WHY does EVERYONE Hate TRAXXAS? 

I say: Buy whatever brand makes YOU the happiest. I own several of each brand: Arrma, Traxxas, Redcat, Tamiya, & Kyosho to name a few, and I even own some ZD Racing RCs; ALL of them put miles of smiles on my face for different reasons and I love, break, and repair all my cars. They ALL make great cars, and they ALL make some junk vehicles. Go with whatever YOU can afford and makes YOU happy, but don't listen to the haters. All of that said.... When you're the big boy at the top, everyone tries to knock you down to be the new king.

The problem is people feel like they have to pick a side or team, they all have good and bad models. Good and bad aspects from all brands. Just buy what makes you happy and you like 👍

"if i had a dolor every time a traxxas servo broke i would have enough money to fix my arrmas" how to provoke two different fanboys at once

"Just shove your doodle into the dingus, press the button and go! " Pure gold 🤣🤣

My problem with Traxxas is the whole thing about the lawsuits against other brands like HPI and Arrma. They were just trying to bankrupt their competitors rather than just making better products and becoming the top brand in a fair way. They are just big bullies in the industry and I won't buy their products for that reason. Having said that I do still have a Slash that I bought before I knew what they were like but it's had so many mods that it's only about 30% Traxxas now anyway!

Started in my late 40's in the hobby and was directed to a 2wd Slash and never regretted it. Pretty rugged and fairly customizable and upgradable easily. I have a TA RC10B4.2 and have put some Traxxas parts on it because I like them better than the TA parts. IDK I like being able to get parts easily and are available. Plus not knowing much from the get go it was very user friendly and I changed the electronics to a more universal as I went along

I totally agree with you on almost all these points. The Nero story is important to the industry. We were all robbed on that one

33 years in the hobby. Wrote for a major publication, hosted multiple events, ran a hobby shop owned nearly every single brand out there. I've seen and watched the evolution of traxxas since the fiero and trx10 bullet. I've raced competitive with the blue Eagle ls2, the trx 1, and srt. I've raced a slash, I've beat the daylights out of nearly every single model. Availability of parts is a huge attraction, as is the 30 model memory with the tqi. There's good and bad in everything, in every hobby. Traxxas outweighs the bad with good by a huge margin. Huge.

I'd say a big reason people dislike Traxxas is them suing other RC companies like HPI and arrma (particularly when it's over patents that shouldn't have been granted to traxxas in the first place). It became obvious that traxxas didn't want to compete but instead use their size to muscle the competition out of the room. If you've been in the hobby for a while you can see the results of their actions by the lack of brand diversity you see at your local hobby shop, and compare it to how it was around 10 years ago. And in some cases it's directly impacted people who own cars made by the companies who got sued. I mean, I'm not going to say that the reason I can't easily get parts for my HPI car is all traxxas fault (HPI had their own issues before then), but they sure didn't help.

Most of my fleet is Traxxas and I've gotten used to the hate that's out here haha. I've had a few Arrma vehicles (3s Granite, 3s Typhon, 3s Vorteks and TLR Tuned Typhon) and most of that experience hasn't been great. What I appreciate the most about Traxxas is something you already mentioned and it's the parts support. Also, as you mentioned, I'm not one who is big into tinkering so my vehicles are going to stay mostly stock. Proprietary electronics do piss me off a bit though lol

I tend to agree with most everything said, but...... I have had zero luck with traxxas brushless systems, several cars that overheat within minutes. I've tried running 2s instead of 3s, didn't help. Fans didn't help. All of my traxxas cars have hobbywing electronics now.

I’ve been wanting a slash for the longest time, I finally got one. Yeah there’s the senton and other trucks but the slash was the first I saw. And I love it. I’m very happy I got it, and I see there’s a lot of aftermarket parts so that’s a big part of why I wanted it. I do agree about the batteries, I haven’t upgraded the battery yet because I know when I go brushless im gonna use a different connector. Also (at least with my car) the charger that was included was a 12v car plug which I still think is odd. Thankfully my friend gave me a stampede along with a aftermarket house plug charger

Love my xmaxx, love my limitless, love my udr, love my Lmt sod, love my kraton,outcast,notorious. Absolutely love my infraction and felony. And my 1/10 touring racer.About to get the sledge. So yeh I don’t care what it is as long as I can have fun with it.

