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I think it's 1. I advise you to join the "Amicus Owners" thread also on this board. I've worked on the robot quite a bit and might have been able to help you, too bad you sent it back. It sounds like the robot was drawing too much current as soon as it tried to turn the projection wheels, or the ball feed motor, when it does that, it reboots and the lights start flashing. I've seen it do that when adjusting the wheels and they are stuck. Did you check to see if the wheels spun freely? If not, it's a very easy adjustment to move the motors so the wheels aren't stuck. It could also have been the projection motor getting stuck because of an obstruction in the ball storage area. Or maybe it wasn't that, hard to say.

In any case, I highly recommend the robot, it's great. I've had one for about two months and am loving it. Many people on this board are in the same situation as you. But what I have heard is that it's backordered until late February, early March, so you might want to check with some other retailers.

I don't know. There's not a lot of chatter about the robots on the Internet, but yours is the first time I've heard of one being broken… so I kind of hope that it's #1.

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Thank you guys for the replies. I really like the features and looks on Amicus and I would probably live without a robot if I cannot have this one. Any suggestions where I can get one from in UK? Also, I mentioned this to my trainer and I was told that nobody pays the prices in catalogue. Possibly ordering through TTclub with the discount? There are option to buy it from abroad but if anything goes haywire then ...

The Butterfly distributors (for each country) control the pricing very tightly in most countries, making it harder to find bargains.

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Hello,

I had previously placed my order with just-rackets in the uk (to be shipped to the US), and they have multiple in their warehouse. I was just on the phone with "Gary", the manager and they are shipping mine out today (will receive in about a week).

Although it is sold out in the US and most places, this was one of the few I could find it both available and for selling less.

"WE ARE NOW DELIGHTED TO OFFER FREE DELIVERY FOR ALL ORDERS OVER £75!
We also offer a price-match guarantee! Find a cheaper price ANYWHERE online and we will match it!"

Here is their contact info in case you want to order from them. Feel free to say you heard about them from a friend who just ordered in the US. Gary is a really nice guy.

Letchworth Tennis & Squash Club Muddy Lane Letchworth Garden City Herts SG6 3TB
Tel: 01462 672 446
Mobile: 07956 531 993

http://www.just-rackets.co.uk/table-ten ... hines.html

best of luck!

I went onto their website Just rackets.com and apparently advanced model is not listed. Also, the price of £1000 for basic model seemed to be quite inflated. They have only these two for sale - Pro & basic.

sorry about the confusion... I realized that I was not charged "VAT" since I ordered from the US. Also, I used a coupon code "FB2014" which brought the price down considerably.

although they don't have the advanced, the basic model with the coupon code and w/o VAT comes to around 791 for basic model. I'm not sure if it is possible for you to get this price and/or if you're interested, but I hope this helps.

goodluck

I'm surprised they're willing to ship to USA... Butterfly is normally very protective.
I guess you'd need a different power supply, wouldn't you?

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you're probably right about the adapter, i was too busy being happy that i found one both available and cheaper than in the US.

hopefully a standard adapter should work.
http://www.amazon.com/CKITZE-BA-5AN-Grounded-Universal-Adapter/dp/B008DJAYJM/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1422367284&sr=1-5&keywords=type+b+adapter

i was just off the phone with gary from justrackets and their warehouse sent them the "basic" model by accident. they just corrected the order to the "pro". I should have it within the week. he quoted 2 days shipping fedex once his store sends it out. we'll see...

I think you'll need more than a adaptor, because UK uses 230V 50Hz whereas USA is 110V 60Hz. However if the power supply that comes with the robot is a 'universal' one, than it should take either voltage/frequency.

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Setup1: Re-Impact Smart, Viper OX, Victas VS 401 Setup2: Re-Impact Barath, Dtecs OX, TSP Triple Spin Chop 1.0mm Setup3: Re-Impact Dark Knight, Hellfire OX, 999 Turbo
Recent Articles: Butterfly Tenergy Alternatives | Tenergy Rubbers Compared | Re-Impact User Guide

thanks for the feedback.

i found this picture and it seems that it is universal.



update: the amazon 2-prong adapter works perfectly.

in case anyone else decides to order from the uk...

if i would do it all over again, i realized that butterfly has a 10% price beat guarantee on their website. i would have taken them up on that by showing them megaspin's coupon code (5% off) and combined the two.

I just got mine delivered by Teessport. Seems to work fine.

It's the new Advance with the 22 memory positions (supposedly 10 fixed - will test that...)

They have a 2 week lead time, so I guess they are getting them new direct from Butterfly (or from Hungary)