Maclan M32T Pico100 Stock Competition ESC

IN MY OPINION this esc isn't at all worth bothering with, it worked for a total of roughly three minutes. I tried programming it today and lost throttle, red, orange, and blue lights on or flashing, when the motor did run it was either wide open or reversed with extremely harsh brakes. I tried recalibrating the radio and esc and still nothing. A good day wasted on what I would call a $134.00 piece of garbage, as it was past the 30 day warranty. Even after owning and loving two of the MMax Pro 160's with good results I've determined this will be the last.

Excellent ESc that allows you to program directly with your laptop or desktop without spending an additional 30-50$ for a program card or adapter (cough cough...hotwire). I did have some trouble getting the program to load the first time, but after that it loaded fine with different profiles (ran this same esc in a drift build and a 1/10 race buggy set up completely differently and it worked awesome in both platforms). Unfortunately I accidentally loaded a 3s Batt in the car and fried it, totally my fault. Great buy, highly recommend!

So far so good, using in a 2wd Short course 17.5T blinky, off road outdoor.
Love the fact that you don't need a separate programmer, just plug phone directly into the usb-c port on the esc. No fan needed for 17.5T, runs cool. Very nice feel. Coming from Tekin.

Not satisfied with this Maclan ESC. It is difficult to calibrate and also difficult to update the firmware. The programming app has bugs and routinely drops the WIFI signal. Programming parameters do not update frequently resulting in a constant update process. In comparison to Hobbywing and Reedy, this ESC by far is not a plug and play unit. The biggest problem is that this Maclan ESC left me stranded twice during a race. The throttle cut out and power was still being delivered to all electronics including the steering servo. After numerous trouble shooting procedures including setting correct Battery Cut Off, Motor Temp-Cut, and ESC Temp-Cut, this Maclan still cut the throttle out during practice. I disabled all the protection settings and the ESC still cut the throttle. The motor had a fan and would operate generally at a high temp of 150. In all cases the throttle cut would only last about 10 seconds. I also replaced the sensor wire and the ESC still cut out. I will admit I like the feel of the throttle and brake because it feels similar to the Orion ESC's, which basically people can't get any more because of supply issues. So far, I have used Hobbywing, Reedy and Orion with great success. This Maclan ESC is actually a nice design with neat features including exceptional throttle and brake control. I feel bad that Maclan can't get their act together concerning firmware update reliability and electronic engineering design to make this ESC work.

Reasonable price. Easy installation. Smooth accelaratiion and braking. Easy setting. No issue.