Just a little word to all..
The guys bashing the HITEC eqpt. all seem to know/fly with each other. I know in our club guys that chum around can start thinking alike.. not a bad trait, but it can skew the facts somewhat.

I fly with JR, Futaba, and HITEC servos. I am either real lucky or just do not do this enough, but never had a servo failure yet. I fly 25-35% aircraft most with digitals (mostly hitec and a few JR). Price and service are always my main concern and I have absolutley no complaints with either manufacturer. I think all manufacturers of any product as a defect rate because ultimately their is human involvement in making the product.

Bottom line... Sometimes bad things happen to good people and there is no explanation or fix to the problem. If a can of soda broke open in the case (like commonly happens) do you think coke would shut down their packaging lines...

Buy what ever you comfortable with!!!!!