I've only used traxxas older style, newer style, deans, xt60's and
XT90's. Once I used
XT90's, I switched everything over to
XT90. On my pairs of 3S, I put an XT90s on one of each pair so I could eliminate arc'ing when I plug them in.
trx plugs suck to solder/fit together. No matter how carefully I soldered, I'd still have to use a dremel to shape down the wire end/soldered area so it would fit. Half the time, when I plugged the battery in, the stupid contact would push out of the connectors. They were constantly popping apart on me on hard landings and the lack of a anti-spark version made me look for something else.
I had used deans in the distant past for receiver plugs and whatnot with nitro use. I didn't care for soldering those either and there was so little plug to "pull" on when disconnecting, you were always putting strain on the solder joint to unplug them.
A couple of my devices have xt60's on them, and while those would probably suffice on my smaller 3S trucks, I didn't want any of my packs or chargers to differ, so I just put xt90's on everything when I did the swap from trx.
They still pop apart on rare occasion on a bad lawn dart landing, but at least they are quick/easy to solder cleanly, they don't spark when plugged in, they don't get as warm as the trx plugs when used and they are big enough to get my mitts on.
I ended up making little clips to keep them locked together on my ERBEv2 as so far, it's the only one that they seem to pop apart on. I do lawn dart that thing a lot.
