Traxxas Maxx V2 2.0 Full Review! Best RC car monster truck 4S 1/10 1/8? 

Hell yeah i could not agree more. Thats why i love my xmaxx and mini maxx.

Yes exactly what i was thinking, i have a flat chassis buggy and a truggy for handling, but i bought a maxx for fun, it can get boring if the car handles perfectly (unless your racing it), i want to see some body roll and i like the high chassis styling even if it makes it top heavy its a fun truck.

Hell yeah brother !!!

The very reason I’m about to buy my very first RC Truck/Car, period.

Couldn't agree more with your entire post. I have the exact same upgrades and feel exactly the same way. I personally disagree with everything he states in this video. Aluminum chassis' are way different vehicles all together so comparing plastic to metal is the same as comparing apples to oranges. Razor's opinions are extremely biased and completely inaccurate imo. My issue is he delivers false information to the unknowing and wrongfully paints a dim picture of a fabulous product which clearly is the industry leader. Traxxas rose up from the 80s to be the kings of RC bashing after leaving the racing circuit. Long live Traxxas! Horizon is dead to me! Not even close to the same quality and their cars weigh a ton. Once you dent that aluminum chassis' go see how much it costs to replace. Razor's quick to bash the plastic parts but fails to tell you that the metal parts of arrma cars are 2 to 4 times more money than Traxxas parts! He doesn't tell you that though. He just plays devil's advocate with every Traxxas vehicle out there. Also the E Revo is far more difficult to work on than the maxx, which razor does not mention either. He says that the e revo is a better vehicle which is not true. The E Revo WAS... their dedicated race vehicle when Traxxas was still into dominating the racing circuit and the e revo did just that. If you go back and look, it dominated every circuit it raced on. And therefore it is extremely difficult and involved to repair. It was specifically meant and intended for experienced racers, especially compared to the Maxx which was designed for ease of repair. I'm pretty sure razor does not even know this information because he was not even around when Traxxas was dominating in the 80s. He talks like he has no understanding of the history of the E-Revo. He's ignorant in this area. His entire post is completely inaccurate. I would not listen to anything he claims. It's all false information. The chassis is extremely strong. He admits it is a durable vehicle but yet contradicts himself and bashes the very servo system which makes it so durable. He even admits that he has never broken this servo. And it typically doesn't break unless you completely abuse the vehicle. He really has no idea what he's talking about. He gives Traxxas a bad name and should be ashamed of himself.

@@mezzyshredder perfectly said brother

@@mezzyshredder yessir 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Spoken like a true traxxas FanBOi

@@x3dominator28 spoken like a true traxxas hater

The v2 has a wheelie bar. Did you buy it used? The steering is fine I think it's the driver 🤔

That truck is awesome. Flip all the ratings (good and bad) for the Maxx and you basically end up with the Savage X V2. 🙃😃🙃

The plastic driveshafts are fine, just don't know why Traxxas charges you like the whole truck is made out of metal. If it's all plastic, it should be $450.

thank you

Definitely the best go-to truck where it's always ready for action and will come home in one piece.

It's DESIGNED to chassis slap, stop trying to eliminate it. The chassis is a whole lot better at absorbing energy than your shock shafts or springs. Why do you think it would be present out of the box? Engineers don't make decisions of the sort for no reason...

Fully agree, the kush drive and bucket proof construction make my version 1 one one of my highest mileage rigs. It’s issues are landing and power. I do a lot of grass running which makes the lower power much more noticeable. I just picked up a v2 which I’m going to put a 6s system in, and I’ll keep my og max on 4s. It does jump horribly but it’s a great rc to run when your practicing something new that’s going to have you crashing a lot.

You want chassis slap… without it, you will be snapping arms constantly.

🤣🤣 you probably run metal arms

No get the v2 the bigger battery holder is the best addition.

makes sense if you already have one.

Just tried that man works great I put the outcast rears on the Maxx rear and alot less chassis slap did you put the fronts on also or leave them the same ?

@@bfam8056 left stock on front

Cool man thanks I wonder if a set of kraton rears would work good on the front of the Maxx

$420 would be a great price

Anything under 5 , I mean it was over 6 with taxes crazy

O wonder how stacks against the kaju v1

How do you like the maxx?

