Penn or Cannon?

[rolmops]

I have been servicing and fixing my downriggers over the past few days and at this point I have 6 good working ones. 2 Cannon mag15s and 4 Penn 825s.
I rebuilt all the motors and everything works fine.
I would like your ideas and preferences between Cannon and Penn and why you have these opinions so I can make a better informed decision as to which 2 I should put on my boat next year. Thank you.

 

[dingbat]

Made the Cannon to Penn comparison when I bought a pair for my boat a few years back

Ended up with a pair of Cannon Mag 10.
Fishing in saltwater, I liked the extendable boom and fewer metal components to corrode.

 

[rolmops]

Thank you Dingbat for that info.
My preference goes toward the Penn Fathom masters and what made me favor those is the circuit board. This is probably because I am a tinkerer. I managed to find the problem on one of the circuit boards and managed to fix it. Needless to say, I felt good about that. But working on that board I also discovered that it has 2 on and off switches, one to the side of the rigger cover and the other one with the possibility to actually have it on the dash board. As far as I can see this switch works like a solenoid switch and not as a 12 volt feed. This enables me to raise the rigger from the dash when I approach shallower water. No need to run to the back off the boat. I hooked it up with a momentary three way switch. Did anybody ever use those ,or were they just forgotten because everybody got so used to only have the switch on the rigger? Or is there a very valid reason why those switches are not used

 

[dingbat]

Got me on the switches….
The only electric feature I use is “short stop”. An auto retrieve function that stops the ball at the surface since rough seas, gelcoat and #20 balls don’t play well together

 

[rolmops]

here is where it is