Cheap Chinese RC Truck beats a Traxxas Teton! Durability Test La Trax
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- Опубліковано 21 бер 2019
- Durability Test at the Skate park! Round 2 of the Chinese La Trax (Traxxas) Teton rip off (Clone), lots of fun for only $40. How durable is it compare to the real thing! HS 18311 Vs Teton
The Traxxas Teton was bought here:
www.modelsport.co.uk
Buy the Chinese Fake Traxxas here haha... (It's actually really good!)
Buy it here:
www.banggood.com/HS-18311-183...
Brushless version (more expensive)
www.banggood.com/HS-18421-184...
Spares:
www.banggood.com/search/hs-18...
Both trucks are really good, but the La Trax is 4x the cost of the HS18311. The Cheap Chinese RC lasted twice as long as the LaTrax Teton!
More Cheap RC Car vs Expensive RC car coming soon! - Розваги
Great test and comparison, Phil - I was amazed at how well the clone held up as it sure took a real hammering - good job I'm not a betting man! All the best mate! 👍👍👍
I thought I'd better give them both the same abuse! Luckily I took 2 batteries for the Clone, the first wasn't charged lol.
Great review, subbed a long time ago. Latrax is great if thats your jam, but I'm all about saving the dollars after all these are toys so to speak. Great review of the both cars...buyer make your choice! to each his own..drive what you love, drive what you can afford. Nice to have options.
I have a xinlehong Q901. Out of all my rc trucks this is the only 1 that comes back home in a similar condition to what it left home in.
Very nice video i was thinking of buying the 40$ clone and now I'm definitely going to buy it thanx
Thanks for the link for the spare parts i was really worried for my rc.
Any time!
you know what, as I Chinese living in Beijing(I have a Traxxas Teton), as much as I want, I am unable to buy this clone verson anywhere! Even on Taobao (Chinese ebay)... I am jealous of you...
EBayuk
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How are you on UA-cam in china
Stay safe out there
Thank you for posting that link to all the spare parts for the Chinese fake, it’s coming in really handy! I keep breaking shocks and I think the rear differential is now also broken. Have you posted or know of any repair videos for that?
I've not broken anything yet mate...so not had to repair anything. It seems easy to take apart though 🤘
Nice comparison vid. Suspension broken on the Tetron too. Very hard test though ☺
Wow, man! Me and my father watching here and saying "poor little thing!"... 😂😂😂😂
Really amazing cars! Great job! 😃
haha...yeah, they got some abuse! Was funny watching the bits fly off the clone 😎
Cool comparo and a great location. Thanks!
Cheers dude 🤘
Great chatches Phil!! 😎💪Awesome vid! Thanks mate
Thanks for testing that body on the Teton for me. I just ordered one from Ebay. My teton was also clicking, my motor had little rocks in it.
No worries dude. So easy to fit...just switch the mounts 180 degrees
I ordered a body too, after I saw your last vid!!!
@@jdsrcs8061 Did you get yours yet ? I'm still waiting.
HAHAHA same here!!! I had ordered another body for my Teton before I saw this one and it took almost 5 weeks for it to show up, it came from China.
@@jdsrcs8061 It's crazy how long it take to get stuff from China. I'm not a very patient person. Haha What was the other body you got ?
You definitely deserve more views and subs mate. Keep up doing a great work. (Y)
Cheers dude, appreciate the kind words 😎👍
I bought HS 18311 because of your video. My 1st proportional RC and I'm happy with it. Thanks bud!
No problem mate. These are really good for the money
@@TomleyRC mine arrived tomorrow, first time I ran it in my house I got scared because of the speed
Gutes Vergleichs Video 👍😊💪
I think k the clicking may be the mesh between your pinion gear and spur gear, take the motor housing off and have a look
Wow I’m sure a lot of people are like 👀👀👀👀crying over $$$ Great Review!!! Awesome Stuff either Way!!
Everything breaks at the skate park if you try hard enough....I’m just a drama queen haha. Everyone likes a bit of drama ❤️❤️
That was one merciless beatin'!!! Honestly nothing short of impressive...lol. 😎👍
It certainly took some abuse! Well... they both did!
I know this video is a year old but my local hobby shop has one left and it's beautiful!!
When you take off the body and see the colored components I just love it!
