Thx for testing it. I knew it would do good and be damn fast! Glad I bought it. One of the very few you've tested that meets or outperforms claims. Thats how Holmes does it👍
Just got this servo yesterday! Holy hell its powerful and fast!! Keep in mind he’s using the outer most hole on the servo horn. A hole not many will use on the RC’s. The inner holes will produce even more torque than what’s displayed here.
@@RCReviewChannel wierd i have a jx servo in my redcat be6s and im running big 3.8 duratrax 6pack tires and the jx servo just turns them super fast and easily i have it on 8.4v and it's quiet seems alot stronger than 300oz in.
That's the key issue though... most folks cannot tell if a servo is putting out 300 oz/in or 500, including us. That's why a lot of servo manufacturers straight up lie about it.
Definitely. We are happy we are able to create test equipment to call out the honest people and liars.We hope our work is able to bring some accountability into the Hobby
Huge fan of holmes hobbies never gave their servos a try though, to many complaints of breakage. This one does look promising though. Sill waiting on some reveiws of promodeler. Been using their servos for years now and they have never left me wanting more. I would love to see a review of their 470 or 630 to see how they stack up against the competition in an unbiased reveiw.
I have this very servo...Like mentioned, the torque is off the hook yet not happy when turning slowly. It is not smooth at all. It acts as if the gears inside are so tightly meshed the hitting of each tooth is amplified through the servo arm which amplifies into the wheels and tires and makes the whole chassis shake. I love the Holmes product and was quite shocked at this issue. I have the Crawlmaster magnum in the same rig and love it. I have no binding anywhere in the steering components. Not sure what to do!
Very impressive numbers but do we really need that kind of power I would love to hear some of your thoughts on what we actually need in comparison to people just numbers chasing
I've been doing the hobby...primarily Monster Trucks and Crawler/Trail rigs since 1989. I found between 400(minimum) and 600oz(not really needing more) of torque being perfect. I know Reefs had a Triple-9(over a 1000oz but Triple-9 "999" sounding cooler)and he told me it just broke stuff and he put in alot of R&D into it..which cost quite a bit. It was only going to be about $25 above the 555(it makes over 600oz.). But like most hobbiest , he felt 600oz. was the upper limit so he focused on making a servo as strong as the 555 but faster so he designed the 500-Raw. I have three "go-to" Servos....the Protek 370TBL 650oz servo, Reefs 555 and the Holmes SHV500. I have many others including some cheap 20kg and 23kg Power HD's but they are in no-way my go-to's. I sway toward John Holmes stuff because he's always been there and knows his stuff AND his direct current servos are original...meaning he designed the direct current servos regardless of what others will tell you.
I have this servo. The only thing that annoys me is this sound. Often to get rid of it while driving I have to adjust the wheel turn on the remote control because I have the impression that it is constantly looking for its correct position . Do you have a similar problem ?
I noticed the Holmes servo is water resistant however, I’d like to waterproof it (S. Fl.=heavy rains). Can the power board be treated with conformal coating? Thank you for sharing. Franco.
Big fan of HH equipment. Maybe I missed the point of this video. Nothing I have operates at these voltages, although looks to be a very powerful servo I would be more interested in torque results from voltages more common to what “ the average Joe”will be running. Neat piece of test equipment !
Todd Bryden 11.1= 3s. I know a lot of people who crawl just fine at 2s, myself included. The power advantage seen at the steering while crawling w/ 3s was enough to sway me. I don’t use the wheel speed but the servo power is fantastic at 3s.
Ahh, the way you power these servos is you wire them directly to your lipo battery, either 3s or 4s. It's pure power and there's no need for a strong ESC or BEC even.
Is 10v approved?? How does one even get that voltage in an rc car? Protek is not quite there in our testing. But at least we finally understand this 'dynamic torque' measure that they use.
@@RCReviewChannel I get 10v from my external bec. Just about every servo will run off at least 8.4v as they need to be compatible to 2s lipo rx packs for nitro cars. I have it on good faith from people close to protek that they've ran the 370tbl directly off a 3s lipo and has lived for over a year. I said 10v since that's the limit of most ccbec's. I'd be willing to put a $ bet that the 370tbl lays down over 800ozin at 10v. And over 1000ozin at 12.4v or 3s lipo voltages.
