Miuzei Servo Review - WARNING! Don't Buy Servos Before Watching This - The Best Cheap Servo

[@chrisguo5698]

thanks for showing us how to test a servo, previously I only knew "it's moving" or "not moving"....

[@roberta.edinger9405]

I thought the same thing until I I tried flying with those bad servos. I'm glad the video was useful to you.Thanks.

[@amelliamendel2227]

You can but a servo tester for 2 dollars

[@TheJacklwilliams]

@@roberta.edinger9405 Perfect 101 video. I'm just getting started programming hardware and I wouldn't have thought of the importance of "return to zero" until you pointed it out and related it to flying. Huge aero fan and yeah I could see how this would just be rotten to the core. Funny thing is I bought a cheap adeept electronics kit to start this venture and while watching this video pulled out the servo, same one but? It has the green potentiometer. It is the Tower Pro brand model everything else the same. Going to connect it up and run my own return to zero tests. THANKS ROBERT!

[@Icehso140]

A simple case of a batch of servos that failed a QC check b4 the label was put on it. Then the whole batch was sold cheap to a seller that was willing to deal with dissatisfied customers. You can declare a loss selling the bad batch, but you can't declare a loss just throwing them away. Thanks for the heads up and as always...buyer beware.

[@JoeOvercoat]

Calling it a paperweight is not helpful when it’s not even heavy enough to be one. I recommend that you tell people to dispose of their electronics properly. If they don’t know how to do that just go to the nearest fire station and ask.

[@jimslaughter4579]

the irony is that BOTH servos are made by Tower Pro!!! I have been to their factory and the owner is a friend of mine. The OEM for dozens of different NAMES. Product is all the same.

[@jordancoleman2402]

Cool story bro, tell your friend he needs to do his job and stop putting junk out 🤙

[@jimslaughter4579]

@jordancoleman2402 for the price they can't be beat. I have great luck with them. If you are expecting $100 performance from a $25-30 servo, you are delusional.

[@jordancoleman2402]

@@jimslaughter4579 I've tried them a few times and 2 different orders had the same problem not returning to center, I'd rather spend a few dollars more and have a little trust in the servo that I put in my $500+ airplane

[@jordancoleman2402]

@@jimslaughter4579 no I don't do that as I fly helicopters and one of my cyclic servos cost well over $100 I'm sorry you use junk.

[@faultboy]

That is how white labeling works...

[@createsomethingclever9249]

Thanks for making this, I've been struggling to get a pair of those tower hobby POSs working properly and this confirms my suspicions

[@roberta.edinger9405]

I'm glad the video helped.

[@PropsOff]

Oh man! So glad to catch this prior to ordering them! Thank you kind sir...

[@roberta.edinger9405]

cool! I'm glad the video was helpful to you.

[@zombieprinting2670]

I've heard stories of companies buying up factory seconds an blatently reselling them as good knowing full well they are going to be for the most part defective in some way. The amount of people that don't care because of how little they paid and don't go for refunds makes it worth the companies filure rate to keep selling them. Good vid

[@roberta.edinger9405]

I am glad you liked it. Thank you!

[@mikemierspadios7036]

Karma will get them. Deceptive marketing.

[@ZXXpilot]

You just described 3/4 of aliexpress. But at least you can get your money back on defective goods and still keep the paperweight.. lol

[@FunBitesTV]

Just wanted to post an update... I bought 2 "tower pro" servos from ebay a few days ago, these came with the green part inside. One seems fine, the other seems a bit jittery. Guess its a lucky dip....

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Thanks for the update Mark.

[@ensoniq2k]

The "Tower Pro" I've got aren't the same as these anymore. I bought a few years ago and they were just like yours. The easiest way to distinguish them IMO is looking at the bottom. The cheap stuff has wires visible, the good ones have a tiny circuit board with an IC, no wires visible from the bottom. They're also way quieter now, before they were pretty loud and failed quickly.