@@bannedfromisrael I LIKE IT. ITS A GOOD TRUCK IN MY OPINION 🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙

I felt same but succumbed many people can't rc because of traxxas pricing pritoratary crap

I heard you guys and Iam starting to see other brands starting to follow some of the ways Traxxas does business. $589.00 is a hard pill to swallow. If my son wasn’t to heavy into the hobby, i might of not bought the Maxx, cus we have 2 Xmaxx’s 😉👍🏼💯 even the new HPI V2 Savage is about $720-730. Nice truck however kinda on the expensive side, for what you get!

Traxxas is not overpriced. The others just aren't offering the quality or customer service or ease of parts available and that costs a little more. You get what you pay for. That's what you are paying for. You get more, so you pay more. Simple economics. With the level of popularity of Traxxas vehicles, it's obvious their client base has no problem paying their prices. At the end of the day, their products are better than anything horizon is putting out. Good vehicles, from Horizon, just not quite the quality of Traxxas. And Horizon customer service is completely incomparable to Traxxas customer support, with Traxxas being open 7 days a week, and always being able to get a rep within a couple of minutes. And they always find a solution to the issue at hand. Can't beat Traxxas when you're really in a jam. You get all that plus the easiest parts availability without having to order the parts every time you need any little thing. So many hobby stores stock tons of Traxxas parts. All that is worth a few bucks more. To many, the consensus is Traxxas buyers would rather pay a little more now, than Iot later on.

@@mezzyshredder agreed, Traxxas does have a lot more to offer, and you do get a great quality product. 😉👍🏼💯

@@mezzyshredder….I agree with your comment. I’ve been able to contact Traxxas customer support over the weekend at times. Nice people to deal with and very helpful. 🤘

My V2 has a wheelie bar. Maybe he got an early production example to review. The weather is to cold to really take it for a good run but I ran in my yard and have to say I like how it handles. I don't send it at skate parks. Ran well on the 7600mah 4S and got 50mph out of the box.

Get the Rival MT1O and crawler TRX-4 or SCX10 for the price of 1 Maxx or Sledge. Can have fun in bashing (Rival MT1O has great handling with racing pedigree from Team Associated) and fun in slow crawl and trailing with TRX-4.

or dropped the price $50 at least

Yep it can. Hold your set button while you power on your transmitter and the light will start flashing and then do the same thing with the set button on the receiver while you power your rc on

The Maxx is the only choice right now until Corally and Arrma come out with their trucks.

Why the 4s batteries so pricey?!

I have the v2 and love it

@@RazorRC arrma is coming out with a 4s monster truck??

@@RazorRC since the outcast 4s is out what would you recommend? Thanks find advance, love your vids!

haven't found one. there's not much room under the shock tower to fit longer shocks.

faster, less durable, better handling.

not much, steering knuckles/rear hubs I would get, maybe shock shafts, some people break bulkheads, but I never broke mine.

Great question and very good points! Yes, properly designed plastic is more durable than metal, which is why I think the Maxx is so crazy durable. As for R&D costs, you’re absolutely right - initial costs for plastic parts is much higher than metal. But I have no way of knowing when companies have recouped their molding costs, so I just ignore that part. I’m sure that’s why the Maxx was so expensive initially and why they were able to keep the price about the same for the V2.

E Revo 2.0 tires

Not in the way it drives, but the gear mesh won't be as tight, so might strip the gears. I noticed my truck was making some weird drivetrain noises the second time out.

@@RazorRC ok, thanks for the input! I'm new to this hobby so I'm a bit of a noob.

Yeah, I think most people will be fine with it, just depends on what you do with the truck and what you're looking for. I didn't do an overall score on this one, I sometimes do, sometimes don't, hopefully people can look at the individual scores and get a good idea of the pros/cons. Sometimes it's hard to give it an overall rating when the scores are all over the place.

Longer shocks don't really fit because there's not enough space under the shock tower to fully compress

It's DESIGNED to bottom out. Why do people keen on thinking it's a bad thing? The chassis is a lot more durable than shock shafts or springs retainers...

@@nvl2691 I agree on the chassy design. Just courious if anyone has tried other ways to help with softening it more but not eliminating it.

@@nvl2691 the chassis should touch the ground, but it shouldn't sound like someone's smashing it with a 2x4 every time you jump it over 2 feet.

@@RazorRC Absolutely agree with that. My 1/16 E-Revo bottomed out insanely quickly. My issue is with the whole eliminating chassis slap idea. You should try and reduce it, but not eliminate it.

I'm 1000% sure there's a video out there...

try some other cars, I think you'd find them even more fun.

