i used to hate surge brakes, they suck to back up... then i got to hating electric brakes because they over heat and crysatlize... which really sucks... so i moved to electric over hydralic... and let me tell you there is nothing better... everything else... short of air brakes is just a compromise

if you take electric brakes apart you will see that they actually engage by using a magnet to stick to the side of the drum... now obviously this thing has a ton of friction... which means they loose their effectiveness very quickly, not to mention they wear fast and have poor proformance.

surge brakes have some silly limitations... but last a long time, and have very good proformance...

electrick over hydralic use a pump to push brake fluid ie they are controlled by your electric brake controller.. and give you the best of both worlds... the downside is they cost a bit mroe.. but you know how it is... you get what you pay for

nick