Are there any Brushless ESC/Motor Brands to avoid

[Buggy Malone]

Hi guys,

 

I was just wondering if there were any brands of Brushless ESC or ESC-motor combos which you would avoid.

 

Each model shop that I've viewed so far seems to sell a different variety of brands so I'm a bit confused. In most cases there's not much price difference either.

 

Many thanks,

 

Andrew

[Yorkshireman]

Avoid the cheap ones you find on eBay and amazon.....they are cheap for a reason  ! Having said that, I have a goolrc one in a blitzer beetle and not had any problems with it...but maybe I was lucky! If you can afford it go with the hobbywing range, can't go wrong IMO 👍

[Strugglecuddle7]

Rebranded hobby wing systems can be good value for money, Robitronic razer ten systems are good ive got two of them and theyve been faultless'

even after i managed to fill one motor with water just changed the bearings and its been fine since.

 

Reedy,absima also do rebranded hobbywing sytems

[Buggy Malone]

Thanks guys, some good food for thought there.

 

On top of the ones mentioned above, I've seen some shops selling SMD, Beast, Etronix, Castle, HPI, Corally, Sky RC, Core RC plus a few others.

 

I like the idea of the Razer Ten units. They seem well built and good value so I may take a punt on them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Buggy Malone]

9 hours ago, Yorkshireman said:

Avoid the cheap ones you find on eBay and amazon.....they are cheap for a reason  ! Having said that, I have a goolrc one in a blitzer beetle and not had any problems with it...but maybe I was lucky! If you can afford it go with the hobbywing range, can't go wrong IMO 👍

 

Thanks Y,

 

I've read a few forum threads which mention GoolRC but they all seems to be available from China via long postage times.

 

They seem like good bits of kit though.

 

 

[300bhp/ton]

Looks at the specs too. I’d also say for most arc use a sensored setup is far nicer to use than a sensorless one.