Great video. I only have traxxas but only been in hobby for 3 years. I am currently saving for an Infraction. Ive seen pros and cons on all brands. Just like ford and chevy. Just get what makes you happy. Great video. 👊👊

For me a beginner in the RC i bought a Hoss. It was used by a young 14yo kid. Never maintained. I expected it to have issues but kinda wanted it to, so I could learn to wrench on it. It's been over a year now and I've been able to upgrade and replace everything that needed to be to keep the truck running smooth. Although I understand the hate for the "brand" it seems to be a good truck. Reliable, fun, and tuff. Buy what makes you smile. Great vid.

In my experience the Slash has been the most fun car I have had. I've raced an RC10 and Ultima and owned a dozen other models, but the Slash is the most fun and most versatile...and parts support is FAR better than any other brand !!.. including the aftermarket. True, they really aren't for racing, except spec racing -- like Slash spec racing, which is a ball - but for everything else they are great.

When I was a kid, I watched traxxas videos and dreamed about an rc car. As soon as I turned 10, my parents bought me an hpi bullet flux. I think I’ve never been so happy, it was beautiful, and fast. Sadly, it was not as durable as what I thought. I think that during the 10 years I’ve owned it, it went through 10 diffs, and the same amount of a arms… As a teen, I barely had no money to fix these things, and parts were so hard to find and expensive. 2 years ago, for my 18th birthday, I bought myself a slash ultimate while visiting Texas with my parents. The difference with the hpi Just shocked me, being able to find cheap parts anywhere, being stronger than the hpi with metal parts and not having disposable diffs… for me traxxas is the perfect balance of performance and durability, and when you compare what you spend in spare parts in other brands, the price is not that high, but that’s just from my point of view.

The parts supply is what draws me to traxxas I have a hpi baja 5b that has absolutely pissed me off that the company has gone down hill and I have a $2000 rc I can't use because of parts supply issuse and now only can pay huge retail for parts because of there rarity so Im going back to traxxas

There is just one thing i dont like about traxxas. Their mediocre quality at the same time expensive electronics, with stupid connectors. Other than that, i love what they do.

Great video, I love my Traxxas Aton drones. The electronic parts for it seems non existent. Traxxas no longer carries the motherboards, GPS modules, etc..

When did they bring out the high low transmission?

Man is a closet magic player

If traxxas was a bit more “affordable” they would get so much less hate. I’m an old school tamiya and kyosho guy but traxxas has always had a place in my heart since my first revo. Traxxas makes some awesome vehicles especially for people that want an RTR thats fairly reliable easy to use and has many aftermarket parts

I remember Mike in Garland Tx. (DFW) back during the '80s. It was a slot car raceway and r/c was really making steam...Traxxas really took off and slots took a back seat at the time..What fun!!

I’ve been in and out of the hobby since 1984 and it will always have a place in my heart even if I just assemble and tinker with them nowadays. To me Traxxas was always the brand that tried to get more kids interested in the rc hobby by having vehicles available already assembled. I’ve always assembled kits and painted lexan bodies so to me anything else would have been more for the youngish market. In Southern California there was a hobby model franchise chain called Hobby Shack and that’s when I had the chance to see Traxxas rc buggies and trucks in person. It was fully assembled so that intrigued me. Upon further inspection it looked more toy grade to me. I never had any experience with them but I acknowledge companies like Traxxas for getting kids more involved In the hobby.

i dont like how exclusive they try to be, like how their wheels have the little spokes on the hexes so they only fit on traxxas hexes, or their connectors, but worst of all how much of a bully they are in the legal world. they will sue anyone just because they have the money to

Yep. You nailed it. 💯 I've spent many moons pondering such thoughts, grasping for the truth of questions i havent yet obtained answers to. You have relieved me of this mental anguish. 😌 keep up the good work guys 👏

Bought a 2nd hand Traxxas Slash for my son to learn to race. In our second year of racing with myself racing the adult class using the same truck, Its had some mods since I got it and a gradual rebuild front to rear over the time. Best fun we have together and it doesn't matter what brand car you have, they all look the same on their roof.

