Originally Posted by
LaserPimp
I can't condone anyone buying a clone esc from hobbyking. I can't comment on the quality as I've never used one, I wouldn't use one because they are stealing designs from manufacturers that have put time, effort and money into development. When you buy an esc you are not just paying for a bunch of circuitry an capacitors, you are paying for the R&D that is required to bring us quality products.
Hobbyking is a retailer, not a manufacturer. They buy the esc's they sell, likely from the same maker that they appear to be cloning and often with an adjusted specification to effect selling price (lower spec FETs or something along those lines). This is very common in electronics and the makers providing the product to them are happy with the arrangement.