Crawler Canyon Presents: Servo Testin' Time, Savox SA1230SG and Reefs Triple 4

Bounty from the ongoing Plofferings.

Running the gauntlet today,

The apparently now vintage Savox SA1230SG-- now discontinued and replaced with the functionally identical SA1230SGP-- at 4.8 and 6.0 volts.
The oft-recommended Reefs 444 at 6.0 and 7.4 volts.

IG: crawlercanyon

[buddybirddog]

As a retired guy, I now have to watch my spending when comes to my rc addiction that’s where your channel comes in. From tire testing to servos, I look at your past shows to help me make decisions on purchases. What I found was I am just as competitive in rock crawling events at half the cost as before. Maybe do a build from the retired guy's view, a competitive rock crawler while still having money left over for grocery😀

[MadsaxBrewery]

Reefs Triple 4 is now my go to servo. Had problems with every other servo I used. The Reefs I have never had a problem with one.

[eddytoy]

That Rockford Fosgate reference was GOLD!!! I wish more manufacturers would give us Punch 80 power in more servos.

[rccrawlingaddict]

You may say it's over-kill, but I have 3 of the REEFS 444's in my phoenix. Never a steering issue nor a shifting issue. Good to see the review. Thanks again. I have a triple 7 that I haven't even tried yet.

[evintacy]

Awesome I want see what reefs 444 does! 😊

[FaithSaraG]

Way to go Reefs, making more power than advertised.

[TheAmericanUhate]

I just got one of those reefs 444's on a truck I bought. I haven't even tried it out yet and 100% planned on changing it out for something bigger & direct power. My zoku phoenix has the reefs 777, and trx4 has the reefs raw 500. Planning on swapping an nsdrc rs800 into the zoku phoenix, then putting the 777 into the new truck I just got. The 444 will be homeless for a while. Kind of thinking about an on-road or stadium truck in the near future. It would be great for one of those it looks like.

[grantwitt]

Have you thought about testing the hk hobbies 35kg+ direct power servo? They're claiming 40kg and 0.09 at 3s.

[freerangehuman]

I own 3 Reefs raw 500's and 2 800lp's I'm happy with them. To each there own.

[zack]

If I close my eyes seth McFarland is the person explaining the servos.... 🤣

[ydrRC]

Digit 4096 just means it's a digital servo with 12-bit resolution. It's normal Savox nomenclature.

[johandriehuizen]

Wich servo would you reccomend for a hpi savage v2? For bashing? A real nice one

[BrandonMythigander]

The savox is the same servo I used in my old sc trucks. I literally have 0 experience with reefs

[rascalracing]

You should test the 50kg direct power servo 9imod BLS-HV50MG. It seem to have pretty good power for the price! Keep up tje good work!

[mikeshobbiesandrandomstuff]

Dang it's not possible to get a decent servo around 60 USD anymore.

[bustedknux]

Am i the only one still picturing Susan spinning?

[philthy]

The 444 is a great servo, but for $10 more I can have an rs800.

[HollerRC]

I laughed too loud about you using Rockford Fosgate as a verb.

[texavon]

"load cell slamming" building up momentum and or speed before activating your load cell, will give you inaccurate torque values as the inertial mass of the servo arm and gears "slamming" into the load cell at speed is not indicative of actual torque in the same way that crashing your car into a trailer is not indicative of your cars towing capacity.

[Honoluluairsoft]

As a man on a budget I personally can not understand the reasoning to spend upwards of 120 dollars on a servo I just recently bought a flash hobby 60kg direct power for like 60 maybe 70 bucks can’t remember and for my driving it does fine and I just can’t justify the extra 50 dollars for a servo when that money can be used elsewhere