I had an Ultrex which was just fine but I switched to the Ghost and like it better. It depends on if you want to link the T/M with your electronics.

That's hard to believe that a brushless motor in any brand, is louder than the others. I could hear my Ultrex and the Ghost is way quieter, while running them. I have run both motors out of the water and the Ghost is way more quiet. I didn't do an underwater test but why would it be louder underwater if the other one is louder above the water?

I’ve been running a Garmin Force for a couple years now and I’m impressed with how quiet and durable it’s been. No complaints. It also can be wired 24 or 36 volt , not sure if the rest of them can nowadays or not.

On the Ghost you can select which you are using 36v or 24v.

You can on the Garmin too

Yeah, the video from Bass Resource, which happens to be sponsored by……..Garmin. Give me a sponsorship to your product and I’ll make it look good too.


Buy what you want, that way when it turns out to be a POS, you can only blame yourself and the TM manufacturer.

Wanting one and finding what you want are two very different things these days.

Sure love my Ghost motor.

[spoiler][/spoiler] This is what has got me boat shopping again. I didn't buy a rig with the latest TM and electronics back in November thinking I'd be able to get what I wanted for this rig. With this chip shortage and what ever else is holding things up It's dang near impossible to get any of this stuff unless you buy a new boat or one with it all ready on it. The newest fishfinder on my boat is an old HB 1198 SI unit. About all it is good for is the mapping, the side imaging is OK but light years behind what they are making now. It's good for finding structure and that is about it. The other two are 797's from 2012 and they are useless. The bow unit doesn't like the Fortrex when it is running; goes fuzzy, and the console unit appears to have the tranducer cable cut.

I ordered a Ultrex monday morning from BPS online and it showed up wednesday.

I picked up a Ghost yesterday from Bpro. Excited to get it installed and out on the water. Thanks for the input everyone!

Cant go wrong with any of them. I have had an Ultrex since 2017 on a 21 foot bass boat and have had zero issues so far and I am not one to baby my gear. I have friends with Garmins and Ghosts who like theirs as well.

They all have the same kind of sound with the stepper motor for turning, but the brushless should be quieter. I run the Ultrex, and with the HB unit it is real nice. Just tell it to spot lock on a side scan waypoint, and hold on. They all do the same thing, but I would say go with an ultrex if you want to use the Link, and graph options. But it does appear they are made of unobtanium and hard to come by. But, I keep seeing new bass boats roll out with them. That is the only thing that is odd..

One thing on the Ghost to watch out for, if you turn up the speed to get to a spot you need to turn it back down because if it is pointing sideways and you hit the button it takes off on whatever speed it is set at. It does not have a slow start. It is wide open at your last setting.

Good info. Thank you!