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😂​@@RazorRC

I'll put out a video sometime that will help but won't fix it.

@@RazorRC That would be great. Any help is appreciated. Thanks for the videos.

Yeah, that's a bad one too!

Chassis slap is good tho no? So you're not bottoming out your shocks? That's what killer offroad hobbyz used to always say

@@cwatson42785 It is. Too much slap isn't good either.

​@@cwatson42785 Yes but shocks that are properly tuned or paired to the correct RC will absorb the landings. I saw RC Driver's video of him driving and the truck bottom out on the mildest jumps. My Slash 4x4 would have easily absorbed some of the jumps he was doing.

@@Albertotron Yeah I had put some hot racing aluminum shock bodies on my big rock and now the truck is much better but I'm not a big jumper. I usually put heavier weight oil In all my 6s or bigger trucks as well.

It's durable, but it's not easy to work on! Getting to the rear or center diff is 3-4x more work than any other car.

@@RazorRC yeah but that is a small cost to pay for everything to be able to be removed my 3 screws

Thanks, I think it's possible to get to handle halfway decently, but only with a fair amount of work and still only HALFWAY decently. ☹️

About to comment should've known it was you haha , going check out now. Idk if can compare to the skeeter all these plastic RC's kaju mt 10 xxmaxx brcc just for fun bashing never going compare to race rc inspired bashers the people saying opposite can't drive like bashers who preferre the ladder

Razor sums up traxxaz well annoying 🙄

@@paulclancy2404 lol my tc bro Paul you know it! Yeah it looks really good for sure Paul! Definitely check it out. A Chinese guy did an unboxing of it and jaytee did a video on it recently. It looks really top notch. Wish they would release it already! And if it's only 430$ like it's rumored it's gonna be a hit. It also has their new t2t brace already on it too!

Sketer coming out on the 15th!

@@RazorRC What!! When did you hear that! Don't leave me hanging lol. I've been waiting for 3 months for info on that truck lol

If you think a Cadillac drives well, then I'm not surprised you don't understand the video.

@@RazorRC that is literally what Cadillac is known for? 😂 Stick to what you know very lil about 😄

mine does too, I messed up in the video

nah, I screwed up, I forgot to put the bumpers back on when I cleaned it! It comes with a wheelie bar (and bumpers, ha!). 🤣

@@RazorRC I caught that too, knew it was just a blooper in explaining your review 😁. Appreciate your honesty like always even though I did buy this truck.

Hopefully the next Arrma 4S is good!

Its a awesome truck but you right when comes to value ,

Razor did you hear new arrma coming ?

@@RazorRC I heard they are going to update the 4s line in Spring or Summer, but with the way that shipping has been lately, I think it might be delayed.

Corally 4s Sketer comes out in about a week's time as well

Thanks, I just realized that I had taken off the bumpers for cleaning before filming and forgot to put them back on. Yes, wheelie bar included, something seemed off...! 🤣🤣🤣

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Definitely better than this clown vomit color I bought.

@@RazorRC thats one way to name this color lol ive been scouring jenny’s rc waiting for the solar flare body to be available for a decent price! It should have been a main release body not a limited time only until the next couple of months its their best color combo to date I’m sure it cost them the same amount to make whatever color i don’t get Traxxas sometimes but until then ill watch you hoon you vomit clown v2 around

no, I'm an idiot and forgot I took off the bumpers/wheelie bar

Only sport/race/training mode and calibration.

@@RazorRC yeah just like my twenty-year-old Rustler!

Yep, that’s Traxxas for you… buy a Hobbywing Max 8 and your problems will be solved!

I was not aware of that.

@@RazorRC 🤣🤣🤣

Triggered😂

that's almost twice the price!

You bring up some good points, and I'm pretty sure I said the same thing in the video. It has great support, I said that. It has top of class durability, I said that. I acknowledged the superior manufacturing in Taiwan. If anything, the only thing we seem to disagree on is the Value, and I don't think any objective person could say this truck has an average or above average value at $570. They just can't. I gave them credit (+1 star from the V1) for keeping the price about the same, but there's no doubt in my mind that Traxxas has a higher profit margin on their cars than anyone else. That's clear as day to anyone who buys other brands. If you like paying extra for all the lawyers, marketing, funny car racing, etc. that Traxxas spends millions on great, but it does absolutely nothing for the consumer. It only helps Traxxas profit even more than they already do.

well, every manufacturer does the same thing, so...???

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