Horizon in europe is bad but in america never relly had a problem with superior service than traxxas here but since covid idk going to warranty an esc soon lets see what happens but losi did not deserve what horizon seems to have done to them i hope horizon doesn't become traxxas 2.0 with their awfull behaviorsI despise social media, and in particular how "reviewers" or "influencers"(puke..) have taken over how products are reviewed. For the most part they get freebies, do a short term review, and don't say anything negative so they can continue to get free stuff. It's gross.. The lack of longer-term perspective, and also I-paid-for-it-with-my-own-hard-earned-money perspective is totally underappreciated IMO... With his Kraton videos though, I think there was a cumulative effect which convinced me to get one..
So in the case of ARCP, I did go to his reviews - and trust them, and ultimately just bought my Kraton 6S based to a large extent on the faith I had in it based on his reviews. It soudns like it kind of went to poop for him. Which is unfortunate. But oh well.. What's that pyramid thing called about life priorities? RC isn't very high - and it shouldn't be...
One last point - Horizon is an absolutely, completely and entirely despicable company. I was into LST2s years ago, and even back then there was talk about how corporate Horizon had gutted and was ruining Losi. I was around for YEARS when people were waiting for an E-LST2, and Losi was just out of the picture. Meanwhile TT figured out how to re-purpose the ancient ST-1 to make the MT4 G3... For the last several years I have been into flying more than cars, and I have had to observe how Horizon has just been getting worse and worse.. 10 years ago they had Parkzone - now they have massively overpriced planes, but have cut major corners on quality.. I had two planes crash to oblivion at 100+ mph with melted ESCs... Anyway, I finally decided to get a Kraton (after being convinced about them years ago thanks largely to ARCP), and wen to two LHSs here in Germany. Both guys looked up availability - about a month ago - and said they had no clue when they'd be back. They both said Horizon was a disaster - no availability, no service, etc.. One guy even reckoned they'd probably fold up shop in Europe the way things look now..
Anyway, tough luck for VAS. But ultimately if he tied his fate to Horizon, as unfortunate as that is, well.... Sorry - it's an awful company.
Such a shame Thunder Tiger, Hobao, Associated and co aren't more on the scene... Everything is Traxxas and Horizon - which is nauseating...
5th scale is lost cause too - way overpriced for what it is...
This just going to hurt arrma than anything else by not talking to him or explaining whats the route they have taken and + trowing an unprofessional reply in public just trows more oil into the fire