The brake on the dog trotter was totally loose, I never really used the brake feature on it, I probably didn't own it long enough to get the hang of it but to be honest it was far too temperaments for me, I need something that I can keep in the man cave and abuse day in day out, that was one of the top of the range models, the deluxe pro I think, just wasn't for me, that's not to say that the next man doesn't cherish it.