thanks for the reviews everyone, helping me to make a much more informed purchase
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Warranty period is 180 days.
Support wont replace a scabbard that came broken.
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Sadly adding in that my experience was similar. Loved it for about 4 months until it started falling apart. I emailed customer support and never even got a response. Looking more and more like either no one is in charge over there, or the people in charge don’t care.
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DM a mod at the discord. They respond within a day there, and it seems to be their primary platform to resolve customer issues and spread news.
Word. I can’t get myself to enable random motion because I work too hard trying to get all axes perfect and want realism above all else. That said, I think we could have some presets for certain positions that would work to enable not-so-random motion on the other axes. E.g., if you send the position to MFP, the pitch axis would respond differently based on if it was cowgirl vs reverse-cowgirl.
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I have configured a hotkey for that before in MFP. Say if I press and hold “C” it will automatically change the settings so that a up-down stroke becomes inclined forward at the top.
Took me half an hour to set that up but sadly lost during an update.
That’s smart. I need some time but want to automate this to work with existing funscripts and metadata. Just need to read the positions from bookmarks and then generate the source script for pitch and possibly surge (L1, aka near/far). Think this would make multi-axis scripting a bit easier if you could just generate a base for pitch or pitch & sway.
can you convert these AI scripts to funscripts? Is there a tool to convert syncbot scripts to funscripts ?
No. It is designed to be one-way - you can convert funscript to syncscript but not the other way around.
Agreed, I had one, I really enjoyed it, but after tearing THREE scabbards and having to replace the base unit once because it developed a DANGEROUS fault. I’m not giving them any more money.
They’ve also gotten increasingly shady with their software, you now have to pay for even the AI scripts in syncbrowser, and they are only accepting crypto for payment.
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rule of thumb is, they allow other features into their environment, but never the reverse (e.g funscript > syncscript is okay, sync to funscript is not, buttplug io devices work in syncbrowser, however syncbot does not work in the buttplug io (or any open source connection) situation).
while im not inherently anti-closed environment (although I would prefer for it not to be) my problem is that the thing has a severe lack of options on how you can use it, because of the refusal to implement intiface functionality.
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Any chance they’ve gotten better in these months?? I am just about to receive mine…
Would be a good idea to return it.
Im always skeptical of technology that makes big claims and very few details. Hence why I never got one.
Glad my intuition served me.
I changed the title since when I wrote this I was a bit angry at it all. It’s more of a warning and what to be aware of before taking the risk instead of a “do not do this” kind of post.
I have no idea if the production quality has gotten better but I know that in my case on the 2nd unit I had, the motions worked better on one scabbard over the other, so I guess it was bad production and not aligned properly or something. But both of my units broke after a few months, and the 2nd one I threw in the trash out of anger after they refused the warranty. I usually used it at max on all settings so maybe it lasts longer when settings are lower.
What I can say though is that when it worked, it felt really good. But spending 500 on a device that lasts a few months is not worth it to me. But there are some cases of it working longer, like @bootycooty942004 had it for 6 months at the time, now 12, maybe he can share if its still working? and @zzzxc had it for 10 before it broke so it has the possibility of lasting a bit longer but the risk is still there.
But I hope yours will last long if you decide to keep it. 
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Damn, hopefully I get lucky on some of these counts. I did notice just a few days before ordering, they actually changed/updated the case/maybe even the machine itself, and labelled it as the “updated” model. So hopefully things work out, if not though I’ll come back here and share
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You definitely want to keep the suction low, usually at 0 to 20%. Mine’s been working great since March, and none of my sleeves or scabbards or shots have given up on me. To be fair, this isn’t my first one, and the others broke because the sleeve tore, and lube was seaping into the machine. That’s imo the main reason why the Syncbot seems to die, though some have claimed to not have the lube leak and have had the red light of death.
I guess another thing (might be superstitious, not sure) is try not to let the Syncbot run all the way down to 0% battery. Charge while using, charge in between use, etc.
And rotation I usually keep between 20 and 50%.
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My honest experience.
My device still survives since i bought it, 9/17/23. It wont die but at the same time, i stopped using it but there was a time it was my only device until jan or feb 2024. My scabbard broke after 2 months, the grip portion. Got some replacement and that survived til today. I def reduced the grip to 20-40%. My main gripe with the syncbot is the software.
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Its a pain in the ass to add vids+scripts. If you reorganize your library, it wont detect it so you have to delete it in the player and readd it. You cannot drag and drop the new location. Good luck finding the stuff you need.
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There is still no search function
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There is no sort function
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There is no INVERT option to this day. Or even add offsets ms just in case some scripts are slightly off. This is personally my biggest pet peeve because some scripts feel better inverted.
My frustration is that i felt abandoned because these requests were from day 1. Feels like theyre focusing too much on their crypto adjacent software.
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This is why after each session once i pull out, i tilt the device around 45 degrees. And immediately remove the scabbard from the device. Only once its removed where i put it upright to clean. To prevent lube leak . Cuz lube leak is a serious issue
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i can confirm mine still works in perfect condition affter almost a year. Idk man guess i got good luck. i use it at least 4x a week and i watch some pretty fast scripts. i will say though what annoys me is that the company never lets you buy 1 scabbard at a time. its always ‘out of stock’ which is utter bullshit. also the shots dont last but maybe 2-3 months if your careful with them
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Syncbot is still my favorite device (I own Handy/Syncbot/OSR2+) , and not even because I got it through the Affiliate program.
It being completely wireless is a plus for me, I can shove it in my meiki plush, pop on vr, and be fully immersed away from my desk. The feeling is really good, post orgasm play is a thing, and I never had issues with the stroke length (even though more wouldn’t hurt) and I’m larger than average.
But I also did have issues with the device, I’m on my third unit. I’d be a little upset if I paid for them honestly.
First unit stopped stroking, second unit the grip would keep tightening in one direction which could have gone really bad if I didn’t pull out of the device when I felt it starting.
Third unit has been working well, but I don’t use it as much as anymore mainly because I’m not sure what to do if it breaks.
I’ve had 3 scabbards and 2 of them have issues, with tearing making the grip/suction non existant… then small annoying stuff like the bearing at the bottom of the scabbard squeaking…
I also didn’t like how they began to paywall things… weird crypto system
I was going to do a review on the syncbot, but real-life got in the way, and the way the company stopped contact really left a bad taste in my mouth.
It’s hard for me to recommend in this state, as much as I enjoy it. (Reminds me of VW/Audi ownership). The small “quirks” aren’t for everyone. I really enjoy this device for laying in bed with VR, and for what rotation/grip add to audio funscripts.
If they took these issues in to consideration for their next product, they could really be on to something good.
But for now, my main device is the OSR2+. I used Syncbot up until about March of this year as my main device.
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