Then I watched two of your videos comparing it to the Chinese copy and found two copies of it. A Kolegend and Remocking, both $50.
The clicking diff and the stripped servo sounds like a common thing and I had second thoughts on the Teton.
But the copy's are slower and need oil shocks and don't look as good.
And the price difference.
Help me decide!
I have to ask,,, why are you blocked by Traxxas??!!
I had to laugh when you said that, but knowing you from your channel and how cool you are I couldn't understand why!
Thanks, and all your episodes are great!!!
First of all great catches 😱 2nd fantastic Bashing comparison durability test, you bashed them Hard 👍 3rd of all , Amazing video as Always my friend 👍😍👍
Cheers Tony, not sure I could catch an Xmaxx that well haha. Cheers for watching mate 🤘😎
Grrrrr i should've watch this video first! I just purchased a Teton $150 , good video!
The Teton is decent to be fair. Any RC you take to an Skate Park is gonna break.
Yes but with traxxas if you have a problem you can chat with a human American online in seconds and they actually take car of you. Good luck getting a response from china's non existent support team. You made the right choice. Cheapest is rarely the best option.
Hey! Nice test thanks! So long I drove an RC so what your trick to keep or retore flat angle when jumpin? Thanks
When you jump, if the nose goes down hit the thottle, if the noses goes up leave it until it's just about to land and hit the brake. Takes a bit of practice
Can you tell me if the latrax motor will fit in the clone? and if you found oil shocks that will fit? please provide a link. The latrax shocks for all 4 cost all most as much as the entire clone! Thank you
Test the clone with the Teton shocks and see how better it performs on the jumps. Love my clone. It seems great for the price.
I have one with some oil shocks on already...just squeezing a Brushless in it 😎🤘
Tomley RC Garage let us know later the end result
A year later and he hasn’t
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Now that is what I call testing to destruction! !And yes there was a clear winner.
_Still not sure I see the point of such testing but, not being a basher, I don't expect to_ :)
There really is no point apart from to give people entertainment, you'll not see me at the skate park with some of my 'Keepers'... Cheers for watching
Now I am happy that I got a nice buy for 40$
I have 3 haha... love them!
@@TomleyRC 3.............................. What are you doing with those
@@TomleyRC nice and they deserve it
I have the motion grey 40$ one and it works great I certainly don't do this with it but it pretty quick and handles good
Would parts be interchangeable? Buying cheap and upgrade from traxxas parts if something breaks.?
So of the parts are yes... but not sure on all of them
This is actually kind of surprising cuz i currently have the clone and was looking into buying the traxxas one maybe in a couple of months time but now it all seems a bit twisted. Maybe I will hold on to my clone until i cannot drive it at all and then look to replace it.
SEND IT!!!! 🤣skatepark is a perfect spot for it, but watch it skateparks like to break RC's lol
Not often you can go to a Skate Park and come out with a working RC haha, Although I did today with one I'm reviewing. Maybe because it only does about 12mph 😂
Nice video! Btw where can i find oil filled shocks for my teton clone? I want to upgrade it for better suspension
The best thing to do is measure them, and then look on ebay. I think they are about 65mm?
Tomley RC Garage thank you so much for the reply! Thats what im going to do. Please give us more videos of this excellent rc.
I have the Chinese version, I find the reverse a bit slow, I have to click many times for it to respond.
Could anyone else here the RAF A400 in the background 😂 ! Love the vids tomley by the way !!:)
I couldn’t 😅
I've never been a fan of much from Traxxas so honestly, not surprised by your results here Brother. However it was interesting, so much for the high prices huh haha.
The servo broke while running on flat ground proves they don't fit decent stuff! A $5 one from Banggood would have lasted longer!
Traxxas servos are mostly junk to begin with
Ticking noise was always a small piece of brass pinion wedged in plastic spur gear 🤣 with me anyways lmao
That chinese-teton thingy has a nice aerobatic/aerodynamic mid-air control
Got a good amount of wheel speed, so pretty nimble 👍
Damn! I wish I would have seen this before I bought a traxxas today. Oh well, guess I'll just have to spend more money to upgrade it with better parts.
The Teton is good, but just has a few weak spots
I Allways look forward to yr next vid..there allway.s great..cheer...ron
Cheers Ron, appreciate the support! 🤘
Do the wheels and shocks from the Teton fit on the copy?
