The late brother Whitney, among others, talked me into one of those iPilot thingies on my SeaArk, the boat before this one. It didn't take me long to get rid of it. Only way to stow it so I could drive off was to get up out of my seat, walk up to the motor head that was in the water, and pull straight up, then lay it down. My gosh. Then, the steering that was supposed to be so much easier because it was electronic was difficult. It was made for those beautiful big open lakes that we fished in Canada. Turn it on, and set it, and it kept the boat trolling and in a straight line. If you do that, those work great. But I don't troll. I need my TM to be on/off/on/off/on/off, right/left/straight/left/right, all in the space of 30 seconds.

I got a Minnkota Maxxum 70 and love it.

But that's just me.

You NEED to go out in someone's boat that has what you are considering buying and try it out, fishing or not. Just spend 10 minutes with it, and then you'll know which one you need.