that is true, but it does not bother me becouse you know what it is doing, pluse if you are paralleling a bank you can read what is in front of you. and if you turn a little it will bump a bit but pics right back up. it may bother some people but it dont me. plus with it in the front you can see what is around the boat in stead of what is on the back of the boat on. just my prefrence it works good for me. all i can tell you is try it out and see if you like it or not but i do like it alot like that. hope this helps.

thanks
chuck