The Newgy made a good amount of spin even on short balls. The head height of the Newgy was fairly low to the table, so serves seemed "real". The head was able to be adjusted up or down easily, so you can get a "line drive" or a "looping topspin." You can rotate the head INSTANTLY to produce ANY spin you want 360 degrees around the head.
Ball frequency was excellent, with almost 2 full seconds of delay at the lowest setting, and the fastest setting going much faster than most humans can handle.
Speed and spin was excellent at highest power setting. It was very adequate at the lower slower settings. Put the Newgy at the slowest speed setting and 100% sidespin, hold your paddle perpendicular to the incoming ball, and you'll see the ball jump violently to the left or right (depending on the spin) and easily go 3-4 feet off the table to the side. That's a lot of spin, even for a slow setting. The bad thing about the Newgy is that it can't make a dead ball. So everything is always lots of spin. And of course it's not programable. Can only do 1 type of a ball at a time. more reviews to follow...
Question from Forum Member 'NoFootwork'
I have not done much research on TT robots, and really appreciate reading thru this thread. I'm also thinking about the Newgy 2040 as that seems to be priced more reasonably as compared to the others and seems to offer decent features (seems to be the best bang for the buck.)Just to clarify, does the Newgy 2040 produce loops at different speeds and spins to allow you to practice blocking and counter-loops?
Marco Answers:
I did a review of the Newgy 2040 early in this thread. Single head design, nearly instantaneous set up and take down, nearly instantaneous transition from one type of ball to another, 360 degrees of spin, good consistency.The downside is that it speed is not independent of speed. As you increase speed, spin also increases.
You can tilt the head upwards and lower the speed to get more of an "arcing loop" or you can point the head more forward and increase the speed to get more of a fast loop.
What you cannot do is get a heavy spin slow loop, or a fast flat shot or only lightly spun fast shot (like a drive).
However, all things considered, I agree with Tahl that dollar for dollar, the Newgy 2040 is the best robot on the market today. For only $700 brand new (and you can find them used very easily for $400 or less) this is a robot that you can definitely do a lot with. So sure there are better robots, and sure there are robots with more capability. But dollar for dollar, all things considered such as ease of use, quickness of setup and take down, and # of different types of balls it makes (nearly everything, except no spin or super spin slow...) this robot is great.
If I had limited funds this would be a no-brainer. You can't go wrong with the Newgy.
