I have been told that you can just run the cheap motors without a break in. From what little I know and have found they last a little longer if they are broken in. I just hook them up to a power pack from and old train set. I watch the volts so they are around 3 to 3.5 and let it run for a while. If it gets warm I shut it down and let it cool. Some say yes and some say no to the break in but it does not cost anything to do it so why not.

The batterys are slow charged for the first two or three times to get them up to spec. I just charge them at the lowest setting on my charger and do a slower drain. I do not charge them with the highest amp setting I can get away with either.

Does this help, I have not noticed a big jump in performance but then again I am not trying to get every last watt out of my set ups.

My opinon.

Dru.