Traxxas plastics are second to none, they have modern chassis design in the x-maxx and maxx that are well beyond anything else on the market and their parts are cheap compared to others. However their electronics are pretty tame and not up to scratch even if they are pretty feature rich. And over here in the UK their warranty is junk, it is often 'voided' for abitrary reasons and is sketchy at best when concerning UK consumer rights, oh and proprietary shit. Its a nightmare and costly to buy out of the 'walled garden' if you arent happy with it. You've hit on 99% of this and Im impressed, its hard not to see a little bias in most of these types of videos and I think you've done a good job at being fair

Very well said! I have 9 RC cars/trucks right now and 3 of them are Traxxas. But over the past 25 years I've had quite a few Traxxas vehicles, electric and nitro and I enjoyed all of them!

Everyone doesn't hate Traxxas. They may in your world but their numbers tell another story so..............................

Traxxas has been very durable for my two daughters. They have driven their Stampedes for years and never really broke anything until my oldest ran right into a concrete wall. Broke a A-arm and bent a shock shaft. Other than that very durable. I think they are very well made and always have great parts support.

I own a few vehicles from Traxxas. Most of them are currently dismantled in my workshop as I haven’t got around to fixing them yet, and currently im looking for a job so I can fix them, currently the pride of my collection is my Kyosho USA 1 that is borrowing my tmaxx body.

I've been in this hobby for the last 30 years. I have almost 300 cars in my collection, of almost every single brand but not a single Traxxas. Why? My TRX4 electronics went out the first week, my UDR gave me plenty of problems with the axles the gears and the arms, my Slash broke something every single time I used it and almost the same with the rest of the Traxxas cars I had, So I decided to forget about the brand, especially after the rude and discourteous treatment by the customer service, who also treated me like a fool. I don't hate Traxxas, but I can't stand their business model, their lies and their way of stealing money. Super cheap and bad electronics, plastics, old designs and how they're trying to kill smaller but much better brands are not for me.

I generally have a pretty simple view of Traxxas. I think they make good product. I hate their proprietary electronics and I think they're a little over-priced. But that marketing budget isn't going to pay for itself. But they do have a lot of 1st and they do make good product so at leas there's that. And no matter what we think of Traxxas, the RC hobby certainly wouldn't be where it is today without them so it's a good thing they're around just like other good RC brands out there. A rising tide lifts all boats.

I always felt like Traxxas is an amazing brand to get people into the hobby, then they can go from there and try and buy other brands .

As an avid electronics worker, the properietarity of it all is frown worthy. Personally, I rewired and re-soldered most of the connections on my decade old stampede so I could run my own custom electronics in it. The Traxxas Titan 12t is the pinnacle of planned obsolescence . It’s just an RS-550S with worse thermal properties (so that it wears out faster) and is extremely inefficient.

Dude, Traxxas has earned their reputation as one of the best companies in RC! Let's be honest there are plenty of things to be critical about but nice to see you present "the other side of the coin". I think the biggest criticism of Traxxas though is their Corporate policies, especially their 'litigious tendencies' (they like to sue people 🙄). Protecting your intellectual property is one thing but these guys are ridiculous. I have to say though, this criticism that the Sledge is a clone of the Kraton is total bullshit! The Truggy design has been around for years so, if the Sledge is guilty of copyright infringements, then so is just about every 1/8 scale truggy. I mean, there is only so much you can do with this design. And the differences between the two is enough that saying the Traxxas is a clone is just not true (trying to be nice here, lol). Great video, loved your take on all things Traxxas 👍

I have a mix of RC's and I gotta say that the Xmaxx is my favorite basher, haven't broken anything in over a year of running.

Out of the 14 cars that I have, 9 are Traxxas. I haven't had any problems with durability with my Traxxas cars. If I need a part, my LHS has it in stock. Parts availability is probably the number one reason why I stick with Traxxas.

I raced Team Associated RC10T & Team Car Graphite back in the early 90's when I ran them in 2010 or so parts were unavailable so i was afraid of going thru my stock of parts and i did my research and bought a Stampede to bash on and never looked backwards. I have a Slash 4x4 Ultimate, 2 Stampedes, Highly Modified TRX-4 Blazer and a LOSI LMT and that breaks the most.

I have a Traxxas Slash 2wd, first gen EMaxx, and a Revo that I converted to brushless and I've had absolutely no issues with sudden parts failures like I've been reading about from other people. I love their parts support, their ease of maintenance, and compatibility amongst the models is legendary. My only 2 gripes are I wish they come with better tires that won't lose traction if you're running a good brushless system and for God's sake please get rid of those terrible progressive rate springs!

