Are trims tabs worth it?

[Sean]

Originally Posted by HammerTime

Let me know how you like your trim tabs. I am considering Lenco but don't know whether to get the 9x12 or the 12x12. Thanks, Barry

Will do Hammer, they came in Friday and I am going to install them Tuesday, I hope. (to much fishing todo for the weekends)
I have the 9x12, but I am putting them on a 18ft skiff...

[Sean]

WOW, on my skiff these things are like night and day........

[whatknot]

Bit the bullet finally on trim Tabs. The custom T-Top from Boykin Marin is awesome, but set me back a few bucks last year. This week I'm adding Lenco Electrics with the LED switch (that really hurt), but in the long run, worth it I hope. I thought I would like to know the position at a glance.
I've seen guys monkey around in a bad chop retracting all the way and then adjusting from there to know where the tabs actually are set.

UPS is great. Waiting is not. Whatknot.

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by whatknot

Bit the bullet finally on trim Tabs. The custom T-Top from Boykin Marin is awesome, but set me back a few bucks last year. This week I'm adding Lenco Electrics with the LED switch (that really hurt), but in the long run, worth it I hope. I thought I would like to know the position at a glance.
I've seen guys monkey around in a bad chop retracting all the way and then adjusting from there to know where the tabs actually are set.

UPS is great. Waiting is not. Whatknot.

How bout some pics of the install?...then a report on how well they work...then a COLD beer!!...

[macojoe]

I wish I had a tab indicator!! I really have a hard time trying to get them rigbht at times. But they want as much for the switch as the tabs themself!

Good luck!

[whatknot]

I know. I hated to spend that much on a switch.

I talk myself into a lot of situations by dividing the cost by years I might use it.
These are rough figures.

$229/7 years =32.5 per year.
That works out to about $2.75 a month.

I waste more money letting beers get hot while I work on the boat!

It's the up front money that hurts right now....

[RidgeRunner]

I had a Lenco go bad due to water intrusion. I have a Bennett that sticks down on the Whaler, still haven't figured that one out as they are spring loaded to help on retraction. I love them both but I did forgo the fancy switches. The self retracting module on the Bennett is a plug and play that gets hidden under the dash. Don't know about the Lenco.
Whatknot, your V is nice with that four stroke..