which brake controller is most preffered

jerem0621 wrote:
I have had them all. The timed based controllers work. That is absolutely true. I have had proportional controllers as well. They work too.

My Voyager was a good controller but so was my Hayes Syncronizer. The only issue that I have with proportional controllers is the potential for them not to work in slick or lose conditions. What if the you hit the brakes on the tv and the front tires skid or abs kicks in? The proportional controller may not send much if any power to the trailer. Timed controllers will apply trailer brakes every time you hit the pedal.

Jeremiah

Simple solution to your proposed wet road scenario.

If you hit the TV brakes and they skid or ABS kicks in and your Prodigy does not send as much amperage to the trailer brakes as you would like you just reach down and operate the manual lever on the prodigy and you can send as much current to the trailer brakes as you would like.

When I bought my Boomer several years ago, when I was just getting back into camping again after a hiatus of a few years, I bought what I thought was a good brake control at Advance Auto or Autozone, I don't remeber which, but it was a Reese Timer-based unit.

That was absolutely by far and away the worst experience I have ever had towing. Regardless of vehicle speed timer based units ramp up the amperage based on time, not traffic conditions.

This resulted in and extremely jerky ride when slowing down, to the point, I cringed every time I hit the brake pedal. They work, but once you go to a proportional brake control, you will never go back.

Live and Learn. Thankfully Autozone took the timer based unit back for me, that's when I researched and bought the P2.