Supplemental Brake Systems - update 8/7/06
Updates: 1/1/06: Roadmaster has stopped making BrakePro and replaced it with a revised system that it calls Even Brake. A DRAFT review of the Even Brake System has been added. Like the other rev...
Forum Discussion
The VIP constructed the chart, so their system looks good and the others bad.
Let's take "System status indicator light(s) in M/H (number)"
Do you care about having a discotheque on your dashboard? According to VIP having 3 lights is a good thing. I would say give me one red light, when something is wrong and forget the rest.
Personally for me the most important in braking is the maximum braking force and proportionality.
I would rule out all the systems, that wouldn't give me at least 50% of maximum braking force. Since this is very "unpopular" subject with the manufacturers, I suspect that only couple systems can deliver 50% of the performance.
The same goes to proportionality, what was "avoided" in VIP chart.
Go, figure.
Let's take "System status indicator light(s) in M/H (number)"
Do you care about having a discotheque on your dashboard? According to VIP having 3 lights is a good thing. I would say give me one red light, when something is wrong and forget the rest.
Personally for me the most important in braking is the maximum braking force and proportionality.
I would rule out all the systems, that wouldn't give me at least 50% of maximum braking force. Since this is very "unpopular" subject with the manufacturers, I suspect that only couple systems can deliver 50% of the performance.
The same goes to proportionality, what was "avoided" in VIP chart.
Go, figure.
