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BrianG · 06.15.2009, 04:22 PM

It's not just the grip, it's the contact area. The current ones work fine for 1/10 scale applications, or maybe lighter/2WD 8th scale applications, but I personally think they are too small for buggies, truggies, etc unless you are running HV/LowA setups. Yeah, they handle it ok, but how about at least 50% more contact area. Make the prongs wider, a tad longer, and thicker and I'd be happy. I still don't like paying what they cost though - just not worth it for what you get. Now that there are more options out there (powerpoles, Traxxas, etc) maybe, just maybe they might see lower sales a new larger version and/or cheaper price on the current model. Pipe dream, I know. The biggest hurdle for us (and in their favor) is that most people don't want to re-invest hundreds of dollars in replacing what they have on their current ESCs, batteries, charge adaptors, etc.

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BrianG RC-Monster Admin Offline Posts: 14,609 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Des Moines, IA	06.15.2009, 04:22 PM It's not just the grip, it's the contact area. The current ones work fine for 1/10 scale applications, or maybe lighter/2WD 8th scale applications, but I personally think they are too small for buggies, truggies, etc unless you are running HV/LowA setups. Yeah, they handle it ok, but how about at least 50% more contact area. Make the prongs wider, a tad longer, and thicker and I'd be happy. I still don't like paying what they cost though - just not worth it for what you get. Now that there are more options out there (powerpoles, Traxxas, etc) maybe, just maybe they might see lower sales a new larger version and/or cheaper price on the current model. Pipe dream, I know. The biggest hurdle for us (and in their favor) is that most people don't want to re-invest hundreds of dollars in replacing what they have on their current ESCs, batteries, charge adaptors, etc.