I've mostly always ran Tekin with great luck. Dabbled a little bit with speed passion and castle but the Tekins always found their way back in.

Sometimes I get quite frustrated hearing everyone complain about customer support and companies not replacing items at low costs if not free. This hobby is made up of components that are subject to terrible conditions and longetivity of products are directly related to the care and knowledge level of the end user. I guess I just have a different mindset because when I buy a product, the warranty is not a deciding factor. When buying products we are taking risks that the product is going to give a level of satisfactory performance. Most often they do. When they don't, it always seems to be the fault of the company not the customer. RC cars are, in general, one of the cheaper hobbies available. Get into any sort of motor sports and you don't see racers nagging their engine builders for a free rebuild every time they burn a motor up. Perspective people, just saying....