons of a Brake Buddy Vantage system for a Dutch Star towing a 2013 Ford F150?
Does anyone have experience with one?

Is this a "Box in the driver's seat" system? If so the following pro/con fits all such systems

Pro: if you have multiple towed vehicles you only need one system and can use it in all of them Likewise if you frequently change towed vehicles.

Con: They advertise "NO INSTALLATION NEEDED"
But the truth is you need to install it every time you tow
(NO Professional Install. it's a DIY job) that means that, as the professionals proved when installing my Installed system,, You have a chance to SCREW IT UP (They did, royally, cost me a very expensive brake job Pads, rotors the works) .... I fixed it)

And I've postulated (And had it confirmed no less) that for a short trip. say taking the RV in for service and driving the towed home while the rig sits in the shop.. there is a temptation to say "oh it's too much trouble" (Then a possibility of wishing you'd installed it after the front of your very expensive motor home gets all messed up)
(OUCH$$$!)

This is why I like an installed system like the Ready Brake or the US Gear Decelerator (NOTE the last one has features no other system has)