As long as its 'plug-n-play' and I needn't do any modifications/soldering I'm more than willing to go outside of my usual budget maximum of $100 for this servo. I don't do BECs, and I don't do soldering.
Mr Holmes is a hobby guy himself as well as a craftsman.
His stuff will rarely let you down.
yes, good support too.
@@RCReviewChannel hi, would this work on Kraton V5 without damaging the unit in anyway?
I've had this servo in my crawler for 25 months now! If it ever breaks, I'll get another Holmes servo.
John Holmes knows his stuff!
John Holmes makes the finest motors in the rc business!
He must have used one of his motors in this servo.
Thx for testing it. I knew it would do good and be damn fast! Glad I bought it. One of the very few you've tested that meets or outperforms claims. Thats how Holmes does it👍
Strong and fast! That's rare.
John makes some great products. 😃👍
Just got this servo yesterday! Holy hell its powerful and fast!! Keep in mind he’s using the outer most hole on the servo horn. A hole not many will use on the RC’s. The inner holes will produce even more torque than what’s displayed here.
Holmes Hobbies is always top shelf quality and customer support. Glad to see the v3 is keeping with the same high standard. Great video as always
V3 is scary. On the wrap-up, we'll try at a full 4-cell...16.8v
John KNOWS his stuff!!! His Servos have always been World Class, but this is a new High!!!! 😳😎👍👍👋👋👋
Carmine ✈🚂🚙
I have a jx 46kg servo it's only 50 bucks and it's over 600ozin at 8.4v and quiet and all metal and just so fast and strong. I love it.
Finally measured the JX 46kg servo! 360 oz/in at 8.4v. Measured it many times since it was quite surprising.
@@RCReviewChannel wierd i have a jx servo in my redcat be6s and im running big 3.8 duratrax 6pack tires and the jx servo just turns them super fast and easily i have it on 8.4v and it's quiet seems alot stronger than 300oz in.
That's the key issue though... most folks cannot tell if a servo is putting out 300 oz/in or 500, including us. That's why a lot of servo manufacturers straight up lie about it.
Bought mine! It’s amazing
That is awesome.
The only original direct current servo.
I've found his stuff and Reefs to always be far and above the labeled power.
Definitely. We are happy we are able to create test equipment to call out the honest people and liars.We hope our work is able to bring some accountability into the Hobby
@@RCReviewChannel Keep doing what you're doing. You doing good.
Wery impressive!
Also the first one who pool what he claims to!
Nice video like always!
Finally huh? Tekin and Reefs 555 match up to claims too.
@@RCReviewChannel yes, of course, but they are in other price range!
We wont go to 16v because we wanna save our machine for more testing lmao. Great job guys.
yeah our aluminum jig was groaning
WOW! 😮
Pretty impressive servo, dude! Fantastic testing!!! 😃
I have the BLS SHV 500v2 in my HPI Venture I like the one I have but I here that ones a little better!
It's certainly built for the task at hand. Looks like it's a great servo.
Nice review FC..
Cheers mate 👍
Yeah, not a lot of frills. Just straight monster pulls.
Wow ! That's a powerful servo !!! 👍👍👍👍
Huge fan of holmes hobbies never gave their servos a try though, to many complaints of breakage. This one does look promising though. Sill waiting on some reveiws of promodeler. Been using their servos for years now and they have never left me wanting more. I would love to see a review of their 470 or 630 to see how they stack up against the competition in an unbiased reveiw.
We have the promodeler now.
@@RCReviewChannel 😎
I have this very servo...Like mentioned, the torque is off the hook yet not happy when turning slowly. It is not smooth at all. It acts as if the gears inside are so tightly meshed the hitting of each tooth is amplified through the servo arm which amplifies into the wheels and tires and makes the whole chassis shake. I love the Holmes product and was quite shocked at this issue. I have the Crawlmaster magnum in the same rig and love it. I have no binding anywhere in the steering components. Not sure what to do!
Very impressive numbers but do we really need that kind of power I would love to hear some of your thoughts on what we actually need in comparison to people just numbers chasing
I've been doing the hobby...primarily Monster Trucks and Crawler/Trail rigs since 1989. I found between 400(minimum) and 600oz(not really needing more) of torque being perfect.
