I have the 18/36 little brother, the 15/24 for 5 years now and I've had issues with mine that I've documented here on the forums My biggest issue has been with Laguna's customer service which, in my opinion, is lacking. Hopefully your 18/36 will be trouble free. I've had to replace the forward/reverse switch twice, it's a quick fix and the switch is inexpensive. I recommend buying a couple and putting them away for a raining day. Hopefully you'll never need them but in case you do you'll have one handy. If I could do it again I would buy a Jet.