I felt like sharing my experience about the Syncbot so that others can be warned about its flaws.
I bought my first Syncbot right after they posted here for the first time in August 2023 for $532 if you include shipping because it looked like a really good product. I got it, used it, and it felt nice and easy to use. I was happy with it so I even defended it here a few times in the past but don’t trust a brand new product that’s only been tested for a few days. Sure it feels great when it works, but it didn’t last (at least for me and many others)
The durability is terrible, both the Syncbot and the scabbards (sleeves). My first unit broke after 3 months, and I probably used it like 20-30 times and the scabbard also ripped in that time, an $80 scabbard (sleeve) that is. The up-and-down stroking motion was the first to break, then the tightening motion on this device kept tightening nonstop in one direction, which is not a pleasant feeling after a while.
But that should be under warranty, right? Syncbot warranty is 180 days, which should tell you all you need to know about how reliable they think their product is. The Handy warranty is 1 year, and I have had mine for over 3 years now with no issues, and it’s also like 1/3 the price.
So they told me to return the defective unit, which they spent like 20 days picking up from the post office, and then sent me a new one. The up-and-down stroking motion on the second device broke after 2 months. At this point I was like Okay, whatever, I just use the two other movements, tightening and rotation, because it feels pretty good too. After another two months, the tightening part broke and didn’t work at all.
So I contacted them again about it and they told me that it’s now out of warranty and there is nothing they can do. I have had the second unit for 150 days, but technically it broke after like 60. But they say it falls under the first-unit warranty. I’m no expert, so maybe it does, maybe it doesn’t. It still sounds a bit weird to me and two units breaking after a few months should be enough reason for people to be cautious.
I gave it a glowing review in the past on this site and I used to defend the product from non believers cause the device was good for a short while and whenever I talked to their support it was always positive and helpful but I had no idea about the durability problems at the time so I want to apologize to anyone who bought it based on my previous posts. I have changed that review and my posts regarding this now.
I don’t know if any of this is true but there have also allegedly been some questionable stuff in the past with people who have shilled for the product and then stopped when called out.
I have seen many posts on their discord channel as well about their Syncbot that stops working or sleeves ripping after a few uses and in many cases causing fluids to leak into and breaking the Syncbot itself. So if anyone else has similar experiences or the opposite then feel free to share, people should be informed before they spend 500 on a device, thanks. Here are some comments from different people on their discord, names hidden for obvious reasons.