[@mbkmmodels9406]

Good video. I just bought a 10 pack of these on Amazon. I will use them for RC model boats only. Many thanks.

[@orangecat999]

Wow! I'm having the same problem. Thank you for this!

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Cool I'm glad the video helped.

[@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic199]

i think the mild reaction of the servo's arm can be attributed to slow sampling rate of the circuit board that recives control signals

[@flymario8046]

I wanted to mention that I think they are really both the same. I purchased a bunch of the Miuzei servos and so far it's been a mixed bag. Some work great and don't shift... and others will do exactly what you are showing. I found that I have to hold onto servo arm and move it. If they hold strong or return home by themselves when you let go, they are fine. I have around 50% failure rate.

[@roberta.edinger9405]

I only bought 10 with a 0% failure rate so far. Just wondering how many did you buy? Because a larger sampling will produce a more accurate failure expectancy. Thanks for the information.

[@flymario8046]

@@roberta.edinger9405 I bought 2 sets bu only opened one of 10. Will let you know

[@roberta.edinger9405]

@@flymario8046 Thanks.

[@flymario8046]

@@roberta.edinger9405 I am backing out of my claims. I am thinking my ESC or tester was not supplying enough power. I retested them all and get the effect I claimed. They were incredibly tough actually. Sorry

[@roberta.edinger9405]

So are all the servos working correctly then? I hope so. I certainly don't want to be recommending sub par servos. I really appreciate you testing them. Thanks again.

[@azimalif266]

Just tested my tower pros after watching this. They work just fine. Maybe there are multiple manufacturers making the same servo with the same name?

[@roberta.edinger9405]

I never thought of that. I think you are probably right. Thanks.

[@bennettrobertson5087]

@@roberta.edinger9405 EE student here, my guess is multiple manufacturers yes, same name yes, but "certified" tower pro...no. I'm guessing some are "Chinese knockoffs" and some are actual tower pros manufactured officially. Whatever plant, wherever it is, that is making the fakes is doing so very poorly. Thanks a ton, you've just helped me decide what motors to buy for my senior design project in college.

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Thanks, I'm glad I could help. Good luck with your project.

[@thelogan4641]

That makes sense, cause I bought a bunch of "tower pro"'s and they are acting as continuous rotation servos (despite the dealer stating that they were limited to 180 degrees)

[@michaegi4717]

two years kater: by accident I bought exactly the same two brands. From accuracy I cant see a difference. Both have a green potentiometer inside. the tower pro are much more silent.

[@plant5741]

Ye i think they have been updated

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Good information. Thanks for watching.

[@cianxan]

Thanks for the advice, now I will check my all servo for these issue.

[@roberta.edinger9405]

I'm glad I could help.

[@IAMEX314]

Thank you. I was just about to buy the 10pk of SG90.

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Glad I could help

[@karljay7473]

I just looked at the one that came with a Arduino kit that I bought last year. Mine is the Tower Pro with the "TP" on the plastic case, EXCEPT it has the green band on the edge like your Miuzei does. I have no way of testing them because I haven't built a plane and don't know how to test otherwise. You might find a use for a simple switched back and forth servo. Something where you have a detector that has it run till it hits a switch, or a sensor that makes it self correcting (meaning it keeps moving until a sensor says to stop).

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Good idea thanks.

[@hoverbovver]

Thanks for that. Enabled me to see that the 4 "Tower" ones I just bought are very likely fake. Especially as I ordered digital ones but the delivered ones don't match the photos in the Bangood advert as don't say "digital" on the label.

[@StrangerInAStrange]

Thank you. Interestingly, I have MIUSEI MS18 and TIANKONGRC SG90 micro servos that are identical to yours. Both of these have the 'TP' imprint on the bottom of the case and both have the dark, instead of green, potentiometers. So far . . . . so good. I'm hoping the TIANKONGRC hold up, as they are epoxied into my wing spoiler bays!

