[suicideneil]

Dont apologise, I know exactly what you're saying and you're quite right. Im just not all that great at soldering as it is, and trying to solder thick stranded wire onto a tiny little metal tab, which is half inside a piece of plastic is somwwhat challenging for me, to say the least. When I was running the TXT-1 the whole lot used to get 'quite warm', but never what I would deem 'too warm', if you know what I mean. The pig tails would be best for me, straight forward solder direct onto the batts and the pcb of the esc- that would be easy enough - I had a 25w iron which broke, so now Im getting a 30w iron and silver solder. I will practice my soldering on the half melted deans, and if I can do it properly, and it turns out the new rig puts a lot of strain on the electrics, then I'll get the pig tails. I guess tamiya plugs are okay for lower draw machines, not our big bad brushless monsters.....