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I had been wanting a robot ever since I came back to the sport about 2 1/2 years ago, but I didn't really want to spend $2,000. I was looking closely at the Tenni-Robo and watching the progress of the Joola Infinity. Well unfortunately the Tenni-Robo people had to evacuate the Ukraine and the Joola project didn't seam to be going as well as I had hoped. I had also come across a few posts by palguay the founder of the Ponfox robot on this forum, although I never did see any posts by anyone who had bought one. I spoke with Kiran(palguay) the founder via email about some concerns I had about the app before I purchased the robot. One being that you could not put more than a 1 1/2 second dwell time between balls. Kiran responded and said that they make adjustments according to the feedback of existing customers and that this issue has not been raised. Despite my concerns I decided to take the plunge.
I'm not great with reviews so I'll just say that I purchsed the Pongfox in November and received it in 7-days time. Kiran is in India and that is where they are manufacturing and shipping the robot from. I was surprised to receive it that quickly. I've been using the robot and app on a regular basis since the beginning of December (I received it on Nov. 29).
Although I still would like to see the ability to add more time between balls along with one or two other minor adjustments to the app, the robot has been phenomonal. I don't think you could ask for anything more from a robot at this price. The robot itself was $499 the shipping was $175. So for less 1/3 of the price of the top-end Butterfly and Power-pong models I have one heck of a little robot. It is a table-top type of robot with no auto-recycle feature which would be the main and I think only drawback. That is something I knew going in and have no problem with. I purchased a Joola catch net and I have a My Ping-Pong Buddy ball collector. The Ponfox holds well over 100 balls, actually I think I have about 160 in it. I'm more than happy to take a break and pick up whatever balls did not land in the net. I previously had borrowed one of the I-Pong robots from a friend and thought that the shot quality coming from the robot was very poor, to the point that I rarely bothered to use it. The Pongfox is on a whole other level. It puts out a great quality ball. It has preset shot types like Loop, counter, underspin, lob, etc.. You can choose from easy, medium and hard level shots. If you want something a little different you can create your own custom shots. You have complete control of the speed of each of the 3 motors as well as the verticle angle of the head. My favorite way to use the robot is in Random mode. (I’m not sure if you can use your custom-made shot types in Random Mode) You can choose up to 5 of the predetermined shot-types at whichever level of hardness you want and it will go through them in random order and placement within the area you set manually from side to side, with a slider. Meaning you can have them all land in one spot or in a small area on the FH or BH side, or you can give it the whole width of the table to choose from. Anyway, What I’m trying to say is, I love this robot!
I'm not great with reviews so I'll just say that I purchsed the Pongfox in November and received it in 7-days time. Kiran is in India and that is where they are manufacturing and shipping the robot from. I was surprised to receive it that quickly. I've been using the robot and app on a regular basis since the beginning of December (I received it on Nov. 29).
Although I still would like to see the ability to add more time between balls along with one or two other minor adjustments to the app, the robot has been phenomonal. I don't think you could ask for anything more from a robot at this price. The robot itself was $499 the shipping was $175. So for less 1/3 of the price of the top-end Butterfly and Power-pong models I have one heck of a little robot. It is a table-top type of robot with no auto-recycle feature which would be the main and I think only drawback. That is something I knew going in and have no problem with. I purchased a Joola catch net and I have a My Ping-Pong Buddy ball collector. The Ponfox holds well over 100 balls, actually I think I have about 160 in it. I'm more than happy to take a break and pick up whatever balls did not land in the net. I previously had borrowed one of the I-Pong robots from a friend and thought that the shot quality coming from the robot was very poor, to the point that I rarely bothered to use it. The Pongfox is on a whole other level. It puts out a great quality ball. It has preset shot types like Loop, counter, underspin, lob, etc.. You can choose from easy, medium and hard level shots. If you want something a little different you can create your own custom shots. You have complete control of the speed of each of the 3 motors as well as the verticle angle of the head. My favorite way to use the robot is in Random mode. (I’m not sure if you can use your custom-made shot types in Random Mode) You can choose up to 5 of the predetermined shot-types at whichever level of hardness you want and it will go through them in random order and placement within the area you set manually from side to side, with a slider. Meaning you can have them all land in one spot or in a small area on the FH or BH side, or you can give it the whole width of the table to choose from. Anyway, What I’m trying to say is, I love this robot!