[@roberta.edinger9405]

You are welcome and thanks for the info!

[@giorgiolelmi8175]

Exactly the same I have TiankongRc servos and no one of them works and they were also full of oil I needed to clean them individually. I need to send back them and add 1 star rating to this product.

[@Andrew-iq8zf]

I had a pack of these servos in my Amazon shopping basket and was wondering about them, well after viewing this video I went ahead and purchased a pack of 10 Muizei 9g servos to control points on my model railway layout. I'm sorry to say that my experience of these servos is not as good as yours and I have returned them to Amazon as not good enough quality. Why - instead of moving from one position to another at the throw of a switch they would move then jitter and when the switch was thrown in the opposite direction they would move but then jitter continually. I will be ordering some more of the original servos I ordered from Wize productions as they do not jitter on my current setup.

[@honmanli5208]

check your elevon mixer if it is enabled or not.

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Thanks for your suggestion.

[@raymondwu4617]

Confusingly, I have five miuzei MS18 9g servos with "TP" printed on the bottom and black potentiometers inside and a Tower Pro sg90 servo with a green potentiometer. The Miuzeis are from amazon prime and the tower pro comes from an arduino kit. From my experience, the tower pro works far better than the Miuzeis, which are less accurate and horribly unreliable. I guess those online sellers just put whatever brand stickers onto whatever servos.

[@fabioseva1]

Got the same problem using this servos on a robot arm project. After recording movements it’s unable to maintain position when in repeat mode

[@roberta.edinger9405]

I have been using servos for very many years and this is the first time I've ever experienced this issue.

[@PootaurStuff]

I have 2 robot arms from Adeept and having the same problem with their brand of servos AD002's. After only 1 week of operation 1 servo stopped working, and 3 slip like crazy. These servos jerk out of alignment so fast, so much, and so bad that the robots will NOT repeat the same action that I record, they go off that bad. I ordered some Tower Pro's before seeing this video. I find the evidence inconclusive on ALL servos! Its most likely that ALL servos are made by the same company that just puts different stickers on them for the seller of their products. This is done for many products, such as batteries! All batteries come from the same manufacturer, all of them are made the same, the only difference is the brand name put on them! Same thing is going on with these cheap POS from China! All garbage, cheap crap, and hit and miss on a servo to servo basis!!!

[@Tommy06235]

I’m making a bomb drop for my plane and this servo is good, thanks!

[@dadomen7]

I wish I saw this video before I ordered damn TowerPro :D Thanks for explanation!

[@roberta.edinger9405]

glad it helped

[@GustavoMartinZalazarGonzalez]

I have a "TOWER PRO" SG90 but it doesn't have "TP" (bottom) and it does have a green potentiometer inside 😐

[@nickkennedy1410]

Thankyou Robert for the informative info. I'm going to check all my servos now. Maybe I can use the bad ones for parachute drop or bomb bay doors.

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Yes I think they will be fine for that. Let me know, Thanks.

[@rightawaycarhaulers5460]

Only paid 12 for mine and they were all crap SMH a month-and-a-half later and I contacted the buyer when I put them in gave me $3 FYI I tested mine when I first bought them and they all worked .theres something about hooking them up to the receiver is when you get the real results

[@roberta.edinger9405]

What brand of servos are they?

[@Foxtures1]

I ordered Muizei servos and they have "TP" on the bottom. what does that mean?

[@michaelfang9984]

I think it stands for thermoplastic instead of tower pro

[@monkeymadness5395]

This was so much help thanks

[@roberta.edinger9405]

I'm glad it helped.

[@arbaazkhan326]

CAN WE CONVERT NORMAL FLAT MOTOR FROM 360 DEGREE ROTATION TO 90 DEGREE OSCILALARY ROTATION FROM ARDUINO. AND HOW ?

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Hopefully somebody on here can help you with that. Good luck.

