Traxxas 2080 - Waterproof Digital Micro Servo

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Product Number:	2080
Suggested Retail:	29.00 USD
Street Price:	24.99 USD
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User Reviews of Traxxas 2080 (26)

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  Molak

  July 31, 2011

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  Application(s):

  Stock Steering servo on all 1/16 traxxas models

  Comments:

  This servo to fragile for the job.

  The plastic gears are far to weak,even with a properly working servo-saver they shatter with a minimum hit.

  And when you don't break the gears the electronics burn or the motor overheats and get burned.

  The only reason you should be looking at this servo is to find a replacement...

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  dave

  December 11, 2011

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  Application(s):

  stock servo on 1/16 traxxas.

  Comments:

  this servo is every bit as bad as anything you've heard about it. don't use it. if you need a waterproof servo, soak a different model in corrosion x.

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  Damián

  December 13, 2011

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  Application(s):

  Stock in traxxas 1/16 Fiesta VXL Ken Block

  Comments:

  really weak. The electronics failed after less than 3 hours of use. I´m looking for a more robust replacement. Traxxas should do some service campaign on this item.

  I live in Argentina and it cost usd 47. A better replacemet costs even more.

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  slimhering

  December 19, 2011

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  Application(s):

  1/16 summit steering

  Comments:

  I downgraded the summit 1/16 to a four cell battery for my kid. Can't remember a serious hit, but still the servo gear was broken in the first half an hour of driving the brand new downtuned car. My dealer said: No warranty replacement by Traxxas

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  Alex

  December 26, 2011

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  Application(s):

  Mini e revo steering

  Comments:

  Broke after a pack and a half on the new stock truck. No crazy driving - a few roll overs during runs up and down the street - and the gears are stripped. A pretty cheap and easy fix but should NOT strip this easily.

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  Scott

  January 5, 2012

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  Application(s):

  e revo vxl

  Comments:

  Junk stripped out 1 hour out of the box traxxas replacing for free. Why don't they upgrade to metal gears?

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  Ron

  January 22, 2012

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  Application(s):

  Steering servo for stock 1/16 ERevo VXL

  Comments:

  Horrible servo. DO NOT GET IT. Had horrible time with Traxxas support when it was broken out of the box, and its broken 4 times in the first week i got my car.

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  Jacob

  February 23, 2012

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  Application(s):

  1/16 erevo

  Comments:

  Having alot of problems from this servo glitches alot and it strips and burns up. Does any one know what i can use that is better then this? I've had a cupple of them and i dont have money just to keep buying them...

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  Mao

  March 14, 2012

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  Application(s):

  1/16 Summit

  Comments:

  Failed within the first hour of using the truck. Seems to be an issue with the motor or pot, it was causing my ESC to behave erratically, eventually causing transmission gears to get shredded. I thought the problem was a short on the ESC, but after Traxxas kindly replaced my motor and ESC I still had the same problem. Finally traced it back to this servo.
  After reading these reviews, don't think I'll bother with an exact replacement. Thanks!

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  Alexander

  March 28, 2012

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  Application(s):

  Traxxas 1/16 SUMMIT VXL (#7207)

  Comments:

  I have similar troubles with the servo. The plastic gears were broken after 15 minutes of driving on the smooth road. I changed the position of gears (rotated by 180 degrees), and after that used my vehicle 3 times (3 cycles for the battery.) After that, gears have disintegrated completely; servo rotated for quite a long time; and my vehicle was no longer operational. If I now rotate resistor in the servo in one direction, the servo-motor rotates and the vehicle rides. If I rotate the resistor in servo in another direction, the receiver LED blinks, and the vehicle do not work at all.
  I would not purchase the same servo any more. Can somebody suggest another servo with similar characteristics?

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  John

  April 9, 2012

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  Application(s):

  Stock servo in 1/16th VXL Slash

  Comments:

  This servo is every bit as bad as everything you've read about it. I bought a 1/16th VXL Slash and a friend told me the servo will probably let go within a week. 1.5 packs later, he was right. Currently shopping for a new servo. Only way I'd replace with this is if it was free.

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  Mpwr99

  April 22, 2012

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  Application(s):

  Slash 1/16

  Comments:

  This servo sucks!! Used truck 4 times out of the box and servo took a crap. Gears shredded and internally shorted causing esc to do erratic behavior! Traxass needs to step up and put a better servo for a truck that's $300 bucks!

