5 Best servos of 2022 - most torque, best value for rc cars
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- Best steering, strongest servos of 2021 for rc crawlers and bashers, Torque tested motor servo tester for 1/8 buggy, trx4
5 - Amazon 35kg and 20kg - amzn.to/3mKctZW
4 - Hitec D984 -
3 - Reef 555 -
Reefs 444 -
2 - AGF 55kg - amzn.to/3qCeMPN
1 - Holmes SHV800 - - กีฬา
i love your energy. you seem so excited and happy in your videos. even older ones i’ve been watching. i appreciate all your information. helped me a lot when i was getting started
Hands down the best rc review videos I've ever seen... 20yrs in the hobby. Would love to see the reefs smart 1100 on your test rig.
Thank you very much for posting these videos. They are wildly helpful. I’ve been in the hobby now for 42 years and I’ve seen the progress of servos and with the advent of these standard size high torque servos, I’ve always questioned whether or not the claims are legitimate and your videos are tremendously helpful. Please continue with these videos. I really enjoy them. Please consider doing these on a yearly basis.
Thank you for your knowledge. Your clearity of your videos and kindness in your voice i really apreciate all you do ❤
I am so happy to see you actually test the servo's most videos that "test" them just put them in an rc car and show no comparison. Keep up the good work and informative video's.
Thanks for the great content!!! It has been very helpful to choose my servo upgrades. (Holmes 888, Reefs 555, and a couple of 35kg Amazon servos)
These reviews are great! I'm planning to diy my own Baja style 1:6 scale Fpv truck using parts from various manufacturers and want it to be able to "crawl" around town at a walking pace and up curbs and bushes yet also have responsive "get away" speed when needed.
Good to see Hitec in the review, I have about 20 hitec servos bought over the last 20 years. They build a great servo and they back up their product with a 2 year warranty. I had one go out after 3 years and I sent if for repair. I was expecting to pay about $30.00 and they simply fixed it for free. I also like they are based in San Diego and you call them for tech support.
Right on. So reliable!
Yup, similar experience for me.
@@RCReviewChannel what would you recommend for the trx6? I like to crawl with it but I also like to be a little rough with it because it's fun and can handle it. But I keep going through the traxxas servos that come with it. there's not to many trx6 videos out there and i would really appreciate your help and opinion
@@danielbrown7796 You should be more than fine with a 35kg amazon servo - cheap and powerful. I wouldn't bother with the 25kg as in my experience it is no better than stock.
I always enjoy your knowledge, presentation and "Blunt Honesty" Thank you so much.
Your reviews are always my go to for information before I purchase a product. My latest SCX10.3 build is kind of a budget build with the 1080 esc, tekin 35t motor, amazon 35kg servo, and a Flysky GT5. I run it against a friend with a VS410 Pro with a Mamba X and 2850kv and a Futaba servo, and a Futaba 4PM. He has twice the money in his rig than I do, but i can run all the same lines he does. As always thanks for all your content.
Thank you for doing this what a great video to keep in the playlist!
You're so welcome!
Awesome!!! Just what I’ve been looking for. I’m wanting to build a gspeed and I’m wanting the performance second to none. Thank you and happy new year 🎊
Glad I could help!
I'll never buy another reefs rc servo, I had a 555 in my trx4 for about a year and then it started eating gears out of no where. I reached out to reefs multiple times and never got an answer from them in regards to warranty. My previous hitec 7950th lasted me 10 years.....
I learn a lot from your channel thanks being a noon I'm well informed now have a great new year's.thanks from Scotland
Same to you!
New subscriber here. Love your videos.
Thanks and keep up the great work.
this video was perfect!!! thank you!!!
Short and sweet... but aaaaaall the info is there. Well done. thank you
Glad it was helpful!
@@RCReviewChannel very much!!! as all my RCs in all scales are weighted or customized in other ways... but all with stock electronics and all of them have started breaking down 1 by 1. Either steering servo or stock motor... so this was perfect timing. haha
happy new year!!!
On my Ecto I use the SHV800 on the axle.
Love it!!!
Thanks for all of the valuable testing that you do! Could you test the ProModeler servos? I think you tested one of their more budget servos in the past but I would love to see how the higher end models compare, like the 930BLHV or 1155BLHV? Their website descriptions make them sound like a real no BS company.
Love watching your servo review also know it expensive to test all these different brands but maybe next round or so try out shift servo like see a review of them
Another amazing video. Can you please do a servo review for bigger servos. I would love to see a video like this for the servo options specifically for the scx6 in standard and high voltage options. I have no idea what servos I should consider for my scx6. Thank you for all your thorough and informative videos.
