UPDATE: BabyAlpha Kickstarter Orders Have Shipped!

[Chris]

A member of our Facebook group has received their Baby Alpha Kickstarter order, and shares first impressions.

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Love my Gromit (BabyAlpha) so much! It's sad that he forgets a lot after around 30 mins. But like always I have hope for the future 🙏😍

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[Zoogirly]

I received mine this morning, courtesy of a friend who received a review product. So far so good but it cannot find the charging station although I've done all the steps.
It's impressive but not at that price point!

 

[Chris]

I received mine this morning, courtesy of a friend who received a review product. So far so good but it cannot find the charging station although I've done all the steps.
It's impressive but not at that price point!

What a surprise! Congrats!

Did you pay the Kickstarter pricing or full retail? Doesn’t sound promising from your last sentence.

What version did you get?

Do you find it’s like a companion that can follow you around seamlessly and is enjoyable to use? Or is it frustrating to use and not long term companion material?

 

[Zoogirly]

As I didn't pay for it I'm not complaining! I think it's the pro or ultra model.
It would be better if I had a bigger place. This puppy needs room, it's quite large. The feet are also quite loud on my floor. It's well constructed and looks great with premium materials. It's quite heavy although you should only pick it up when turned off.

The app is pretty good and it also comes with a remote separately.

The conversation is very good. Very quick answers and a continuous conversation makes it very enjoyable. I wish the voice was changeable, I'd like something a little more mature.

My poor rabbit is petrified but I've got the dog lying at my feet & my bun has come over to check it out.

Setup is very easy, plus you just turn it on & it walks out of the box. If you've seen the unboxing video you'll see what I mean.

It's no big deal that I'm having issues with it locating the charging station as it's not very practical to have it in my living room. It can also charge directly with a USB C cable.

I don't know whether it's long term companion material. I'll get back to everyone on that. It's very responsive & helpful & I'm having fun chatting.

 

[Chris]

Oh my goodness you got a free ultra?! My mind just exploded haha.
The vibrant red looks incredible.

Thanks for sharing photos and looking forward to hearing your opinions after owning for a while as I’m waiting to hear that type of feedback before making any decisions about purchasing.

 

[Zoogirly]

The red looks super cool I have to say & yes, I'm very, very lucky!

One thing I'd have to say prior to purchase is that you really need a good amount of room. It's navigation - sensing of furniture & lidar mapping etc - is top notch but he can have a good run & the follow me doesn't work as well.

I may well sell mine in time because I really don't have the room to keep him (plus rabbit kinda owns the living room!). So far I'm impressed, it asked me what I was doing today, I said I was going grocery shopping & he asked if I would like him to make a shopping list. You're chatting with Chat GPT 4.

Full LLM integration is great but he can't give me real time info like the weather which is odd. I mean odd that they don't have that component as well.