The Worst RC Car I’ve reviewed for a while! - XLF F22A

[@bradcarpenter1881]

I honestly think it's really good to review these crap RCs so inexperienced people know what to watch out for and can see the performance differences.

[@rcchallenge8626]

Just a bunch of metal bits thrown together, glad you called it as you see it 💪👊🏼💯 great video even if it’s not a great RC now we all know thank you 🙏

[@meltdown78]

This seems just like a parts bin special without anyone considering the whole package. Metal chassis and mismatching arms, short suspension travel and center diff on what seems a basher - there is so much wrong with this car.

[@mikeoleksa]

If I would have bought that RC and it drove and flipped like that out of the box, I'd be PISSED. LOL On the other end of the spectrum, I'm having a blast with the WLToys 12402-A that I picked up on Ebay about a month ago. I put oil shocks on it, put the Hobbywing brushless motor and ESC that was originally in my 124019 in it, a Radiolink receiver in it, and I've had nothing but fun with it since. It has been the absolute best budget recommendation that I've gotten and it came from your videos!

[@MrLeo2A6]

Your reviews are honest and open, it's great to see that bad traders are called out. More of it I say. Thanks for your work

[@thisIsRC]

Oh man thanks for this video, I had this car on my "to buy" list, I've scratched it off now!

[@YKGdiy]

It's just a big wast of money

[@adawainberg2411]

To be honest, I was also gonna get one of these budget cars, but instead I just saved up for a granite 3s and just upgraded the diff and pinion to hot racing aluminum and hot racing aluminum pivot balls and the ting is an animal. Just save your money for something more quality then these cheaply made rigs.To be honest a few of theses cheaper cars are good. Hope this helped. EDIT:ITS 170£!!!!! TALK ABOUT RIP OFF

[@tittentei7331]

@@adawainberg2411 Hey. Could you link to this product you have bought for your granite?

[@Dirk_072]

@@adawainberg2411 jlb cheetah 120 A or 80 A I recommend the 120 A is a great car €280 on banggood I have it to and I love is fast strong good air control can do 3s and 4s

[@BigTtheItalian]

The open diffs are part of the issue with the steering. It's torque steering to one side. I bet if you filled the front and rear diffs with like 100k/300k, and 1M or higher in the center, it would make a world of difference.

[@VesuviusRC]

That's exactly what I mean with my comment, but you wrote it much better ^^

[@truenewsglobal]

I have this car and the problem is that when you are standing still and you turn it left/right, it doesn’t center itself. It sticks to the left, or the right. You have to center it yourself.

[@euqat]

@@truenewsglobal it's most likely the servo saver doing that, and/or a weak servo. It does it on most cars when standing still, not an issue. The problem here is very most likely a diff issue because on wheel is turning faster than the other, as said above

[@NoLimitRC87]

I'm glad I've seen this ill be staying well clear that is shockingly baaaad good honest review as always 👍

[@DavidPilcher83]

First honest review I’ve seen yet. Good job Tomley. Everyone else is saying it’s a decent car. If you change this.... fix that... it could be good... or people are just outright saying it’s a nice car... it has potential... but for 220$ I shouldn’t have to fix everything or put another 50+ $$$ into it just to get it to what every other cheap RC already is... but you were real with us... great job man. Keeping it honest and being legit. Keep up the good work.

[@semperatis]

The suspension geometry is so far out,that this thing certainly isn't worth your money. The shocks are far too short,meaning that the shocks are bottoming out and causing the truck to flip on landing. If this were fitted with droop screws and the arms could be made to be more horizontal in aspect, then with taller shock towers and longer shocks,this may just perform a bit better.

[@jonlaird5082]

It doesn't look too bad and could have potential but at over $200 it just isn't worth the time or effort to get it there in my opinion. Thanks for the honest review as always 😎👍

[@TomleyRC]

Yeah, I’m sure it can be improved. But most people want to get something out the box and just run it. Shame, as I’m sure with a little more QC… it would have made the cut!

