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Topic: Brake Controller
Posted By: tabkld93
Subject: Brake Controller
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2009 at 8:25am
Any recommendations on a brake controller?  I need to purchase one this week
 
Thanks



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Posted By: admin
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2009 at 8:26am
Reese 5100 is a good one to get..


Posted By: Rallye
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2009 at 8:46am
I have a Tekonsha Voyager 9030. It is cheap $60 cdn easy to ajust and work well. Tekonsha have more advance brake controler (more expansive too).
http://www.tekonsha.com/product/default.asp - http://www.tekonsha.com/product/default.asp
Robert
Ford Escape and rpod 171


Posted By: tabkld93
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2009 at 9:29am
I see your tow vehicle is a Ford Escape.  How is that working out?
 
I own a 2007 Escape V6, but wasn't planning to tow the 172 with it.
 


Posted By: yizit
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2009 at 7:21pm
We have the Prodigy 3P braking system, it came highly recommended from the "old timers" when we were looking.

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Former owner of 2009 Rpod 172
Darlene & Jim, Ewok our Lhasa
Roada our 2004 Roadtrek 190P Conversion Van


Posted By: Wyn
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2009 at 7:34pm

I recommend the Tekonsha Prodigy, it is more expensive than the Voyager, but the Prodigy will be the only controller you will ever buy.  It is very easy to adjust, and does not have to be level to work properly.  I used a less expensive controller for a few years, and it needed constant adjusting to keep it working properly, and the braking was erratic.  The Prodigy is basically a set and forget controller.  Best of all, the braking is very smooth, which makes your rig much safer on the road.  Also, it will work with any trailer with one, two or even four axles.



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Wyn & Gail
R-171
Hudson Valley, NY


Posted By: rpodcamper.com
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2009 at 7:56pm
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Posted By: TerryM
Date Posted: 05 Jun 2009 at 12:13am
I just got a Tekonsha Primus IQ.  It's a proportional braking controller.

Terry


Posted By: Rallye
Date Posted: 05 Jun 2009 at 3:50pm
Look in the section 'rpod owners registry' and look the message 'my new rpod 171'
I give my first impression with my rpod 171 and a ford escape 2008 6 cyl. 4X4. I don't have much experience presently but it seems ok if not in a hurry! I do not use the overdrive. Will try it in few hills next weekend.
 
Robert 


Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2009 at 11:44am
Another vote here for the Prodigy, from a long-time trailer-puller.  After years of fiddling with the old timer-style controllers, I bought a Prodigy about 5 years ago.  The first time out I had one of those slap-your-forehead moments and wondered why I hadn't bought one earlier.  The inertia-based system in the Prodigy makes the trailer feel like its part of the TV.
 
Come into the "other" light, get a Prodigy.


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'10 Forest River R-pod 171


Posted By: tabkld93
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2009 at 3:50pm
_popupControl(); I started this thread and just noticed I never came back to say what I purchased.
 
We bought the Valley Odyssey for about $100.  Works perfect with all the German engineering in the VW :)
 


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Todd, Karen & Leah
'13 Surveyor 240
'12 Ford F150 EcoBoost
Former owner of 2010 R-Pod 172


Posted By: plantkiller
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2009 at 4:13pm
I was in the same boat a year ago...   after doing lots of research, it was no contest.  The Prodigy is the way to go.   I got the Prodigy P3.  Works flawlessly, no muss, no fuss.

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2010 R-POD 172 (version 1.0)
2007 NISSAN FRONTIER SE 4x4 w/ Prodigy P3


Posted By: Outbound
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2009 at 4:32pm
Ditto on the Prodigy.  Its well worth the extra money.  I bought mine off of eBay for under $100 delivered.



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