Babolat and PIQ Wearable Tennis Swing Analyzer with Serve Speed and Swing Type Tracking

Mine came with the activation card like used (?!). A message every time I tried to activate: ACTIVATION ERROR. Card already used with another account. I am waiting the answer from PIQ. I am so disappointed.

So far, so good. I had to get used to it, but I'm happy with what's I seen so far. A few comment or improvements would be:-Battery life notice: I either missed the notice or did not get one that the battery was dead and it needed to be charged. I used it for a match and had no data because the unit died on me and I did not know. I also have to make sure that the PIQ fit just right in the charging unit ortherwise it does not charged.-Storage of Player's Name: It does not store the name of players who do not own a PIQ. I have to keep re-entering it.-Fixing Match scores/result for a recorded session: I am not sure how it happened, but even though the scores indicate that my opponent won, the PIQ shows that I am the winner of a match and I cannot figure out how to fix that. Very limited instructions.

so i purchased one of these and for me its cheaper than a tenis lesson. I am a level 5.5 player and i really enjoy looking to see what this sensor offers in terms of data on my matches as well as, hitting sessions. I had a small problem with my sensor and to say the least PIQ customer service went above and beyond so I feel obliged to tell people that you are dealing with a great company that stand behind their products and give a hoot about their customers. This is a great new space for tennis lovers. its all aboput the data!

I read all of earlier reviews and decided to buy the PIQ. The first one arrived damaged as the mechanism or electronics was exposed as the covering was not covering the electronics. I sent this one back and ordered a new one and it did not have the same problem but for the life of me I could not get the thing to work. I checked YouTube and Babolat's page for instructions but they were just not very good and the app is not really user friendly. While the concept makes good sense to be able to measure how you are swinging a racquet is great, the PIQ just is not the item to do this. Consequently, I just returned the second PIQ and am going to continue to look for an effective way to measure how I am swinging the racquet on the courts.

Item worked well at first but no longer even holds a charge. Very disappointing. Would appreciate if the company reached out to me to discuss.

This is just the very first impression after unboxing the item. It's totally not user friendly talking about pairing and also the materials make it look cheap and you don't have a feeling of a quality item. Hopefully it makes a better job when you get on tennis courts..

It's a good idea but not fully implemented idea. Most of the comments posted here before are quite accurate: the strap is not of good quality and the sensor has important issues for measuring the basic spin for some strokes. I play with lots of topspin, that I manage to get without the need of exaggerating the 'windshield wiper' movement for the shot, which is probably what the PIQ expects you to do to say it was a topspin stroke. Same for the backhand strokes. So, all my statistics show that for most strokes I am hitting flat, which is not true. The app is not user friendly (as well as the experience of activating the device) and needs urgent improvements. Apart from all that, the habit of measuring is a good thing that keeps you pushing yourself to progress. I would still recommend the product but not for this price. It should be under 100

I'm an intermediate tennis player who plays 3-5 times per week in a combination of competitive league match play, social tennis, and drills. I'm also a electronic gadget junkie. The combination of those two makes this Babolat PIQ tennis sensor monitor one of the most fun wearables I've tried. The data it gathers is both interesting and informative, especially if you want to figure out what kind of game you play -- and perhaps how to improve. After all, we don't face ourselves on the other side of the court.The sensor comes with almost no instructions, and I would have preferred a bit more. Fortunately, the free Babolat POP app, downloaded from the Apple or Play stores, has a help section. (You cannot use this without a smart phone.) Once you charge the PIQ sensor via included USB stick, which doubles as an on-the-go charger, you pair the device to your phone using the app. Here's what got tricky for me: there's an instruction of the set-up wizard that requires you to "tap the tennis card" on the device. I couldn't find the tennis card anywhere in the packaging, and I began to fear that I had thrown it away. Fortunately, I found it inside a flat box that I had thought was just padding.To use, you place the tracker inside the included wristband, oriented with the arrow shaped end toward your fingers, turn it on, and play. Afterwards, you must manually sync it to your phone. The sensor supplies data for your session: number of shots, fastest racquet swing("best") shot, average racquet speed, best rally (number of shots), how many serves, how many backhands, how many forehands, and how many overheads. You can then select, say, your forehand shots from the circular graph to see how many flat, slice, and topspin forehands you hit. Absolutely awesome. And then there's more: you can enter data for that session such as where you played (it uses GPS to select tennis courts around you, but you can also enter it manually), who you played against, the match results, the court surface you played on, and whether you were inside or out. The sensor times how long you played, so that information gets added to your session total as well. The only thing missing is the inability to upload session information to a computer or to share it with another person without having to use their social media community tool. I'd like to be able to store the data in a file on my computer so it will be easier to access. (There's a report button which I assumed would do this because it asked for my email address; I discovered that all it did was send feedback to the manufacturer.)Unlike what it says in the product description, the battery lasts longer than "2-3 games." It lasts for 2-3 MATCHES, about 6 hours. The included charger is also an external battery that you can attach to your tennis bag with its small carabiner style clip to charge when you're away from home.At first I worried that the LED screen would be a violation of USTA match rules since we are not allowed to use electronic devices that receive information on the court. For instance, we are allowed to digital watches but not smart watches. The instructions say that the display gives you "real time" stroke information, so I feared that there would be a digital display throughout. Not the case. You can access the racquet speed of your last stroke by pressing the button, but it doesn't automatically display it. As long as I don't press the button at any time during the match, it's the same as any fitness tracker. You cannot get the match info without syncing to your phone. Still, I won't take the chance when I go to sectionals.Besides wished I could upload data reports to my computer, I wish the wristband were a little more like a sweatband -- softer and more elastic. Occasionally, I feel that it keeps me from a full snap with an overhead or serve. The band is only about 2 1/8" wide and thin, so it's not hefty, I just don't like the edge. It would be great if Babolat/PIQ made an accessory for this that doubled as a terrycloth wrist sweatband. Also, since the band is so much like my FitBit One sleep band, I worry that the Velcro won't last for more than 6-12 months -- maybe even less if sweat is an issue.My quibbles with this tennis sensor are minor, but my love for it is major. I have a blast poring over the data and seeing it organized by session. Although I know when I have a bad day and although the sensor doesn't record mishits, I can tell through the stats where my weakness was.-- Debbie Lee Wesselmann