[@jimmyv1753]

This was basically the first RC car I got. Well I got the legendary 1/10 brushed twin motor truck and it still works and with the extra battery it is still fun. Not in league with the 1000 dollar cars I’ve got now but

[@IDPTheory]

Don't think I'd buy this at half the price, good honest review 👍

[@TomleyRC]

Yeah..would be better at half the price, but still not something I’d buy

[@MCsCreations]

Great and honest review, Tomley! 😊 Thanks a lot!!! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@alvinxiong8832]

The chassis, arms, and shock towers make want to assume this is exactly the wltoys 104001 chassis

[@artist_with_dharma137]

This review is excellent, I've been watching afew of your reviews today and thought I can't watch all the "BEST" reviews, I also need to know what to stay away from especially buying of Ebay for a first time RC car. This is one car that I'm glad to know stay well clear from. This car is worse than me and my adhd for going off on it's own tangent when given direct commands lol. Actually had me laughing how it decides HEYYYY I'm going far LEFT, FAR RIGHT, and rarely landing correctly. It's a good thing to give honest opinions, no matter how much it makes you uncomfortable doing, these manufacturers should take it as valuable feedback and correct the errors to make a product worthy of receiving our hard earned £££'s or $$$'s. Thanks Tomley.

[@islandrc-duke1972]

Great camera work and review brother

[@rhynecars]

Whew, thought you were going to "click bait" us. Appreciate the honesty.

[@theminiatureconstructionco4556]

There are loads and loads of this type of truck being sold at the moment! Some are cheaper clones of clones. Others are just wierd amalgamations of different makes mashed into one. They keep popping up cheap on eBay. That looks like it may be one of those. Sometimes I buy a really cheap one to see what bits they've used in its construction. I bought a big basher the other day. It's got the running gear off a 1/10 buggy and the chassis of a 1/14 basher!! With the power of neither! 😄👍😄👍

[@fxsaddles7985]

I bought a clone thru AliExpress. I suspect the factory that builds this car will willingly work with whomever approaches them with an idea or 2 to hit a lower pricepoint. Mine is set up quite differently inside but mostly it seems they cheaped out on the remote and the battery.

[@theminiatureconstructionco4556]

@@fxsaddles7985 the more I look into it the more oddball brands i find! And they are all based on a small number of models. 👍😄

[@VesuviusRC]

When I ran into this issues with another car (never straight throttling) I found one of the back tyres was kinda locked and the other spinning free. The rear diff did the rest. I'd have a copule of questions: can you suggest a better (cheap) car with center diff? I meant to try one.. not this one of course after such a review (thanks a lot for honesty and unbias) Would you share the cam(s) you use for your beautfiul footage?

[@ericchristopher9037]

TomlyRC did you open the diff? Was there any oil or Greece in them? Nice review, shame about the car.

[@413RC]

1. I don't like the way it looks either. the body doesn't fit the wheelbase correctly. 2. I agree this is nothing to write home about... makes you wonder whats up with all of the videos where people are giving it high praise ;) 3. For $230 you can get a nice used Arrma 3s BLX vehicle with amazing part availability and upgrades. Love the honesty!!!!

[@TomleyRC]

I often breeze over some trivial stuff that is an easy fix… but this one just had to many small flaws. It’s a no from me 😅

[@slick2500]

The charger in this reminded me of the charger that came with my first rc car, it was 0.1 amps the battery was 900mah, it took 9 hours to charge the battery!

[@TomleyRC]

That’s a long wait!

[@dexterbeattie7884]

Was there anything in the diffs? The suspense is killing me lol 😀

[@Grychon]

There's definitely something off with that truck, I don't even think it's worth getting to try and do it up. Just spend your cash on something better; plenty to choose from at that price point. Nice review, hopefully you've saved some people getting disappointed 👍

[@Hunter__f]

You should review the bezgar 1! It’s really cheap and a very good car for new people to the hobby

[@zencraft3676]

I can second this. The Bezgar 1 is a great starter car and the quality is WORLDS better than anything else in that hundred dollar range. Only complaint is the 5 wire servo.

[@ksrnate]

I think you should crack that hard case lipo open so we can see the actual size of the battery! Bet it's the size of a 2200mah. I had a cheapo in the past like that.

[@lukedavis4213]

If you don't like it, I know a 6yr old who'd love to abuse it further 🤣 Good review! I can see why there wasn't a huge amount of enthusiasm towards it... hopefully it can be made better for very little outlay, looks to have potential!