Thank you so much for your wonderful presentation. I have wandered blindly for years not knowing what choice of name brand/power/price made sense, while putting thousands of dollar planes at risk, but you have given me the facts. Finally, I can make sensible choices. Thank you, thank you.
Thank you for this I picked up the agfrc 55kg for my arrma Kraton 4s v2
I got the reefs 444 in my comp crawler. I love it. More than enough power for what I need.
Excellent review! Thank you
Thank you, your knowlage is greatly appritiated. you have a new subscriber.
Thanks and welcome
Thanks for the review mate...very helpful👍👍👍
Glad it helped as that is always our goal.
Thanks for the good info brotha.
I just installed the SVH800 in my TRX4 Sport! I run it off a mini 4s pack mounted up front with a JST output - the thing is a BRUTE with 14.8v.
Great review Francis - you made me feel great about my servo choice 🤟🤟
Very cool! You have a crazy setup ready for the most demanding comp crawlers
What’s the mini 4s brand you’re using ?
Awesome Review, Very on point with one exception, no mention of the environmental testing of these recommended servos. Possibly three more testing factors could be applied. Water performance, Heat performance, Cold performance. The bar on Heat 110f , The Bar on Cold -10f , The Bar on water 10 inches deep. Would make a awesome video as well. Enjoyed watching
Very informative video. Thanks for posting.
Everything is the best with these TH-camrs!
great video and thank you for the great explanations! However, I was hoping to see my Savox brand servos on your list. They are amazingly smooth strong servos I use in 35 - 40% airplanes.
More I watch this channel I realize this is the best RC channel with regards to crawlers.
That's awesome I've got the afgrc servo in my maxx and I got the holmes hobbies sv800 in my outcast I've had to upgrade stearing components but it was worth it I really can not stand using a slow week servo it's almost like punishment to use one. The holmes is a beast it actually broke one of my servo mounting post when I was setting end points so if anyone gets one start with low end points and move up instead of high and go down
LOVE the Paint color of the Truck you show at the beginning of the video. I think it is the 1940s Power Wagon. And I love that truck style.
wow, love reviews like this thank u sir
For steering I don't like to drop below .08/60 deg speed. The Savox 1258TG has been the most reliable and best performing for me so far in 1/10 scale steering at 6 volt. Good to see some other options and good scientific review. Thank you.
Love your channel
Always great info thanks
You bet. This one was hard to do since I wanted it to be consistent with all our old servo reviews in terms of torque testing.
I'm surprised to not see the power hobby 729 in here. I have this $90 servo and three of my trucks now and it is strong reasonably quick quiet and very durable. One of the trucks I have it in is my extremely heavy XMax and it's held up beautifully.
NOTICE: It's important to set the servo end points to prevent premature servo failure.
Ty for this, building my first "roller" & I had no idea.
How is this done?
Very cool, I always love to see the measurements. One time I thought you had mentioned getting a motor dyno for testing…. Ever give that more thought? That would be cool to see. 👍
I looked into it and the dyno was $600. And the hours required to provide accurate results is tons and tons. And then at the end of the day, the results and videos don't seem that relevant to most of our viewers. So in the end, had to give up on it.
@@RCReviewChannelI appreciate the reply, thanks for the insight!
Hello. love your technical advice and your performance test videos. do you have a video on brushless servos under 100$ ? thanks.
Hi...thank you for everything you do on the channel, i have learned a lot..but i want to know if you can direct me to where I will find the exact measurements of the TRX4 and Axial 3 chassis, as I want to build it myself because I cant affort to buy me the cars so I have to go to DIY, any advise?
Thank you for the list and the independent measurements. Maybe it'll force more of those Amazon servo sellers to be honest about their ratings.
Wow
Great video was just wondering on your # 1 pick can it be installed on a WLtoys 144001 with out replace ESC etc… ?
I installed a eco power servo on my trx4 sport 400 oz for $70 seems to work great!
Thanks for this video because I just started my RC hobby again. I got myself a TRX4 and it is beyond fun. Any suggestions on servos for a 1/5 scale gas car using a future Futaba 4PM? It is for a HPI Baja 5t with a 26cc motor.
I absolutely love my tekin t-440 on my axial bomber. I’ve broken my steering rod ends and still haven’t broken any teeth on it.
We tested that here and it did very well th-cam.com/video/vfIR4sivPe8/w-d-xo.html
I love servos. I have all high end hard case KO propo servos in my race cars. I have a $40 powerHD (Amazon) in my crawler. It gets the job done.
thank you. though i wish you finishes about agfrc.
