Anybody else using Direclink Brake controller

My P3 works nicely, but this controller has my interest.

It is pretty much on the top of my wish list. I have a P3 now. I may also go to their hydraulic actuator with ABS too, since my trailer is pretty heavy (12,000+) and I do a lot of winter towing.

WayneAt63044 wrote:
I am not but don't think I would want to either. If I'm reading their website correctly, it is a sequential controller which means the brakes are applied on a time delay after the tow vehicle brakes. I prefer the inertia type that applies the trailer brakes at a time and rate similar to the tow vehicle.

Umm.. you are wrong.

That controller WILL be a vast improvement over ANY INERTIAL controller since it READS the vehicles DATA stream DIRECTLY. It WILL ACT IMMEDIATELY TO ANY BRAKING CHANGE THAT IS INDICATED BY THE VEHICLES DATA STREAM..

The Direclink IS a "proportional" controller and it should be a real step up in smoothness over any inertial controller.

Inertial controllers use the brake pedal light to INITIATE the braking SEQUENCE which includes and INITIAL FIXED amount of braking current, then once the inertial controller is ABLE to "calculate" the decrease in speed then it applies the CALCULATED APPROXIMATE amount of braking power. A inertial controller has to continuously recalculate and adjust.. and you better HOPE it gets it right!

There has been a few folks who HAVE HAD bad experiences with the mythical famed P2 and P3 controllers FAILING to apply trailer brakes during a SIDEWAYS TYPE MOVEMENT.

Yep, inertia controllers DO have a some FATAL FLAWS, they only work best IF you are stopping in a STRAIGHT LINE.. They also do not detect correctly if your VEHICLE LOSES TRACTION..

I would not be afraid to use a Direclink, but heck I was not afraid to use a Jordan Ultima 2020 either :B

I am not but don't think I would want to either. If I'm reading their website correctly, it is a sequential controller which means the brakes are applied on a time delay after the tow vehicle brakes. I prefer the inertia type that applies the trailer brakes at a time and rate similar to the tow vehicle.