Hello,

I'm willing to get into the RC hobby. One of my friends has a 1/10 scale Arrma car, and I'm actually a bit jealous.
I drove his car a lot and I really like it. I already know a bit about the hobby and I'm looking for my first car.

I can't chose between the Traxxas Slash 4x4, or the Arrma Kraton V3. For almost the same price, the Kraton seems like a better option.
Do you guys have some tips for me

Thanks a lot,

Bye

I would say generally the Kraton is the better option. The Slash 4x4 has a ton of parts support, both stock and upgrade-wise. The Kraton has less support but that's getting better over time. The main thing is that the Arrma 6s lineup is just beastly in terms of durability; I have a Typhon and even after hard bashing and several nasty crashes, nothing broke. I would go with the Kraton hands-down because, out of the box, it's set up to handle twice the power of the Slash 4x4. Good luck and welcome to the hobby!

I would go with the slash . Traxxas makes their cars bullet proof. I drove one into a curb going about 30 to 35 mph and all it needed was a new servo I've been racing slashes for about 5years . One of the best cars money can buy.

Thanks guys!

I really appreciate your comments.
Probably going to buy the Kraton soon, but maybee the slash in the future.

I've broken down some reasons why the ARRMA Senton is better than the Slash here:
Which 1/10 4WD SCT is best?

Not sure why you are trying to compare the Kraton, that is an apples/oranges comparison between 2 different classes... shrug

OK so don't listen to this guy. Traxxas is overpriced and super old designs. Not to mention the company has terrible ethics.
The only thing they have for them is part support, but that's mostly because they keep breaking.

They are not even in the same class. The fact that the slash cost the same as a arrma kraton ( which should be compared to the e revo 2.0 ) shows you how over priced the slash is.

you're wrong I own 5-6 traxxas cars. Parts are easy to get it if they do break. They are a tiny bit on the pricey-er side, but are worth it. As for old designs,
Don't fix what ain't broken

So I have some alternative advice. If you think you are going to be even a a little bit interested in the hobby, don't buy anything RTR. It might seem like way too much to build a kit as your first venture but in that case, buy a used model built from a kit.

I have been in RC for about 8 years. Mostly helicopters and planes but started playing around with 4x4 trucks and buggies about 2 years ago because we built an informal track at one of my flying clubs.
First I bought a low end RTR (Tower Hobbies 4x4 Short Course Truck) which they promptly discontinued leaving a bunch of us without parts support.
Then I researched things and bought a used serpent cobra 1/8 buggy for like $300. That turned out to be a great deal.
Then I was impatient and bought another, higher-end RTR (Losi TEN-SCBE). I really like that buggy but I learned my main point about RTR vs kits.

Main point about RTR: The parts quality is always lower in RTR than in a current kit. You will learn more by building a kit and you will know how it went together when you need to fix it.

Most recently I bought and built a Losi 8ight E 4.0 and it has been amazing.

The two choices your mentioned seem very different as one is 1/10th scale SCT and the other is 1/8 Monster truck. I will say that most of the guys in my flying club buy RTR. There were a lot of Slash 4x4's and recently they have all bought 6S Talion Truggies. My answer is to going to to build a Tekno 1/8 Truggy. My Losi 8ight beats all those Talions but it is smaller and lighter so I don't like it when they crash into me. Most of Slashes are all broken after colliding with the Talions.

I looked into the 6S thing a few weeks ago. I believe it is mostly marketing hype as most guys actually racing in those classes are using 4S. True you can get insane speeds with 6S paired with a 2200kV motor but the speed is not necessarily usable on a track.

Just something to chew on....

so my Losi TEN-SCBE is nice and super fun and runs great BUT....
The shocks are plastic and the caps started breaking. I was able to get metal shock caps. The 8ight kit comes with all metal shocks.
All the outdrives started to wear badly. They developed notches where the dogbone pins hit the notches. This was a lot of work to fix as it required rebuilding all the differentials to replace the outdrives. I don't really know if the new outdrives are made of a harder material or if the outdrives that came in my 8ight are better but I hope so. So far I am not seeing notches in either but time will tell.

So those are the kind of things I am talking about. I didn't even know what an outdrive was when I bought my used Serpent. When I saw what was happening with my SCBE I went back to look for wear on the Serpent outdrives. There wasn't any and I have to assume that the previous owner had run it plenty.

Build a kit or buy a used kit or roller from someone here in the classified section. A new kit will cost more upfront but will save you time and money down the road. Buying used is a crap shoot but there are some good deals out there.

I agree these are very different RCs however the Kraton is a stand up great out of the box basher. For the price it can't be beat, this is coming from a guy who owns a E-Revo 2.0, Kraton, Mugen MBX7TR ECO, and a Tekno ET48.3. Is the Tekno built better yes, but people don't factor in when giving this option the kit alone is over $100 more than the kraton. Than you need wheels, radio, esc/motor, and servo as a basic. Along with painting the body, after it is done and said in my Tekno ET48.3 with everything it needs and some upgrades I could have bought easily bought 2 almost 3 Kratons. The E-Revo is a good choice also but for me the I think the Kraton handles better and ramps easier. Both are brutes that can take a beating and bash well.

For the choices you have given I would hands down go Kraton or Outcast/Notorious, def check out the outcast for a bashing/stunt truck it is awesome.