Originally Posted by
WestonSmith
For what it's worth, the Deans connectors are much easier to manage than a Traxxas one. Performance advantages are non existent, as he stated.. But the Traxxas connectors must have the pins pushed in the plastic after soldering and pushed out for repair or replacement. Also, your soldering for the Traxxas connectors must be small, clean, top notch solders or you'll have trouble getting the pins into the connector. Just throwing the info on here for you.. I use deans simply because everyone else does, and they're easy to repair/solder up. I used Traxxas in the past and I prefer Deans.
Very true, I decided early on that wanted to convert to traxxas connectors. After soldering up a few I found that if I didn't solder them perfectly on the very tip of the pin than they can't be pushed all the way in. I have yet to solder one well enough to push the pin all the way in.
I am switching to deans because the soldering is much easier. The positive can be soldered on the outside of the pin allowing plenty of room for thick gauge battery wires. I have had much more success with the deans.