Originally Posted by MarkA

Your ESC can/will have as large an effect on how the motor feels as the motor itself. When people say a Tekin motor isn't smooth, they most likely have it hooked up to a Tekin ESC which isn't normally referred to as smooth anymore. Inversely, for when someone describes an Orion motor as smooth when hooked up to the R10...

Back to the original question.
Tekin's motors are just slow w/o boost so if you'll be running blinky, avoid.
Who knows what the heck is up with Novak these days but it doesn't seem good. Just search the forum here on "Novak" and "Sensor Board."
You'll be happy with the Revtech.