Wondering what battery to run in your 1/8 electric buggy or truggy? Gens Ace is the most popular by a wide margin, and 6000mAh is the most common capacity. We counted the setups saved in the RC Setup App since January 2024: 543 racers named a battery brand. Buggies and truggies run the same packs, so they share one list.
The number under each brand is how many racers run it. Counts updated November 2026.
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Most common capacity and C rating
Of the 395 racers who named a capacity, 95 run 6000mAh, 61 run 6400mAh and 55 run 6500mAh. Of the 254 who named a C rating, 100 run 130C, 56 run 120C and 42 run 140C. Most racers didn't say whether they run one 4S pack or two 2S packs in series. Of those who did, 71 run a 4S pack and 27 run two 2S packs.
Most popular battery brands for 1/8 electric buggies and truggies
This list covers brands with at least 10 racers. Each button goes to the pack racers name most for that brand, or the closest one it sells now.
1. Gens Ace
168 racers
The most popular battery brand by a wide margin, with 168 racers, and the top brand in truggies too, with 36. Most who named a model run the Redline, and 6000mAh is its most common capacity, at 71 racers. Tekno EB48s and the ET48 truggy are its most common cars. The button goes to the current Redline 2.0 4S 6000mAh shorty, rated 140C.
Redline 2.0 at AMain (opens in new tab)
2. DXF
49 racers
Tied for second with ProTek. Racers name the Gold Series most, at 6500mAh, and the Arrma Typhon TLR Tuned and Mugen MBX8R Eco are its most common cars. The button goes to the Gold Series 4S HV 6500mAh 140C hard case at DXF's own store.
Gold Series at DXF
3. ProTek
49 racers
6400mAh is its most common capacity by far, at 27 racers. It's most common in Team Associated's RC8 B4.1e and RC8T4e and the Tekno EB48 2.1. The button goes to ProTek's 4S 6400mAh 130C Si-Graphene+ HV shorty.
4S 6400mAh at AMain (opens in new tab)
4. CNHL
47 racers
Its racers spread across capacities, and the Arrma Typhon TLR Tuned is its most common car, at 11. The button goes to the Racing Series 4S 6600mAh 120C hard case at CNHL's own store, a standard LiPo rather than LiHV.
Racing Series at CNHL
5. Zeee
24 racers
Racers name 6000mAh most, and Tekno EB48s and the Xray XB8E lead. The button goes to the closest pack Zeee sells itself, a 4S 6200mAh 80C hard case with an EC5 plug.
4S 6200mAh at Zeee
6. Spektrum
23 racers
Mostly in TLR and Arrma cars: the Typhon TLR Tuned (9) and the 8IGHT-XE 2.0 (6) lead. Racers name the Smart Pro Race 2S 6300mAh shorty, which runs as a pair in a 1/8, so the first button goes to it. The second goes to the 4S 6500mAh Smart Pro Race hard case.
2S 6300mAh at AMain (opens in new tab) 4S 6500mAh at AMain (opens in new tab)
7. Reedy
22 racers
Mostly in Team Associated's RC8s: the RC8 B4.1e (10) and RC8T4e (6) lead. Racers name the SG5 2S shorty most, at 6400mAh. Reedy has since replaced it with the SG7 line, so the button goes to the SG7 2S long-shorty for 1/8, rated 140C.
SG7 at AMain (opens in new tab)
8. Intellect Pioneering
16 racers
Most common in Mugen's MBX8R Eco. Its 4S 6400mAh pack is the PT2 graphene HV shorty, rated 120C, and the button goes to it at RCTeam in Europe.
PT2 4S at RCTeam
9. SMC
11 racers
Racers name SMC's ORS LCG packs, which have left its range. The button goes to the HCL-HP 4S 6500mAh 150C hard case, a standard LiPo with an SC5 plug.
HCL-HP 4S at Discount RC Parts
10. Sunpadow
11 racers
Racers name 6500mAh most. Sunpadow's Platin 6500mAh is a 2S HV shorty, rated 140C, and the button goes to it at RC-Modelshop in Estonia.
Platin 2S at RC-Modelshop
11. NitroPro
10 racers
From the same Nitro Pro behind the JTP Blend fuel and the N500 servo, and Tekno EB48s lead. Racers name 6500mAh most, and the button goes to its 2S 6500mAh 160C LP stick pack.
2S 6500mAh at NitroPro
12. Tekin
10 racers
Racers name the Power Cell, mostly at 6500 or 6300mAh, and TLR's 8IGHT-XE 2.0 is its most common car. The button goes to the Power Cell 4S HV LCG 6550mAh, rated 140C.
Power Cell 4S at AMain (opens in new tab)How we counted
We count anonymous totals from setups saved in the app for 1/8 electric buggies and truggies. A racer counts once per brand, and once per capacity and C rating, no matter how many setups they've saved. A value only counts if the racer entered it themselves, not if it came along with a copied setup. A brand field naming several brands counts toward none. Specs come from the listing each button goes to.
