NEWB looking for a crawler

[lak2004]

Not sure if I should get 1/18 or 1/10? Was looking at the Losi 1/10 RTR Night Crawler. But I know nothing. Probably wont be doing competitions or anything anytime soon. Just looking for something to mess around with in the backyard and build a rock garden. So I guess the question is what should I look for? I dont know jack about these things, so I think a RTR would be a good place to start. Thanks

[lak2004]

Also, I saw a link to an Axial. Are those RTR? Is one better than the other out of the box (Axial vs Losi)?

[michael_lambert]

What are you looking to do with it?

Are you looking to just buy something to drive around the yard till your bored? Are you looking to join a club and compete against other members? Are you the type of person who will look to modify, change up and customize the kit?

I recently bought a Axial Honcho, and its great!.. I just beat around the yard and parks with my kids, some minor modifications and seems to meet my needs thus far..

Crawlers can go from $200 to $2000 pretty quickly depending what your needs are.

[gvpjared]

I would make sure to get a 1/10th scale. They are by far the most popular, and if you ever decide to comp with it, you can. I would probably go with whatever your LHS has parts for. It's nice to be able to get parts locally when you break. I think the RTR AX10, Nightcrawler & Rockslide are all decent values for the money.

[lak2004]

Well for now it will be something to use in the yard and mess around with when camping and wheeling. Eventually I may join a club and compete, but that would be down the line.