Quote Originally Posted by fkirons View Post
here is my little experience with mabuchi.
The ones for RC cars are crap, they burn really fast (the ones that are flat).
The bigger ones (I believe they are 25mm diameter, like the ones that neo tat uses) are good, solid and reliable.
They are powerful, tough, they run smooth, silent. I believe the coils in that motor are hand wrapped.
They pull around 5-6 watts of output.
They are heavy though but you can't beat $2-5 compared with an $88 21600 from maxon. or Faulhaber.

Quality controlled in china is as good as quality control over here. Some of the stuff you can't manufacture in the us because the technology is just not here.
The problem with china is not their labor, is the copycats that come from shitty companies that have no values.
Apple computers are made in china just like most parts of high end cars.

The quality control sets a shitty product from a great product made in china.
Im having problems with the mabuchi motor as we speak, all the company can say to me is somtimes it happens when the motors sit for to long.rrrrrrrrrrrr maxon all the way.