Traxxas started out with copying other brands and are now the biggest patent trolls on the block. They literally patent stuff that wouldnt hold up in court, simply to use it as ammo to attack other companies and if said company cant survive the cease and resist, its over for them. They killed off Hobbico, HPI and Maclan Racing and even tried going after HBO Max.

once you've been in the hobby long enough to know every company has their pros and cons you understand it's a childish mindset to have brand loyalty but i will say i have been really disappointed with my XMAXX. i bought it brand new because i didn't want to risk buying secondhand and having to replace anything right away. the first month of ownership i've warrantied the ESC and motor, and have had to replace the servo because of how awful the stock one is. my stock wheels blew apart as well. i am happy traxxas has one of the best warranties in the industry with about a week turnaround on parts but it's embarrassing to admit all the problems i've had on a thousand dollar truck. meanwhile my kraton 8s only breaks parts when i jump the shit out of it, electronics have been nothing but solid and i've got twice the runtime as the XMAXX in half the time. i was surprised at the stock settings on the kraton 8s though, you have to dial the punch and motor timing up to feel like you got your money's worth, and they don't even set the servo to 8.4v out of the box even though it can do it. very odd.

Can't hate on Traxxas, bought one of their cars and that got me into the hobby, before I sold it. Now I own a used Erevo 2.0 that I just fixed, a Tekno MT410 and an Asuga XLR.

I've lived an RC life for more than 40 years and I only have 1 Traxxas...but it would be the one truck I grabbed in a fire...TRX-6...so much fun trailing for miles and then a really competent crawler.

Hating on stuff is what i did when I was a 10 - 12 year kid. Some people grow out of it early, some people just never grow out of it. I tend to stay away from those who are so loyal to a brand and hate on another for no reason other than they got on that same sinking ship. They tend to be a bunch of narcissists too. From my experience, they don't just act this way with RC cars. It's everything in life. Heaven forbid you to bring up politics with those people you won't make back home alive, lol. Subscribed. Great video. O'doyle rules!

It's a brand loyalty thing where everybody feels like they need to pick a side and always hate the other guys. It's the same thing we see with full size vehicles, Ford vs GM vs Mopar. The inflated prices, proprietary hardware are pretty bad though. This hobby is new for me, so I do appreciate how easy it is for me to replace parts on my TRX4 and Rustler 4x4 VXL. But I do think I will eventually branch out to Arma and some of the others. Even thinking about Axial for a small crawler. Respect to those that build theirs from scratch, but that's not for me.

Mind you im talking from australia. Im no traxxas fanboy, but the biggest reason i have 2 is mainly parts availability. Unlike say a kyosho or losi, associated whetever, traxxas bits are easy to get. Plus theres a massive and available aftermarket. So my slash 4x4 i keep pretty stock, but my maxx, well thats had all the suspensions, telemetrys and runs 6s power and breakage is frequent. It tops out at 145kmh (90mph) on the gps and understandibly if you stack it at a high rate of knots things break. But parts are easy and comparably cheap to get and replace.

I own 100% Traxxas and could care less what anyone has to say about it. I'm new to the RC Hobby and watched about every RC video on YT for 6-7 years before making my choice. Traxxas was the clear winner in all categories in my opinion and that was that! I own a Slash Ultimate, Maxx V2 and a Defender and have been 110% satisfied with all of them from day one. I'm just trying to spend my money wisely and get the most out of every dollar that I spend. I believe that Traxxas has absolutely provided that!

I got a free 2wd slash and so far I got like 200 bucks in parts in it lol. I'm an arrma guy, so i think arrma is definitely easier to work on. Its not a bad vehicle, it's just a different learning curve. Defintely more frustrating so far haha. Currently trying to get the brushless motor I stuck in it to run cooler.

New to the hobby and experiencing everything you descrive... my local shop carries Traxxas but clearly prefer Armma...and pretty much anything else. I appreciate this video. You earned a sub.

There are many low priced lipos with trx connectors on places like amazon that work great with the stock electronics. I've never understood that complaint.

Company policies are made by lawyers and products are made by engineers and the 2 of them never interact with each other. All companies have bad policies that have nothing to do with their products. I love traxxas chassis but I usually use pro line shocks and hobby wing electronics, it has nothing to do with any lawsuit just what I have found to work best for me in the ballance of cost/reliability.

