Traxxas Stampede 4x4 V2 BL-2S Brushless - Best starter 4x4 Monster Truck? 

This power system isn’t intended to replace the VXL. It’s to replace the brushed system which it is leaps and bounds ahead of. This is a beefy truck with semi low power, it’ll last and be fun

i like mine alot yeah the electronics aren't the best but its better then brushed.i have already ran about 10 packs in the backyard/bash spots i got a smile on my face, its def my leave in the truck rc. if the slash i bought had a brushless system when i first got into the hobby i probably would have kept it. thanks for the reviews!

Great job as always. It's so easy to listen to your honest commentary. Personally I only have 2s and 3s RC's. I have never had the opportunity to drive anything above 3s but for me I can hardly stand to run 2s because it's just not enough power for really having fun off jumps. You made it look good because you are a very skilled driver. 👍

Nice over view of the truck and run at the end. Always enjoy your videos. I will agree with others it’s a bit pricy for what it is. However, I do really like this truck. I like the upgraded plastic parts with their extreme duty parts I find they do hold out well. I’m thinking of getting one of these to bash around in the yard with during our long winters ☃️🇨🇦. It’s got the extreme duty parts for cold weather bashing and I won’t feel too bad about getting the truck full of snow compared to one of my 1/8 rigs 😂. The 2S system probably is plenty for my smaller yard also, my 3S rustler is over kill. Later I might throw my 3s system from my rustler 4x4 in it and sell the rustler as a roller I’m not sure or upgrade the rustlers system and keep both.

Tell you what, I got into RC a few years ago (during the pandemic, like many others) and my first car was a brushed Rustler 4x4. These 2S brushless re-releases are really cool for new folks, particularly with the EHD upgrades. The most common breakages I had once upgrading to the VXL-3S were hubs, arms, shock towers, and driveshafts and it seems like they are the central focus of the upgrades. If I had just gone with these things out of the gate (granted they didn't exist yet) I would have spent a lot less money replacing parts. So overall it's pretty cool. Nice review Razor!

Interesting! Glad to see the improvement. I guess gear it up and see if it can take it 👍

maaan, if they would have stuck the HOSS with a max 2S ESC, mine "might" still be alive today. great overview as always.

cool rc and review,awesome run

He totally forgot the reason for this release....for those new to RC!!! And for that purpose, it is over the Moon!!!

I work in a rock pit and in less than a half pack I brought the truck back to check temps and rocks and sand made it into the motor and bound it up went home knocked them out as the bl2s motor is unserviceable and taped up the holes and added a fan to it no issues since

My first rc in 2010 was a stampede and it hooked me good,about 50 rtr and dozens of kits and thousands of dollars later I'm still looking for the ultimate RC!?

Congratulations on getting the scoop on everyone. It looks like another solid vehicle from Traxxas.

So far its not a replacement for the 4x4 vxl but rather the 4x4 brushed version. But i think the 4x4 vxl will be treated with the same body and HD suspensions parts in the future. The 4x4 brushed was alwys extremely underpowered and pushing the 12turn Titan motor way over its limit , resulting in cooked motors pretty fast.

Traxxas tough to be long lasting pretty fast and fun, not intended for the same buyer as the 3S granite more intended for the brushed four-wheel-drive buyer/first real rc. When you compare it to the boost series crushes those because of the hoss drive train. I'm really excited about the two wheel version of this truck and I'm going to buy one and that's gonna be the truck I'll lend to people, not too fast not too expensive and tough

Any advice on inexpensive shock upgrades? I know there are some generic brand on Amazon and Ebay, all aluminum. I got a set for my losi scbe a couple years ago and they're pretty good. Better than stock, but some minor consistency issues. And really inexpensive. As opposed to Proline, which is like $75 for only a pair.

Great beast💪👌😉

Now they need to go ahead and give the hoss aluminum color matched GT shocks, HD kit (color matched) and the 2080r grey metal gear servo. Basically mini maxx it.

Ive got vxl's. These are great if you dont have the space for a vxl run

Nice passt das neue Chassis in den alten V1 Stampede.

Center driveshaft is plastic just like the old brushed Stampede, the old brushed Stampede also had fixed camber links.

Why would they put stronger parts on this than the Hoss?

Lol 😆 thats a nice new Hoss i mean Stampede 4x4

This guy is focusing too much on what he thinks the truck should be and not on what it is. A replacement for the old Stampede 4x4 brushed version. It was a weird play by Traxxas to cannibalize their own product by making a Stampede 4x4 using the Hoss, but I own a Hoss, and it’s a fun truck, so this new vehicle should be good for beginners. It should have been called ‘Hoss 4x4 brushless’ though. It’s a little expensive for a 2s brushless truck, which I think is mainly due to the fact that it has the Extreme HD upgrade kit, all the parts for which are more expensive than the regular ones. It’s definitely a better deal than the old brushed 4x4’s, which were $350 if I remember correctly. Performance wise, it does look like it would benefit from more speed. Mark Santa Maria has reviewed this system, and said that it runs cool enough that you can easily gear it up several teeth, so you should maybe do that and see how the system handles it.

As a Hoss owner, the new Stampede annoys me…

I like the HD parts but the 2S BL system seems underwhelming for this truck. For the Slash it looks okay but this needs more.

Truck looks awesome! But doesn’t have the speed to backup those awesome looks… need a vxl version or at least a little more power.