[@alanrobison8684]

Thanks many times over. An rc airplane friend with many years building airplanes pretty much sized it up "a $2.00 Dollar servo is a $2.00 servo. Why stick a cheap product in something you love to do Causes lots of headaches. Buy better quality.

[@roberta.edinger9405]

SO RIGHT!

[@STFOURNARIS]

I ordered 5 tower pro from amazon about 3 weeks ago and after they arrived I was so exited to use on my home made rc airplane (my first one) unfortunately 3 out of the 5 where junk and where not working , after contacting customer service they sent me another 5 for free, When they arrived I checked them and ones again 2 out of five where not working so out of the 10 total only five worked and did I mention one is making a grinding noice all though it works I wouldn’t trust it so technically only 4 worked.

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Thank you so much for posting your findings, it will greatly benefit the RC and robot community.

[@mayankgautam1505]

Which servo are good

[@ziadsaoud1708]

I have the same tower pro servo and it works just fine

[@roberta.edinger9405]

That's cool, I'm glad you got some good ones.

[@uchihamadara1834]

@@roberta.edinger9405 mine does not

[@buraksanli3033]

I bought same motor last year and they still works very well

[@kiket2012]

I also have a good Tower Pro, but apparently it has a green potentiometer, unlike the one in the video.

[@Enderkruemel]

@@roberta.edinger9405 my ones are Holding up very well, i bought a Set of 20 for 15€, becourse i build a hexapod. So Not a Single one is Bad. I expected 2or 3 Bad Ones(for this price) , But still after a year of use nothing Broke. I think they are very Good for the price, But i didnt know if that is luck that all my ones are Good.

[@fazenathicc3714]

U just need to open the servo and place a rotation limiter on the side of the motor and gear it'll work just fine

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Thanks for the info.

[@arbaazkhan326]

i have a problem i want a servo motor to operate in 2 different speeds with 2 diffrent clicks on button for example normal 120 degree rotation speed at single click and fast 120 degree rotation at double click using on off tactile switch using a cr123a battery.all these using a pcb or arduino in the most smallest space is it possible?

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Hopefully someone on here can help you with that.

[@djkendo24]

Have a problem with a servo. The arm turns but doesn't make a motorised sound but when I plug it in it levels out and responds to movements from the receiver still, is it a problem? I did crash the copter

[@roberta.edinger9405]

It may have a broken gear inside.

[@danny_on_wii8744]

So I’m making a rc excavator will these servos be powerful enough to dig?

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Sorry, not at all.

[@angerwurst1860]

Nice Video, thank you for this good explanation! I heard that Tower Pro has a lot of cheap fake knockoffs and the originals are ok but I can not confirm it because I dont have the shown Servo.

[@Rudy32225]

Does mixing brands with one input system as you have done not potentially introduce some variation? Maybe test each one independently.

[@andycottam6154]

This is a great video but just so you know right now I went and checked my SG 90 and I have the crappy Tower Pro ones like in your video however it has the green potentiometer and doesn't have the TP logo on the plastic. And just so you know I bought mine off eBay in 2021

[@Krash_fpv]

You can get the 9g micro servos with metal gears for same price maybe couple dollars more

[@Tumsakari]

Same, I got a tower pro servo that does precisely do what it’s supposed to do

[@roberta.edinger9405]

That is cool!

[@RixtronixLAB]

Nice info, thank you for sharing it :)

[@jasonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn8352]

I've tried that towerpro, I use 4 in my rc airplane, all seems fine except the rudder. When I'm playing like 10mins the airplane keeps going to the right so I land and recalibrated it.

[@kkuenzel56]

Great video! What do you think of Hobby King's Hextronix 9 gram servos. They look a lot like the Tower Pros.

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Thank you but sorry but I have never tried them.

