Broke after 5 minutes , hobbywings warranty process harassed me trying to force me to just pay a reduced price to replace it instead of sending it in. Will never buy hobbywing again
I just built a second tekno eb48 2.1 to have as a backup buggy. I went with this ESC instead of the xerun plus, mainly because of the price. I finally got to burn a battery pack through it yesterday and I have to say I'm very impressed with it. It's just as fast as the plus and it's smaller. Same size as the older sct esc. Will probably be running these from now on.
I was sad when my Gen2 XR8-Pro died on me and didn't want to change to a different ESC. But when I finally got this new Gen3 XR8-Pro and started installing & using it, I'm glad my Gen2 died(RIP) LOL. Here is why the new XR8-Pro is better:
1.It's smaller
2.It's lighter
3. Battery terminal is now on the opposite side of motor wires to lower board temperature(should have been this way to begin with)
4. Disc brake feature is WiCkEd!
5. More programable features
6. It's cheaper
Cons: Nothing! Buy it!
Hobbywing has been a great experience for me until I hit burnout during the first race of this speed controller. From what I’ve read, it seems like this is a common problem with this speed controller. Many people have reported failure within the first few minutes of use or couple laps
Blew out first race. Lost all power. HW making me go through obstacles for warranty. Making me rethink hw.
Absolute garbage. I've only used it maybe a half-dozen times. I don't crash much, don't have extended runs, and have raced for nearly 30 years. Great price for low-budget entry level racing, but you will be lucky to get a half-season of usage at best.
First one took a broke ina few hours of use, I thought it was a fluke so I ordered a 2nd one an guess wut? That one broke just as fast. I tried to send them to hobbywang but they ask to many question I just said w.e and bought an xr8 plus, sence I replace!
Race with a bunch of HW products and this one has just left me high and dry. After a few big jumps it reduces power and then eventually stops. I've done all the suggestions trying to debug it with no avail. Just spend the extra money and get the XR8 Plus.
Had issues from the start.. I have the Gen2 Plus and it works great. Bought this because of the price. Been trying to send it back to hobbywing. From the get go been getting nothing but push back trying to return.2 weeks after contacting them I'm still waiting for return info. This thing is crap and they better send a new one. I've been R/C racing for over 20 years and never had an issue like this.
Bought this to replace my tekin rx8 gen3 which was out of stock. It works great with my tekin motor 0 issues.
Problem right out of the box. 1 battery through it and was cutting power almost immediately. I have taken multiple videos to show what is doing. Chased several "suspects". Now I'm going to be without an ESC for a few weeks due to Hobbywing's warranty policy and paying out of pocket for their defective product. Had a very similar issue with the G2. Hobbywing acknowledged the problem but never offered a permanent fix, like a replacement unit. I feel like I'm going to be in the same boat again.
Replaced batteries, receivers, sensor wires, motors, recalibrated several times, resoldered with new wiring, tried glitch busters and even changed the servo and nothing resolved it.
Now to wait on Hobbywing. Again.
PS The XR8 Plus was better than any of the new Hobbywing ESCs.
Eff you hobby wing. Mine died after 10 batteries. So it'll cost you $7.50/battery.
I've been out of the hobby for about 8 years. My previous Tekin ESC from years ago just kept working and working. I probably should have just kept that one from 2011.
I didn't know that ESCs are now designed to only last for 10 batteries. Someone should list that in the product description.
I already bought the bluetooth thingy so I guess I'll just keep buying these? They should really sell them in quantity packs since you're going to need 5 or 10 of them.
I'll be adding $7.50 to each night of driving assuming I run 5 batteries.
Total piece of crap. Who make a $150 product that you have to replace ever couple of months?
Works great, have several in my Tekno buggies. No issues so far with any of them
First race was last weekend and the Pro did awesome. Didn’t make no adjustments to the ESC, other than disabling the thermal protection. I was able to TQ and Win 40+Ebuggy
It’s flawless on every level. Hobbywing makes great products. I run esc’s and motors in my cars and trucks
Died in just 3 runs with the same settings as the previous xr8 pro on my GTe
If you don't need 6S and you're racing 1/8th ebuggy, etruggy or SCT this is your ESC. Grab the OTA programmer at the same time if you don't have one. It will make ESCX adjustments a breeze. Smaller and lighter than the competition. Simply does what what it needs to do!
Real good Esc with plenty of power
Very easy to calibrate
Very easy to bind
Connected it to the newest lcd program box and then the box to my PC via usb, using the latest version of hobbywing link software I was able to fine tune settings. I went to update to the latest firmware and the esc bricked itself. Completely dead and useless, just would not power on no matter what I tried. Had to return. Did all of this right out of the box, unit was never even used.
would have given it a 0 star but cant after binding radio system esc went right to LVC so i tried a brand new battery never been charged and the same now i have to deal with the headache of trying to return product amain already trying to send in for service. what? so i buy something new and it needs to be serviced right out the box no i will not be buying hobbywing products any more terrible product right out of the box
