HAIBOXING 1:18 Scale All Terrain RC Car 18859, 36 KPH High Speed 4WD Electric Vehicle with 2.4 GHz Remote Control, 4X4 Waterproof Off-Road Truck with Two Rechargeable Batteries

When I was younger I always wanted an RC car. Not every Christmas but most I got one and every year I broke it. The last RC I had was a hobby grade car and I broke it. It was probably just stripped gears that needed replaced. Over the years my sons have had several cheap RC cars. Recently I started watching some YouTubers (Kevin Talbot) that play with RC cars and I thought I would buy a small hobby grade RC car and try this all over again. I feel like I could work on this car fairly easily if not take it to a local hobby store and have them help.Needless to say I'm blown away by this car. I charged up the battery and took it out for a rip and it's awesome! Super fast and is perfectly able to rip around the yard. My youngest drove it around it slow mode and a little in fast mode but after the first battery drained I immediately ordered two more to give my boys for Christmas. It seems solidly built, has some weight to it all plastic but as some say plastic bends or takes shock better than metal. 4wd seems crazy on these little cars. As with any electronics over the last 20 or 30 years things just keep getting better and this is no different. It's well built. You can find people on youtube that know way more than I do praise this little car and rip it way harder than I ever will. The instruction manual is good and has a full parts list and assembly diagrams to help when you need to take it apart.The best part about these cars is even though they are $70 you can buy replacement parts even upgraded parts. It makes sense to pay a little extra for a car like this and when something breaks you can you buy a cheaper replacement part instead of buying a whole new car. These kinds of cars also should be more durable. I want so bad to upgrade the shocks and drive axles but I'm going to wait for a bit and keep it stock until something breaks or I just get the itch and buy them. I love the slow mode. It's perfect for in house ripping around and for younger kids. Fast mode for anyone under 10 would probably mean they would break something pretty quick but if you start them young and in slow mode they can get used to it and control it fast mode be easier and more fun for them. Overall in my opinion it's a great little car. I'm really going to enjoy it. My boys will enjoy it. Can't wait to upgrade it. Not looking forward to when something breaks but really glad there are replacement parts. Highly recommend for cheap fun.The only complaint I would have is the pins that hold the body down are really small and some seem to come up with different and better ways to hold the body down. I'm sure when I start to work on it the small size of everything might somewhat of a hindrance but we'll just have to see. I worry about if things are taken apart multiple times the screw holes could get stripped but that's just opinion not fact. You can buy the whole chassis if you wanted to. In all I feel like I will get a lot of enjoyment out of this car. Breaking things is normal and frustration may normal too but it will be worth it.

I have been involved with the RC hobby since I was a young boy (over 35yrs), so I have seen a lot of changes through the years, and have learned a lot about land vehicles, planes, helicopters and quad copters/drones. For the price of this truck, I have not ever seen or used an RC vehicle that was this fun, and of decent quality. These days, it's easy to spend over $100 and end up with crap ( which i have done a couple times). This Haiboxing model 18859 truck is great. I got this for my 5yr old son who has crashed, smashed, and bashed it at high speeds many times, and nothing has broken on it yet. This truck is very fast in normal speed mode, and truly is good quality. Being that it is 4 wheel drive, it burns through our yard on grass with ease, faster and more easily than other trucks my son has that are 3 times its size. The cons....the li-po batteries that came with this do still work, but the charger that came with this does not balance the cells well, so they have started to lose their run time. So the charger is not very good, I use my own balance charger, and I will be buying replacement batteries of a little bit better quality. The shocks that came stock worked fine at first, but after a few months of use they broke down and started to bind up. I was able to find upgraded replacement shocks which are better quality, but they were $20 for the set of 4. So the price of that is steep considering the whole truck and remote with 2 batteries was under $120. The motor in the truck I got (about a year ago in Jan 2022) was not brushless, however it works very well and has plenty of torque. I would have preferred brushless, but that wasn't an option with this model at the time, and honestly this truck does just fine with the brushed motor. It looks like now the newer version comes with brushless.Overall I really can't complain with the two cons I have listed. The amount of use and abuse this has taken at my home has absolutely qualified this truck as a great value, especially for someone like me that wanted this for my son who is new to the hobby. I wanted something cheaper ( as opposed to some rc trucks that are $400-$800), but not junk. And that's exactly what I got with this, it is a great truck for what I paid and I definately recommend it for someone starting out, or who just wants something better than the average big box store rc truck ( like WalMart). My relatives have spent $80+ for trucks that are absolute garbage compared to this Haiboxing model, and my sons truck would drag these across the yard if tied together in a "pull off" fashion. If you are looking for something decent that won't break the bank, is fast, 4 wheel drive, 2.4ghz remote, 2 batteries, and some replacement parts available on the website....this will work for you.