I left the hobby about 3 years ago and recently returned and it seems like the only servo people talk about is Savox. It used to be Airtronics, KO and JR that most people ran. And the budget people used HiTec. So what is with the big swing to Savox? Cost? Performance? It just seems very lop sided to me.

long story short its because they are an awesome performing servo for the price but they are power hogs which is why i use spektrum servos

I still use my Airtronics 97358........I have 2 of them... they dont seem to wanna die so I can upgrade..... But then again, I don't get brown outs, lol.

yah savox is known for causing brown outs and add in a spektrum rx and its like u never can get your car running correctly but if you were wanting to upgrade i recommend the spektrum s6040's great servos i was using the s6010's for awhile now just recently started using the s6040's and they are amazing to say the least

I run Savox 1258's in my 22 and 22T. My radio is a Spektrum, I do have to run receiver capacitors or else I get a brown out. Haven't had one problem since I've ran the capacitors though. Great servos for a great price.

All the talk about savox is due to reciever issues they cause. I tried to use them but I was unable to unless I changed ESC or reciver brands.

I'm using hitec. Great warranty if I need it and they're nice servos.

I have no problems with my savox 1258 and an Airtronics rx461 receiver. Savox servos are power hungry though. When I used the old mx-sport receivers, I had to run a capacitor on the receiver or i would brown out

I guess I am a little lost as to why the receiver needs a cap.... I would think the ESC's BEC controlled the power. I have a cheapo receiver and I swear to got my server is slower, but it does not brown out. But i still dont get what the receiver issue is with servo power.

well rx's have a certain operating voltage operating off of the esc and if the servo is pulling to many volts/amps from the rx it will glitch and brown out, the cap helps regulate how much voltage is being used between the rx and the servo

all rx's are different which is why some need caps and some don't

Yea the problem that I had with the other cheaper receivers is that the steering would work just fine, but my motor speeds would be cut in half. This happened any time I turned the car. After adding a cap, it all went away.

Now, though, with a new transmitter/receiver, I don't have that problem. My brother's Spektrum remotes still need them, though. Even the higher end ones.

yah the spektrum rx's operate at a lower voltage then usual and are prone too brown out easier then others (at least that was the case with the dsm-1's idk about the newer dsm-2's)

My brother is using the DX3R Pros with SR3100's in his on road cars, and I believe he has a similar problem with his Savox servos. I know for sure that he uses a cap. I just don't know if he put it on there as a precautionary thing, or if he really does need it.

most likely a little of both as it isn't as bad now like i said with the dsm2's but people do still run the caps for glitch/problem free running while using power hog savox servos

yep the receiver is cutting out because of the high voltage being pulled all to the servos. the cap is supposed to store enough energy for the receiver so it still has power and doesn't shut down. the spektrum receivers have a voltage cutoff in it. i sold my savox servos and also currently got my spektrum modual and receivers for my 3PK up forsale. had enough of it. was running the setup in my L8. didn't know about the problem till after i had broke 3 bumpers off from the car losing control after 4 or 5 minutes. this happened on a 10th mile high bite dirt oval. you can imagine the speeds we were getting in 8th gas latemodels. have serious back problems to add to it and trying to run the car down and fix it. you would really think that savox would make an anoucment to the public about such a bad problems.

I am planning to use 2 Savox 1257s with 2S lipo and a muchmore 5A regulator. Can I expect any issues? Hearing a lot about brownouts on the Savox servos. Is it only with electrics or with nitro also?