Great review. I agree it’s too slow. I think traxxas said the main reason for the change to brushless was to increase run time, not performance. They want to keep it slow so you will spend money and buy a vxl 3s combo.

the magic of that electronic combo is that you can gear it up much more than a 3s or brushed 2s

Despite you all hating the new Stampede name and thinking it should be a Hoss BL-2S, I think the name 🤟HOSS 🤟 has foreshadowed the Stampede 4x4. And I like the Stampede name WAY better for 2 reasons. 1. It has a the same exact chassis but it has been changed and remodeled. 2. The layout is exactly the same as the older version. So that might be the reason why I like to call it a Stampede rather than the Hoss.

Подскажите, стоит ли TSM система?

I’ll wait for an “ultimate” version with vxl and HD parts.

Absolutely not worth $330 USD. Not when the Rival MT10 and Granite 3S exist. BL-2S lineup is definitely a disappointment. Should have been $280 maximum. Good trucks, I still want one, probably the Rustler, but $330 is quite excessive for what you get

Cool

I think traxxas did a good job of revamping the stamped. Its a lower price option for beginners and kids.

BABY HOSS 😂😂

The new Stampede looks a bit better than the old one, I do not think that I will go out of my way to acquire a vehicle with that BL-2S setup.

they are the rustler 4x4 vxl optional sledgehammers first sledgehammers were for the rustler vxl 4x4. then the hoss come out with them then they made a maxx v2 with them and they just started throwing them onto everything… kinda sad ngl bc i paid 80 bucks total for the four tires for the rustler just for them to become a stock part lol

Looks like a brushless system that goes right in the garbage when it comes time to upgrade...not worth saving for some future project. Only upside, perhaps it will outlast the brushed motors in the previous entry-level version if you have a child that runs this frequently. Anyone else would get bored of the setup pretty quickly. At this price point I would take a Granite 3S BLX or Rival MT10. Maybe you can salvage it if it can take more gearing or perhaps a 3S ESC. Chassis with the HD components looks good though.

Can i get this clipless body cage for my stampede 4x4 vxl?

id just throw me a 3s esc in it and call it a day lol motor either takes it or it can cook

🐢power

the old vxl is better from factory. but the new one could be good with a ez run hobby wing max 10 setup

old stampede has shock guards still😂

Damn Traxxas. They should have released this instead of the Hoss?

I think it's long over due that Traxxas starts giving us some new radios so sick of that boring radio it comes with

Best starter is Stampede 4x4 kit. That's all.

Gorgon with 2s and us likely still under the 329$ msrp of the hosspede

The 2075 is not an entry level servo. It is used mostly in the VXLs. The 2056 is typically the entry level servo as it comes with most XL5s.

I really don't see the appeal behind these new BL-2s systems. These don't go much faster than the older brushed systems. You can't even hook up a different speed controller to the motor because of the quick-connect system, which I see really as more of an attempt to make the system only work with it's complementary electronics rather than allow for ease of use. Nobody frequently disconnects their motor wires to the point where it needed to be reinvented. And these are expensive. Trucks at this price point are running on 3s. The brushed 12T may have been underpowered for many of the 4x4 beginner models, but $330 is asking too much. It's effectively a 2s-only hoss, which is somehow still overpriced. You could gear it up by a good amount considering it's conservative stock gearing and all the venting, but it's not hitting 50 like the competition is.

Traxxas should've put the BL-2S system in their 2WD lineup to replace the XL-5 and kept the price the same, now that would've shaken up the industry. Instead they took the greedy way out, $330 for a 2S 4x4 is way too slow and expensive.

doesn't look any more powerful than my XL5 Stampede 4x4 Kit with it's stock components, gearing and a 2S Lipo was. At that pricetag it's a little disappointing tbh. I'm sure it's not a bad truck but i would have expected a bit more :/

No that chassis is taken from the rustler

So its just a "budget hoss".

Gorgon is still better. Just get 3 and tape em together.

Arrma still are crushing the comp

The stampede has been around forever. One of traxxas’s oldest models. But this really disappoints me. It just looks like a Hoss. Come on traxxas. It’s time for some new original designs. Constantly trying to reinvent the same old models gets a little boring. I love traxxas and have owned mostly traxxas my entire RC hobby life. Mostly nitro back in the day. But recently I have gotten into the electric cars. But at least other companies like Arrma are coming out with new fresh cars and trucks like the Gorgon. Let’s go traxxas give us something new and original already! 😂😂

Meh

This isnt all new. Its a slower hoss. Thags all.

Its a cheater motor, not a 3650, but a 3640 or sorter. Just so people cant stand this truck stock and can be milked for combo setup

Traxxas is a mediocre at best company who likes to steal innovations while simultaneously patenting what others invented. So far, Traxxas has sued Losi, Hobbico, HPI, Redcat, ARRMA, Maclan, Skulldugery, and probably more. This bully known as Traxxas has patented designs that they not only didn't invent, but have been used for years in the industry. The worst part? While Traxxas was suing for simple things like rubber o rings, double servos, or lay down shocks, Traxxas was stealing things like complete car design by TheJang's Chimera A (including the color scheme) and relabeling it a Telluride. Traxxas is a Texas lawyer with some cheap plastic products to sell you in order to kill the market with RTR's like they did HPI. They REALLY put the ASS in TraxxASS

Arrma Gorgon looks better than this. At least it is 3s capable.

Honestly, you really need to be a big Traxxas fanboy, to choose this over a Granite 3S. Same price, with twice the speed and power with matching durability (mine has been through hell and broke only minor parts). For your money, this just isnt there. Bigtime pass.

Sounds terrible

The hd parts arent new. You honestly dont have an idea what youre talking about and youre just wasting peoples times

' no thank... not like traxxas 4x4 stampede... my home made traxxas stampede with 6 wheels.... wow much better

Traxxas is a scum company. Even tomley RC agrees. I'll never support such a spiteful company. This hobby would be larger if it wasn't for TrASSas