Worth a try to see if it improves 😁
I'm waiting for my clone to arrive in the mail so I'm up for some upgrades.
Unfortunately not, the Teton are 12mm hex
@@TomleyRC ah that's a shame
😁👍Good test! $40.00 pretty good!
$40...loads of fun! Needs Oil Shocks and Teton Tyres though
Do you know where I can buy a spare battery for this truck?
Sorry dude, can't find them at the moment. They used to sell them separately
Is the LaTrax Teton stock in the video?
we took our rear diff out and "locked" it with a few drops of gorilla glue gel in the spiders. The performance is much better in loose gravel and is a donut king on the pavement.
Soon after we blew up the axles and swapped them with aluminum ones as well as a new metal read diff.
After watching all 3 of these videos with the clone I think I’m going to buy the clone as my first “hobby” RC car. I’m thinking of getting some oil shocks and a brushless motor and a different set of wheels, all from Banggood. Anything else I should get to make it better or will that about make it on par with the Teton? Thanks.
By the time you have spent all the extra money converting it, you may as well get one of the other small scale ones. I'd recommend either the Remo Hobby 1/16 SMAX brushless, or the WLtoys 144001 (brushed)
Tomley RC Garage thanks for the suggestion. I’ll look into it.
Tomley RC Garage just looked them up and it says they are both discontinued:(
Would like to see you also do a red cat 1/18 scale truck too
Bought one of these Today I'll let You Know in 24HRs on Its Success through My Testing Grounds. Cheers Mate 👍🏽
The teton sounded like a nitro motor towards the end lmao.
Broken diff
I guess Traxxas are like in Japanese product naming mode. Just like Tamiya were with their legendary "Tam-Packs" batteries for the Tam-Tech 1/24th scale cars some years ago. So now we have a truck called a Teton (nipple in French) !!! 😅
The reason your differentials are becoming destroyed is because you keep driving it up hill
And because they are weak 👍🏻
Great video
Cheers Dude
good one, as always! (the vid)
Thanks mate
The Chinese is much softer plastic and more flexible kinda just bends back into place the la trax is stiff which makes it handle great but the shock of a bad impact will break it
little Subotech-y type clone, they use really good structural plastic, some places maybe questionable but not snapped a dog bone or drive cup in my 1/24 size surprisingly. just picked up an A979, the 390 powered for 30 bucks, they're pretty tough little beasts too.
I have a 1/24 Subotech....as you may have seen. Really nice truck
I've had nothing but bad luck with my subotech brave
WHAT?!?!😵 I can't believe a cheap CLONE just beat my precious baby!😡😢 Regardless of who won this competition the Teton will always be my favorite and hold a special place in my heart as my first ever hobby grade RC car.
The Teton is a decent Truck, and like I mention in the Video...any RC you take to the Skate park, will break! I am fixing this and putting a new body on (Pink)...and then letting my 2yr Old Daughter take the controls :)
Yes it is good but opposite with me you know I love the clone because it is my first ever hobby grade truck and it maked me Happy that how it performed.
The clicking is a little bit of dirt or dust on the pinion gear
It's the diff 😉👍
I fitted a limited slip dif in my one was OK after that
Yeah, would help a little. Teton currently in the workshop...awaiting some motivation lol
Very cool bro
Cheers dude
You would have a heck of a clone if you put 1/3 the money spent on the Traxxas into the clone version. Nice beating.
Are they both waterproof
Teton is....don't think the clone is.
What the brand name of the clone
HS 18311
Pretty sure the Teton didn’t do that well in France, as Teton literally means nipple..
😅
Teton vs a979 what's you money on?
a979 I reckon, the Teton killed it's Servo driving around on flat ground! And then the gears started going after the first couple of jumps!
@@TomleyRC I've had some good luck with Wltoys. Never broke a stock car aside from stripping a plastic diff cup on my $30 a979a but that was after 3 months of bashing it
I have that chinese truck, it is the 18311 if I remember correct. The problem is the durability of the axxis, it is too weak. The axxis twist and brak easy. Not bad for the price but to keep it running is a pain. You have to buy lot of spares and even cheap it starts to be spensive.
