Ordering a set of custom hobbysky motors I found on amazon for science! Plan to update my findings on this thread.
I’m starting off with a set of 6384 230kv sensorless motors with 8mm shaft. If they do ok, I’ll buy another set. Probably something smaller like 50xx in the 180-200kv range.
The price of $87 each and free dhl if you buy two motors seems like a sweet deal. Especially if I battle harden them. We’ll see though.
Anyone know of any other cheap motor brands that are “reliable”?
The keda 6364 190kv is a good budget motor. Around $50 from hobby king iirc.
I’ve heard the Hobbyking blue esk8 motors aren’t bad
Kv seems a little high though. I’m running 12s on flipsky 6.6 plus.
these?? 149KV 
Ah, those looks nice.
they look REALLY nice…Too bad I just bought maytechs and don’t need (need: subjective) anymore more motors 
I have the 130kv hobbyking esk8’s for my MTB used them for 100km now work like a charm and lots of torque!
Those are the ones 
@RedBaron technically 190kv does work on 12s it is just slightly more risky because of how close to 60kerpm it is
I have ran it for almost 3 years now and my focboxes have held up fine, even with the new sk3 type motors that I have. They hit 60310 on full charge.
They are nicely sealed from dust and stuff too huh
tacon 160
The are fully sealed yes, but im not sure about how much dust still find it’s way in, I saw some post which showed quite some gunk inside of a sk8 motor. I guess ill find out when I open it up sometime in the future.
Il faut
Yes, I have 3 of them, great motors indeed…149 kv…they lack of strong punch of power (if you want crazy accelerations, wich I do)…