Jeff Hoy, American

 Losi’s Micro-T is the next step in the fast growing mini and micro market of the r/c hobby and industry.

Everything you need is included, and it is the first truly self-contained, travel anywhere off-road r/c truck.  The entire package includes a RTR truck with 27 Mhz transmitter, a battery powered peak charger for the included NiMH battery installed in the truck, a full compliment of AA batteries for the transmitter and charger, and some spare parts and pieces.  The box itself has a carry handle and is very easy to repack exactly as it came from the factory.  The entire package is small enough to be packed in a suitcase and taken with you where ever you go, for those times when you need your r/c fix while sitting in a motel room in the middle of nowhere.

The Micro-T is a downright fun little truck.  You can race it anywhere, use it to harass play with your pets, or just bash around your living room or basement.  It’s perfect if you live in a cramped  apartment.  Or if you live in an area with harsh winters it’s a great fit for tooling around in your just shoveled driveway.  It’s a fast, jumping, agile, wheelie popping machine that will give you many hours of entertainment.

I’ve been driving the crap out of the Micro-T and it’s been holding up well to the punishment I’ve dished out.  You might think this truck would be extremely fragile given it’s small stature.  But it’s pretty robust and has taken many head-on impacts and tumbles down stairs without one broken piece.  If you do break something though there’s plenty of options to replace it with because quite a few third party manufacturers have created a load of hop-up parts for the T.  Aluminum, carbon fiber, hotter motors, wheels and tires, bodies, and tons more stuff is out there for the customizer in all of us.

 The feature that the Micro-T has going for it is that there’s nothing else like it anywhere.  It is a truly unique platform and market that nobody else has decided to get involved in.  Smaller in size than the Kyosho Mini-Z platform and the Radio Shack Xmod series, but not nearly as small as the ZipZaps set.  The Micro-T is small enough to be driven pretty much anywhere, but still big enough to be worked on and adjusted.  And it’s about the only real off-road micro performer.  The Micro-T is an excellent compromise between size, performance, and ease of use.

I’ve given the controller to many friends and let them rip the Micro around for a while.  They all loved it.  The Micro-T’s size and performance give it a near universal appeal that almost nobody can turn down.  I highly recommend you add the Micro-T to your hobby shelf.  Find it online or at your local hobby shop for around $80 with nothing else required to buy.  There’ll be plenty you’ll WANT to buy though just to make this baby your own.