johnklang wrote:
I have an Ultrex and can't imagine fishing without it so I have to think you'll love your Ulterra and wonder why you waited so long. I was in Canada this summer on Lake of the Woods at a fishing camp and my Ultrex started acting up, pivoting back and forth, not holding position and then racing back once it discovered it was way off. It was annoying enough that I removed it and installed a brand new Motorguide Pro that I took along "just in case," because at the time I couldn't find an Ultrex, everybody was on backorder. Well the Motorguide was worse, it didn't do anything right and the foot pedal was very hard to control. In utter frustration I put the Ultrex back on and installed new batteries I brought along "just in case", figuring that even if it didn't work right, at least the foot pedal was easier to use. Seems like the new batteries fixed the problem on the Ultrex. The Ultrex is working great again and the brand new Motorguide is sitting in the garage. It may have also reacted poorly to what may have been a battery problem all along, even though both motors ran seemingly fine using the foot pedal with the old batteries. I did read some posts while there that talked about them being sensitive to voltages. Anyway, that was my experience.
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Thanks for sharing your experience.... interesting stuff. You would think all relevant info would be available but I think companies put most of their resources into sales. Of course missing the boat that satisfied customers equals more sales.