E-Revo vs E-maxx vs stampede 4x4?

[minnesotamudder]

ok so im thinking of getting a moster truck/ basher truck and iv narrowed it dow to these 3. Im wondering what the main diferences are and the pros and cons of both.( the e-revo and e-maxx would be the brushed ones)
so can anyne help?"thumbsup"

 

[meatmonkey]

Having owned two E-maxx's and two Stampedes I think I can answer this.

The E-maxx is large, heavy, fragile in stock form, and basically a money pit. I have additional hundreds into mine and I still consider it fragile even after RPM shock towers, arms, knuckles, aluminum skids, bulks, lower chassis braces, and Ti hingepins. That said, when it isn't broken it drives fairly well, although the stock steering servos bringith the suck, and tears stuff up. Even though it has good flex, it doesn't do true offroading due to limited chassis clearence (really the pede has better usable ground clearance).

The stampede is light, agile, very durable, and basically just tons of fun. It unquestionable jumps better than a Maxx, having a better weight/suspension travel ratio. The high CG design seems odd, but it ussally lands on it's wheels after wrecks and almost always jumps true and level. I've had one for years and still think its a blast.

In retro spect, I'd much rather have an E-revo than an E-maxx. Revo has much better suspension geometry, bulkhead design, chassis setup, and overall durability.

If you really need 4wd get a Revo, but if you can tolerate 2wd purchase the stampede. Truck for the dollar I believe you end up farther ahead in the long run.

 

[minnesotamudder]

so what about the revo vs the 4wd stampede?( iv already had a 2wd and converted it to a rustler because it didnt do what i wanted as a 2wd)

 

[Duuuuuuuude]

I've always considered the Stampede to be the entry point into hobby grade rc's for the WalMart crowd. Never had one, but I've seen them, and drove one once and wasn't impressed.

The Maxx is old school tech. I had one and broke it constantly. Fun to drive, but annoying when you had to constantly wrench on it.

The Revo is a great improvement over the Maxx. Less prone to breakage and much better handling.

 

[It usually runs fine]

I have a Savage Flux 2350 and love it. It hauls ass, jumps true and stays together. I was eyeballing the traxxas stampede 4x4 vxl the other day and was thinking of buying it one day as my next monster truck. Also the monster jam traxxas trucks look cool and pretty affordable, not sure if they are 4x4 or not though.

 

[02tac]

Having owned a couple E-maxxs (Revo is basically the same for this arguement) in the past and as the current owner of a 4X4 pede, I say go for the 4X4 Pede.

The only + for the Maxx / Revo is the physical size, but that can be a detriment too. Other than that, they are far more complex, require more batteries and to keep things moving, multipule chargers.

The 4X4 Stampede has all the benefits of 4WD and long travel suspension without the complexity of a transmission, dual shocks, dual batteries and such. Being lighter, the 4X4 pede will most likely prove to be more durable. Being smaller than the Maxx/Revo, they are also fun in more places.
Run time for my Pede is far better that I ever got out of either of the maxx trucks.
Wrenching on the 4X4 Pede is a lot easier too!

I run my 4X4 pede on these
- http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=14976 -
Some will say you need a higher C rating, but I get plenty of punch and fantastic run time (close to 30 mins when run with a tiny bit of restraint). If you were racing on a high grip surface, a higher C might be good, but for bashing these work great. They are not even warm, even after a good hard run.

 

[BJoe]

I currently own a 2wd Stampede that I've had since early '99 and one of the early brushed E-Revo's that I bought new (first one sold in my store!) and would love to get a 4wd Pede too. One thing I do like about the Pede's and MJ trucks is that they only need 1 battery to run, where on a Maxx and Revo you need 2 batteries. The reason I bought the E-Revo over the Maxx was that it is a much more durable truck in nitro form and figured that would (and that has proven to be the case!) be in electric too. I've been pretty hard on that truck and the only things I've broken is one of the stub axles, a Traxxas spool (yes, you're reading that right), body mount tower, the front bumper mount, one upper arm, and stripped one or two of the rod ends on the back in the past 3 years. I have completely used up one pair of Titan 550's well before december of '08 and had the replacements pretty well used up by March of '09 when I swapped in a Titan 775 that is finally just about shot. Up until 2 weeks ago, all I'd done to my Pede was bend up shock shafts, used up many bodies and motors, and damaged 2 suspension arms before switching the truck to mostly RPM stuff.....then tore up an RPM shock tower, wheely bar mount, and broke the factory installed rear skidplate.

 

[BIG MAXX]

ok so im thinking of getting a moster truck/ basher truck and iv narrowed it dow to these 3. Im wondering what the main diferences are and the pros and cons of both.( the e-revo and e-maxx would be the brushed ones)
so can anyne help?"thumbsup"

Hello I am new here but I have had very good experiences with all three trucks. I own an e-maxx, one my friends has an e-revo and two more friends had the stampede. One stampede was brushless and the other was brushed.
We were all deployed in Iraq so we had some very rough terrain to put these vehicles through. My e-maxx was great until I hit a very large jump and broke my bulkheads and rear strut tower bar. I replaced the strut tower bar and got aluminum front and rear bulkheads. I never had that problem again. The guys with the stampedes only broke a-arms and stripped out gears. But at least they were not very expensive brakes. If you get a brushless stampede you may want to keep a supply of a-arms and gears in stock. Once those thing start flipping at those high speeds somethings going to give. The e-revo on the other hand had no issues not one. I've seen it come off hills twice as high as my e-maxx (when it broke) and the e-revo just kept going. I would definitely recommend the e-revo even though the others are also great trucks two.

Also the two stampedes kind of got bullied from me and the guy with e-revo because of the size and weight of them. It is a good bit of a difference. Which either one you choose I am sure you will be happy.

If you want just a basher truck that is not very expensive check out the Slash. That truck is amazing. I have one with a VXL upgrade and I never had any problems with it yet. It is just as fast as the VXL Stampede but can take corners better. It is a little lower but overall wider and longer than the stampede.