Friction sway control OR weight distribution

OK what one do I go with??  FRICTION SWAY CONTROL or WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM??

I agree with CharlieM.  I tow with a Santa Fe 6 which has plenty of power and is relatively heavy, but it does have a rather short wheelbase.  Without a WDH, the Santa Fe does tend to squat since all of the tongue weight of the trailer is concentrated on the hitch ball.  I want both my TV and TT to be level, so I always use my WDH.

We returned from a 6000 mile trip last month, and with the sway control properly adjusted, we experienced no sway from passing trucks and strong gusty crosswinds.  One day I failed to tighten the sway control sufficiently, and we soon noticed sway.  One additional turn on the adjustment lever (to where I normally set it) and the tendency to sway disappeared entirely.  I strongly recommend both, especially on extended trips.

My dealer, who sells both the WDH and sway controls, tried to talk me out of both.  As you put it, he thought either or both would be over-kill.  Based on my experience, though limited, I totally disagree with his opinion. The R-Pod is very light, so obviously it is subject to sway. 

We towed our Pod with a 4.0 Prerunner for quite some time. We towed with a common drop hitch and then with a WDH, sans sway. The Tacoma is a little lightly sprung in the back. The WDH helped ameliorate this fact, leveling the Tacoma nicely. It also helped lessen the hobby horsing that is often present with any single axle trailer. In the above post, Charlie is perfectly correct. Unless you show up with your truck and trailer fully loaded for towing, the dealer will set up the WDH on a by guess and by gosh basis. Any WDH I've ever had whether dealer or self installed always seemed to need some  tweaking to get just right.

Originally posted by kaleidoscopegirl Guess I am confused.  I thought the sway control systems were weight distributors as well.  Maybe just mine.  I went with the Equalizer.  Complete overkill according to most - but it performed beautifully on the way home - 14 hours of driving is all I have tested it out so far.  I could not find a reason that overkill would be bad so I went with it.  You can back up without removing it too.  The only major down about it, and I read about it as well, is that it is really noisy.  Lots of metal on metal noises - which means its working as I understand it.  Well mine is working!  Lol! http://www.equalizerhitch.com/About%20Equal-i-zer/howitworks.php

The Equalizer and it's brother the E2 provide both weight distribution and sway control. However, friction sway control can be bought separately without WDH and WDH can be bought without sway control. But for small TV's you should have both, IMHO. And the noise you hear? Yes, it's working! That's a good thing.

We picked up the pod in June. We've driven over 4000mi on our first adventure. We are very happy we chose to have the E2 installed. Yes, some auto professionals have said it might be overkill, as our TV is heavy and more than adequate to pull the pod. But safety was our main concern.  It's extra insurance against the winds. We had a lot of wind across the prairie and always have windy conditions crossing the Great Basin or in the Rockies. It's been worth the extra expense and a litte extra work.