Power HD 20kg vs Annimos 20kg - Which servo is telling the truth? 

Right on. That is our goal. Measure, share, inform.

Right on. Helps us too. One thing we wanted to mention too is the Power HD keeps pulling hard. The Annimos decreases pull with each and every pull as it heats up.

Exocaged RC did a servo test and the 20kg power hd beat the 23kg power hd. I'd check it out before you buy the 23kg but either one is a good buy. I went with the all alum case power hd lw-25mg. I love it so far!

Right on. We get a commission when someone buys an Annimos servo but... we will never recommend that again.

ahh yes, the main difference is the power hd servo is mounted a little bit higher than the annimos. The reason is our servo mount hole is a hair tight and the Power HD servo will not fit unless it is force in. We've done it before and it scratches the servo and may squeeze the internals a bit. Readings are the same though as what we got here. So we mounted the servo a little higher with just two lower mounting bolts.

For sure yes. Extra work but worth it.

This confirms what a lot of folks were suspecting. Even us. We were using Annimos 20kg for a year for a couple of vehicles and they sucked!!!

Yes I would like to see 3 tested back to back to see what the consistency is of these amazon servos. Can't go wrong with those power HD ones tho, what a great bang for ur buck at 1/3rd the cost of other brand name servos. How has the long term reliability held up on these?

Good eye. yes, the power hd servo is a hair tight and it wouldn't go in the slot without force. So we mounted in the upper hole. Good news is we have footage in the normal spot and the readings are about the same.

Basically, throughout they're line, they measure 60% of what they claim.

Well reviewed

I didn't know Power HD had mini or micros. I'll keep that in mind if my minis ever go out in my old TRX4....I'm absolutely amazed they still work AND that's at the Mamba X's max 8 volts that I run everything at. The TRX4 box says "DEMO"...that how old it is. Hahaha

I agree with you. The 20kg variant is better then the stock Traxxas one and burn less often. Also the traxxas 2075x is like 5 times more expensive. On my trx4 i'm with the 20kg for 2 years now and outside of gear slop it works perfect. (bought it for $10 on banggood)

I run the 65kg in my Dbxle and it's been great so far! Right now im trying to decide between a JX brushless 46kg hv and the power HD 40kg. I was gonna go with the JX cause I wasn't sure if the power HD 40kg one was more for crawlers cause it had that listed and the reviews were from crawler owners

@@cwatson42785 Crawler people like the higher torque and speed. Just look at the speed and torque to know if it is ideal for your application. Doesnt really matter if it ia being used in crawlers because any servo will work with any RC (as long as it is the correct plug and works with digital or analog and the correct scale). Higher speed just means it will move the wheels from lock to lock faster and the torque is just how effective the servo is under load. If you can, in any application, go for the highest speed and highest torque. You can always turn down the speed of the servo, you cant turn it up if you are using it to its max spec. One other thing to watch out for is the voltage input it requires or suggests as some will be a LV (low voltage) meaning it can and probably will burn out if the BEC in your ESC is set too high. For example, you have a LV servo rated for no more than 6 volts and your ESC is delivering 7.4 volts, thats no good. Then you have HV (high voltage) servos that can be from 6 volts and up. Most servos are ideal on 7.4 volts and you will often times get very near the peak of the servos performance. There are other servos that are direct power accepting up to 14.8 volts directly from the battery, but they are often in the multiple hundreds of dollars in price.

@@SebastianLong Hey Bro thanks for the info! I went with the jx 46kg hv brushless one for the reeper but I plan on getting that power HD one too to try out. This one is a hv one so I'll run it at 8.4v. I had a budget Amazon 35kg (30$) servo and while it turns the wheels but I noticed it doesn't center it up the greatest on the Reeper so it ends up driving all over the place. I'll keep you posted on how this one is as it's only 60$ and I've had good luck with jx in the past. I just put the 36kg jx HV servo in my kraton EXB and I'm happy with it and that's only on 7.4v. I should probably turn it up to 8.4 being that it's a HV servo. I'll keep you posted. Hey Lane are you on IG? And appreciate the advice as always brotha and taking the time

@@cwatson42785 The Power HD DW25LV is discontinued. I should have bought more as it is still working fine in my TRX4. My first comment was from 2 years ago, so that tells you how good Power HD is. Brushless servos work very good and are very long lasting. Pay a little more up front, but in the long run you actually save more because you arent replacing the servos often. I recently got into a fight with a big rock with my Losi LMT and the stock servo broke all the tabs off. The servo works well, i dont know if they sell a new cap for it but i should look it up. I have a dead servo that looks like the cap will fit, but i wont know until i try it. Either way, it wont be a loss if it doesnt work. Lol

Will do. Appreciate the intel.

