deans vs. traxxas
 

i am pretty sure that this has been covered alot. did a search but not much came up.
i know alot of you prefer deans.
i tried them and really did not like them.
right now i am useing sermos connectors. they are ok but they keep falling apart. the plastic pieces not the pins from the connector.
i was thinking of going with the traxxas style.

i know they they work pretty good and are comparable to the deans as far as resistance goes.

but the main question is how do they hold up long term. do they still make good contact and low resistance after you have plugged and unplugged them alot.

the main reason i dont want deans is i have 2 boys and they cant take them apart at all. and like i said earlier the sermos fall aprt. and its actually pretty easy to connect them backwards if you dont pay attention when they do fall aprt.

traxxas plugs
 

i think the traxxas plugs are good they don't fall apart and i bought mine for my slash nd they are fine. they hold up well in the long run

Ive used traxxas connectors for about a year and i have never had any problems with them. They have never fell apart and they have a good connection. Also they a easy to solder after you solder a few.

Hope this helped:)

yep all this sure does help.
i know where to get the traxxas connectors for $1 each. not sure if they are knock offs or not as they come from a good company that is a bigger name in rc. i will let you know after i contact them and order mine so i get them.

soldering is not a problem for me at all. i actually enjoy it part of my job being a mechanic and i specialize in electrical.

thanks for he help

Deans Ultra Plugs have been around for like forever, and have proven themselves over time to be durable and are a staple of RCers.
The Traxxass Plugs have only been out about a year, so its hard to make any durability comparisons, and like other plugs that have come and gone over the years its hard to say if they'll still be around next year or in 5 years.
Deans were initially used in the computer industry, but their 20-something year longevity in the marketplace makes them hard to go wrong as a first choice.

I switched all of our stuff to traxxas plugs, and have not had any problems at all in about a year. They are also a ton easier to hold onto then Deans plugs are. And can you please pass on the $1 each place?

i sure will as soon as i order mine. lol.

I used to use Dean's plugs, and got tired of trying to unplug them since they are so tight and tough to get a good grip on. I switched over to Traxxas plugs and have been using them for the past year with absolutely no problems. Easy to solder, great to grip when you unplug them, and available everywhere. I've used them in a number of applications, but probably the most relevant to your durability questions is in my Traxxas Revo brushless conversion, where I am running 4S Lipo power into a Feigao brushless motor through a Castle Monster Max ESC. That's a lot of current, and there have been zero issues. I think you can't go wrong with either choice, but Traxxas has my vote for the issues I mentioned above (which sound similar to the ones you listed).

Think I've seen somewhere that deans will carry more current, but seriously, if current is an issure, you prob should be using 5+mm bullet connectors. They will carry more than either deans or traxxas.

Deans FTMFW

Traxxas Plugs FTW!!!
Deans are good but harder to pull apart and I don't like the color.

I would get Deans just because they are more popular. What if you need a battery or something, do you think someone will have an extra battery with Traxxas or Deans connectors? In another forum, one person said that his battery blew up, and without even thinking, grabbed his friends battery. After thinking about it, he never even doubted that it would be anything else.

yes deans are more popular.
about 8 years or so ago the tamiya's were more popular.
does that mean we should have stayed with them.

when i go somewhere to run/race i always carry more than 1 battery with me. most people do.

what if that other peson has tamiya's and not deans.

you could always make an adaptor from deans to traxxas.

Tamiya plugs haven't been popular like EVER, or at the very least since the first deans plugs (pre-Ultra) came out 20 years ago.

I'd just make up an adaptor for this exact purpose if you go with the Traxxas connectors. That way you'd be set, and both of those connectors claim to have less loss than the wire they are connected to, so it's not like you'd be losing power with an adaptor.