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  alex

  May 8, 2012

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  Application(s):

  1/16 grave digger

  Comments:

  i ran the truck for about 3 battery packs, did a few speed runs, a back-flip or two and the gears are shredded down to dust, called traxxas and they are sending me a servo for free, next time this happens im switching to metal geared servos.

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  Dan

  June 23, 2012

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  Application(s):

  1/16 slash brushed

  Comments:

  Pretty fast, but strips gears easily. Stock servo saver way to stiff so no servo protection. Had one burn it's electonics after like 20 short runs. Also 2 stripped gears one after another.

  Not for offroad use, onroad only with good saver.

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  jude

  August 15, 2012

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  Application(s):

  1/16 summit

  Comments:

  sh** sh** SERVO , poor quality for most or the pieces on there rc cars till you mod them from other companies .

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  trazor

  August 27, 2012

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  Application(s):

  e-revo 1/16

  Comments:

  Burnt after some hours of bashing. Opened the case and some smd components were toasted. This servo is a hoax. e-revo 1/16 has two more crappy parts: xl2.5 ESC burns easyly and shocks bottom caps leak a lot.

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  Thrash911

  October 22, 2012

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  Application(s):

  Default servo in 1716 mini e-revo

  Comments:

  After 8-10 packs, one of the gears stripped. I replaced the gear. Then after 3-5 packs, the servo just died. Will not recommend. A great replacement could be the Turnigy TGY-390DMH!

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  Rc kid

  November 25, 2012

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  Application(s):

  1/16 Grave digger

  Comments:

  Buy another servo all i have to say 3 packs by by servo the end

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  jackcm

  December 9, 2012

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  Application(s):

  Erevo

  Comments:

  Do not waste your time or money on this piece of garbage. Bad enough that I recommend you choose another brand of dv unit alltogether. Traxxas refuses to address this clear failure on their part. Keep looking

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  HPRC

  January 4, 2013

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  Application(s):

  1:16th traxxas rally

  Comments:

  Complete junk. Electronics fried on the 6th use. Do NOT buy this servo.

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  Bizworth

  January 7, 2013

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  Application(s):

  E-Revo 1/16 Steering servo

  Comments:

  If you want a good MONEY PIT this is it, Had the E-Revo 7 days and have had to make 4 trips the the hobby shop to get parts.
  I should have just went to the hobby shop and built the E-Revo from the ground up, I think it would of been cheaper to do so now that I'm there every other day to fix Traxxas Mistakes

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  JayhawkNavy02

  February 14, 2013

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  Application(s):

  Traxxas Summit Mini VXL 4x4

  Comments:

  Trash. Total Trash.

  Buy the Hitec HS-5085MG Digital Mighty Micro BB MG Servo instead.

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  joewood123

  March 7, 2013

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  Application(s):

  Steering servo on Traxxas Ken Block car

  Comments:

  I'm new to the rc game and about a week after buying my Gymkhana car it burned up. Apparently it's a piece of trash.

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  Jim

  March 9, 2013

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  Application(s):

  Traxxas RTR 1/16 Summit VXL Brushless 4WD 2.4GHz

  Comments:

  Unpacked car and charged stock battery. While running on first battery in living room in training mode the car suddenly began making a grinding noise when I turned left only. After checking all of the forums, I found that the servo is failing an awful lot on these Traxxas 1/16 RC cars. I will be purchasing a different brand of servo after my warranty is up. The 2080 servo is a piece of junk and apparantly Traxxas is not doing anything about it.

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  joeelectro

  March 15, 2013

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  Application(s):

  Traxxas slash 1/16 steering servo

  Comments:

  Electronics fried on the first one after about 10 packs.
  Replacement fried after about 6 more packs. Junk.
  My son is a careful driver and the gears have not stripped for us, but the electronics fail.

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  SLDL

  May 6, 2013

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  Application(s):

  MERV, Rally. Slash

  Comments:

  I keep a zip-lock bag that says "Bad" on it. It now has 4 2080s in it and that's only since I decided to keep them. (I keep expecting Traxxas to admit their failure and offer to replace them -- yeah right!). I'm not that rough -- never stripped a gear, but I expect the electronics to fail on a regular basis. I keep several backups that I buy when I find one cheap on eBay. I have used the Hitec replacements. No problems, just a little more hassle to install.

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