Budget radios. Thoughts?

[sailr]

Great post! Agree completely! It always amazes me that people will buy the cheapest thing out there then bitch when it doesn't work right.

Why is it that those who defend cheap radios will 'attack' those who have bad experiences with them? These 'problems' are usually considered the fault of the user, not the radio. Yet problems with high-end radios are highlighted because "those radios are over-priced and over-rated".


There is a "cheap radio cult" just like there is a "cheap battery cult" and a "cheap motor cult". We all need reasons to rationalize our decisions, and basing them on price is a quantifiable justification - "you can't argue with low prices". Value is far more difficult to define, and it means different things to different people.



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[gsbuickman]

Kool, I know their good radios. I originally bought mine at hobbypartz with 5 receivers, for my cars, trucks and buggies. I was stoked when the box said it was for boats too. Because I was working a deal for my ul-1 as well. I know its not suppose to interfere but, my local boat hole is in a triangle. I have a cell tower, police station and local airport all in close proximity. There's enough interference half the time if you have an am or fm system out there, and you turn them on, they go crazy and drive themselves.

Were talking about finding a new place to run, this one is converient, its only 1/4 mile from our houses.

[siberianhusky]

While I don't own one of these radios one of the guys I run with has a number of the 2 channel version so the grandkids can run boats to, all of his have worked great right out of the box.
Judging by the number of posts I've read about these radios they either seem to work great out of the box or not, if not it's almost easier and cheaper to bin it than try to deal the the customer service from the bargain retailers. If it doesn't work no big deal, no more of a loss than a stripped servo and cheaper than a smoked esc.
There isn't any middle ground with these radios, some people will hate them for various reasons, some will love them for various reasons.
Would I run one in a twin turbine powered 72" cat? NO! Would I run one in most of my current boats? Sure. Just need a built in timer!

[jamespl]

I started this thread and my general trail of thought is you do get what you pay for. For example i had a new kitchen fitted about 18months ago and working for bosch i bought mostly bosch but the fridge, microwave and dishwasher were reccomended by the company i got the kitchen from and they were cheaper than the bosch alternatives. out of those 3 appliances 2 of them have failed! but i have been running my gt3b for about 3 months or so now without any issues. i dont have loads of money to spend on high end stuff so i use the likes of turnigy batteries and the gt3b radio all with very good results. Im only a sport boater and only get to use my boat about once every 2 weeks. if i have bottomless pockets i would have the best of everything. basically the gt3b and all the other rc stuff i buy surves a pupose and that its to put a smile on my face plus it all works with no probs so that suits me.

[gsbuickman]

Hi guys, I just heard something interesting. Thought I would throw it out here and see what you thought. I was at the local indoor track and heard a guy having a gtoup discussion. Apparently he thinks hes the local mt wizard. He was giving a radio lesson.

He was telling everybody that am and fm radios work on radio waves for the signal to be carried to the receiver. Ok that's true, everyone knows that. He started in on 2.4 systems. He claims 2.4 radios work on the line of sight principal, as long as you can see your vehicle you have fantastic reception. If you drive your vehicle behind a solid object, so its between you and the vehicle you'll lose the signal and possibly your vehicle. Circumstances depending of course.

I dont know how much truth to that theroy, but it seems a lil farfetched. Maybe he was talkin about the early 2.4 systems ???. Any ideas ?.

[NorCalZ71]

Sounds like he has 2.4gh and infared confused.

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[Flying Scotsman]

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Douggie

Great post! Agree completely! It always amazes me that people will buy the cheapest thing out there then bitch when it doesn't work right.