Biggest pet peeve with any VXL 2wd model is how week the slipper shaft pin is, I have snapped more then I can count on two hands, does anyone else have this same problem? It doesn’t matter if my slipper clutch is loose or tight, eventually, after running my slash 2wd long enough, I shear off that stupid pin inside the transmission casing causing me to have to take the whole transmission out of the car and replace the shaft with a new one

Not a big traxxas fan, but I did use the new maxx slash chassis and an HPI XL body to make a long wheel base, LCG maxx that is pretty out of control on 6S.

My bandit vxl runs exclusively on $20 M12 Milwaukee drill batteries. It runs roughly the same speed as when it's on my buddy's lipo, if not faster. Battery gets hot, but it's a $20 battery. I've been using them for less than a year so I cannot speak for longevity, but they give me a decent run time. I just cut the cable from my old battery, crimped some simple connectors on it, and stuck them into the M12. The 12v is a little high for the speed controller, but I have not noticed any issues. I originally tried a 18v ryobi with a voltage step down buck converter, and it worked, but was not getting the speeds I wanted.

so i guess you are from houston based on the store in the video. I just got into this hobby. I am enjoying your content.

I have a smaller Traxxas Slash 1/16, and my 5 year old & friends is bashing the shit out of it, and stuff breaks when he smashes into things, and when tiny gravel finds it way into every little crack in the chassis. So I bought this Traxxas because of the availability of parts, the flexibility of its plastic, the possibility of dual batteries (for longer runtimes), the "training mode" (50% speed) on the ESC, and the easy-to-use batteries and chargers (even a 5 year old can handle it without messing things up). So... my question is, are there any similar (or better) alternatives to Traxxas for smaller kids, 5+ years old?

I have been mostly a Traxxas guy for almost 3 Years total and most of my vehicles are Traxxas but i will be trying Arrma soon. The gripes i have are most of they're models are designed from stock to use they're expensive batteries and chargers and a few of their models like XO-1 which i have one the stock esc has proprietary programing in the esc to use with stock radio system. I'm glad i bought my XO-1 as a roller so don't have to deal with the proprietary electronics and i get to pick my own. and they're are many more gripes i have with Traxxas nut i like them the most so far but thanks for the video.

This video actually just inspired me to fix my trx4 that's been sitting for months... and now it's fixed love Traxxas!!!

I picked up my rustler vxl 2wd for dirt cheap on a private sale. I love it. Fast, durable and easy to upgrade. Hangs out with my friends who drive cars all over the map. All makes and scales.

(Make sure you read the last sentence) This was a video definitely needed to be made. I like Traxxas vehicles especially the TRX 4 and my all-time favorite RC car at the X-maxx but I am not the biggest fan of the company because of what they’ve done small RU-vidrs that had did comparison to their vehicles and companies who make similar looking and designed vehicles. If this was the case with DJI they would’ve went after so many people and so many companies it wouldn’t of been funny. Whenever you talk about a vehicle or trash talk about it make sure that you refer to your vehicle and not the company therefore the company doesn’t have a leg to stand on to come after you because you wasn’t referring to them you were referring to your own vehicle. It’s your vehicle you can do whatever you wanna do and say whatever you wanna say about it.

I ain’t even going to lie the start of this video made me want to return my car lol glad I watched the whole video great content bro new to the hobby and enjoyed the knowledge

As someone who's just getting into the hobby, ARRMA and Traxxas are 2 most popular, Losi and TA seem to be the underrated brands. I don't own any big brand RCs yet, but from what I'm seeing, ARRMA is the way to go for the most part. Most of what ARRMA makes as of right now seem like 5 star products overall, however, I don't see a lot of great Traxxas cars (electric) other than the Slash Ultimate, E-REVO 2.0, Maxx 2.0, XMAXX, XRT, and MAYBE the Sledge (Sledge has horrible motor mounting system and gearbox design). But other than those, most of their electric stuff seems like garbage. But I can't say the same about what I see from ARRMA and Losi. Am I wrong? I'm new, but I've done tons and tons of research on most electric RCs as of 2023. And these were my findings, and my unbiased observation. Don't get me wrong, Horizon Hobby stuff with Spektrum servos being shotty, ARRMA/Losi definitely isn't perfect, but seem much superior with most of their cars. (Electric stuff, I'm not interested in gas/nitro, so I haven't done that research) Edit: I don't plan on being brand religious. I believe if it's a good car, it's a good car. And even if it's not great, if it's the one that suits what you want it for and you love it, it's the best. For me, I'm looking into the ARRMA 3S Senton because it suits my location/terrain, looks awesome, and from what I've heard in my research, is one of the easiest to work on, most durable, and reliable cars on the market. But hey, maybe you'd prefer the Big Rock, Vorteks, maybe a Kraton, or hell, Traxxas Slash or something. It depends completely on your driving style, driving terrain, and environment. All I know, is that the ARRMA Senton seems to be the best for my wants and needs, so that's what I'm going to get over a Traxxas Slash or TA SC10, or Losi Tenacity. (And yeah, I like short course trucks lol. They are just so cool to watch in the dirt!)

