Top Race 15 Channel Full Functional Remote Control Excavator, Remote Control Excavator Toy with 2.4GHz Transmitter and Metal Shovel - 1:14 Scale Battery Powered Construction Tractor for Kids - TR 211

When my friend suggested that I get something that is Remote Control that is good quality I didn't have any ideas on what to get. I remembered that as a child, I always wanted an RC Excavator. This was my idea, so I jumped on the internet and searched up 'rc excavator'. I came across this Top Race one. I had no idea which brands were good or bad, so I bookmarked this excavator and kept looking.After looking at multiple brands, such as Vatos and Huina, I decided to watch some videos and read some reviews. The cheaper Huina excavators had poor reviews and the Vatos excavator had a smaller scale and that would mean it would have worse power. I tried to find some videos on the TR-211 (which I struggled to) and found a few. After I watched them I decided it was a pretty...decent...excavator. So I jumped back onto Amazon and ordered one.I was mind blown to see that my excavator arrived 10 days early. This was the first thing that impressed me. I unpacked it and plugged up the battery. finding out that it comes charged a little bit. I messed around with the controls and it started beeping and the lights and sounds turned on, so I figured it was low on charge. I plugged it in and it took less than the advertised amount of time to charge (says 4 hours, took 2 1/2 hours). This was another thing that I was impressed with.After I charged it, I went outside and my mind changed about the whole thing. After I started digging some dirt, my opinion on it went from decent to absolutely extraordinary. It has some great power, and I dug a hole that was about 30cm x 28cm x 5-7cm. I had the most fun I've had in a long time, and it lasted me around 1 hour 20 minutes (battery life depends on how much work you're doing). Ever since I got it I have been using it outside everyday...I haven't touched my consoles or laptop or phone for 4 days.Overall, this was one of the best things I've ever bought, and now I'm recommending the same excavator to my friend that suggested it in the first place, and I also recommend that people reading this also buy it. Amazing and very reliable product!

This excavator is really nice, heavy machine, metal grapple, solid construction. BUT, the arm did not work out of the box.The battery needs to be able to last longer. I will be looking for an additional higher capacity battery.The sounds are realistic and you can turn them off if you don’t want the sound effects. When sounds are off the machine is very quite.EDIT 4/7/2022The arm started working right before I boxed it for a return, so it never went back and has worked except for twice since then. Everything thing else is still great. I have not found a second battery but if you are using it like a real excavator and are stationary most of the time the battery will last a long time. If you drive it around or long distance that seems to use more battery then just loading stuff. Overall it’s a great toy and we still play with it. Get it and you will have fun.More update. Arm needed to be taking apart and wire plugged in or soldered can’t remember but is still working great. 1/23EDIT 10/12/24 - Still working great, I HAVE found a battery right here on Amazon - Blomiky 2 Pack 7.2V 2200mAh Ni-MH Rechargerable Battery with SM-2P Plug Connector and USB Charger Cable for RC Cars Vehicles Truck 7.2V NiMh 2The most important part is the SM-2P that is the black connector for the battery. This battery is 2200mAh the stock is 400mAh which is 5.5 times more capacity. The bigger battery works great. You can track and do multiple functions at once and it doesn't slow down.Now that you have read this - click add to cart, then add the extra set of batteries and have fun.

We gave this to our 4 year old for Christmas and he has really enjoyed it. Along with the creative play, he has been learning how to coordinate the many different control options, which seems like a good problem solving exercise.We have found the battery life to be quite short, seems like less than 30 minutes of play. That is not unreasonable given the amount of work the excavator can do, and if it was a drawback we could get a spare battery pack. It does recharge in about an hour. Other ratings seem to indicate a longer play time and charge time so perhaps we received a poor battery.Other notes -- the "diesel" sound the excavator can make is far louder than I would like. It is easy to turn the sound off, but there is no way to just reduce the volume- I would rather not have the "demo mode" button on the controller, if pressed unintentionally the demo mode gets loud and goes on for a while, and the only way to stop it is to turn the excavator off- The price when we bought it was $45 and it seems a good value for that; I see the price is higher now and I do not think I would pay more than about $55