[@nateolmsted22]

I've had both experiences within the same brand with probably 7 "different" brands. Pretty sure they're all made by the same Chinese factory. Currently working through a box of 20 miuzei servos. So far I've had 14 put of 15 good ones lol

[@roberta.edinger9405]

So you only had 1 bad one so far?

[@jimslaughter4579]

Correct. They are all made by Tower Pro in Shenzhen, China. I have been to their factory.

[@craigspicer4296]

I buy Hitec and never had issues. I considered the cheap servos but i kept coming back to the fact that these give me control over my aircraft that i spent hours on building so why go cheap in this area.

[@roberta.edinger9405]

so right

[@ivanponce9658]

Great video and explanation

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Glad you liked it!

[@waynefilkins8394]

Thanks man, I was going to buy a bunch of micro servers on ebay for like $1.50 each and I bet they are the shitty ones like that one. I really want to get them as cheap as I can so is there a way I can tell which ones to get?

[@roberta.edinger9405]

there is a link in the description of the servos that I bought. Just check that out to see the brand because I don't remember what they were offhand. Hopefully you can find them cheaper on eBay. Thanks.

[@anzacFPV]

I'm so sick of this problem. I've gone through so many trying to find some that work. I was thinking it was my receiver or something else. Thanks

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Glad the video helped.

[@immortalmonsterhybrid975]

Thoughts come to mind that if people keep buy the bad ones then they will stop making good ones XD

[@aminemarzouk6868]

I didn't know this , I made a robotic arm as a project a'd turned out to be a mess like servos don't respond in time and vibrate , now I know that the problem is the servos

[@analys7622]

Tower pro motors (in my case ) have this problem too. But it can be fix easily by putting an offset value of pwm to micro controller (which will be annoyed for preprogramed controller)

[@justinc2633]

so do they all produce the same degree of error or do you have some method of measuring it?

[@analys7622]

@@justinc2633in my case, the servo error is caused by the unbalanced potentiometer. So each of the servo errors is different and it depends on the pot and you can totally measure it. Then you can choose to modify the pot or change the Pwm threshold accordingly.

[@justinc2633]

@@analys7622 interesting, im new to this, are you measuring the resistance in the circuit?

[@analys7622]

@@justinc2633 yes, potentiometer is a device which is made of 2 variable resistor. So you are basically measuring the resistance between the potentiometer terminals.

[@babakh20]

Thank you! Just saved me another potential headache to deal with.

[@genes6703]

i got the Miuzei servos. Tell me if this is normal with servos because I'm kind of new to RC. When I move the control stick and the servo arm moves, the servo arm stops very slowly even after the control stick on the Tx stops. It's like the servo has a built in exp to them. I'm not sure I explained this right but let me know if you understand the issue please. thanks

[@roberta.edinger9405]

I don't think I have ever experienced that issue. I wish I could be of more help.

[@immortalmonsterhybrid975]

This was help-full after looking for deals but then i see so many different brands that look similar and yet in other pictures the labels are different. This has made me to think that i need to buy one of each and then return whatever isnt working properly, then buy the bulk of the ones that do work properly. All this extra work for what feels like deception.

[@billjensen51]

Good to know this is an issue and will try to watch out for bad sellers. Or at least be more aware. Thanks.

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Cool, I'm glad I could help.

[@thatguy.mp7950]

Do you reckon these would work fine on a model boat?

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Not on a very fast one.

[@thatguy.mp7950]

@@roberta.edinger9405 i realized i don't even have the right parts for a servo, it's parts from new bright cars bastardized to control it, and it's be expensive and complicated to replace it. I'll just use a mechanical return system for now, thanks for getting back though.

[@akashgangurde1651]

Ok sir great can I get link to buy best working 9g servo

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Check the description. Thanks.

[@Along509]

my question answered,thanks

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Happy to help

[@winstonoso5821]

Will the Miuzei servo fit n a px9300 sandy land? My stock servo keeps going out. Gets stuck turning to the left.