For $15, it's still a good deal. But we built a servo tester and discovered they are lying to us! Sorry. But the PowerHD 20kg is a much better choice.

@@RCReviewChannel I understand, thanks for the reply and the honest test. At least we know now👍👍👍

Same here. We have 2 annimos 20kg and they keep working. But they seem so weak, even worse than stock Traxxas. We put a better ESC and even a BEC to solve this issue. After performing this test, we finally found the reason. This servo is crap and with every pull, it gets weaker until it cools down.

@@RCReviewChannel My Animos servos do not seem to have any heating or lack of power issues that I have seen, and my rigs are heavy. I'll do a test on one and see what power we get, But the Power HD, 100% bad.

We're doing the 35kg and another one that's 46kg. Can anyone guess what's going to happen? :)

Right on. We're bummed too as we've recommended the Annimos so much to others. And we've been using it for a year on our Element RC and it keeps stalling after the first minute. Much lost fun time and opportunity.

Maybe I got lucky but I've had the annimos under my tank "gen8" for 7 months now and never had an issue ! But..... I'm gonna get that he cause it matches the body! Lol noob..... Great vids man 👍

@@slowburn_1725 maybe you did get lucky, but your experience is your experience, similarly a lot of people complain about the Savox, but personally I've had an excellent run out of them, with or without a Bec they just confidently turn the the wheels every time.. Cheers 👍

2 people from RC Facebook group told me it's OK. But maybe shorten the servo life than normal use.

Noted. The good news is the voltage is mentioned in the commentary and labeled in the video. And the real data we are observing is the ounces of torque.

Great point! Yes most definitely.

@@RCReviewChannel Actually, if you really want to get all sciency, you should test each servo in both positions to see if you get the same results or if not, try to determine a consistent correction factor to standardize it to all the servos you test in the regular position.

Reefs 444 or 555 is good.

7.2 will be absolutely fine.

You are correct. We need a rematch. People are basing purchases on these results. To say it doesn't matter...well it does.

that sounds like a servo issue for sure.

Great feedback. There's so many of these videos we haven't been paying attention to the double commentary. We want the viewer to hear the servos but not the double comments.

All the Annimos servos we've tried... measure at about 60% of their claims.

Good to know, thanks for the reply!

@@RCReviewChannel test the DS3218pro

A little too hard to do a stress test that is repeatable.

@@RCReviewChannel yeah, would need a repeatable radial impact. I wonder about an impact driver and varying supply voltage or one that has multiple setting for torque/impact rate. Maybe even a drill and using the clutch... what about a digital torque wrench and simply loading the servo until failure? The ones I use at work will display max torque reached. What about a disassembly to simply review materials of construction? Just some ideas! Love the content! Thanks!

@@theclaxton They buy most of their servos. It will be very expensive to destroy them :(

@@nexus7138 yep, testing can be expensive

They're pretty reliable as we have two and they have not failed in a year. But they are both weak and get weaker with every minute crawling. And we're very disappointed with the false claims.

RC Review false claims are displeasing, spend money on false advertising is tuff cause there are so many people that scrape by on our hobby then get burned is a disappointment. Great review guys as always

Agree. Thanks for the insight. We're sad we wasted so much time running the Annimos.

@@RCReviewChannel I wouldn't...now we all know. It's definitely useful information. Thank you. There is nothing wrong with shedding light on truth and lies.

It is a good enough test for the average User. If you want laboratory results you are welcome to start a test series. This is in my book a good test for the hobby rc World.

@@danielkonrad1444 Plus, If you've ever run a red one, you can literally see it struggle, with your own eyes. So glad RCR came along to confirm the mountain of anecdotal evidence that there's something fishy going on here.

Correct. My servo arm is 1 inch long so I only measure oz in values. To get the kg cm rating, I use a translation program that is very accurate. convert-to.com/conversion/torque/convert-ozf-in-to-kgf-cm.html So I believe my kg cm numbers are accurate to what i measure with our equipment

We have three of them now. Same. It's not a bad deal at $18, just bad claims. The Power HD is a much better product.

@@RCReviewChannel Got it, thanks for clarifying.

We translate it! We test over 30 servos in this round-up so need to maintain consistency with oz/in. We take the time to translate though.

Sorry i do watch and love your vids. I just wish the world just went metric 😂