On 5/8/22 I was lucky enough to purchase a a PP Move Tm. I wanted to start a thread about this TM. And share my experience with the install and operation of the unit to help anyone who is on the fence about a purchase of this size for something as important as a TM! To me a TM is the most important piece of equipment on my boat. I run 4 units on my boat and I can still catch fish without them. However, If My TM goes down Im done! Im not a professional angler, and Ive paid for everything I use. I’ll talk crap about a piece of equipment as fast as I will give it my approval. My boat “Bullet 21XRS” came with a Ultrex that was 2 yrs old. I used the ultrex for 4 months and bought a Motorguide pinpoint + and used it for 3 months. Im not going to get into these 2 motors on this thread about how they performed for me. But I will say… I could use them both on my boat and trust them until they fail.
Install:
I use a BoatLogix mount with a built in wedge. The mounting template that PP sent was awesome and laid out beautifully. I was able to cut off the excess card/paper and lay it in my bracket for mounting. However, I was PISSED that PP doesn’t use a common bolt pattern to mount to! There were a few explicative words used for 20 minutes while I drilled more holes into my bracket while mounted on my boat. I really can’t understand why they wouldn’t match up holes with the current patterns to promote the purchase of people who want to up grading or switch brands! Once I got past this, everything was straight forward and came together nicely. Due to the extra wiring of the foot control, display and TM it was a little more time consuming than the switch before. I chose to wire everything up on 36V to keep it all separate from my electronics, except for the remote cradle that I put at my console on 12V. All in all, it took 3 hrs to remove and install the Move including tool clean up.
THE Mount:
The mount doesn’t looks beefy… It reminds me of an old Motorguide tour 109 gator mount that has to have a bounce buster or its gonna break! I was not happy that a some sort of support didn’t come with it for for the price tag. However, When stowed it is solid as a rock! Doesn’t move, give, wiggle, shake, vibrate or bounce. It’s like a part of the boat. The deploy is effort less, solid all the way through the motion with no rotation in the head. I don’t to have put my foot on the TM pedal to keep my Livescope transducer from hitting the mount. When you go to stow the TM, its light, easy, solid, and aligns itself in position of rotation without putting your foot on the pedal.
1st day test:
The way my boat sets on my trailer I couldn’t test the TM without going to the lake. That being said my initial voyage didn’t go without problems. I spent 2hours on the phone with PP customer service because my drive motor wouldn’t work or propel. Let me just say this now, PowerPole customer service is the best I’ve ever dealt with when it comes to an issue with a product I have bought. They made multiple calls text and emails to take care of me. In the end, they determined the problem and shipped me a new shaft and head the next day and I was never down. In this process I got to disassemble the TM and put it back together. It took 10 minutes! It’s the most simple, logically built TM I’ve ever worked on. The following day I was back on the water and everything worked flawlessly.
the pedal:
It’s smooth, accurate, has a touch of resistance but was less than others. You can move the pedal as fast as you’d like and it responds accordingly. There is a power wire but the cableless system is the only way I will ever go. So that eliminates all other TM except Garmin.
Spot lock
Ive had ZERO issue so far with holding position. No Matter the wind direction when I lock in or how hard it’s blowing. It’s seems to be smooth and patient to hold my position. It’s also does well to build speed slowly and not jerk around.
Over all going from a 95# TM to a 58# has been a blessing. My 9yr old can deploy but not stow the MOVE. I feel more efficient on the front of the boat when I’m on the move from spot to spot. It’s much more quiet than my others and seems to be more efficient while operating. The MOVE Feels more like a part of me without jumping around while I’m fishing.
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