[@TomleyRC]

Haha

[@sharkusd]

Nice vídeo as always

[@VcArena]

Have a red at lightning epx pro and had it for years. It never throttles straight. The rear right wheel has a bit of tow in. None of my toygrade cars converted to brushless have any problem going straight, just traction for some and keeping the nose down for others.

[@benbekemeier5545]

That suspension geometry made me cringe.

[@andrew4403]

If you get the shocks figured out looks like it runs pretty darn good and quick to me

[@basementracer]

LOL Nice product placement mate, On today's show sponsored by McDonalds lol.

[@restinpiecesrc5528]

Honestly for that price id just get either zd racing zmt10 or the lc racing 1/14 line

[@gbraadnl]

LC Racing or even as a starter a WLToys 144001/124019 is more worth it.

[@restinpiecesrc5528]

@@gbraadnl the wltoys 144001 did over 30mph with a brushed 550 motor on a cheap little 2s

[@Rockatha]

The reason it's pulling right could be because the diffs don't have any oil in. So it could be putting more power down on one side.

[@RCvapor]

Good honest review, rather spend the same amount on say a rustler 👍

[@DampActionRC]

Love the honesty

[@ManuelOrtizification]

When you said "big pile of dog turd" i thought you meant the truck 😂😂😂😂

[@TomleyRC]

Haha… well…. 🤔

[@ManuelOrtizification]

@@TomleyRC its a fair assessment. 😂

[@BoogieManPHD]

I work a electronics retailer in Australia and we sold this exact same "truggy" over Xmas... The store display had its steering die within a week... And 2 units returned by customers with the same issue ... Plus another that would die after 2 mins run time on a full battery!

[@jordancouper3861]

My battery dies in 2 mins aswell. Same care in Australia. Might take it back

[@WestyCoastHermit]

Appreciate the review. Saved me a few bucks.

[@Nordlicht05]

Can you overfill shocks? I recently assembled shocks for Tamiya the first time. The manual says until it gets out when you put the sealing in. That means to me exactly 100% oil in it.

[@lonniemustard7111]

It'd be a great car if you need a lot of exercise to lose weight since you have to pick it up every time they land

[@teamsargentrc6399]

With no diff oil or way light, in any of the differentials will also cause the sway side decide because it can't make up which mind it wants to grab traction on, no oil will make it not go straight...

[@bartztube1921]

The RC car kind of has potential, it's not a big brand so they probably didn't know how to adjust the shocks

[@threefingeredrc]

Great review.

[@TomleyRC]

Thank you

[@richardrobinson7645]

You're my go to guy when it comes to the world of RC mate. Please can you review the 124016 when it comes out? Chur bro 🤙

[@filsdedieu100]

I like it but HSP does better for not much more expensive

[@mikeupton5406]

Yes, making comparisons to products from "the company whose name shall never be spoken" will bring nothing but greif. Had ringside to a little of it. Helped me tune my purchasing habbits.

[@parker1ray]

I had a ZD Racing truck that literally broke every time that I ran it. On the last run, I ran the truck and brought it in the house to turn off and it burst into flames when the esc shorted. I took everything off that I could salvage and threw it in the trash. Most of the breakage was poor quality plastic parts that broke constantly. I ordered a huge number of parts to be able to keep it running, but after half a dozen times of breakage, I threw everything in the trash!

[@TomleyRC]

I’ve had some good ZD Racing stuff. But then I’ve had and seen a few bad ones

[@mrcfrknyzc2538]

Hi, I bought it from a xlf f22a model car. While driving, the screw of the rear wheel coupling with the engine fell off. Can you help me? I can't find this screw.

[@wrhythm]

What would you recommend instead of this rc?

[@RCSpeedster100]

Great video 👍 From here it looks like those parts would fit the wltoys 104001 like the center brace

[@chadedwards5908]

Hey Tomley ; I think the word your might have been looking for, tongue tied on was it has no fun Factor! like you said if you got to pick it up every time you jump it pulls to the right annoying. Great video thanks for the review so we know what not to buy. Cheers mate! 🍺/☕

[@SharkysGarageRCandMore]

Honesty as always. Alot better options for the money....

[@rcalltypes8230]

It Looks like, it could use shorter Shockers. Steering issue needs to be fixed & the Diffs need thicker oil or grease? The question is: How much better will it be, after you do that??

