Mauri3205

My only concern is buying a wheel/tyre set and then realise they have stopped selling tyres separately because that’s what I see on the Proline website. If not for that I’m itching for the Trencher X and OG Badlands (I think MX Badlands may be too heavy).

Over the years I had my fair share of issues: countless stripped rear push rods, bent rear toe link, a number of broken rear shock caps, bent front rocker among others. Absolute majority were in the early days, toe link was 5 minutes into the first run with my son. I was still figuring out the controls and reversed full throttle into a bench 😱. Over the past year however aside from shock caps every now and then it has been taking the abuse like a champ. Incidentally the motor and ESC held up well, no issues there but I did preemptively change the servo to a single Savox 1231SG which has also been great. As it is today I would strongly recommend it although it needs some upgrades to really get going on top of those mentioned above. As a complete newcomer to the hobby at the time I should have probably gone for a smaller and simpler car like the Rustler 4x4 VXL but now I love it to bits.

So are there any alternatives to consider? I have come across Duratrax and don’t know which to choose, any other brands?

I have been looking recently at upgrading the stock Talon EXT on the E-Revo 2.0 to Trencher X or the Badlands but noticed that replacement 3.8 tires are all marked as discontinued on the PL website and general stock availability on Modelsport and Wheelspin is not great. Have I missed some announcement about cutting Traxxas support or is this a sign they are refreshing the range? In the meantime any other recommendations out there similar to the Badlands and Trenchers?

I know I’m late to the party here but thought I would throw my thoughts on the E-Revo 2.0 Got it Christmas 2018 and it was my first RC. While I loved everything about it it did feel like it was breaking every time I take it out. The main culprits were the rear push rods (part 8618) and they used to strip multiple times every session. Throughout I was following Guns’ posts and actually agree with his assessment. Eventually I cooled off on the car and left it unused for a few months. April 2020 I realised new beefier push rods were released (part 8619) and bought some. It has completely transformed the car. Not a single stripped push rod in one year. Sure I have had broken parts but that was more my bad driving. One was around 17 cartwheels immediately after explaining to my son how he should drive it to avoid cartwheeling and breaking it... You may have already bought the Arrma but certainly the E-Revo deserves consideration now for all others out there. It is a blast to play with!