Titan One Pickleball Machine | In-Depth Review & First Look 

I placed an order yesterday for their "cheaper" model, the Ace. I had a problem which anyone ordering should know about - their bank is not in the USA, so I incurred a 3% international transaction fee on my credit card - $60. Nowhere on their website is any indication that they are based anywhere other than the United States. The address on the site is in Iowa. The bank that charged my card is in China. I got nothing against China or Chinese companies, but I do against companies that try to hide who they are. Your discount code works on the Ace as well as the One, by the way, but then they charge for shipping, so it only saved me $20. Update: they refunded me the $60 this morning, which was the right thing to do, of course.

Well, Titan is offering free shipping. As a result, it rejects Ed's link (save $20, plus maybe Ed gets a fee for hie well deserved contribution?) now. There is no option to pick which discount.

@@g3h1 I believe my link/code gets you $100 off despite free shipping. I’ll check with the owner.

@@edjupickleball When I chatted online, I was specifically told no. Not both. They were not even happy to activate your link for me. So I got free shipping, but not your code.

Another content creator and I found out the hard way that our code actually doesn't even give us credit. only the LINK does... so essentially anytime someone uses our discount code, we get ZERO credit. So yeah, idk :/ I'd just go for whatever option saves you the most money.

Oo excited for you! Have fun!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you! I often ask her to watch my videos before I post because she gives me great insight to whether something would make sense to a beginner. Love having her on set too!

Most small companies use lean project management until they know there's interest and they have historical data to help guide them. Until they have that they'll work with ordering a minimal amount of stock on their first PO to avoid overproduction and tying all their money up in product. As a consumer I know how annoying it is but if they just charged deposits at this point in the company's early age the overall price of the product would likely need to be higher. I'd rather pay less overall, imo.

I believe they’re tourna! They’re a bit expensive though :/

That's a great question and I had a similar concern as well. If you have it on manual, and tell it to hit in a specific spot, it will hit that spot again and again, no variance. There's this one video of it on their instagram page, where they put TWO titan machines in front of each other and have it feed into each other's hopper. It created an infinite loop because it was accurate every time. They said they do that test to guarantee each machine was dialed in perfectly.

Agreed! eye protection is so important

I believe you’re right! I’m going to experiment with that and see if I can share my custom drills!

The simulation is just to start the animation so you can see where the ball is going on the court, what height and speed, and what the following sequence is (if you enable it). It’s nice so you can position yourself accordingly so you don’t have to guess where the ball is going initially

I personally have not used the Erne before- from what I have seen and from people telling me, I have heard that it was similar to the lobster champion. I didn’t feel like buying a machine that looked similar to the lobster haha.

@@edjupickleball you’ve got me very interested! lol going from the capacity from the lobster to the capacity of titan did you feel like it was a little annoying stopping sooner or did the capacity feel good for like doubles drill. I see the company sells an add on hopper. Sorry so many questions lol

You shouldn’t need hotspot on. It should connect automatically when you have your app on!

I cycle through the drills it comes with! My favorites are the overhead, both backhand and forehand sequences, and deep serves.

Ahh ok! Thanks for replying 😊 have you made any custom drills? I was curious how good it was for transition stuff as well?? Have you found its improved your game since getting it?

The machine pivots internally and you can see it. You will be able to anticipate to what side FH/BH it will launch the ball to. Now, depending the drills setting you select, you will not know how fast, what spin and where it will bounce. I'm happy with mine.

@@miltonmedina9449 Thank you for the info. That still sounds better than when the whole machine osculates

Yup! Fits the trunk with extra room for my backpack and other stuff

That’s a good question! You can adjust the setting to no spin “aka flat”. Tbh I didn’t tinker around with the manual settings too much because I’m too lazy to try and tune it myself, but the kitchen dinks were mostly flat. I’m sure I can crank the speed, make spin 0, and it should be what you’re looking for. Just be careful not to practice hitting “out” balls :)

@@edjupickleball I was surprised to hear the battery life was as long as you said. That battery pack is basically a power tool battery. My guess is performance drops a bit as the battery drops off.

