Trolling Motor Wars

Oldman

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when a better trolling motor is made it will be by minnkota.
 

hoop235

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A lighted direction arrow for night fishing is one thing I wish my Ultrex had. That and a dimmer for that bright #$&# blue light when the motor is on.
 

FishingwithRusty

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hoop235 - 7/9/2019 4:07 PM

A lighted direction arrow for night fishing is one thing I wish my Ultrex had. That and a dimmer for that bright #$&# blue light when the motor is on.


LOL! the very first thing i did when i completed the install of my ultrex was put a piece of electrical tape over that damn blue light. its TOO bright!!!!
 

hoop235

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FishingwithRusty - 7/9/2019 4:09 PM

hoop235 - 7/9/2019 4:07 PM

A lighted direction arrow for night fishing is one thing I wish my Ultrex had. That and a dimmer for that bright #$&# blue light when the motor is on.


LOL! the very first thing i did when i completed the install of my ultrex was put a piece of electrical tape over that damn blue light. its TOO bright!!!!

Yes, mine has tape on it right now! Obviously those guys/girls that engineered it never fished at night. emoLaugh
 

FishingwithRusty

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Aries 181 - 7/9/2019 8:04 PM

I wouldn't trade my nine year old 82 Tour for any of that plastic junk.

Bill

i was a staunch motorguide tour edition fan for years. motorguide introduced a new trolling motor as well WITH a metal foot pedal and spot locking tech AND still has cable steering, the head is ugly as sin though

i may be going back to motorguide after a year or 2 of them working out the bugs
 

silvertalon

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FishingwithRusty - 7/10/2019 10:28 AM

Aries 181 - 7/9/2019 8:04 PM

I wouldn't trade my nine year old 82 Tour for any of that plastic junk.

Bill

i was a staunch motorguide tour edition fan for years. motorguide introduced a new trolling motor as well WITH a metal foot pedal and spot locking tech AND still has cable steering, the head is ugly as sin though

i may be going back to motorguide after a year or 2 of them working out the bugs

Unless M Guide becomes H Bird GPS compatable, you won't be able to use the 360 and will have to go back to Lowrance with "Liveview". I do like this new look by M Guide and I'll bet its lighter and sits lower than M Kota. It will be interesting to see what KVD does, lol.
 

FishingwithRusty

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ive got a year or 2 before i even consider any of the new trolling motors
 

silvertalon

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FishingwithRusty - 7/11/2019 12:04 PM

ive got a year or 2 before i even consider any of the new trolling motors
Same here but the new Lowrance is gonna make me do something financially irresponsible- I'm affraid of this, lol.
 
I agree with the need for a directional light on the Ultrex and the bright blue light is a joke. The new Lowrance motor looks like something from a SciFi movie.
 

churly

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Brushless motors and digital steering. The garmin is claiming to have 30% more power than the competitors. I was about to buy a new TM, but Im gonna sit back and see which one starts having issues first.
 

Dropshot

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churly - 7/11/2019 4:11 PM Brushless motors and digital steering. The garmin is claiming to have 30% more power than the competitors. I was about to buy a new TM, but Im gonna sit back and see which one starts having issues first.
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Same here...Did I read correctly that the Garmin and Lowrance work for 24 or 36 Volts?</p>
 

Carl

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Dropshot - 7/11/2019 5:33 PM



churly - 7/11/2019 4:11 PM Brushless motors and digital steering. The garmin is claiming to have 30% more power than the competitors. I was about to buy a new TM, but Im gonna sit back and see which one starts having issues first.
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Same here...Did I read correctly that the Garmin and Lowrance work for 24 or 36 Volts? </p>


Yes, both of them have a 36v motor that can be ran on 24v as well.
 

finbully

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I don’t see any reason for me to switch from Minnkota for FW and Rhodan for SW. If only Rhodan made foot control units...
 

bronzeback45

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100lb thrust on Lowrance 24v as well!
 

djsmarinelectronics

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Watch the YouTube Russell Marine review between it and the Ultrex; great motor for Lowrance owners, Humminbird owners stick with MinnKota
 
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