I have the I pilot now and it is awesome except for the fact it auto deployed 2 times since I have owned it. The first time I was in rough water coming down off plane the second was while I was on plane that was a mess, it messed up the shaft and the interlocking spacer. since then I have installed a ram mount and whenever I stow it, the ram mount gets locked down. I really hope the new one dose not have that problem.
Please don't get me wrong despite the self deploying issues it would be ILL advised for anyone to try to take my IPILOT Its worth more than twice its weight in gold. I fish about an avg. of 8 big bass tour. from march till sept. and I will not fish one with an I PILOT I use the spot lock 20 times a day. Has anyone owned a ULTERRA long enough to find out if the locking mec. works in rough water?