XT60 Male-Female Connector Pair, 60A Nylon, for LiPo Batteries

The XT60 has become close to a universal standard for connecting LiPo battery packs to the rest of an RC or drone power system, and this pair gives both halves - male and female - needed to terminate a wire run on each end of a battery-to-ESC or battery-to-power-distribution-board connection. Current carrying capacity is rated at 60 to 65A continuous, with the connector genuinely rated to handle loads beyond that figure for brief periods, covering the power draw of the vast majority of small to mid-size multirotor and RC builds without needing to step up to a bulkier, higher-current connector.

The housing is molded nylon, a durable, lightweight plastic that holds up well to repeated connect-disconnect cycles without the housing cracking or the pins loosening over time, a genuine concern with lower-quality connector clones. The connector's keyed shape prevents it from being plugged in reversed, a small but meaningful safety feature that avoids a reversed-polarity connection frying downstream electronics the moment power is applied.

Because the XT60 ships unterminated (bare solder tabs rather than pre-wired leads), builders solder their own wire gauge of choice directly onto the connector tabs, letting the wire thickness be matched exactly to the specific battery's discharge current rather than being locked into whatever gauge a pre-made cable happened to use. This makes the connector equally useful for building custom battery leads, repairing a damaged connector on an existing pack, or wiring a new power distribution board from scratch.

Builders assembling a new drone or RC power system, repairing a damaged battery connector, or needing a reliable, high-current connector pair for any 60A-class power path will find the XT60 a well-proven industry standard, backed by broad compatibility with the ESCs, power distribution boards, and battery packs already using the same connector across the hobby.