[@severinasaf]

Whoopwhoop another day is getting great now.. Cause Mr. Tomley gave us another videooo🤯😇🙌

[@goddingo]

Someone is in love

[@severinasaf]

#love4tomley 😂😇

[@stephenstott4970]

Hi Tomley, you need your kids with you to do the car flipping!!! Lol, I like the look of the car but for the money it needs a lot of work to make it decent! If it was around £120.00 I think I'd have one as project!. Steve.

[@victorng6588]

Hi, i just order this car 2 days ago, but i just saw some videos talking about this car have some landing problems, can you teach me how to fix it? Thank you.

[@theguyinthecomments9543]

Serpent spyder rtr. Any version, dying to see your opinion if it's available in the UK?!

[@Asinr7]

Is that a Yaris on the shelf behind you? Am I going mad?

[@restinpiecesrc5528]

I think putting grease or oil in the diff may help, i think its torque steer

[@anthonylim2428]

Towards the end of the vid, i heard gear grinding.. I'm assuming it's the diff?

[@polishguywithhardtospellna8227]

"First RC car, that's a learning tool, ready for future RC mechanics" Or all those issues are there as a safety meassure, so that you can't give it a proper rip, cause then, the ESC would go up in flames :-)

[@ChiefRickyRC]

Agree 100%. Grease n tires and a balance charger. Wheel alignment lol

[@wordreet]

Basically, the dampers aren't working, except to dampen your enthusiasm. The diffs don't seem to be working either. And with the negative camber, the tires are only running on their inside edges, so very limited grip. Possibly the tracking is out as well, too much toe out. The whole thing is badly set up, for an RTR.

[@paul707.7]

The dis is not bad. But needs so real tuneing to be good. What do the differantels look like. Vrx racing diffs are so so.

[@bbeckers24]

My guess is it needs softer springs and thicker oil and definitely diff fluid.

[@mossyhollow3732]

Are the tires hard plastic?

[@zackoftrades8547]

First? Take that thing to a bounce house! Lol

[@philhumber1534]

It looks like someone spotted a load of leftover parts in the factory and decided to chuck em together, it just looks bad...even before you test it, whats with the Electric Blue its an eyesore !!!

[@TomleyRC]

Parts bin special

[@009ADVENTURES]

yes nice skatepark bash bud. I think if it was a bit cheaper it would be great to upgrade but not at that price. Red body and blue wheels did my head in 🤣👍

[@spinrushrc]

Maybe if you get it to land its lid ( body ), it will bounce back on its feet. Who knows.

[@anarochrc986]

Great video very useful

[@itzzgraham]

Can you check out the cheep PXToys speed pioneer short course truck?

[@stephenblakey4913]

Have u tested or heard of the himoto katana

[@parker1ray]

I wonder if the diffs are limited slip LOL? I like a Detroit locker!

[@TomleyRC]

Just Limited lol

[@ukasscod9561]

Just put some big bore shocks on it, i bet it will make a world of a difference on landing, If diffs were set up properly it may go straight, it's sending more power to one rear wheel than it is to the other

[@EJ-74]

I wouldn't buy something I would have to do loads of work on and have to replace the shocks immediately lol especially over 200 bucks It seems to be made well but it's set up horribly and the shocks completely suck lol Yeah I'd pass on this one for sure I like the fact you don't sugar coat things on your channel Your honestly means a lot mate 🔥👍✌️

[@pierreverso9554]

you schould have run it straight out of the box to schow how bad it truly is..why not compare it to a feyue fy03h brushless, these things are awesome and almost the same price range at banggood etc. nice vids btw thanks a lot and keep up the good work, looking forward to your mini-crawler track videos!!!

[@franklynsmith-thomson1821]

Have you done a tamiya racing fighter review yet

[@TomleyRC]

Racing Fighter coming to the channel in a couple of weeks

[@franklynsmith-thomson1821]

@@TomleyRC cool Can’t wait

[@philiprccars4340]

Agreed, a hobby grade RC car is supposed to be controllable in a straight line, or one should be able to get it to go in a straight line without taking it to the hobby shop to sort out, and already partly broken after just one test, uhmmmm, yeah, not for me ...