[@LhDiy]

I have just receiving a tower Pro sg90 with a green potentiometer inside, just like your Miuzei. New batch ? It is not tested yet.

[@roberta.edinger9405]

The reviews on amazon are all over the place. Some of the tower Pro sg90s work and some don't. Please let me know how yours test. Thanks.

[@did3d523]

on the pictures on amazon the muizi model have Metal Gear pignon on motor not in your video??

[@Funcentric]

That's a perfect demonstration of the issue you're talking about. Thank you, particularly for the detail about the green gyro to tell the difference between the working and non-working ones.

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jimslaughter4579]

the label doesn't tell you anything. It's just what the seller wanted printed up to put on the servos they ordered from Tower Pro. I had my own line called Hurricane. Several different servos. They were all made by Tower Pro but with my label.

[@ramtek2702]

Very informative but impossible to predict before purchase. I believe a servo checker is a good investment.

[@lian7092]

my tower pro servo i got in the kit has a green potiontiometer and is not glitchy :/ , so the stiker is not the problem

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Thanks for the info.

[@AlexDiesTrying]

I guess they might be alright for continuous rotation (since the potentiometer gets bypassed). But I must say that I wouldn't want to put the cheapest possible servos into airplanes anyway. And of course I've bought 10 servos for 17 bucks before watching this and now they're at home and I'm in the library and I can neither confirm nor deny the presence of crappy servos in my apartment until much later...

[@FatParamotorGuy]

It looks like you have a Tower Pro Counterfeit and a Tower Pro copy

[@gh16-]

are all the S90 nano servo working at 180° ? how can we sure when we buy it ? Thanks

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Sorry, I didn't test for full 180°. I was just testing for consistent movement.

[@nathanw5747]

i have ? how did you operate both of those at the same time and what's your controller mix, and Evelon settings?>

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Evelon? Both servos on the same channel using a Y cable. No mix, No expo, No elevon. Yes the servo is bad.

[@greg0063]

It's a shame, real brand name Tower Pro servos are generally very good they unfortunately are subject to being ripped off and bad copies get out there. I've been burned before with the same issue. Emax has some decent budget servos and have a scratch off identification tag on the boxes to authenticate they are the real deal.

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Thanks for that information!

[@davidm2386]

Thanks bro, I was about to order the bad one's before I thought to check for reviews. This helps

[@roberta.edinger9405]

I'm glad I could help.

[@gavinli2086]

yeah, I have a similar experience doing my senior project. I thought it was my code or design mess up, but really just the garbage servo :(

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Sorry to hear that. Appreciate your comment.

[@mehmetbaran3447]

Hi Sir, I am doing some reserch about making my own motion simulator using diy build actuators with servo motors. I will be controlling the servo motor with Simtools software through arduino. As far as i know, the servo motor on the actuator should have encoder, but what kind of encoder ? can you help me out please. What should i ask to the manufacturer for the specifications?

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Not really an encoder, just a potentiometer. www.n3ox.net/projects/servo/servo.jpg

[@mehmetbaran3447]

@@roberta.edinger9405 thank you. i will check it

[@benjaminpauza159]

I also had problems with those. A different problem but they were all faulty

[@stevendegiorgio3143]

I also want to add here,This problem happened to a Spektrum digital 9 gram servo.Its a $20.00 servo !!!

[@AXE668]

Are these genuine Tower Pros? Have to say I have a certain amount of concern about companies on Amazon selling counterfeit items.

[@bamsgian9759]

I got best tower pro sg90, even it didn't make noise when moving.

