I have a motorguide on my boat and it has plenty of power and lasts as long as I do, but its noisy and has been since I got it. I have another mg on for my jon boat, much smaller, but just as loud. My next one will be a minkota unless mg does something really great between now and when I'm ready to buy a new one. The mount on the one on my bass boat is really noisy too. Meaning that if the motor is turned any direction but straight forward or backward, and I just bump it, it shakes back and forth and is loud and irritating. I'd tighten it up, but it's pins and E-clips. The boat/motor/mount is only a couple of years old.