Andy Mark (reliable???)

[Travis Hoffman]

We used AndyMark Gen2 servo shifters on our robot last year. We also integrated their plastic omniwheels for IRI and Kettering Kickoff. All were and continue to be high quality, high performance products. We are a repeat customer this season.

[Cory]

254 and 968 love AndyMark.

Great service, fast shipping, and great products.

Most imortantly, they listen. Any flaws discovered in their product by the teams are taken under consideration, and promptly corrected.

We've purchased from AndyMark the last 3 years, and we will be again this year.

[Chris Fultz]

Awesome stuff.
Dependable and Reliable.

Only problem is when one of the partners starts dreaming of being in a rock band and doesn't answer his phone....

[Ian Curtis]

Originally Posted by cobrawanabe1699

Has anyone had reliability problems with Andy Mark (part integrity, shipping time/cost, etc)???

No.

We've been using AM products since 2006, and don't have any complaints.

We have 5ish Gen 2 shifters, and never had a problem with any of them, both servo and pneumatic. We've had issues with chain settling into the sprockets, but we're 99% it was the chain (and irregardless the chain settled in with around 20 minutes of run time).

We haven't played around with AM omniwheels very much, but in so far they've held up perfectly.

AM products are wonderful. And if you have any questions, comments, or concerns, Andy's really good about getting back to you in a very timely fashion with very helpful responses.

(And, my sig is the way it is because AM is awesome, not becuase I work for them.)

[yodameister]

Originally Posted by cobrawanabe1699

Has anyone had reliability problems with Andy Mark (part integrity, shipping time/cost, etc)???

quick shipping, great service and an outstanding product. no worries mates

Plus, who else would demonstrate the ease of constructing their product by making an instructional video with their kids?

[Billfred]

Last year, we ordered a pair of AM Shifters along with wheels and sprockets. There was a delay for one part of the shifters, but shipping was plenty fast after that.

Other than that, we had zero problems.

Andymark is amazing. We have yet to order from them, but that should be changing this week. If I were part of a team that didn't have our facilities, it wouldn't even be a question of who to use.

[=Martin=Taylor=]

Everything AM sells is amazing, cheap, and reliable.

There is only ONE thing you definitely don't want to buy from them, and that is the gear puller. Although why you would want that this year is beyond me

It’s basically just a piece of steel tubing with a tapped hole and a 1/4-20 bolt. Not very strong... The first time we tried it the bolt broke off...

If you want a gear puller, get a good one. AM should discontinue this product.

[AdamHeard]

They are very reliable; usually ship very fast and all of their products are at reasonable prices.

Right now AM has the best products of all of the main vendors for FIRST teams.

[Jeff K.]

Our most reliable transmission to date has been the AM 2nd gen 2 spds we used in 2006. AM Quality is above and beyond the standard for FIRST.

[Peter Matteson]

We used AM shifters in 2006 and 2007 with no reliability problems what-so-ever and won Galileo in 2006 and Newton and the Championship in 2007. Coincidence?

[scott]

447 has used AM Gen 1 transmissions since they first were available for purchase. Dan Newby, our head Mechanical Engineer, describes them best as "Bullet-Proof ." We haven't had a single problem, and we have used/abused ours during competition.

[JohnBoucher]

In Andy we trust

[tdlrali]

I just have a few comments about the AM KOP wheels. We're pretty happy with them, they are high friction and low wear. Only problem we had was that all the spokes broke after repeated side load. We ran them in swerve drive, and they weren't too happy about quick 90 degree turns. Wooden inserts fixed that no problem.