I would look at yamaha's. I have had extremely good luck with them. I was very impressed with Dave's Etec. I have never felt such midrange pick up. From what i hear from everyone here (I talk to boaters, service tech.s and dealers almost on a daily basis), ist that the Etec's are the way to go. I hear good things about Merc's pro XS, but I am still partial to Yamaha, and so is everyone I know who owns one.