Di and I have been talking about it, and she says NO WAY to one of those heavy cable foot controllers. From what we've been able to read up on (and y'all), it sounds like it could become useless to me at some point down the road with my legs and all.

Those ones that have the "data cable" attached to them....like the Minnkota Power Drive V2......are "cable less" in that the cable from the foot feed is kindof--sortof like a computer cable that tells the head what to do. Unless I am just full of crap....I have not laid hands on one yet. The DO offer a WIRELESS foot dealie that runs off of AA batties...so that's where I got that idea from.