I had cable steers on my bassboats for years. I had a hand TM auto pilot on my 2man basshound that I liked. When I bought my Lund the dealer tried to talk me into the I-Pilot. I said No, to be honest I really just did not understand the inovations built into it over other TM's. I opted for a Power Drive MK but within a month I upgraded my Power Drive2 to an I-Pilot. The I-Pilot next to DSI / SI technology is probably the single best thing to come along in fishing out of a boat in the last 10years. I am still learning to use all of the features of I-Pilot, my advice is to write the check and don't look back. The only thing is you will find yourself messing with the remote control a lot but you can do it from anywhere in the boat and the remote issue is a small one. Mine is a 24V and it will move the boat pretty quickly on level 10 and my Lund is a heavy rig.