Tekonsha is the standard of the industry today. They are the company that partnered with Ford to make their integral ABS trailer braking system that is an option on the new pickups.
I have pulled trailers with electric brakes since before 1980, and the older trucks without the ABS were well served by the Kelsey Hayes unit that tied into the hydraulic brake line right off the Master cylinder. I really liked the reliability and the smooth braking action. But when the ABS systems came out, that system was no longer usable with the tow vehicles. So the all electronic braking units were developed. Very few (none?) of them were as good as the Kelsey Hayes that tied into the brake fluid line. But in today's market, the Prodigy series of the Tekonsha is the leader, and the best now is the P3 model at about $140. It has an accelerometer to determine the rate of braking and adjusts the electric power to the trailer brakes accordingly, and works even while backing up. My 93 E350 van has an earlier model Tekonsha and has been trouble free for 15 years. My 2002 F350 has a Drawtite brake controller as purchased by the PO, and it is a piece of crap. It uses a timed braking function which ramps up the electric power to the trailer according to how long you have had your foot on the brake pedal. When slowing down gently, I have to keep taking my foot off the brake pedal so that it starts its timing function over again, otherwise it pulls the trailer brakes up too tightly. In a panic stop, it just does the same timing thing and doesn't do it any quicker....so the trailer is pushing the truck...likely to jack knife it.
I am about to throw away the Drawtite, it is reliable but stupid. Now that I have some experience with it, I can appreciate the Tekonsha much better, and will be ordering a new one soon.
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