Traxxas Hoss 4x4 VXL Full Review

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How good is the Traxxas Hoss? It's time for the full review of this 1/10 Electric 4WD Monster Truck!

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[handballduenas]

I absolutely love mine, after a few upgrades this thing is a blast.
Servo, shocks and steel drive shafts did the job. Fun fun fun...

[geodude]

Unfortunately for us, Traxxas is not going to lower their prices anytime soon. If anything they're going to keep increasing prices. In 2020 they made $55M, their best ever, during a pandemic. All of Horizon Hobby (including Arrma) only made $40M in 2020. Traxxas can keep charging whatever they want because people keep buying their stuff, they've been around for over 30 years and their brand name is synonymous with RCs. When people see me bashing in public they always ask "Is that a Traxxas?" because that's the only brand they know, and most people don't even know that hobby grade RCs exist. It took Traxxas 30 years to get that brand name recognition and that isn't going to change anytime soon.

[S.Keenan]

Never change Razor. Another proper review.

[lassenilsen]

You can turn the battery strap so you can fit a thicker battery

[jerryvolpini]

Until people stop buying their products, Traxxas will NEVER change!

[pipnmaz]

Great, honest review sir. I would say that at this price this model should come with better shocks, a better servo and the TQi bluetooth module included. Traxxas are terrible for overcharging for these things and not including worthy components. Traxxas also seem to design the maximum battery dimensions to only suit their own batteries so you really have to shop around to find something special just for their trucks whereas other manufacturers (Arrma) have battery trays on their 3s models which have removable plastic spacers to allow even my 155mm HRB 3s batteris to fit without a problem. *Edit* Also as far as value goes, here in the UK I had the choice of a Traxxas Hoss at £479 or an Arrma Kraton 6s for £499 - guess which one I bought? Not the Traxxas.

[tlfbshti]

Great review as always Razor, I totally agree this should be priced around $350 and been the new stampede 4x4

[thecman]

Solid review! You nailed it exactly! to expensive for what you get!

[bryantanderson]

I own the Hoss and I think with all the upgrades it's worth $479. Motor, tires, driveshaft, tsm, etc

[KTMcaptain]

The battery lock doesn’t swivel 180 degrees and flip to get the other profile? My trx6 does.

[georgeaffonso]

Good review. I have 2 Russelers vxl 4x4. Good trucks. Lots of aftermarket parts available and plenty fast. I wanted to check one of these out. But for the money I will just stick with my Russelers. May be check out a Arma in the future!! Thanks for the review!!

[racerj.]

April 2022. No Traxxas did not lower the price. In fact they raised it. It goes for $490 now! But you can still get it for $470 online. Just not at Traxxas. This is the exact reason I didn't buy it when it came out. I have now narrowed my monster truck choices to, surprise, the Armma granite and the Team Associated MT10. Just Saying.

[LawrenceTimme]

It's not a bad truck. The price is just completely wrong, but I guess people still buy them otherwise they would have to drop the price 🤯🤯🤯🤯

[Smaug]

1) Did you actually break any of the shocks, or did you just replace them because you knew they would break?

2) similar to above, did you strip the servo, or did you just replace it because you thought it would be an issue?

3) What was your final solution for the battery strap issue?

4) as for the name, I can see why they just gave it a new name. They would have had to have called it Stampede 4x4 2.0 VXL which is not very elegant.

5) I wonder if part of the high price is that they're subsidizing the low price of models like the original 2WD XL-5 series. If they lose a little bit of money on each of those to get people into the Traxxas family, they have to make up for it somewhere.

[Cooldibs]

Can you make a video on how you’re able to clean your RC’s so well?

[netcruzer]

Nailed it. I can't in good conscience buy it when it's value for money is so poor compared to the competition, no matter how fun it is.

[rcpete]

BATTERY STRAP?? It's a Hinge that doesn't work well at all.. Why do u keep mentioning battery strap? Will it take a strap instead of the Hinge clip?? Good review 👍💯👌

[valuerc]

Great review, but one correction, hoss and max are 3670 size, spartan is 3682 size

[GreatLakesRC]

The fact that the Hoss is in the same price category as a 1/8 scale 6s buggy tell you everything you need to know 🤣🤣

[AsurasWrath]

@RazorRC:🤣🤣🤣, were the sheep intentionally placed in the audio when you gave the 2/5 build score? Felt like Traxxas fanboys crying out loud. I couldn't help me but to lmao... 😂