Maxtrax and Off Brand boards

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Looking at getting some traction boards (no much to winch off where I travel just yet) and I have a debate. Maxsa or Maxtrax.

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Maxsa are half the price but don’t stack, have fewer features and aren’t as battle tested

Maxtrax has 2 “X”’s is the name, so according to 90’s mountain bike logic they are automatically better.

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One friend of mine just bought Maxsa and the other Maxtrax but sadly I wont be able to use them as benchmarks because we are all buying them for the same trip (2 per vehicle). The use I will mainly need them for would be ramping and clay/mud traction.

Anyone have any experience/words of caution for me? The price of the Maxsa is hard to ignor at only $150 a pair vs $150 for 1 Maxtrax.