Anyone have experience with cheap 12s ESCs?

[brian015]

I really like the fact that I'm only using the HV ICE esc for running the motor. It has no BEC, so you have to use an external. It has no braking, so the esc doesn't have to handle the brake spikes. This is obviously an issue for the car esc because they're only going to have esc braking up to 10s (from what I've read). So I'm not asking the esc to do everything - maybe this makes it a more reliable setup than the XL - I don't know. But I do know that I can go up to 12s now! (I only use 8s or 10s though)