I wonder, why do you call it a game changer? The only totally new feature that I saw is a plug-in lithium battery. Everything else is already offered by other brands.

Yes! I’m planning a series where I show you guys my custom drills I made and designed myself. You can start designing some yourself too without the machine, just using the phone app.

It’s a handmade hesacore sweatshirt- we’re working on getting some limited edition ones made! Release TBD

I have an overgrip on them :)

The elephant in the room, why is no one talking about how rad the Erne machine is? Mysteriously quiet out there....prompted to be silent on it?

Yes, the Erne is the obvious comparison. Unfortunately, nobody is comparing them. Keep in mind that RU-vid reviewers get paid for every machine sold through their referral link, which is a form of compensation. It's also likely they aren't paying the same price you and I are for these machines, even if they aren't getting them completely free.

I can’t attest to the different apps as my lobster and tutor didn’t have one. The lobster did have preset drills on it, but to be honest I didn’t like them very much and it was a pain setting it up, running back and forth.

Thanks Ed for getting back and being honest! For me, the plus for the Titans over the ERNE is the ball containment/zipper and the battery as I have a bunch of those. It looks like the ERNE app might be much easier to use and precise and a free remote to stop play and adjust. I appreciate all you clips/ reviews of product etc and try to bring pieces into my game. I'm currently working on getting to be a 4.0 by summer. I find DUPR can be funny as to how the algorithms works at least in New Hampshire. @@edjupickleball

I bought the Erne too coming in March. They are supposed to be coming out with an updated version of the app this year otherwise I would’ve thought twice about it

I have some experience with it (and in the past had a similar experience with a tennis ball machine). The main problem is about hundred balls which unavoidably get scattered around. It is difficult to be a "good citizen" on a court with so many balls. You have a little better odds at "herding" the balls if you get a corner court and hit all balls diagonally into the corner, and your odds of not being a nuisance for everyone else are even better if concrete slab is slightly tilted so that balls have tendency to roll towards the fence or into the corner. Still, you will have to use only the shots which reliably go into the desired direction... My best known methods was show at the court very early in the morning, at sunrise, and leave around 8 am or when other players come. If you need to practice during busy hours, you will be bothering everyone else. Hit with a wall instead, it is also very useful.

Thank you for that info! I wish pickleball centers could rent out the Titan machine + court for the hour! It would be perfect for people to drill without a partner or for 2 people who just want to practice and not play rec games.

It’s my friends private court and they’ve been nice enough to let me use it!

@@edjupickleball That’s awesome 👍🏽

@@edjupickleballI need to get new friends :-)

I’ve tried the Tutor Spin, which looks similar to the spinshot. The titan is just on another league IMO. Until the other machines develop an app that works as well and improves convenience features like zip up top, detachable battery, and good portability- I won’t even consider buying another machine.

Spinshot has an app, has a few power options and it pretty portable. I use a simple mesh bag for the balls.

It uses Ryobi batteries. You can buy adapters for other brands. I tried it with a Makita battery and adapter and it worked.

I haven’t tried the Erne, but from what I’ve researched online, I think titan is more appealing due to the convenience factors.

@@edjupickleball Ernie can hold 130 balls I think: so little more than Titan. Also Ernie has app to use drills..

I’m sorry, I sold already 🦞

Yep… I feel that pain. Exactly why I tossed that into the storage unit 🥲

Yeah I’m getting a lot of questions about how it compares to the Erne- I haven’t used it before, but I have heard that it was similar to the lobster champion. From the pictures, it looks very similar to the lobster champion so personally I was not enticed to buy one. Maybe someone here who has tried the Erne and lobster can attest to the similarities/differences?

I used the Erne a few days ago and it is very similar to this. Has preset and programmable drills by app. It shoots to various locations without the entire machine rotating. I have not used the Titan but based on this video the advantage of the Titan would be portability ease, internal ball storage and battery charging. So I guess do those things justify the extra cost for the person buying it. Thank you for the great review!