Mike’s Hobby

I’ve been interested in getting a starter drone and hopefully moving up to one of the big boy ones. I came here on a Saturday afternoon as I was in the area. It’s a small shop but with plenty of parts in stock from rc cars/​trucks, boats, and drones. I was greeted by one of the employees and told him what I was looking for which was a beginner drone with capability of flying in and outdoors. I don’t want a camera since most low end drones have poor video quality. The one he recommended, another employee was able to demonstrate it in store. Initially it look powerful enough that I won’t need to upgrade too soon, if I get the hang of flying. They also showed me why they recommended it which has durable parts and blade guards. Also, for $ 40 it’s not a big loss if things don’t work out. The employee was extremely informative and also offered to modify the blades before I left the store. I would definitely be back if I need a better drone or choose a different hobby.

Awesome place they will always have what you need and super cool people working there. The best local rc hobby shop super stoked I have one close by

Awesome place to go! They are more than helpful and offered every bit of advice that they could! Very friendly and didn’t make me feel like I had to walk out with more than I needed! They offered all help that they could and even showed us demonstrations of how to fix them ourselves on some of their own. They allowed us to look at all the RC trucks and continued to support us as we were leaving. Awesome group of people highly recommend you go! Ask them anything and they go above and beyond to make sure their customers are more then happy when they leave! Awesome job guys keep it up!!!

Great store, guys are always happy and helpful.

One of the best hobby shops we’ve been excellent customer service and great work on our truck thanks guys have a great day we will be back in for more stuff Roxana and Valentin

Number one shop in town they have a lot of parts to choose from love the prices great customer service definitely will be back to buy more RC cars

Another update on the excellent experience at Mikes Hobby/​Vacuum! I needed some spray paints for a project I was doing and the gold paint was out of stock, so Chad or Mike ordered it and have it held for me. Not only that but they gave me a great deal on my Chroma quad-​copters rotor blades beating the internet. I see negative reviews for Mikes and false information regarding prices as I have easily spent in excess of $ 10k here getting rc cars and upgrading them and professional quad-​copters I have checked online prices and Mikes matches or beats them. Also you get 10% to 15% on parts and Chad will even do some RC maintenance for less than $ 20 like tires or battery connector soldering. I like Mikes and will continue to buy stuff there.

Update: Below is my original review on Mikie’s Hobby Shop. I’m updating this and changing the star rating purely out of respect for Mike and how he handled this situation. The review below does have some misguided information, but it came from the dishonest and unprofessional employee that we dealt with. 1. He isn’t Mikie’s son 2. His name is Chad, not Chris. After Mike reviewed this Unilocal review, he encouraged us to contact him directly, which my husband did. My husband was pleased with the way the conversation went, Mike did take action against his employee and also apologized, this speaks volume.
I chose to leave the original review up so that if any other future customers encounter the same treatment, they might want to contact Mike directly first before leaving a bad review, as he genuinely does care about the business of his shop and its customers! We did end up taking our business to another hobby shop that day but we might give Mikie’s a second chance as long as it’s not with same employee.
Original review: Rude and unprofessional… Don’t do business with this shop. Will not honor Internet pricing, staff has attitude and needs some major training on how to treat customers. Mikes hobby shop letting his kid Chris run daddy’s shop into ground! Good luck in the future… You’ll sink eventually!

I had fried the battery on my drone, and I was going to drive to Temecula but found this location closer to me and I gave it a shot. I found the battery I needed for a great price and they also match prices. Great selection of RC cars and drones and all the necessary parts for repairs. I would recommend this location.

Beware Drone Pilots! This store is tailored for RC Cars hobbyists.
The staff is extremely unfriendly towards drone pilots and they get offended if you’re educated about your hobby. They constantly try to one-​up you with keywords or terminology when in actuality they hardly know anything about the hobby. The owner is always too busy to spend time answering questions. They didn’t even know what FPV Freestyle is!
I’m a professional video production drone pilot and live locally. I decided to make this my home spot for drone parts but I’ve since decided to take my business somewhere else after multiple terrible experiences.
I wanted to purchase parts for a Racing Drone I use for FPV freestyle and wanted to give Mike’s my money (even with their profit margins) to support local business. The counter person found the parts in their computer system but said he could not order them and refused to order them. I literally took money out and asked if they wanted it, but still they refused to order the parts.
They had a Racing Drone frame in the used/​trade-​in section so I offered $ 300 cash for it, even though it was only a $ 200 frame. They refused to tell me how much it was, even though I heard them saying it was for sale on a separate visit. They never told me a price.
Good luck getting questions answered about on-​board video specifications, radio range, FPV products, and more.

Yeah Mad Mike & Chad are the real deal in Lake Elsinore… Turn around time for repairs is fast. They always have good knowledge. Their alright by me, I’ll be leaving some $$$ with them since they always have just about every part I need for my Toys. One Think I really like is there PR on Facebook and their online store with point click to order Rc cars & trucks.

Stopped by Mike’s place last week since I am new to the area.
He had parts for all my Toys: Traxxas, Losi, Spektrum etc. I picked up a bottle of Nitro, and some good advice about nearby tracks. I do my own repairs, but I can see that lots of people trust these guys for expert upgrades and repairs. I’ll definitely swing by next time I need something! Br Jerry

Good place to get your R/​C stuff. They have a huge amount of spare parts on hand. I will definitely go back next time I need some parts.

Great rc shop, tons of knowledge and awesome customer service. Thanks Mike and especially Chad, for fixing my screw ups. Made my sons day.

Mike is a really friendly local high end RC hobby shop owner! He’s helpful and tries his best to make his customers happy!
At the moment his store is a little understaffed and he struggles trying to serve all of his customers. However I’m fine with that because he puts his full effort into everything he does with a spring in his step! His jokes are pretty funny too!
He is also pretty badass, but I’ll let you guys try to figure that out yourselves.