Quote Originally Posted by sportsman223 View Post
I am thinking on up grading to one. Is it worth it? Does the spot lock work ?
I looked at the review, but there are some naysayers just trying to make sure it is not cheap
and my old powerdrive still works good. The spot lock sounds like it would be great if it works as they say
Thanks in advance
When I bought mine, I had visions of sitting on brush anchorless while night fishing. I knew there would be a drift, but thought I would have a gentle move back to my spot. I don't get this result on my boat. On my boat, while the motor ramps up to move me back to position, the boat keeps drifting further away. the motor speed ramps up more until it gets me moving in the right direction, but at that point, it is set too fast and I overshoot the spot before it tries to slow down or turn around and get me back. End result, my lines are horizontal as I'm speeding back to the spot and no fish.

I think if you are casting, it is ok, but it doesn't work for me trying to sit on brush. I'm back to anchors when fishing at night.

It does come in handy keeping me from beaching myself whenever I have to untangle a mess though.

With that said, do I recommend the Ipilot...heck yeah. Spot lock doesn't do what i envisioned, but the pluses far outweigh the minuses.