SMARTY XL (Unfilled)

I'm a 5'10" 51 year old white belt, and I ordered an unfilled Smarty XL. I love it! I must admit that I was a little concerned when pulling the trigger on purchasing the Smarty XL, but my fears were allayed within minutes of practicing with with my new drilling partner; I couldn't be happier.
It's amazing for running through drills, and I was surprised how 'weighty' it felt, considering I train with with several people in the 90-100kg range.
The delivery time was really quick, considering that I live in a small town in Australia, and the filling instructions were easy to follow. When I say easy to follow, I mean it; my Smarty XL arrived whilst I was at work, and as a surprise, my wife went and bought rags, poly-fill, and a 2nd hand gi from an opportunity shop. She filled the Smarty XL, simply by following the instructions (FYI she is most definitely NOT a grappler). I came home from work to a Smarty who was good to go! I also appreciate the hand written message that arrived with my product.
I practice drills with my Smarty XL every night.
If you're wondering if you should get one or not, do it. I promise you, you won't regret it.

I have to admit that I've been skeptical for years about grappling dummies but if you are on the fence and really want to practice I think its amazing. The dummy is well made and if the instructions are followed correctly pretty easy to stuff. My daughter is constantly growing out of clothes so finding 60lbs of stuffing was easy.

There are multiple really useful things that this dummy, but when I really boil it down, its good for one specific thing: You can spend a lot of time building body coordination/dexterity without needing a an extremely patient partner. For example, I can put on a passing video, get the details, work the pass, and get very comfortable that I am doing it right. Also for submissions, I can work squeezing guillotines or RNC's without feeling bad that my partner is going to have a sore neck. I can play with new strange guards or closing triangles at different angles just to see how my body needs to move to best align to the dummy. I can have my own drilling routine and cover ground drilling stuff that is not in the flow of our main class curriculum but that I identify as leaks when rolling.

Ultimately building coordination and dexterity is probably the best thing about the smarty. It may not be a resisting opponent, but I'm hopeful that this will help bridge the gap to the point where I can start to figure out "the rest" once I have my techniques comfortable on the smarty. Getting comfortable reps on techniques and gaining speed plus the ability to pull the trigger using the dummy already seems to be helping my game. I don't think you could make a better investment than $240 to get the XL (highly recommended as the correct size for a 5'9 185 lb grappler). It basically shipped and showed up in 3 days to the US from Pakistan so you may not even have your space cleaned up by the time you are ready to get stuffing.

The quality is amazing, well done dummy. I can train and study several scenarios from guard pass, back take, mount, side control, closed guards and several submissions. Besides the can be use for realistic drills exercises. Recommended

SMARTY XL (Unfilled)

SMARTY XL (Unfilled)