[@derricksazrc3411]

You said it Brother it pogo sticks right back over on to its top like that’s its design. They missed the mark on this one.

[@onsiterc5199]

Maybe a road speed car if you can get it to go in a straight line

[@DaveyGa]

Re shocks - either oil is too thick and/or springs too soft. Try thinner oil first ;)

[@geodude3966]

Judging by the short arms, short shocks, and limited suspension travel, I'm guessing this chassis was originally designed as a touring car. Then they slapped big tires onto it and tried to sell it off as a monster truck. I bet if you kept jumping it more, the truck would have torn itself apart, since it can't chassis slap to absorb big jumps. Terrible design, most Banggood specials are not good RCs, there's a lot of junk out there and it takes a lot of effort and trial and error to find the few good ones. Thanks for the review so I know what to avoid!

[@user-rv8wb1nl1b]

i was soo looking at one of these last week , nearly did . . , i got the FTX Zorro Brushless instead , oh my gosh . . . . . man , it flies !

[@giovannigriglie5259]

Bella macchina, mi scusi un informazione, la mia che sta per arrivare è uguale a questa nel video ,c'è scritto che arriva ad 80 kh , e per sentito dire se si mette la batteria da 14v va ancora più veloce , quella originale è 11,1v lei sa dirmi se è possibile?

[@whatever6864]

How do u adjust the camber n links I just got one so confused rn

[@caesardeharo5381]

Looks like it might be good if you want a project.

[@Apocalypse_666]

Any banggood discount code ??

[@zacharykoeppel2722]

I bet it was pulling to one side so hard because of the diffs and not the steering. If only one side was biting it makes sense

[@derekhobbs1102]

I think I saw another review (can't remember who now) that had same issue with landing.

[@stevemdelacruz5602]

Needs to be run a bit before everythings seats properly..unless qc fell on their faces..which seems to happen alot

[@TomleyRC]

Yeah, although I’d suggest it actually needs pulling apart and rebuilding. Which is not something most people want to do

[@stevemdelacruz5602]

@@TomleyRC thats right you should be able take it out of box and it be good.not maint before 1st time

[@MauzyrockRC]

bleedin' lawn bombs!

[@DArealCHAZZ]

Maybe if the price point was more $130 then maybe it would be worth it somewhat. but I agree with you on this one I don't see the value. Well everyone have a great day and don't let off the throttle

[@ianbudgetrc2574]

I'm actually impressed coz of its steering response. It handles well honestly

[@TomleyRC]

I think it’s just average at everything… so a no from me 😅

[@ianbudgetrc2574]

@@TomleyRC yea maybe I'm just amazed because that RC handles way better than my ZD racing 1/8 truggy 😂. Mine can't even make a decent turn at low speed

[@MrDario8]

after all, it's hard to scrap it, which will often affect company models out of the box - I think that for some people in teenagers and occasional hobbyists it may be something cool at this price. I started and came in with RC HOBBY BY ACCIDENT buying so cheap WLTOYS 12428 FOR AROUND 50 $ AND AFTER 4 YEARS ITS STILL ON GOING!Most of these those Chinese cheap rc models are good and if I had to spend a few times that much I wouldn't have had fun and the rc cars hobby that now I spend thousands of dollars on it and so I have a lot of Chinese very good models and some of them are really worth 3 or 4 times as much in in relation to the prices of these famous....

[@bubblesrcshed]

Looks like an Xmaxx but steering like a Mac Truck man 😝 the stuff BG sells sometimes make me wonder, but yet the smaller XLF F18 seems way better for the price. I think BG RC cars are best at the 1/16 scale any larger I find the specs too be weak. You just didn’t look like it tickled you in any happy way so I don’t see why all these companies keep pumping these ones out like hot cakes when it’s just a knock off of something else cheaper (WLTOYS) which actually can land and drive straight 😝 Glad you make these videos so people don’t waste their money on an RC that would leave them disappointed 😔 Much love, cheers 🍻

[@samcostanza]

Fill the diffs. 30k in front, 50k in rear, and it will behave so much better.

[@jeremysellers7294]

So disappointed. We are very happy with the XLF 9136 and people praise the X03/X04 for being reliable and quick discount bashers. But for $300 CDN you might as well get an entry level Traxxas or Arrma so you can at least get parts locally.