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
I have a new Roadmaster Even Brake unit and just made my first trip towing a dingy. I do have a couple of concerns with the Even Brake.
One concern has to do with the remote communications from the remote brake to the receiver in the motor home. Several times the remote monitor in the motor home showed the brakes applied, but then did not release right away. I stopped and checked the tow car and the brakes were not on. I power cycled the monitor in the motor home and it returned to normal. I think there are times when the sending unit in the tow car does not link well with the receiver in the motor home.
The tow car had a low battery alarm on the trip back - we were still an hour from home. The Even Brake unit reported the low battery alarm as it said it would. I don't know if I had a weak battery to begin with or not. We drove the toad around a lot the day before we came home and we were only 200 miles away. I don't think the Even Brake should have run down the battery on that short of a trip, the tow car started when we got home - I didn't have to use jumper cables or anything.
One concern has to do with the remote communications from the remote brake to the receiver in the motor home. Several times the remote monitor in the motor home showed the brakes applied, but then did not release right away. I stopped and checked the tow car and the brakes were not on. I power cycled the monitor in the motor home and it returned to normal. I think there are times when the sending unit in the tow car does not link well with the receiver in the motor home.
The tow car had a low battery alarm on the trip back - we were still an hour from home. The Even Brake unit reported the low battery alarm as it said it would. I don't know if I had a weak battery to begin with or not. We drove the toad around a lot the day before we came home and we were only 200 miles away. I don't think the Even Brake should have run down the battery on that short of a trip, the tow car started when we got home - I didn't have to use jumper cables or anything.
