Tdeal,
I'd say that the Hyper 8.5 falls in between the Jammin' and the Losi. It is a compromise that brings the best traits of both buggy designs to the driver.
It is very forgiving and favors a finesse style. Highly durable. Cheap parts everywhere. You can practically rebuild the buggy with brand new parts for ~$150 when you get the parts from Ebay.
The buggy also handles extremely well in all conditions, and it excels, especially, in rough and rutted conditions. Highly tuneable chassis, but also easy to tune in terms of getting a baseline setup that works well everywhere.
Oh, I almost forgot... This buggy out accelerates everything else! No other buggy will beat a H8.5 off the line or out of a corner as long as the motor is in decent shape. You can put an average motor in it with average tune and it'll still out accelerate the competition.
It is just an awesome all around buggy design that does everything extremely well.
You can get one for around $420 shipped from
www.nitrohouse.com
