I have had mine since March and it has made a world of difference especially when I am by myself and the wind is blowing. It is almost like having a person in the boat running the motor while you fish. I got the Terrova because I was concerned that I would need a pedal when I fish Santee Cooper's flooded upper lake having to move around and among cypress trees. After getting used to the hand control I have not hooked up the foot pedal in months.
I guess I don't understand the knocks about the spot lock when the wind is blowing. Last week I was out by myself and had about a 7 to 10 MPH wind and the spotlock held me over a brush pile in open water. Does it move around?? Of course it does as the wind blows it takes the GPS a few seconds to realize and correct the postion but so does running the motor yourself and if you get a couple of fish on and have to deal with them it is about impossible to do all that and hold yourself in position. The spot lock does at least as good if not better than I could with a manual motor and trying to watch the depth finder or marker bouy.
I love mine and could not ask for a better piece of equipment. It is really good at tightlining and pulling jigs or cranks.
SeaRay