If you are going to buy one I suggest spending the exrta $, to get a better modle. I bought one of the Minn Kota AT 65 a few years ago and it eats a sterring cable every year. I got it real cheap from cabelas but I have spent a lot of money on it since then. The first year i had it, the switch on the foot control and when my first cable broke it cut the wires in the head and i had to have my motor rewired. The only thing that saved me big money there was it was under warranty. The guy told me straight out it would have been about $250.00. I know of a lot that have had good luck out of the AT's with the exception of cables, so I may have gotten a lemon. My Dad's boat has a motor guide and it does real well. The guy I fish with has a Minn Kota Maxxum and I love it. He's had it about five years with no problems that I know of.