Never heard anything bad about Badlands, just pricey. I ran a quick road test with sons Typhon geared 20 pinion on 6s with Banditos and hit 73mph before running out of space, he runs 4s and still plenty fast. I've bashed lockups hard with no real issues yet, pulled from high power Backslash, rims mildly bent, time will tell.I'm not a fan of duratrax tires. had a set for my stampede 4x4 they were good for about 6 runs or so and they were almost flat when truck sat still like foams disintegrated or something. then the wheel stripped. I like proline. gonna get badlands soon.... no more 6s with 21 tooth pinion, was fine with 17 on 6s. but with 21 on 4s it's almost as fast as 17 on 6s.