I bought a couple of the clone trucks for my kids and so far, they've been great! I was just wondering if you or anybody here knew if it was possible to charge the batteries with the traxxas chargers. I've got both the traxxas ez-peak plus 6amp and the traxxas ez-peak 4amp nimh charger. I'm no expert at rc stuff, and don't want to explode the batteries. If someone knows of a better charger than the ones that came with the clone trucks... Please let me know! Thanks.
Also, great video! I bought these trucks on account of this video and so far I'm not disappointed. My kids love them.
These are good little trucks... and so cheap! I'm not sure about charging on traxxas chargers though... I know they sometimes have specific settings or connectors
No sell the traxxas chargers and buy the hota chargers they charge our 4s 8000 mah batteries in 30 minutes and you can charge 2 at a time
@@austin7770 Lol I know this is an old comment - but wow - charging 4 cell at 16 Amps haha... that's asking for trouble... no way I would torture my batteries like that.
@@MKu64 we have been doing it for 2 years now and they have been working fine no puff or anything
@@austin7770 Yea a lot of people charge above 1C - it's very common of course.. especially if the batt is 'supposed' to be capable of it - but in terms of battery performance I only ever stick with 1C charge.
Nothing is ever a definite, it's all about how likely it is to fail... I have had many many many batteries over the years and from experience I stick with slower charge rates.
That clicking could be a bent drive shaft
For some reason my teton took all the sh*t in the world and the only thing it didn’t survive was being submerged underwater for 3 mins.
I reckon it’s hit and miss whether you get a good one or a bad one lol. I really like the Teton, just a shame the Servo died so quickly, and the clicky diff.
Perhaps the diff needs shimmed. I mean brand new that's shitty. But go buy some RTR's and see how many even have diff fluid in them. Quality control is sad nowadays 😥
I am amazed XD
I think maybe you got a lemon in that Teton (do Brits use that expression? It was presumably built on a friday afternoon) because on my Teton the tires were actually glued, the clicking developed early but never became an issue and, believe it or not, the radio came supplied with Duracell batteries. Once, as I mentioned, I broke a plastic driveshaft but that was my fault for putting a 3s & brushless combo in it.
I like your comparison but I'd still go with a second Teton if I had reason to.
Sure wish I had a skatepark to try my rigs out on. How can a town of 14,000 not have a skatepark?
Yes Al...we use 'Lemon' and Friday afternoon build etc... There is no doubt that the Teton is a decent capable truck, but I think they could have done better for the Price. I'm getting a Maverick ION next week...one of the 1/18 Scale ones, they sit between the clone and the latrax price wise, so would like to see how it compares. You should start a campaign for a Skatepark!
come on
you car is a backorder
someon put batteries in the radio and glue te tires...
I wonder if that big impact on the concrete helped mess up that differential
Yeah, maybe
@@TomleyRC You should do a review on the erevo 1:16 vxl, that thing is insane with a 3s lipo. I have one and a wheelie bar is mandatory.
Are the shocks interchangable...
Would need to use the mounts off the Teton as they are 'ball & socket'
@@TomleyRC well i have to say after watching this i dont think i want the teton...maybe some teton parts on the clone. U obviously bashed the crap out of the clone and even it is slower it was just as abused if not more.
Yeah, gave them both as much crap as I could. I have one of these clones that has a Brushless set up in, just trying to find a pinion that will fit the motor/spur etc..
NC MOUNTAINS ❤.. KILLER video ..👌.. 👍👍..
Cheers dude
What's up guys welcome to the garage we're at the skatepark 😂
😅
Thanks
That catch @ 11:31👏
The Truck just kept aiming for me haha. I have quick reactions for an old man lol
As you see that mechanically clone is winner so do vs videos of clone and other banggood's cheap trucks. Please 😎
Obviously clones are the way! Especially if you have some basic engineering skills. Most of the time changing the shocks and tyres does the trick. I've owned the Huanqi 727 for 2 years it's a clone of the Traxxas Slash 4x4 got it for 100 USD from eBay changed the shocks and replaced the rear shafts to stainless steel and upgraded it to brushless. Its a hell of a machine for all in all 180 USD as good as a traxxas
Yes, it certainly is the way to go. Change a few essential bits and you generally have a very decent RC!
Nice video, this teton clone has servo steering or just normal one?