I've never had a traxxas, started out in the A's and never left , Axial "s and Arma's for me

Like I don’t know the in and outs of different manufacturers doing the same style truck, buggy or drifter… All I know is my traxxas slash is a freaking beast. I have put that truck through so much crap and keeps on ticking! My arrma senton, my losi Baja Rey, have a special place too, but my slash was my first. I learned wat not to do really quick, and the only thing I have ever replaced was a shock…total beast mode!

I like using the traxxas because I am completely aware of my own inattentiveness. I don't have to remember what battery needs what voltage and what time, I can just plug it in and go.

I own a Traxxas Slash 4x4, it's had a few parts broken, but I love it, love the experience, and love how easy it is to use. Good talk, yep, pretty much Apple in an rc car.

I like the idea of built in balance plug but just wish it isn’t proprietary.

I love my traxxas cars and trucks the upgrades are awesome everything that broke was my fault i own 4 cars by traxxas keep up the good work traxxas

I have an original Tmaxx and it's still running. I did replace some parts but minor.

I think if you have plenty of cash to spare and you live in the US then yeah, Traxxas is the brand to own. However, not all of us have the ability to throw endless amounts of money into the hobby, and not all of us live in the US. I picked a Traxxas MAXX as my first RC and that got me into the hobby, no regrets, it's a great RC, super durable, sort of.... Pretty quickly the ESC died, shortly after the servo died, after having installed a proper servo then the servo saver died, and the list goes on. So before I knew it I was in the endless upgrade spiral. Not a terrible thing at that time for me as it sped up my learning curve as I was getting into the hobby, but I was very organised and keep a record of all my upgrading and spending and I'm not even going to mention how much money I've put into my MAXX. That's when I realised I had to experiment with other brands, so I tried the cheapest I could get, a Wltoys 124017 and boy that thing blew my mind. I mean it was an eye opener, for that price what you get is actually pretty decent, parts are super cheap and it's loads of fun. So that plus all the stories about Traxxas' questionable business practices made me decide I wouldn't support them anymore, at least for the foreseeable future. Since then I've gotten a few more Wltoys, ZD Racing and more recently a Team Corally Kronos XTR 2022 which is an insane value for money. I can not justify $800 for a Sledge, when I can get an XTR plus better electronics for considerably less, plus in order to get the Sledge up to XTR standards you have the M2C the hell out of it which is another considerable amount of money on top of everything else.

I have an Axial SMT10 that i built for myself. I bought my wife and son Traxxas trucks. Why? Because I'm not a beginner and they both are. When they break stuff it's always super easy to repair. The proprietary electronics also mean they will never accidently start a fire because Traxxas won't let you charge it the wrong way.

Good video! I don’t own anything Traxxas but that’s mainly because I prefer self assembly to RTR models. From what I see they make some really good gear. The main thing I dislike about Traxxas (and I can see in the comments I’m not alone) is their patent trolling. This is a truly despicable practice and it’s a real shame they feel the need to do this instead of competing on the merits of the company and products. They should ditch the lawyers and stay focussed on making great RC and I’m sure the RC community will reward them for it.

Both my trucks are Traxxas, never had a lot of the issues most say they have other than one had a dead motor, but it's a super old stampede. That being said both are more RPM parts than traxxas parts. The stampede has a Hobby wing Max 10 sct combo, my 2wd slash has a castle copperhead 10 combo in it, and both have aftermarket servos so I could turn the voltage up. And swapped out the receivers for that reason, and to have them both bound to one remote with a screen. But like you said, they're simple to work on, parts are everywhere but online. Here in Canada I find local stores are better than anything online (amazon, ebay etc). And theres tons of info on them, everything is accessible and easy.

