Captain Case
Post-Delivery FeedbackAug 16, 2026
The purchase went as it should and was an easy success, the only negative aspects I can think of is that there are many items not available or on back order which is disappointing. The other problem I can see is the price of Spectrum products, though they are great products, things such as the chargers and batteries are much more then competitors making one gravitate toward other means, even with a second tier rewards option. Products such as AS3X, the receivers and transmitters are fantastic though expensive and if they were cheaper, I would sure buy much much more, but take receivers for example, the price makes one want to buy one and remove it from other panes to put in the new plane rather then just buy another, which keeps their sales number low I’m guessing. If they were at a better price, I would just simply buy more and get a new one for each plane rather then using the same one again. I mean, from a business perspective, what’s better, getting less per unit but selling three or four times the volume, or keeping prices high and selling one, or two more here and there? Same goes for batteries, I’ve ended up buying a bunch of SMC and only a few Spektrum batteries, and though Spektrum batteries are SMART and great, it’s more then double for the same battery compared to a top battery distributor such as SMC which again, doesn’t make sense from a business standpoint. Make them the same price, and we will buy all our batteries in the beginning from Spektrum/Horizon. Now all this of course is considered if you can even get the receiver, transmitter, or batteries you want from horizon/Spektrum as most things I wanted or needed were on back order or not available for some time. The quality is there, but it is so for SMC and a 6S 5000mAh battery is $61-$80 rather then $125-$150 with Spektrum and SMC batteries are absolutely fantastic. My first battery purchase from horizon/Spektrum for batteries was 2 4S 2900mAh batteries for a 20% site discount of $74.99 each, while my first battery purchase from SMC was for 12 batteries from 3S to 6S for $400. Same with the chargers, I ended up buying only the S100 charger and limiting my battery purchases from Spektrum to a maximum of 4S size batteries because for a large quality charger, it will cost me $179-$!320 for Spektrum for up to 2 200W AC charging ports whereas I bought a Mars with two ports and 200W per port with a maximum of 750W total for $109-$156 maximum, a great price! Anyways, that’s enough price comparing, it just seems to me it would be better to have everything cheaper so everyone just buys many items and sticks to Spektrum for everything. Also keep things in stock, I see complains often about plane parts not being available and much more.