Damn day 1 and 3700 dollars later and already broke makes me want to send my lowrance fish finders back and got with hummingbird and minn kota

I have mine for 5 years no issues to date!! Best of luck to you with the ghost

I made that costly mistake. I’m glad I kept the Ultrex and switched back.

You don't have to change any settings on the ghost to go from 24v to 36v and vice versa. It automatically detects the voltage.

I know this video is old but just now looking at it cause im looking into a new trolling motor..can get the ultrex..only problem ive had is the cable breaking...are you happy with your purchase? Let me know for sure....im getting another ultrex or ghost

MinnKota told me you can't go above 85% power when using lithium because the higher voltage will cause damage (to the brushes I think they said). I think they should create a source voltage setting or auto detect to prevent this problem.

I have serviced many Lowrance Ghost trolling motors and, from a service perspective, know everything about that trolling motor. I personally love the way it functions but I have concerns over it's durability. How are you feeling about the switch now? For reference the voltage indicator doesn't actually do anything but illuminate. The Ghost senses the incoming voltage automatically adjusts. The voltage indicator light is just a "feels" thing. The direction indicator however has always and will always be an issue. It is not as responsive as some would like. We remove them and polish the edges, and legs, then lube the legs with some Teflon and place a dallop of dielectric on the white tab underneath. It generally works about 75% better after that.

My ghost has been trash from day one. Going back to minkota

Now ultrex has the brushless quest gotta switch back 😂

How is it holding up?

Mine is a 2016 not one issue with it

Wait until you need to repair it!! 💸💰🤑

#1 You started out by saying you are super hard on your equipment so apparently that Minn kota lasted through 5 years of abuse by you. Then you said a smashed connector "might" have been your fault, MIGHT HAVE BEEN? You said you have hit rocks and other stuff then complained that things broke, really. Lastly you said that long rod in your hand broke, maybe you hit a rock, I think you did hit a rock and it broke. What a piece of junk, 5 years of abuse and something broke because YOU hit a rock so the trolling motor is not what you want. From what you say, neither is an Abrams Tank. Apparently you think Garmin will not break, oops, something has already gone wrong with it. Good luck. Personally I think that trolling motor lasted extremely well considering the way you treated it according to YOU.

The ultrex is junk

Have the same problem with mine poor design. Not sure about the breakaway either watched Mikey Balzz hit a stump snapped the shaft in two. Looking forward to see how it holds up for you super careful with mine a piece of wood under it in shallow water.👍👍👍🤏🤏.