This video is what made me subcribe. I cant say I have any experience with anything but Traxxas, but my experience with them is nothing but good. Im able to rebuild a transmission for cheap, without ever doing it before. I never hold back when driveing any of the 3 RCs from Traxxas that I can, then turn around and fix them for $10 at any hobby shop I go too. I cant fault it, and it is what it is. Jeliousy is real Brother!

Its more of spare parts support. After market parts are extensive. Not to many manufacturing companies have the same backup.

The same as Apple vs Android. People will always buy what they like! Bought my first in 2008 (Emaxx) and I was hooked. Also had Losi, Tamiya and HPI.

Honestly, I just bought a new ARRMA Outcast 4S, and decided to do all Spektrum stuff just to make things easier. I’m of an age where I don’t have time to mess around mixing and matching pieces and parts. I can see Traxxas’ value. Busy dads (& moms) don’t have time wait for spare parts to ship cross-country.

Because they suck. They tell you their models are capable of 3s and blah blah blah. But when you put a 3S battery in it, the gears shred, cv axles tear up, a arms start snapping. I have a 4tec that drives like doodoo on ice, shredded 3 spur gears and threw two tires when I put a 3s lipo in it. My Slash 4x4 kept breaking cv axles on lipos... the list goes on. Arrma from here on out.

Traxxas maybe be primarily RTR. However, there is nothing stopping you from building your own Traxxas RC from scratch. They provide detailed exploded diagrams that not only include part numbers but also specs on some of the hardware. I prefer to build it as it allows me to upgrade / customize it and learn the important assembly / disassembly skills needed to fix it quickly.

Growing up basically EVERYBODY that didn't have the Walmart Special, had Traxxas. The only other name i ever heard of was Tamiya, but kids and building complex kits usually doesn't go well. They will always have a place in the market for people who want to get into the hobby, for kids that want something badass, and even for people who want a no fuss basher.

For me it's the perpriatory batteries. Everything I own runs the same type of battery and the same charger. It's silly for that to stop me from getting one of their rcs but here we are. I'd love to get a few as they look awesome and I have tons of money to throw at them, but sadly it will never happen.

Ok, the elephant in the room... Traxxas is a bully in the industry. No, I'm not going to say that their lawsuit against ARRMA was a problem, because the suit itself was technically legitimate. The patent that the suit was about, however, is NOT, as prior art of cantilever suspension exists in the hobby - Schumacher and OFNA both produced models with that form of suspension before Traxxas released the REVO. And no, "they should have patented it when they had the chance" is NOT a valid defense, prior art ALWAYS takes precedence. They've also gone so far as to sue AMAZON over a quadcoper design, one that is very similar to many other designs on the market, and have also attempted to sue the USHRA to get out of their end of a licensing agreement. Additionally, Traxxas imposes percentage-based quotas on their dealers. If the dealer doesn't meet these quotas, they lose their ability to stock or order Traxxas products. And often times the only way to meet those quotas is to actively push Traxxas products over other "competing" brands. This is a highly anti-competitive practice and I'm surprised Traxxas hasn't been taken to court over it as it blatantly violates antitrust law. Traxxas makes some alright models - they're outdated but they serve their purpose and in some cases do it quite well. But the company is a cancer in this hobby. Horizon actually dropped Traxxas in response to numerous issues with them.

I have a 10 y/o 1/16th Slash and it still runs great. In fact, I ran it this very day and had fun with it.

I have a Revo 3.3 had it for 20 years filing converted to Electric with a castle Mamba X 8 s combo run on 6s 70 Topps

The hate comes from the Patents mostly, cuz others companies cant use them................

I have a Traxxas Rustler I bought 9 years ago along with a Summit. I have since bought an X-MAXX, E-Revo and 2 x TRX 4s. Now having blown the diffs in the X-maxx 3 times, Summit 2 x times, E-Revo 2 x propshafts and 2 x esc's. Is this acceptable for such a big name in the RC World or not. I have now gone for the Tamiya platform having 10 x TT02s and some other 10th scale cars, love them more than my Traxxas cars with the exeption of my TRX4's they are the best crawlers out there by far.

