I just bought a 2018 Grand Cherokee Trailhawk for my wife and need a brake controller for my bay boat that has an electric over hydraulic system. I don't want one of the big controller boxes under the dash so I'm looking into the Redarc controller. Does anyone have any reviews or opinions of it?
Anyone using the Redarc Tow Pro Brake Controller
- Thread starter Bayou Boy
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I just finished installing one in my Tacoma. No real world use yet, as we are starting to get snow here in Canada. Would highly recommend based on install though, you can place the controller and the main box anywhere you'd like as the two are connected with a cat-5 ethernet cable.
Paddler Ed
Adventurer
Been running one in our 4Runner for the last few years - really easy to install (Redarc now do blanking plates for some switch blanks) and easy to tuck the box away out of sight.
Outback/Intech256
New member
I have one installed in my 2017 Subaru Outback. I even had a few questions on my install and I spoke right to customer service in Australia. It works like it should.
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CaptainChaos
Member
I have the Tow Pro Elite, or whatever they call the upgraded model. I love it! I’ll never buy another Tekonsha controller.
dreadlocks
Well-known member
I've got a Tow Pro Elite, had it for over a year now and done ~8k miles towing with it.. I love it, works great.
Nd4SpdSe
Adventurer, eh?
I have an Elite as well. Installed it back in spring. It was perfect since I could have a nice, clean install. I could never figure out where I would of mounted a regular controller. It works great, and I play back and forth between proportional and user-set. It was installed for a real off-road trip and got the controller and brakes installed on the trailer in time for the trip. I don't have any experience towing other trailers, or with other brake controllers, but so far it works great. The user-set mode was perfect for off-roading and I never felt at all like the trailer was pushing me, but would it of been better or different with a different controller? I have no clue, but I'm extremely happy to have a controller that I could install and hidden away.
Brianj5600
Member
E-trailer listed the Redarc as an off-road controller? What features does it have that make it better off-road?
Outback/Intech256
New member
It's the proportional vs. user set. For off road applications, you'll set the level of braking for your needs (speed, surface material, grade, trailer weight, etc) and then the controller will apply that level of braking when the brakes are applied, rather than it proportionally increasing to the preset amount based on deceleration.
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Brianj5600
Member
Does that mean it acts similar to the older style time delay boxes in user mode?