I bought a factory refurbished MinnKota Tervova 101 thrust about 8 years ago off Ebay. 1 year warranty, New has 2 years.Never had any problems till last year.had to rebuild the lower end (do to water intrusion) It took a half hour and about $50.00. Has been fine ever since.I just bought the plain Jane model then put a used auto pilot in it and a copilot in it worked great.Then when the Ipilot link came out everyone was upgrading to that I bought a used IPilot for cheap and that has worked great,Saved me a lot of money.Been a great investment.