I know Reefs had a Triple-9(over a 1000oz but Triple-9 "999" sounding cooler)and he told me it just broke stuff and he put in alot of R&D into it..which cost quite a bit. It was only going to be about $25 above the 555(it makes over 600oz.). But like most hobbiest , he felt 600oz. was the upper limit so he focused on making a servo as strong as the 555 but faster so he designed the 500-Raw.
I have three "go-to" Servos....the Protek 370TBL 650oz servo, Reefs 555 and the Holmes SHV500. I have many others including some cheap 20kg and 23kg Power HD's but they are in no-way my go-to's.
I sway toward John Holmes stuff because he's always been there and knows his stuff AND his direct current servos are original...meaning he designed the direct current servos regardless of what others will tell you.
Wow!!! Wonder how it’ll hold up in my XMaxx 8S without a servo saver? 🤔
I have this servo. The only thing that annoys me is this sound. Often to get rid of it while driving I have to adjust the wheel turn on the remote control because I have the impression that it is constantly looking for its correct position . Do you have a similar problem ?
This Holmes servo will be my next servo purchased.
Savox claims 902.7 oz at 8.4v SB2290SG. You going to test it?
Yes! They are far from telling the truth as we just found out.
@@RCReviewChannel thank you. Cant aait to see that one. I use it and suspect it may be nowhere near that #.
I’m really surprised not only by the strength of the servo but the strength of the aluminium servo horn!
Very impressive, any idea what the warranty is on it?
I noticed the Holmes servo is water resistant however, I’d like to waterproof it (S. Fl.=heavy rains). Can the power board be treated with conformal coating? Thank you for sharing.
Franco.
Awesome
Would this be considered a direct bolt on replacement for my stock TRX4 or does it need any other parts to.work?
Holy S**T! WoW!
Please test the reefs raw 500!
Big fan of HH equipment. Maybe I missed the point of this video. Nothing I have operates at these voltages, although looks to be a very powerful servo I would be more interested in torque results from voltages more common to what “ the average Joe”will be running. Neat piece of test equipment !
Todd Bryden 11.1= 3s. I know a lot of people who crawl just fine at 2s, myself included. The power advantage seen at the steering while crawling w/ 3s was enough to sway me. I don’t use the wheel speed but the servo power is fantastic at 3s.
Ahh, the way you power these servos is you wire them directly to your lipo battery, either 3s or 4s. It's pure power and there's no need for a strong ESC or BEC even.
WOW !!!
our tester almost went kapow.
Let’s get Reefs Raw 500 on that machine!
this is hard to find if its untitled. hahah
By the way your link is not a direct link to the survey. Just an FYI
Do the protek 370tb at 6v, 7.4v, 8.4v and 10v. Lmk who wins..
Is 10v approved?? How does one even get that voltage in an rc car? Protek is not quite there in our testing. But at least we finally understand this 'dynamic torque' measure that they use.
@@RCReviewChannel I get 10v from my external bec. Just about every servo will run off at least 8.4v as they need to be compatible to 2s lipo rx packs for nitro cars. I have it on good faith from people close to protek that they've ran the 370tbl directly off a 3s lipo and has lived for over a year. I said 10v since that's the limit of most ccbec's.
I'd be willing to put a $ bet that the 370tbl lays down over 800ozin at 10v. And over 1000ozin at 12.4v or 3s lipo voltages.
How about a jx b70, 70kg servo
No BEC need?
This is awesome, but it would be nice for you to quote metric for the rest of the world as well.
It's in the summary near the end of the video. 43kg and 49kg
Do you have a link I can use to buy a battery I can run this off of in my Typhon 6s.
Nice one bro
finally, someone who's not overstating their actual output.
RC Review 😂😂😂😂
Where can i find this in stock?
🤙🤙
Wow....
As long as its 'plug-n-play' and I needn't do any modifications/soldering I'm more than willing to go outside of my usual budget maximum of $100 for this servo. I don't do BECs, and I don't do soldering.
So this isn't compatible with anything plastic 😂😂😂
Full metal build required 💸💸💸
lolol
yeah, nice servo ,nice review. but could you please not talk over yourself. when doing audio afterwards..