Thread: Any reviews on the new and improved Minn Kota Spot Lock?

Does the boat scale option exist on the Ultrex? That might explain my lag response time.

It should be on the new 2017 version .... probably not the G1

I called and chatted with Minn Kota yesterday and wanted to add Ipilot add-on to my Power Drive V2 that I purchased in April 2016 to see if they had upgraded the Spot Lock on it, and was told they had no intentions of adding the 2017 Spot Lock on anything else other than the 3 exhisting trolling motors they had it already added on for 2017. I would have to buy a 2017 trolling motor that already offered it if I wanted the new Spot Lock. They have no plans to add the new spot lock to anything else. Just a FYI.

When the new spot lock first came out, people were converting their old to the new by buying the new individual parts and replacing them. Then MinnKota caught wind and stopped selling the external GPS puck. I think if you want one now, you have to send them the old one.

Originally Posted by pescador

Thanks John!! I just checked this out on my new Terrova with just the Ipilot, and mine has this boat scale option too. Can't wait to give it a try in a couple weeks.

I have a boat scale option of +1 and +2, also -1 and -2 , so you're saying if i go to the - , it will be more of a gentle return to my spotlock location?

I guess I should have read the owners manual because I didn't know the boat scale option existed. Very excited to get out and try it on my boat. I went way overboard by installing a 112 because I fish some fast current in the rivers. I have almost been dumped in the water with a sudden direction change.
Thanks for the info.

Originally Posted by pescador

Thanks John!! I just checked this out on my new Terrova with just the Ipilot, and mine has this boat scale option too. Can't wait to give it a try in a couple weeks.

I have a boat scale option of +1 and +2, also -1 and -2 , so you're saying if i go to the - , it will be more of a gentle return to my spotlock location?

Yes, the negative numbers will soften it up. I have a 20' SeaArk with Merc 150, and I set mine on -1. Another thing I like over my old minnkota edge is the motor soft start the ulterra has. It soft starts in all modes, no jerky starts. I switched the sound mode to 1, so less beeping.

Originally Posted by Crappie ciller

Does the boat scale option exist on the Ultrex? That might explain my lag response time.

I'm not sure. I thought it was odd that the section in the owners manual regarding boat scale was at the very end, and it was a small paragraph that you could easily miss.

Yes, boat scale is adjustable on the Ultrex.

Originally Posted by Crappie ciller

Does the boat scale option exist on the Ultrex? That might explain my lag response time.