Customer Rating:  
Summary: It's okay
Comment: This is a pretty good buy for what you get.The instructions are a little hard to read, but you can pretty much figure it out if you are handy. The playing surface has one dent in it but that really doesn't slow the play. The scoreing works only half the time, but I'm not complaning for the price. I priced lots of air hockey tables before I setteled on this one. I think all in all it was worth it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Defective
Comment: We've had this air hockey table for almost 4 months now. It arrived with a small dent on the playing surface, but not enough to hassle with shipping it back. The pucks fly off constantly--even for the lightest hitters. The big problem, however, is that the air is no longer flowing correctly and there are dead zones where the puck will not move. My son keeps saying, "I told you we should have bought a pool table instead." Now, I think he's right.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Gamenamics Air Hockey Table
Comment: I bought this air hockey table for $300 + $150 shipping for a total of $450. I doubt I would have found a better table for this price. The fist table I received had a big crack down the center of the playfield. I spoke to Amazon customer service and they were very helpful. They had a new table sent out the next day. When the new table arrived the delivery company took the old damaged table back. It was a painless swap of a 170lb item. The overhead score on the new table doesn't work properly (ie. it will give 2 points or 0 points instead of one when a goal is scored), but I am not about to send the table back again for this minor annoyance. I really enjoy everything else about the table. The surface plays smooth and only needs a wipedown every so often to keep the action fast and exciting. The puck glides smoothly throughout the whole table and there are no dead spots. The puck does occasionally fly off the table, but not enough to damper the action. This table is the same size as the arcade machines, but the goals are not as wide and the pushers and pucks are smaller. I may cut open the goals a little bit wider (will be an easy modification) so I can use the bigger style pucks you see in the arcade machines. Overall, I do really enjoy playing with this table and would reccomend it for the price paid.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Easy to set up and fun to use
Comment: I recently assembled this Gamenamics 8ft air hockey.When I opened the box I found the item to be packed well.The table had a plastic film to protect the panels and the rails.The item was easy to unpack for assembly.I found the directions clear and easy to follow.I was impressed with the fact that I was able to complete assembly in under a hour.Once up and running I was impressed with how quiet the two fans were.I found the puck action to be fast.I thought this unit was as fun to play as some tables ive seen in the arcades.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Disapointing Purchase Experiance
Comment: I purchased this item based on the picture. I didn't want a cheap looking air-hockey table because I planned to keep it for a long time. The price seemed good for the looks of the table even though the shipping was $150. Arranging delivery with the carrier was a bit awkward, but not too bad, but the box itself was clearly abused and showed a general lack of care in handling. I don't know if the abuse was from the carrier delivering it to me or prior carrier, but it did have me worried about the condition of the contents. I couldn't see any parts through the holes and tears in the box, so I hoped for the best. When I opened the box, there was no obvious shipping damage, however there was one spot on the surface that could have been caused by improper packaging.
The assembly instructions were a poor quality photocopy that cut the top line off most pages. There was a separate sheet of paper instructing me to line up letter tags during assembly, however, the tags were not properly placed and assembly per the diagram on the sheet would have been impossible. Assuming all parts were symmetrical worked just as well.
I was also disappointed with the quality of the assembly of the main components. Alignment was poor, making final assembly difficult, and there was excessive adhesive all over the place, even on the playing surface. I was able to remove most of the adhesive from the playing surface except for one spot that may have been damage from shipping. The table comes with a 90 warranty on materials and workmanship, but doesn't include shipping. As the table surface is the largest component, I'm imagining it would cost most of the $150 shipping fee to have it replaced. At this point, I'm not willing to sink any more money into this table.
After the table was set up, I was hoping it would at least play well. I was disappointed there too. There are some plastic guards on the goals that make scoring very difficult. I've never seen anything like them on other tables. By the time you get the puck moving fast enough to evade your opponents blocking of the small opening your shooting for, it fly's off the table. In fact you spend more time retrieving the puck than you do playing. Maybe this has something to do with the extra adhesive down the sides of the playing surface, but it still ruins the game. There were a lot of excited kids when the table arrived. They all played about one game and now the table sits unused.
All in all, this has been my most disappointing online purchase. I guess there are some things you see first hand before you buy.
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