[@SpiritofFire5]

The "TP" may also refer to it being an unlabeled type of "Thermoplastic", as I have one with a "Miuzei" sticker and it says "TP". However, it has the black potentiometer inside so I took it apart and tested the POT in mine and found that it has a LOT of play in it before it changes the signal enough to move the motor. it also seems that the circuit on this servo outputs current to the motor proportional to the signal change from the POT, so at very small changes in angle, it doesn't output much current for the motor to use, so the torque is really low. Circuits in other Servos I have from "Miuzei" (with the yellow POT) always output consistent current regardless of the POT rate of change. Seems like a cheap workaround for counteracting something like the servo overshooting the target angle or something due to poor accuracy in the POT.

[@roberta.edinger9405]

WOW! Thanks for checking that out. Do you know of a cheap and easy way to fix them.

[@SpiritofFire5]

@@roberta.edinger9405 Thank YOU for the video! I didn't even notice that some of my servo's were bad until I saw it. Unfortunately, i can't think of a good solution. I'm not a certified electrical engineer so take my words with a grain of salt. They seem to use a slightly different microchip (I've found some with KC8801 and some with KC9806 and some that are unlabeled) so changing out the POT would probably just cause problems. You would need the datasheet for the specific chip, and then some kind of transistor switch that's controlled by the low output change from the POT spliced in between the POT and the microchip to rectify the low current. The best option is probably just finding a reliable supplier for the good batches of servos, if one exists.

[@roberta.edinger9405]

@@SpiritofFire5 Thank you for the information.

[@jimslaughter4579]

The TP is for Tower Pro!!!

[@margaretf718]

Did the servos come with the arms? The amazon product descriptions don't specify that they do.

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Yes, mine did come with the arms.

[@errorsmasher465]

Thanks for this video 😘😘😘

[@roberta.edinger9405]

My pleasure 😊

[@lawrencelimzx]

Irony that the towerpro servo on my hand has both potentiometer and TP labeled. I suppose it might be due to different seller.

[@wyattb3138]

Are ElectroBot SG-90 Micro Servos good?

[@roberta.edinger9405]

The customer rating at Amazon for the ElectroBot servos: amzn.to/2Ymlo5l are 3 1/2 stars while the Miuzei servos: amzn.to/2KyvPg4 are 4 1/2 stars. I hope this helps. Good luck.

[@wyattb3138]

Robert A. Edinger thanks. I’m gonna the Miuzei servos instead.

[@aiki6378]

In my country they cost >1$ each, the reviews are good. Do you think it will be like yours or even worse?

[@roberta.edinger9405]

It is hard to say. There seems to be a lot of inconsistency with them.

[@aiki6378]

@@roberta.edinger9405 i see..... Do you think i should buy one just to test, because the reviews are good, but it look exactly like your towerpro. If i shouldnt which brand is a good alternative to that servo, like emax08ma or emax08md?

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Generally, you can't go wrong with a good brand name. Unfortunately, I thought Tower Pro was a good brand, but all of them were bad. The Miuzei brand servos are what worked for me.

[@milanbalog5998]

thank you for the video perfect helped me thank you

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Glad it helped!

[@alpemxyz]

I have 2 towerpro servos, one of each type. I thought mine was broken.

[@roberta.edinger9405]

A lot of bad ones out there.

[@biffoswilly]

My advice is to always run your servos on a proper tester for a good few minutes each one before committing to the air. (but no offence to you at all but you know this now) We are all getting to know that Chinese stuff is totally hit and miss, its pretty good when it is good but mostly miss and the Chinese dont care too much about consistency in quality or longevity for that matter ( they are happy to change stuff thats crap but its the hassle) so if you get a good item or set - its just pure chance so at $17 for 10 of these suckers - you kinda get what you pay for. I do feel your frustration as you are the innocent party here, as the stuff should be fit for its purpose and work as intended. So I would pack it all up and send this junk back to Amazon for full refund, despite when they were bought. I feel Amazon are very much at blame for perpetuating poor quality products coming in from China by continuing to import without properly policing / checking this sub standard useless crap.

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Good advice thanks!

[@rakeshbalakrishnan6029]

May be they used log potentiometer instead of linear potentiometer!!!

