1 - Pure Power, Baby. If the SOM II fully powered delivers a "10", then the strongest setting on the Robospanker is a bit less than "4." Lame. The SOM II is more than 2.5 times as powerful as the Robospanker. While the Robospanker can only swing light weight implements, the SOM II is capable with any effector from light to heavy. See the Spank-Off for video proof.

2 - Striking Power Adjustability. Robospanker has 3 power levels, the SOM II is infinitely adjustable. The SOM II is a car you can drive at any speed between 0 and 100 MPH, while the Robospanker only lets you drive at 10, 20, or 40 MPH... and you must stop and open the hood to change speeds!

3 - Setup Flexibility. The SOM II adjusts infinitely in height and striking angle. Robospanker adjusts by inch increments from about knee-high to 36" (claimed) tall, and to a handful of discrete angles. As displayed in the Spank-Off, the SOM II adjusts quickly and easily, while the Robospanker is cumbersome to adjust.

4 - Striking Modes. The Robospanker has a single mode of operation, periodic. When operating, it strikes every so often, and that spacing is the same each time absent user input (changing the speed). The SOM II offers many spanking modes, including manual, periodic, and random modes.

5 - User Controls. The SOM II is controlled through either a PC or a high quality comprehensive corded hand control. In either case, you have full control over power, speed, striking modes, manual operation, and so forth right from your hand, while the machine is operating. The Robospanker has a small corded box that gives you start/stop and speed control. Changing striking power is a lengthy process done from behind the machine while it is stopped (see Spank-Off).

So you've read from the maker of the SOM II how it's superior in pretty much every way to the other spanking machine available, the Robospanker. No huge surprise, I'm sure. Now it's time to follow the link above to the Robospanker site, where you'll read about the ways their machine spanks better than the SOM II. Right? Well, no. Not a single time does Robospanker claim their machine provides a better spanking than the SOM II, and not in any way. They don't claim it hits harder, softer, faster, slower; that it's easier to control and adjust; or that it has important features not present in the SOM II. That's because the SOM II dominates the Robospanker in any comparison of features and capabilities.

Instead, you will read a mix of accurate (if overblown) and ridiculous attacks on the concept of pneumatics as a spanking power source. Added noise, cost, setup, and maintenance. These are all true, to one degree or another... a compressor is not free, does make at least some noise, requires that it be plugged in to set it up, and should have the tank drained periodically. Bacteria and oil inhalation health risks, utterly unsupported in literature including Robospanker's own references. Misleading mischaracterizations about the contents of an air compressor manual.

It seems you could only conclude that Robospanker agrees that the SOM II beats their machine in every way when it comes to performance, if all they can do is try to shoot blanks at a longstanding and widespread technology. Before you buy in to Robospanker's lies about pneumatics, please take a moment to read the Enlighten Knowledge Base link above where I address these points directly.

Robospanker's site advises: "Don't be fooled into thinking you have to have an air compressor to get a good spanking. This simply isn't true." I agree completely, but this statement is a strawman. I never said such a thing, and as far as I know no one else has either. What I have said -- and will continue to say as long as it's true -- is that the SOM II is a much more capable, controllable, and flexible spanking machine than the Robospanker. A harmonica plays about 12 different notes, and a piano plays 88. The piano is a much more capable instrument, but that doesn't mean you can't play a nice tune on a harmonica.

Obviously the best case scenario in comparing these two machines would be a knowledgable person experienced with both, reviewing each machine, and publishing those reviews totally independent from either website. Well, we have that in the Spanking Blog... sort of. As a site in the industry, and one strongly related to the spanking community, our happy reviewer won't directly compare the two, and you'll have to read direct comparison points and any negatives about a machine between the lines, or in what is left unsaid. It is true that the Robospanker review doesn't have much actual review, but we work with that provided to us.

TheSpankingBlog reviews Robospanker, March 22, 2010

TheSpankingBlog reviews SOM II, February 23, 2011

I hope you'll read these reviews. Which is implied to be more powerful? Of the Robospanker: "yes it does work well and its hardest setting is more than enough for very real discipline and spanking." Of the SOM II: "allows you to vary the severity of the spanking from as light as you can feel, to way too hard for just about anyone out there" and "With even the smaller compressor, we were able to adjust the machine to go as hard as even our toughest models could stand."

What about other points of comparison? Note that Michael Masterson writes the Robospanker review having never used a SOM II, and writes the SOM II review once experienced with the Robospanker. Points that receive unusual emphasis will tend to indicate areas of signficant advantage... and that's basically all of the important ones! Read the review, or just browse a couple of highlights:

- "clearly very professionally built by what I would guess is someone with an engineering background"
- "allow it to be setup to spank in any position you can think of, from bending over to laying down flat"
- "I have to admit that it has been years since I have had any sort of spanking, but Holy Hell, this thing works"
- "Our unit uses about the smallest air compressor on the market and produces more force than we need for our productions. I personally took a few with the lexan paddle at 60% max and that was a little much. This was without the air compressor on its highest setting."
- "Each time we have used it in a shoot the girls have been left with bruised and sore bottoms. If your goal is real discipline, there is no doubt that this device will leave whoever is on the receiving end sitting gingerly for many days to come."

See: Video of the SOM II
Control: Take Control of the SOM II
Hear: Testimonials for the SOM II
Compare: SOM II vs. the Competition
Understand: Pneumatics for Spanking Power
Enlighten: Find Truth Through the Competition's Lies