I know this is an older video but my experience with Traxxas has been terrible. I had the trx4 defender, XRT and The Sledge. All broke within minutes of using them. Particularly the Sledge and XRT. The XRT blew tires, Servo and The motor first run on 6s. Fixed it. Second run esc blew, replaced with Spektrum until my hobbywing system came in. Literally everything broke on the vehicle. I sank over $3k into the vehicle to get it to be as reliable as my Kraton and it still wasn’t. Sure, parts support up the Yang but, their parts are cheap and break every time ya take it out. Now, my losi or Arrma’s, all I do is clean them Up and go. I hardly ever replace anything. So, reason 1 being they’re Chinese cheap entry level vehicles. Reason 2. They’re trying to monopolize the rc industry with their law suits which is bs. Hence why I call them #Trashass

Got back into rc trucks after a 5 year break and bought new a an xmaxx. Had slashes and nitro slayer in the past. I like traxxas. Parts aren’t too expensive

like you said it's all about having fun, it doesn't matter what you are running, I was hosting a bash session and one guy was embarrassed because we all were running Losi, and other higher end RC and all he had was some Red Cats, I told him it don't matter what he had just run what you brong and have fun, to be honest I had more fun running one of his Red Cats than my Super Baja Rey 2.0.

i agree on most what u said, availability of parts is the best, but here is a few issues the slash is not the best build, plastic drives cant handle upgrade motors or 3s really, even standard the cvds ware out in no time, and metal upgrades cvds don't really hold together , center drive shaft always split or wears quickly, and there over all weight is to heavy, cup and dogs bones last better in most cases, my friend had a T max and every time he use it ,would snap the chassis

i don't think a lot of people hate traxxas, but their RTR vehicles have overall lower quality parts (most of it is plastic) then for example arma or losi has out of the box. they just have a overall bigger market share, so that is why a lot of beginners start with a traxxas. i have 3 traxxas cars (2/3s) that have needed more maintenance then my arrma 6s, that only requires some fresh oil, and a set of wheels every 2/3 months.

Word to the wise... for 500 bucks. The Arrma Typhon 6s...is litterally amazing. Throw betters fans on the esc and motor amd keep the speed gear in it and enjoy. Has yet to break a single part on it. Compared to my erevo 2.0.... that had been broken almost every single run.

Well said. I don't have a problem with their products but their company ethics. I think their success is well deserved due to their ready to run hobby grade products in the late 90's when everyone else was doing kits, it's basically a no brainer for beginers or just people who want the driving experience of an RC without having to build assemble and picking out your owned electrics ect.. And their products are decent quality, maybe not the sharpest tools in the shed but reasonably well built, reliable and as you put it, very beginer friendly to work on and still more durable then Chinese RC that have be coming out in the last 15 years. But yes the lawsuit rubbed me the wrong way especially since they didn't actually invent their paton they were suing over but just where just the first to paion it on an rc vechile. They also flag RU-vid channels for mentioning their product or liking it to another RC that's looks like their product then blatenly copy the company they sued and do the exact same thing they accuse others of doing. Also the proprietary ectectronics is a real dick move, just like Apple

just got into the hobby with a losi mini t 2.0 brushless and i couldnt be happier.

Ya I’ve had arrma and traxxas. My traxxas trucks have held up way better. I broke so many things in my big rock 3s it wasn’t even worth taking out. Proline shocks, tires, hot racing aluminum upgrades. Didn’t matter it was going to break something as soon as I put a 3s in it. I’ve run stampedes harder and still had a running truck long after the big rock would have been dead. Maybe my experience was unique. Now I’m looking at a truck for my son, and wish the arrma didn’t leave such a bad taste, the new boost 4x2 looks really appealing for a truck to grow with my son. May give it another shot

Hi 10th scale garage, I came by this video for fun since i'm mostly a Traxxas guy but i plan to try Arrma and a few other brands someday. And i agree with most of your gripes. And i watched your recent UDR video and left a comment on it as for me i bought a 4 new Traxxas Vehicles. A 4-tec 2.0 Ford GT, A Hoss, An XO-1 Roller and a Sledge.

Traxxas makes great cars. I got 2 slash 4x4s and a slash 2x2. And they are so good. Their brushless motors last forever as long as you don't over power them. The only bad thing i don't like, is their spur gears, always getting chewed up if you don't upgrade to metal ones. Other than that iv'e had nothing but great times and reliable cars. Not to mention, they design them to be easy to work on and maintain. But yes like everyone else likes what brand they like and its about what makes you happy.