[@roberta.edinger9405]

interesting, that could be.

[@sanwomashi1751]

buy MR995 (rotate) or MG996R (180 degree) for 3 USD and you have metal gear and 13 kgcm

[@alexkaranda1118]

These are the same servos, just with different labels. It happens every day with the China shit. It is even possible that servo 1 was made in the morning and servo 2 in the evening.

[@hasanamkieh7386]

This is amazon brother, even though, I don't understand this "Why do you buy from amazon?". We all know that Amazon is an American company that looks out for money more than the quality of their stuff. Still, I am sure that 90% of their products on amazon are from China. If you buy from china, it is much better and WAY cheaper, you bought this for 1.7$, eh that is goddamn a lot. I can buy it with 0.6$ per each from Aliexpress and if it was broken, I can open a dispute and make them pay me back with recording a video as a proof for the chineese company.

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Thanks! I will look into Aliexpress.

[@PootaurStuff]

I just got in a 6 pack of servos made by Tower Pro. All of them have the green pot, but no markings on the bottom, except the little trash can symbol. I had to order new servos because the ones used by Adeept Robot Arm use a AD002 that slips out of alignment like crazy! Their AD002 is made where you can't see any of the insides. These servos are pure garbage. I've had 1 go totally bad, then 3 that slip. This is why I ordered new ones. I am hoping my new ones work better. I am starting to believe that ALL micro servos are cheap pieces of crap and its a hit and miss kind of thing if you get a good one or not. So I think all of us are back to square one on which brand is a good or bad one. Its a sure bet that ALL micro servos are most likely made by the same company and just put a different sticker on them for the buyer. So many products are done this way coming from the same source! All of these seems to be cheap pieces of crap made in China?

[@roberta.edinger9405]

I think you are right that its a hit and miss kind of thing.

[@tasnimakhtar5259]

How can i fix servo gears?

[@roberta.edinger9405]

The best way I know is to replace it with a good gear from a bad servo.

[@dextersxxxxlab]

Interesting video. Never experienced this and have a lot of those tower pro servo's in little home made depron planes and converted toy rc cars. Maybe they are all doing this since none of those planes fly straight ever. but I had the idea this had to do with every time different batteries and mini camera on or off the plane, wings not perfect in the same place because elastic band mounting etc. Not a nice way to fly but will make you a better pilot in the end because you learn to fly with airplanes that never fly consistent. Have to do a check like you did. Thanks!

[@Petardozord]

Because these aren't tower pro, but just copies. I have bought few faulty parties like this. One was very ridiculous. basically that servo was switching from regular one to continous rotation, randomly. It was bought in 10 pcs set and no different that other. Just chineses quality control.

[@kuoster]

I haven't had a chance to get my hand on a genuine TowerPro yet, but I know there're a lot of cheap knockoffs out there. I think genuine TowerPro servos aren't that cheap.

[@roberta.edinger9405]

i agree

[@eastcoastbreed5511]

I'm confirming 4 years later, these motors do not have a potentiometer. I bought 4 of those 4 none had a potentiometer inside like all my other servos.

[@hoverbovver]

How do they work at all without a potentiometer to tell the current output position? Or are they just pulsing the motor on for say 0.1 second one way and then 0.1 sec in reverse, which would explain the lack of accurate centering?

[@arshalsebastiansaiza4676]

what about mi toot servo

[@roberta.edinger9405]

I have never tried the Mitoot servos. What do you think about them?

[@nightmareinaction629]

I figured dont use blue plastic servos on anything great for small.light weight projects etc i tried them on my trex450 and wow they over correct too much and it shakes back and forth the helicopter and when I did a hard landing they all broke lol

[@roberta.edinger9405]

Thanks for your information.

[@vaj1414]

4:49 You"re lucky with the black pot, mine doesnt have one at all 🤣🤣

[@roberta.edinger9405]

There are times I don't care what color it is.