Hey dudes
First of all I have been running cars since 1985. The tamiya plugs were the first plug connector pretty much out and they were in expensive thats why they are still here. They were always cut off or replaced because they metal piece pulled out of the plastic. Anytime somone bought a car pack that is the first upgrade people made to go fast. Over the years companies said that there was voltage loss while trying to sell there plugs, thats crap. I am an electician and a electircal engineer and the resistance from direct soldering or using connectors like tamiya, deans, sermos or traxxas is so minimal that if you could tell a difference then u must be a genious cause you cant. Sermos were used as the hop up for tamiya plugs but the only down side is the sometimes slide out of each other. Deans plugs I dont like cause theres no grip to pull apart and you always have to pull on the wire pulling it out of the connector. The traxxas plug is a good plug because it has grip you can pull it apart good and they dont slide off from each other. Also to there is no heat shrink u need like to have to on Deans. So all these big name companies and drivers who direct solder to get the advantage all your doing is just making the process longer. It might make u feel better but a plug is not gonna win the race for ya. So anybody who dissagrees with me thats fine, just prove me wrong. Ill be waiting..............