I was in the same situation as you, I own two Jato's one revo 3.3 and a savage x and a plat. revo on order. I was trying to decide if i should get a E-revo or a platium revo. The race course near me allows the electric monster trucks and thats one of the main reason of getting the second revo. I do not own any electrics; however, if a company produces a nice tunable fast durable staduim in brushless, I will buy it without a doubt. Well, after owning my revo, I love it. I know alot of others will tell you all sorts of bad things or good things, but for me I will give you facts, yes it has its downsides like all trucks do, but also has some things I really like about it. After realizing you only get 30-35 out of a stock brushed 450 dollar e-revo, I would be left disappointed. I would be ok for racing but bashing would be no fun at that speed without the noise from a nitro. So after you spend another lets say 300 to get the mamba monster max set up and then you need 2 batterys, not one but two expensive lipos. Then if you want to drive it for a while you need another set of not 3 but 4 total. Now that is a bit more than I was willing to deal with. Then your left with a truck that has no noise but way over powered in acceleration, with really no center diff to tame it. So I went with the plat. revo. The e-revo makes the most since in the long run, but just too expensive to start off and no nitro screaming motor and would end up being a bit much on acceleration just to get the 45-50 mph I am looking for. People say the diffs hold up to the power on the current e-maxxs but for how long under a 5 to 6s lipo, thats what I would need to get the speed I am looking for. Electric in the stadium is so much easier to get the top end speed without the prise and ton of potential gearing that might blow.