HW and HK
Don't get Hobbywing confused with HobbyKing.
Hobbywing used to make all of the old Speedpassion stuff. They now make their own high end products which are in cars competing for world championships. The 3.1 1S and 2S versions are pretty awesome and the price reflects it. They have a distributor Hobbywing North America
Hobbyking is the king of knockoffs and offers huges savings to the average hobbyist. Everything they sell looks like someone else's stuff and works similarly. They do have 2 US warehouses and their customer service is marginally slower.
And yes, I still spend a ton at the LHS.