Prodigy P2 Break Control
I am looking to replace my very old break controller. I have heard good things about the Prodigy P2. Anyone have anything to say, Pro or Con about it? Thank you all in advance.
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as always...excellent reply BenK..
These electronic brake controls are EXCEPTIONAL and not reliant on a functioning hydraulic brake system. Sounds crazy to make a statement like that but in the last few weeks we had a member share how his hydraulic brake system failed on his 3 year old truck.
Had he been towing and had he been running a fluid pressure sensing brake control he would have been in even worse shape because the brake control would have sensed little to no braking.
Yes I know you can grab the over-ride lever on any brake controller...however the human being has a tendency to react via muscle memory (training) in an emergency.
How many users of electronic brake controllers practice stopping their rig by the electronic brake controller over-ride lever? Or how about just practicing the movements to reach their over ride lever? Probably not many.
One reason I loved my old Hayes TIME BASED Sybcronizer Brake control was because of how easy and intuitive it was to manually activate the trailer brakes. That brake controller was replaced by a Primus Then a Tekonsha Voyage (Loved that brake control)...both of which had similar easy to use over ride levers.
Now my 1 generation Draw Tite Intella stop (it's a first gen Prodigy rebranded as a draw tite) has the over-ride on the bottom. Admittedly I have not Towed with it yet and I am not as familiar with the over-ride being on the bottom of the brake control...so I am practicing now...every time I get in the fan I make sure at some point in the trip I grab the brake controller over ride lever ... That way if I ever need it..I know by muscle memory where it is.
Thanks!
Jeremiah
These electronic brake controls are EXCEPTIONAL and not reliant on a functioning hydraulic brake system. Sounds crazy to make a statement like that but in the last few weeks we had a member share how his hydraulic brake system failed on his 3 year old truck.
Had he been towing and had he been running a fluid pressure sensing brake control he would have been in even worse shape because the brake control would have sensed little to no braking.
Yes I know you can grab the over-ride lever on any brake controller...however the human being has a tendency to react via muscle memory (training) in an emergency.
How many users of electronic brake controllers practice stopping their rig by the electronic brake controller over-ride lever? Or how about just practicing the movements to reach their over ride lever? Probably not many.
One reason I loved my old Hayes TIME BASED Sybcronizer Brake control was because of how easy and intuitive it was to manually activate the trailer brakes. That brake controller was replaced by a Primus Then a Tekonsha Voyage (Loved that brake control)...both of which had similar easy to use over ride levers.
Now my 1 generation Draw Tite Intella stop (it's a first gen Prodigy rebranded as a draw tite) has the over-ride on the bottom. Admittedly I have not Towed with it yet and I am not as familiar with the over-ride being on the bottom of the brake control...so I am practicing now...every time I get in the fan I make sure at some point in the trip I grab the brake controller over ride lever ... That way if I ever need it..I know by muscle memory where it is.
Thanks!
Jeremiah
