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05-22-2008, 03:35 AM
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Nor'easters Club Fleetwood Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
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Location: Diamond Point, NY/Lake Panasoffkee, FL
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Good Morning
Decided to purchase a brake system for toad. What do I purchase? Brake-Buddy or Even-Brake, they are both good. Help me with some in put. Many thanks 
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FMCA, Good Sams
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05-22-2008, 03:35 AM
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Senior Member
Nor'easters Club Fleetwood Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Diamond Point, NY/Lake Panasoffkee, FL
Posts: 123
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Good Morning
Decided to purchase a brake system for toad. What do I purchase? Brake-Buddy or Even-Brake, they are both good. Help me with some in put. Many thanks
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Ron & Patti Eaglestone, & Casey
FMCA, Good Sams
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05-22-2008, 04:00 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: AMESBURY MA.
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I use an Evenbrake 1st generation and it does what its supposed to do.One thing about these proportional braking systems is when my tranny downshifts in tow mode it kind of screws up toad braking.Its all good in the fact my biggest concern is a runaway toad,so I mainly use it for the break away function and leave the brake on its weakest setting.I tow a lightweight jeep wrangler. I know a few people who use the Brake buddy and they like it.The new generation Evenbrake has digital readouts and seems to be more advanced than my system.
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2006 FOUR WINDS HURRICANE 34N F-53
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05-22-2008, 06:09 AM
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Forest River Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Ontario, Canada
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The newest generation of Brake Buddy, called the Advantage has settings so it can operate as a proportional braking system or their standard non proportional braking. Most people that I know are using the systems for the emergency stopping situation or the break away.
JM2CW
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2003 Georgetown 346DS Ford F53
2008 Pontiac G 6 & Blue Ox Aventa LX
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05-22-2008, 06:18 AM
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Tiffin Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner Coastal Campers
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Monterey, Tn
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We use the Brake Buddy Advantage and it has worked well so far. Easy to set up and easy to change settings if needed. Only thing that I do not like is the manual advised to press the test button each time I turn the engine off and restart during a trip. This purges the system, but it is sort of a pain to do so. Also, the Brake Buddy was causing a fuse to blow in the Saturn toad. I called them and they sent a free kit to fix that problem. Overall, I am pleased with the unit.
Bob
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2012 Tiffin Allegro 34 TGA
Ford V-10 22000 lb chassis
Brake Buddy Advantage,
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05-22-2008, 03:29 PM
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Tiffin Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Pensacola, Florida
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We use the Brake Buddy Vantage. I like the monitor I have mounted on the dash so that I can see when it is operating and also reset the sensitivity from the monitor if necessary.
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2006 Tiffin Phaeton - 2011 Cadillac SRX
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05-24-2008, 04:57 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Northern Illinois
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I use the Even Brake by Roadmaster. It was easy to install and works very well. If you are shopping for a good price, I found the best deal at www.rvexit.com
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2006 Diplomat 40DST
2014 Honda CR-V
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06-13-2008, 07:09 AM
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Tiffin Owners Club
Join Date: Jun 2008
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I just bought a BrakeBuddy Advantage Select.
I like the ability to adjust the braking type and sensitivity from the MH. So far the 2way radio link between the MH and dingy has been rock solid.
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2013 Phaeton 40QBH
FMCA F401646 2013 Ford Cmax toad, 2 rescued terriers and a Wife 
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