Brake Boosters (trailer controllers).

Adding to that, I also was told today that with a light van, the redarc, even on its lowest setting appears to be too aggressive.
They also said that the P3 has a second or two delay for it to squeeze the van brakes.
They recommend the prodigy (which they call P2???) for my light setup.

Fitted a RedArc unit to a D4 yesterday and towed home a light (850kg) camper trailer today. I would not say it was aggressive at all. Not really experienced at towing but I had no complaints about how it performed.

Edit: - I bought from that eBay seller also.

I have one in the hilux and tow a camper with it. I bought it from the same bloke off ebay. Easy to install, easy to setup and I have been very happy with it. I did the research and opted for this over the P3. The father inlaw has just installed one in the jeep. He has a two tonne van. I rang the bloke at Bairnsdale and he was very helpful. His comment was they are great for the lighter trailers but he would go the P3 for the heavier vans.
for ease of install and looks this is a great unit. I run mine around setting 2 or 3. The only problem I have had with it was once when fiddling around I knocked the button and the cruise control cancelled. The button is a microswitch as well to apply brakes. The other problem was trying to change the volume on the uhf. It does not change the volumeon the uhf no matter how much you turn it. :D

I have the P2 mounted on the small shelf above my right knee in the 130. It is a brilliant setup, progressive braking with selectable levels of initial braking before the inertia kicks in. I believe the P3 is incompatible with electric -over-hydraulic brake setups (which is what I have on my camper, using Range Rover front discs and calipers). Haven't had a chance to test it since changing over to the defender, but with the Rangie, the vehicle stopped better with the fully loaded trailer than when not towing.

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Originally Posted by justinc

Pete, it actually does up to 3 axles , i have seen them used with big tandem vans succesfully, apart from the lack of g force sensitivity like the p3 etc, they are ideal for defenders etc as they don't add to any clutter on / in the dash:)

jc

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Hmmm!
Will do some research then !

My bad!

I was to the understanding that it didn't do multiple axles at all, maybe should of been "as well?" Instead of "at all?"
I have 3 to fit this week so will do some reading.

Thanks JC.

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Originally Posted by Epic

Adding to that, I also was told today that with a light van, the redarc, even on its lowest setting appears to be too aggressive.
They also said that the P3 has a second or two delay for it to squeeze the van brakes.
They recommend the prodigy (which they call P2???) for my light setup.

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There are a number of controllers in the Tekonsha Prodigy range, the original unit was called the Prodigy, the upgraded model became the Prodigy P2, there is also the Prodigy RF in the USA but unfortunately it does not comply with ADR because it does not apply the trailer brakes when manual override is used.

The P3 controller on the other hand is not named Prodigy in any of the Tekonsha literature. http://www.tekonsha.com/content/products.aspx

Diana