Good vid, always love seeing products put to the test! Curious though, why the test at 16+ volts? Would love to see what they’re putting out at a voltage more commonly used. (7.4v) Didn’t see the #2 one at lower voltage specs, maybe I missed it
This servo is direct powered from your lipo, so the voltage will be that of your lipo, so a 4s is 16.5v @full charge
@@michaelsimon2149 how much more battery that will drain?
Thank you for your input and sharing this video. I own a Clodbuster and a Juggernaut, we all know how horrible their steering designs were. And imagine when they first came out, the standard servos back then were only rated around 8kg/cm if I’m not mistaken. I had a Solar Servo D772 rated at 26.5kg/cm @ 6vdc, and it still wasn’t enough to turn the wheels at a standstill even with aluminum servo horns in the axles. I now use the JConcepts BTA steering kit for the Clod, and the Solar Servo D227 rated at 13.5kg/cm @ 6vdc are enough to turn the wheels on carpet or pavement. So I could just imagine what these newer servos could do.
Oh yeah! There's the problem too where the spec sheet numbers on the servos is wrong and inflated. I have a 45kg servo right now on my Losi LMT monster truck and it's yanking those tires left/right.
RC Review if my servos rated at 13.5kg are enough to move the wheels at a standstill, then definitely those 45kg would throw them around easily. But I don’t think even your $200 Futaba servo could save the Clod from its flawed steering design. There are some purist out there who still uses the stock steering setup.
My apologies if I’m off topic just now. So let’s get back to it, would you mind actually using the 1cm hole for those servos rated in kg/cm and the 1in hole for those rated in oz/in? I don’t remember seeing if you establish the distance of the hole to the center of the spline with the servo horn you used in the video. I hope I made sense. 😅
@@RCReviewChannelwhat servo would you recommend for a Losi LMT TLR Tuned with Sanwa SSR compatibility?
Great, and very helpful, review Francis. In past reviews you have always been a fan of Savox, especially their 1210 series - what happened to change your mind? I’ve been running the 1210 and 1212 based on your recommendation and have not been disappointed at all. At this point I prefer to run the 1212 (which is rated at over 600 oz at 7.4v) as a direct connect via my ESC. I know that I’m probably only pulling 350-400 in that configuration but the servos run forever configured that way. Thanks for the continued great content.
My 1210 never settles (just clicks trying to get into place for some reason). Also, really noisy!
Any chance you'll look at some of the 6S direct power servos? Like the 3Brothers G14 or the NHX MAX6? I have the latter in my Arrma Kraton and it's pretty awesome. Would love to know what these 6S servos actually do in terms of performance on your rig!
great vid with great info!!! I just blew my Revo 3.3 throttle servo and need a replacement i want to go dual servos again for steering and was thinking hitech hs 645mg's they are $31 each from tower hobbies. will be getting 110 oz tq each so 220 tq for both! Have a better option and or cheaper alternative then these 2? Was also looking at the hitech hs 5645MG which is $45 and 143oz @ 4.8v
Thanks for the video. It really helped me understand servos better. Do you have any videos on programmable servos? Are there any benefits to those?
I don't have any videos on those. Don't understand them yet.
I run REEFS RAW500 ($140) on my VS410 Pro, TRX6, TRX4, Capra and SCX10ii. I run REEFS 777 ($158) on my Bomber and ERevo 2.0. I’m very pleased with their durability & performance.
Oh man, the good stuff from Reefs.
I second the agf servos . Smoothest I’ve ever had. I’ve used them since they were brand new and a 3rd of the price
I only use brushless servos now after using my agf low profiles . The only Trouble is most of the range is too much torque for a buggy.
Hey Francis, Did you ever test the Reefs 777 direct power servo. I am debating on my first direct power servo NSDRC RS800V2 or Reefs 777 to run on 3s. The NSDRC is apparently a lot slower. Was just wondering if you actually did a pull test on either one. I’ve seen your test on 555 which I then bought for a bomber, but I run Raw 500’s in my other 3 scale crawlers. They are super fast, but never did see you do a test pull on that.
nice list. I am a reefs guy my self. Raw 500 is my go to servo
There's a good one!
Have you ever tested a bluebird servo? I have the BLS-37a in my parts collection for my Gatekeeper kit. I haven't tried it out yet, and they have great specs and prices, but honestly I bought it because I got blue aluminum shock caps and beadlock rings to go with the bronze shock bodies and wheels I got LOL!
I bought a whole collection of rc stuff basically overwhelmed so many servos esc gyros. Think I got deal of the century.
