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    Posted: 22 Dec 2016 at 10:37am
Thanks. Just checked the Hopkins controller. I like it. 
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Originally posted by ricon

I towed my rpod from dealer only. I didn't think about a brake controller. I'll get it asap. What do you guys recommend? Thanks

I recommend the Hopkins InSIGHT Flex-Mount controller. It is good to be able to mount the display and manual control where they make sense to you. I just ordered a wiring connector so that I could move the controller from our Escape to the Nissan Frontier that we just bought so that we could continue our trip while the Escape is being repaired.
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I towed my rpod from dealer only. I didn't think about a brake controller. I'll get it asap. What do you guys recommend? Thanks
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Agreed also! There have been a number of times I have really appreciated the trailer's brakes. One time was in Las Vegas when we were surprised by a sharp curve and I needed to slow down really quick. There were plenty of marks on the retaining wall from others who weren't able to do so (with or without trailer, I don't know). Other times, someone has stopped short in front of us or a light has changed and there wouldn't have been time to cross before it changed to red. Without operational trailer brakes, we would have been in trouble more than once.

For your own safety and for the safety of others, please get a brake controller installed. I have the Hopkins InSIGHT Flex-Mount controller. I have been very happy with its performance and with the ability to mount the components where they make sense for me.
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Ditto on what Furpod said. You should get the controller, if you ever get into an accident you would definitely face some serious civil liability and probably criminal charges.
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Originally posted by ricon

You will be happy with Frontier. I towed my rpod from Ohio to Colorado (1200 miles)without any issues.
I do not have brake controller.

 Your R-Pod has electric drum brakes for a reason. Without a brake controller installed in your tow vehicle, how can the R-Pod electric brakes get activated???? You must be making your Frontier do ALL the work of an additional 2500 or pounds of payload braking? Think about it.  Super dangerous. MUCH longer emergency stopping distances...

 Please spend $150 and get a good proportional brake controller and install it NOW.. It's not even very hard to do, and paying someone to do it can save you or someone else.
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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Dec 2016 at 7:16pm
Originally posted by ricon

You will be happy with Frontier. I towed my rpod from Ohio to Colorado (1200 miles)without any issues.
I do not have brake controller.


Every state in the Union says if the trailer has brakes, they MUST be functional. They also all give a weight at which trailers must have them, while the weight varies, in all states, the Pod's GVWR of 3500 pounds meets the threshold.

If you are towing without a controller, you are not only driving dangerously, you are breaking the law, and heaven forbid you are involved in an accident.
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You have to have a brake controller, that is the law.
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You will be happy with Frontier. I towed my rpod from Ohio to Colorado (1200 miles)without any issues.
I do not have brake controller.
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This is a bit older Nissan. It is a 2010 Frontier LE 4x4 crew cab V6.  A couple of nice features this one has is that it has the roof rack (for mounting our wind deflector) and a cover for the cargo area as well as the bed extender and the rails for tie down brackets. It should serve us well.
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