PONGBOT NOVA S PRO

Product information

Category
Robots
Reviews
2
Rating
4.50 star(s) 2 ratings
Price
$349.99

User stats

use
8
Durability
8.1
Capability
8
Resistance
9.9
Reseña de principiante
Pros
  • Calidad de peloteo, efecto, frecuencia, velocidad, etc.
Cons
  • Falta de movilidad del cabezal durante los ejercicios.
Escribo desde Argentina. Aclaro esto porque aca no son particularmente populares los robots asi que no tengo muchos puntos de comparacion. Aclarado este punto, debo decir que estoy increiblemente sorprendido. Para mi nivel incicial en tenis de mesa, me esta yudando muchisimo para ganar en consistencia, mejorar el la creacion de efectos y aprender distintas tecnicas. E visto aca la publicacion de reseñas exhaustivas y muy tecnica por lo que quiza no pueda aportar demasiado. Lo que si puedo decir con seguridad es que no se atasca pese al hecho de que lo uso en una terraza abierta. Si bien antes de ponerlo en funcionamiento limpio bien el piso, la acumulacion de polvillo, pelos de mi gato y pequeñas particulas de las plantas que se desprenden ensucian las pelotas e indefectiblemente algo siempre cae en la cesta de pelotas y va al interior del robot. Hasta ahora, luego de un mes y medio de uso, nunca se atasco y el funcionamiento es perfecto. Por ahora no lo e desarmado para una limpieza intensiva pero despues de cada uso lo aspiro y le hago una limpieza general. Soy amateur, voy tres veces por semana a entrenar a un club y este robot me resulta un increible y divertido complento. Puedo replicar facilmente los ejercicios multibola que practico en el club, hacer saques y configurar ejercisio para trabajar cosas muy puntuales. No se me ocurre una mejor inversion para mejorar. En la puntuacion voy a poner durable, porque no tengo evidencia contraria pero es algo que el tiempo dira realmente si es asi.
use
8.1
Durability
8.1
Capability
9
Resistance
10
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Pros
  • modded wheels allow for maintenance-free operation, without performance degradation
  • tbh works flawlessly, also with the pocketable 24V-powerbank
Cons
  • impossible to produce short or slow balls with high spin rate
  • questionable longevity/durability (not a factual con yet!)
  • cannot be repaired; the engineers didn't have "let's build and design to last" in mind
  • requires working WiFi or mobile internet connection
  • overpriced (you pay for functional benefit not the massproduced value/quality)
The extremely filigree detailistic internal plasticky CAD construction💅 doesn't make the Nova suitable for club use or professional use imho; the engineers didn't have "let's build and design to last" in mind rather than "let's build and design to just function".👩‍🔬 A fast internet connection (WiFi, WLAN or mobile internet) is required for the operation of the app and therefore of the robot: no internet, no use of the Pongbot!📶 In order to browse / check / edit / program a drill, you need to be physically near the powered robot🚽 AND have a live internet connection — not very convenient at all. The Nova S Pro cannot produce balls (cerves or non-cerves, doesn't matter) that are short AND have a significant amount of spin, e.g. it cannot produce short spinny cerves or short high quality pushes. Nor can it produce fast spinny topspins or actually slow spinny loops. Placing the Nova well back from the table can remedy this limitation to some extent. As long as it doesn't die on you, you woht think twice that you overpaid for a cheap, mass-produced toy-quality(!) robot because you definitely benefit from its functionality.
In summary, due to the 2-wheels system, the robot cannot produce slow balls with MUCH underspin (so-called high quality pushes). it cannot produce fast balls with MUCH topspin (so-called hard topspins). it cannot produce slow balls with MUCH topspin (so-called slow spinny loops). but it can produce fast balls with MUCH underspin (so-called balls to the moon). Other than that, the Nova S Pro performs flawlessly and to the reviewer's personal satisfaction. However, I will not recommend it until after eight years of regular operation (since 2024), by which time it will have proved its long-term value. I had opened the robot and what my engineering eye saw didn't instill me with much confidence. See the forum post for further review comments.
use
8
Capability
7
Resistance
9.9
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immacupcake
Personally, I think you're just too good for the robot (no glaze). Probably should've gotten like an Amicus then if you have this many grievances on the functions and capabilities of the robot
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