Proper steering servo
Let's see the electronics they use please.
What skate park is that?
Err... somewhere in Nottinghamshire UK
@@TomleyRC thanks
Traxxas be coming for you 🤣🤑💸
Haha.... I have a 1/10 brushless Xmaxx clone on the way, they can come for that as well. Hopefully be here in a few weeks 👍🏻
@@TomleyRC 🤣 stick it to the man 👍🤣
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They shlda called tht timex
my teton has been through alot and still runs great. you cant beat the extra power
Do hosim vs teton
Where the hell did you buy a latrax Teton for $160. On the traxxas website it’s 120
UK dude....
Nice
It would be more fair to only let the Teton jump at a max of 12mph🤣 I bet if you did that it would've been more durable. I'm a little sceptical of how much "more durable" this clone is 🤔
In all fairness....the Clone was jumping nearly as high...and landing heavier as it has less shock absorption, so taking that in to account they were not far off. But you are right, it was going faster and a little higher. I am not a Traxxas fan....but the Teton is a nice little Truck...and will stay in my collection 🤘
Funny thing is they're both China made! 😂
I just brought a LaTrax for my son and at first I was going to get the copy on Amazon for 59.99 but then something told me NO!!! Because I knew that it had cheaper parts and my son is new to the RC world as a 6yo so I need something with better quality parts that can take a beaten… so if you can afford it, then go with more quality…. If not, save or buy cheaper quality but don’t run it hard
I've been building RC cars for years I'm going to tell you one thing right now they are nothing like they used to be I bought a Traxxas rustler back in 2001 gave it a bunch of upgrades but before I did I bash the hell out of it I really didn't need upgraded it was fine as it was but I wanted more speed and I wanted to waterproof it years later after that one was stolen I bought an updated version and that thing has broken countless times doing the same kind of stuff plastic has become more brittle and they simply can't handle the kind of thrashing that they used to the best way to go if you want something that lasts is to get a decent RC of whatever brand and upgrade the components anymore you don't have to spend a fortune on a name brand RC car to have a ton of fun both upgrading and thrashing them out there in the real world
The problem with Traxxas isn't so much the quality....it's how much they charge for them! Take the UDR...costs around $800 I think...and from what I've seen....it breaks all the time! Upgrading is the way forward, so cheaper product....more to spend on upgrades.
I own a redcat driftcar and i just sold an arrma kraton 6s i still pefer traxxas just b/c replacement parts are cheap i own an xo1 rustler and a brushless emaxx never had an issue with none of them. I crashed my xo1 doin 70 in an unfinished part of my nighborhood, i hit a manhole and it flipes 6 or 7 times only thing that broke was the back left arm and my dumbass crashed it in water and everything still works like the day bought it. Not hating on any other brand redcat and arrma make awsome products but i just perfer my traxxas stuff😀
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My cousins have had a good but hard time with traxxas, they've upgraded to brushless and still ran the NiMH batteries and they broke suspension arms and parts doing speed runs on freshly paved roads, me and them are still a huge fan of traxxas but the plastics are good but not great, we don't bash the living hell out of them, but those poor rustlers are just needing off brand or metal parts, gears and driveline are made customly from me to them and are metal, got some titanium gears from a forger buddy of mine, ive got some big plans for my wltoys a959b, I'm going to be getting more upgrades for it for my 16th birthday, past upgrades are on my channel from a while back. But I will update and post a video when it's finished.
Is Chinese rc truck good?
Yes
Yep! Traxxas you are paying for the name and hobby store availability for parts which you will need. I have not been impressed with high dollar Traxxas.
I would say the Latrax teton is still better because it had more drives than the cheapo.
Nice video
Hmm - I hope the guys at Traxxas see this and up their game a little as a result...
Oil Shocks on the Clone, and a Lipo....I reckon it will be hard to match for the price!
Didn't realise how bash proof those cheap rc's are. I bought one on ebay for less than £20 inc postage (missing battery)
Already a bargain either way, money well spent.
love the dance track
I purchased 3 of the Chinese trucks and I had to return all 3, same exact issues, very cheap radio that always loses connection to the truck. With the battery pack on the bottom it doesn’t allow for cooling. Running the two batteries back to back really heat up the motor too. I have not tried the la track yet, but the cheap truck is junk!!!!!