Redarc Tow Pro Elite Electric Brake Controller: Product Review | Accelerate Auto Electrics
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Hi guys. Briohny here from Accelerate Auto Electrics and Air Conditioning. Today, we're going to run you through the reasons we use and recommend the REDARC Tow-Pro Elite Electric Brake Controller.
The first reason, the Tow-Pro Elite is what we call a remote head brake controller. The base unit goes behind the dashboard and you'll never see this at all. All you see on the dash is a little remote head here, which is used to control the unit. Most other brands have a big box similar to something like this. It sits under your steering column or somewhere on the dash. Quite often, you knock your knees on it and in an emergency when you need to apply the brakes, you couldn't locate it and use the switch. The second reason is you don't have to change between electric and electric hydraulics. If you have caravans or trailers with different braking systems, as long as they're compatible, it will automatically detect and adjust for you. The third reason is it's Australian-designed, developed and manufactured. The fourth reason, it can go on 12 or 24-volt vehicles. The fifth reason and the main feature that I love it are the two types of braking modes, automatic mode for highway conditions and user control mode for off-road.
Here's REDARC's Stuart Peddle to explain to you the two different types of braking modes.
Stuart Peddle:
Tow-Pro works in automatic mode while sensing how hard the vehicle is braking. Automatic mode is indicated by the LED being blue in the back of the knob there. I have a brake pedal here, I can simulate applying the brakes in the car where when I brake with the vehicle, the vehicle brakes and generates inertia. The Tow-Pro senses here how hard that vehicle's braking and applies a proportional amount of braking to the trailer to suit that application at the time.
We can also dial down or dial up less or more braking force depending on the weight of our trailer. But essentially, if you brake hard and fast, so does the Tow-Pro and so does the trailer. If you brake soft and slow, so does the Tow-Pro and so does the trailer meaning that the whole vehicle and trailer system all brakes as one and you get a nice, smooth progressive braking.
The user control mode is really great for off-road applications where inertia isn't necessarily the best way to detect braking force. To end user controlled mode, we stop the vehicle, we set the controller to zero, we put our foot on the brake and double tap. The LED is now green. User controlled or manual mode is purely triggered by the brake lights. As soon as the brake lights come on, the trailer brakes come on to the set level that you have set on the control knob and it does not consider how hard the vehicle is braking.
If we look at soft beach sand top driving situation, if we brake hard on soft sand, the vehicle bites into the sand. What we don't want to happen is the trailer to bite into the sand as well or else we'll be anchored there. What we can do is we can have a very light amount of trail braking force applied so you can brake as hard or as soft you want on the vehicle and the trailer just glides to a stop on the top of the sand.
Briohny de Vere:
If you'd like any more information about electric brake controllers or the REDARC Tow-Pro Elite, give us a bell on 1-300-227-353 or head to our website www.amae.net.au.
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Thanks for the review and information.
My pleasure!
If Apple were to design trailer brakes, this is what it would like. Finally someone came up with a trailer braking system that can be integrated into the dashboard instead mounting some big ugly box underneath (where I cant see it, or the numbers on it) so I can smack my knees on it. You must use your own products.
Greg Epkes I have this system on my SUV. I don’t trust it at all.
But you could only drive it on Apples roads, towing with an Apple SUV !
I will never remember all of this
😄 Thankfully, these are super user friendly so you'll get the hang of it in no time!
Way way too complicated. I'm sorry I love my Tekonsha (just like you showed at the start). I've had it for over 10 years. Super easy to use and see exactly what is happening with my trailer brakes. I had three trailers (7.5ton dump, 3T Cargo and a 2.5T boat) c/w F350 Dually 7.3 and I just switched to each of the three presets in less than 1 second. Super easy to add a little bit more or a little less to each trailer brake setting. And I can see what level of base braking I am applying numerically. The emergency level is simple effective and obvious. But when would I ever need it? I'm not sure - thankfully not needed it yet. It even tells me if there is a problem with the wiring. Can't beat perfect - Sorry!
I'd like to know why you think it's too complicated as I'm getting a brake controller soon. All I see is a little knob which I don't even have to touch because it's in auto mode.
We prefer and recommend the Redarc TowPro Elite due to the bulk of the device being concealed out of the way, the system being extremely user friendly and of course, it's Aussie Made. But we also understand everyone has their own preferences so thank you for sharing your opinion. Happy Travels.
@@bmerigan I would just check out the Tekonsha and Redarc systems and all.. My Tekonsha has and still is so easy to use. I am a hydraulic engineer, computer tech and ex Rolls Royce car mechanic and they lost me there on their super easy to use video. I would think that Tekonsha is probably the biggest in the world. So I would suspect that Tekonsha will have made the easiest systems in the world. Whoever made the new Redarc system may have been a genius but that doesn't help real world issues with complexity and lack of screen readout. When I am on B2 I know exactly what is going to happen. I know my wires are connected and my trailer is still hanging off the back and I know I will be getting more brake effect than B1 setting. And I have changed to B2 in a millisecond. I see the feedback and its done. If its complicated then that's when accidents happen.
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