Testing servos is a hobby in and of itself
@rc review have you seen the 9IMOD servos? Wondering how they measure? I got one for a basher and I'm pretty impressed for 40 bucks.
acording to Holmes SHV800.. i just wondered how to waterproof it.. i want to used that but sometimes we play in the river..
Srt is a very nice servo brand. They make cheap and very good and fast servos . I have the cl 6023 and are very happy about it.
I'm looking to get in the hobby. Watching your video is a good way to learn. Thank you for the knowledge...... where would be the best website to get a RTR crawler
Glad to help
Hi there, thanks for your content. I have a question. I'm building a Kyosho Turbo Optima. The Kyosho LeMans 240s ESC has a BEC output of 6v. So I'd like to know what you recommend for a 1/10 buggy. I'm thinking 13-16kg, speed of < 0.12 s. Do you know of anything reliable for this job? Thanks again
Would you recommend any of these upgrades from the Traxxas Slash Ultimate servo? I can definitely feel and see its lack on day 1 of owning it. actuallly made me a little sad considering the price i paid..
Hi can you guide me which steering servo to get for my old savage X ?
Thank you
I ordered a 25kg Amazon servo but after seeing this I think I'm gonna go with the HH that sucker is impressive
What one do you recommend for the team associated mt8 please
Also I like the truck Style called the Dodge "Carryall". Similar style to the Power Wagon.
Please do a review like this for micro servos, for the 24th scale crawlers! Emax, savox, mofo, ecopower, reefs: how do they stack up?!
Can we please get a micro servo review? I run a B13DLM titanium gear I'd love to see it compared to the emax lineup, the reefs 99 and maybe the AGFRC-A20CLS. My b13 is wired to the balance wire and runs 8.5 potentially on a full charge, so 9v torture test please.
Do you have a paint video on that body? I was looking but didn’t see one.
Thank you Mr.Johnny Dang 🙏🙏🙏
PowerHobby 729MBL is a great servo for under $100. I have 2, with the original being over a year old with no issues. Very fast and tons of power at 7.4V
I don't think I've tried that one.
Hello there. Can i put the 444 reefs in a hpi savage v2. Without any other modifications? I got everything stock. I want to upgrade the steering
Kindly could you please test the 9imod 51kg brushless waterproof servo?
Do you think I'd see an improvement going with FEETECH 35KG Servo over the Hitec 5645mg? I'm running 2 - 6 cell Ni-MH in a crawler.
im really struggling to find a replacement for my fcx24 ive seen rampcrab but im looking for a metal case even brass case
and waterproof
Did you take a pull on the agfrc 55kg at 6v? And what was the results?
Whats best for Traxxas xmaxx. Running a heavy tire
any drop in servo for x-maxx?….i kept on busting out the 2085X servo….help!
Is the reefs 444 good for a redcat gen8 I herd it was really good for crawlers so i bought one ,but now I'm worried I will burn it out after hearing it's mainly for speed and not torque.
Good list! I personally prefer my Shift Rcs S2.0 and x2
Good choice!
@@RCReviewChannel I would like to see a review on the Shift RCS and The Corrupt Carbon Works servos
They are both rebranded AGF servos like reefs 777
Thanks for the terrific servo reviews and info! 👍👍👍
Any time!
Ohh shit, that LJ on the top right corner :O :P
were is the shifts rc or nsdrc they are great
Hi. I need a bit help. I m going to build a very big and high speed rc. It weight about 40 kilo, equipped with mini jet turbine, speed about of 700km. With such a weight and speed what is the best servo for me? Also I m going to use flap, so what is the vest brush motor? I appreciate if you help me to know my answers
Can the AGFRC 125KG and 78kg run without an external battery? If so, what voltage would they run at? Thanks!
Ive bought both the 20kg and 35kg amazon brand servos to run in my TRX4 sport. Installed, set end points on my Flyski and within like 3-4 sessions they have both locked up and failed completely. Running HW1080 and Flysky GT3 and Flysky FS-GR3E. any suggestions as to why?
Is there a chart with the data from the tests? I created a little spreadsheet. Would be great to have the sizes in the charts.
Any suggestions for nitro truggy servo under 100 dollar
Have you tested the reefs 299lp?
The JX servos I got are cheaper than big brands and are plenty fast and strong. To be honest the cheap 30kg servo in my first rig was just slow for a fast offrad but still worked better than stock rtr crap
If I want the best performance in a servo for any of my RC's, Hitec is the way to go. I had several other brands but Hitec never let me down, wether it was a crawler or a high-speed basher.
Hitec ftw
Is there a worm gear RC servo ?