Originally Posted by
BoredGuy
Why are servos for RC cars so overpriced? Or rather, certain ones. What advantage does a $50-100 servo offer over a $10 Turnigy or Towerpro 10-15 kg servo in a car?
Big gap between prices given. Everybody has different wants and needs. How they prioritize them is up to each individual. I know, for me, I will usually shop in the $35~$60 range for servos. Within that price range you can find great servos with replacement gear sets for if/when that day comes that they need replacing. Most of my servos that I currently have/use were, at one time (thirteen years ago
), a very popular "go to" servo, and sold for a tad over a hundred dollars. I started buying them, at half price, because I knew of their great reputation, and they were being discontinued shortly. Nowadays, a servo with
14.5 kg/cm (201.4 oz/in) of torque @ 6V, and with a transit time of
0.108 sec/60° @ 6V is nothing.