Originally Posted by virgilj

When you post a question like that on this forum I don't believe you're going to get an unbiased opinion but here's my best shot at an answer.

I just bought my 410 last week, it won't even arrive until Tuesday,after doing a lot of comparison shopping. Only two other trucks are in the running The Durango and the SCTE 2.0.

The Durango is a fast, great handeling truck but unfortunately it has a reputation for being rather fragile. That's a deal breaker for me. I don't mind spending money to buy a good truck and to get it set up for racing, but I don't want to have to spend big bucks to keep a ton of spares on hand so I can repair it. I hate to DNF a race then have to spend my time between races wrenching like crazy to get the truck repaired for the the next heat. Good truck, but not for me.

The SCTE 2.0 isn't a new truck. Basically it's the same truck with all the features of a $700 hopped up race truck. Smart move on Losi's part. Why try to reinvent the wheel when after market companies and the racers have already shown you what needs to be done to make a ARR truck into a full blown race version. From the videos I've watched it appears that Losi has done a nice job on the version 2.0, but I don't see anything that will make it significantly better than the hopped up versions of the 1.0.

Now the Techno is an all new truck and from all reports Techno has hit a bullseye with their first shot!! The truck is rugged as you might expect since 80% of it's parts come from a 1/8 scale buggy. It handels great. It's light. Techno's support is great. Most importantly it's ready to race right out of the box with the only add on really needed being aluminum hexs availble for less than $20. There are options available, but they aren't required to take it out of the box and win races with it. I'm not sure what more you could expect from a truck kit. I know it hits all my hot buttons and that's why I have one on it's way to me right now.