Is it worth it to buy a TT robot?

GusShnaps · Jul 30, 2018

Hey guys!

First of all, I'd like to know if buying a robot for practice is a good idea. Most of the times (when I'm not at my TT club) I don't have any training partners and would like to find a way to improve my game even more.
I'm interested in buying one but can't spend too much money. If you think that it's worth buying, do you of you have any recommendations of robots that are decent and at a low price?

Thanks a lot!

killiegradge · Jul 30, 2018

YES.Buy the best you can afford but it seems robots available for £150 for a basic one.

LEP4to · Jul 30, 2018

Yes, I got a 1050 newggy and totally worth it... It help me improving consistency and control, but it sometimes create an amount of spin unreal and this can affect the reading of the ball for your comeback strokes... I felt that after I only practice with the robot, when I go to the club the ball start falling in to the net commonly....

GusShnaps said:
Hey guys!

First of all, I'd like to know if buying a robot for practice is a good idea. Most of the times (when I'm not at my TT club) I don't have any training partners and would like to find a way to improve my game even more.
I'm interested in buying one but can't spend too much money. If you think that it's worth buying, do you of you have any recommendations of robots that are decent and at a low price?

Thanks a lot!

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langel · Jul 31, 2018

Of Course!

anjoooo · Jul 31, 2018

I've seen videos of people using a rebound board instead of a robot. In my mind the return of the ball should be more similar to what it's like in a match rather than the unnatural spin a robot might generate. Plus, the timing of returns would be more lifelike. However, I guess you can't produce back-spin with a board?

Simas · Aug 2, 2018

Definitely, but only buy the one that has an oscillating head to shoot the ball to both sides of the table so you could do leg drills too.

UpSideDownCarl · Aug 2, 2018

Simply said, yes. There are many good ones that are not too expensive.

But if you can afford the Butterfly Amicus, even the least expensive version, it is several notches above any of the others. The balls that you get are much closer to real play. If you could afford the mid-level version, I feel that would be 100% worth the extra as well. They are amazing machines.

Simas · Aug 2, 2018

UpSideDownCarl said:
Simply said, yes. There are many good ones that are not too expensive.

Wasn't following the news on that topic, but the last time I checked, somehow I've got the impression, that the robots are either not that good (like ipongs) or rather expensive. Could you name something to look into (oscillating head is a must, tilting head would be nice, as well as random balls function). More advanced functions like the ability to change the spin type while playing, programmable are also welcome, but I think they increase the price by quite a lot.

I've spend quite some time training with the robot a long time ago, now started thinking maybe it would be nice to gather a bunch of people at my club to invest into it...

killiegradge · Aug 2, 2018

Remember that if you have a table you can easily spend hours and hours practising your service. This vital in the game though you need to be careful the serves are legal and you dont get into a habit of faulting.

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