Sportdog has always been unreliable.
Tri Tronics used to be the gold standard however they were bought out by Garmin and have since become increasingly unreliable.
Some like the dogtra Edge RT, but reliability problems are popping up with them also.
It is a shame that seemingly nothing is 100 percent reliable.
I believe it's all made overseas now

 

I've had a 1900 for 6 years. Replaced the batteries once. The 1900S is an updated version. It will do everything you want without breaking the bank.
https://www.dogtra.com/products/remote-training/1900s

 

The Garmin Sport PRO is what you want.
It has a light and bark limiter built in along with the correction for training. Momentary and continuous stimulation for training. It is moderately priced especially for all of the features built in.
Plenty of range for everything you are wanting to do.
If you ever get another dog, it is expandable to 3 different dogs from the original transmitter.

 

Thanks for the feedback. I wound up going with the Garmin Pro 550. It's more than I meed, but I got it for a good price. I may wind up wanting something different for hunting, but I think I will like the shape of the 550 transmitter for training.

 

I may have an unpopular opinion but I think you made a great choice. I used a SportDog 425 for about 6 months and it was terrible. I upgraded to the Pro 550 and it has been everything I could want and then some for 4 years now. The collar lights have saved my butt twice. Once while hunting, it fell off my dog in knee deep water while walking to the hole and was only able to find it because I turned the lights on. The second time it fell off while my dog was playing around in a cattle pond. I waited until dark and turned the lights on and found it again. The 3 levels per setting is a game changer and the range is more than you will ever need. If it ever craps out on me, I will definitely get another one.

 

Dogtra's suck
had a higher end one worked for maybe three months wouldn't charge. They wanted $80 for repairs since i didn't have receipt.
Said they replaced both batteries and a circuit board?? After 3 months wtf?? Told them to stick it. Cut my losses.