What do you think about XPower?

[sailr]

Steven makes a good point. People like he and I are bringing product into the country to try to offer you guys a choice and better pricing. Unfortunately, we often get burned by bad products and we have to eat 'em. I'm sure Steven will, and I know I will, continue to experiment with the market but we get a bit more cautious each time :-)

[Brushless55]

Thanks for your input Steven! That's what I was thinking of. If you're lucky it's fine, but if not, you've thrown $50 out the window. I need two motors for my twin setup, thus in my case it's even more problematic. I think I'll stay with the Feigaos and pay a bit more.

Good way to go! and in the long run could save some coin..

[Brushless55]

They are the same, exactly the same. Not the same color, that' s all

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Uhm, no they are not....
but that's ok, because I will not buy any more of the xpowers

[Alfa Spirit]

I will try those KEDA motors

http://www.giantcod.co.uk/keda-b367412xl-1400kv-brushless-inrunner-p-402370.html

[Himalaya]

Save yourself some money and mood, go buy other motors. My 3674 ran well for about 3 minutes and just gone. I've seen 5 of them de-maged in the pond include 36xx's and 45xx's. I luckily drove the slowed down boat back with a full motor jacket of boiling water, two of my less fortunate buddies got their ESC killed due to the huge current flow a de-maged motor(no much difference than a thick shorting wire) causes.

I am not saying these are bad motors, but they are not for heavy duty use like we boaters always do.

[ED66677]

If Steven doesn't sell it, then it's probably not worth the money!
If you need to purchase two in order to have one good then go for a Feigao... or pray the Lord when you place your order!

[Steven Vaccaro]

Uhm, no they are not....
but that's ok, because I will not buy any more of the xpowers

So who makes them then?

[Jeff Wohlt]

I would probably go for the turnigy motors before those.

[Alfa Spirit]

So who makes them then?

I' m sure, not me ...

[Brushless55]

So who makes them then?

I was saying that the xpowers are not the same as Feigao..

[Alfa Spirit]

If I burn the KEDA / Xpower motor I' ll go for a Lehner or Hacker, not an other chinese motor.
Wait and see...

[Steven Vaccaro]

If I burn the KEDA / Xpower motor I' ll go for a Lehner or Hacker, not an other chinese motor.
Wait and see...

Buy a known problematic item and you unfortunately get what you paid for.

Not all manufacturers are equal. Blaming the problems on all of the Chinese manufacturers is very unfair. Feigao builds a excellent motor for the cost. And they stand behind them with a warranty!

[ED66677]

I agree, that's not fair!
You take the cheapest as reference, if you can afford a Lehner or a Hacker why do you waist any time with these? Spend the cash now, you won't regret and it'll be a blast, but you will never know what is a good Feigao!
This is all to save $30 and you talk about spending $300 if it fails, I'm not sure to understand the meaning of all this?

FEIGAO POWER

[norbique]

There are other good quality Chinese (HK) motors as well, though higher priced than the Feigaos. The Tenshock, Etti, and Hyperion, is there more?

[Alfa Spirit]

Have a look to Tenshock motors, very high quality, more expensive than KEDA and FEIGAO but cheaper than german motors. May be the good choice.

http://www.tenshock.com/Aspde__EnProduct.asp?EnBigClassName=Brushless Motor