Weddings
Something for the guests who are done dancing and the ones who were never going to. Works in a marquee, a function room or a courtyard. Usually set to free play.
Hire & events
Boxing machine hire for events and venues
A day, a weekend or a season. Weddings, festivals, corporate days, fresher's week, pop-ups and venue trials. Delivered, set up and collected by us, at a fixed price agreed before you commit. Hire it or rent it, punchbag machine or punch machine, it is the same thing and the same price.
- Fixed price, agreed upfront
- Delivered & collected by us
- Free play or paid play
- Cash & contactless
- Nationwide UK
What we hire for
It works anywhere there's a crowd
A boxing machine is the rare bit of event kit that entertains the person playing and the twenty people watching. That is why it draws a queue instead of a glance.
Festivals & outdoor events
The machine is its own attraction: lit, loud and self-explanatory. It needs to be under cover, otherwise it goes almost anywhere.
Corporate days & brand launches
Team days, launches and trade stands. We can put your branding on selected machines, so it carries your name, not ours.
Universities & fresher's week
We already run machines on a university site. Student events are exactly the crowd this machine is built for: competitive, loud and in a group.
Pop-ups & parties
Birthdays, stag and hen weekends, private hires and one-off nights in your own venue.
Venue trials
Not ready for a longer arrangement? Take one for a short run, see what it does, then decide. Plenty of our profit-share venues started here.
What's included
Turn up, it's already working
- Delivery to your venue or event site
- Setup and testing before guests arrive
- Free play or paid play, your choice, set by us on the day
- Cash and contactless card, if you want it earning instead of on free play
- Collection afterwards, at a time that suits the venue
- One number to call if anything needs sorting
All we need from you is a level spot with room to swing and a 13A socket within reach.
Also available to hire
More than the boxing machine
Sometimes a room wants a table, not a punchbag. We can supply any of these alongside the boxing machine or on their own, to hire, to buy, or on profit share.
- Boxing machines
- Foosball
- Pool tables
- Sub-soccer
- Air hockey
- Basketball arcades
- Darts
- Ask us for anything else
If it belongs in a games corner and there is demand for it, just ask. We will tell you honestly whether we can get it for your date.
For brands and agencies
Your branding on the machine, not ours
A machine wrapped in your livery, out at your events, on a rental rather than a purchase. Brand activations, product launches, trade stands, sponsored gyms, tour dates. The machine stays ours to service and move; the artwork on it is yours.
A different job to a wedding, so it is priced differently: a period rather than a day, and the wrap costs what the wrap costs. Tell us the dates, the sites and what you want it to look like and we will come back with a figure.
YoursThe branding
Your logo, your colours, your artwork on the cabinet and the canopy.
OursThe machine
We own it, deliver it, service it and take it away. Nothing on your asset register.
A feeWhat you pay
A rental for the period rather than a price per day. Quoted on the dates and the sites.
Any eventWhere it goes
Launches, trade stands, festivals, sponsored gyms, tours. It needs a plug and a hard floor.
We move itBetween sites
One machine across a run of dates rather than a new booking each time.
Cash
& cardIt still takes both
& cardIt still takes both
Or set it to free play, which is what most brands want.
Why a boxing machine and not a stand with leaflets on it. It is the only thing on a stand that makes a queue form on its own. One person has a go, a group gathers to watch the number, and the next person pays or plays to beat it. That is the whole mechanic, and it is why the score display carries your name better than a banner does.
What a quote depends on
Why we quote rather than publish a price
Not to be cagey. A wedding in a marquee forty miles away and a two-hour corporate stand in Manchester are not the same job, and a price list that pretended otherwise would be wrong for both of you.
- The date
- Summer Saturdays and fresher’s week are the busiest dates in the year and they go first. A Wednesday in February is a different conversation.
- How long you want it
- A few hours, a full day, a weekend or a whole season. Longer hires cost less per day, because the delivery and collection happen once either way.
- Where it is going
- Distance from our North West base, and how the machine gets into the room: stairs, a lift, a narrow doorway, a field.
- Which machine, and how many
- One boxing machine, or a corner of them alongside foosball, pool or air hockey.
- Free play or paid play
- Free play for guests, or earning on cash and card. Your call, set by us before the doors open.
- Branding
- We can put your branding on selected machines for a launch or a promotion, and needs more notice than a standard hire.
On the day
What has to be true of the space
Worth checking before you book anything, because these are the things that stop a delivery on the day instead of the week before.
- A reasonably level floor with clear room to swing, and space behind the player for people to stand and watch. The crowd is the point.
- A standard 13A socket within reach. Not across a fire door, not down a corridor on an extension lead.
- Under cover if you are outdoors. A marquee, a gazebo or a covered stand. It is an electrical machine and it does not go in the rain.
- A way in. Tell us about stairs, lifts, gravel or narrow doors when you enquire, not when we arrive. It changes what we bring, not whether we come.
- Someone who can let us in and out. We agree delivery and collection times with the venue, not just with you, so nobody is waiting in a car park.
Straight answers
Hire, answered
What is a boxing machine?
A boxing machine is a coin or card operated arcade machine that measures how hard you punch. You pay, a padded bag or ball drops down, you hit it once, and a display gives you a score to beat. They are also called punch machines, boxer machines, punchbag machines or arcade strength testers, and they are the same thing. The machine pays out no money and no prizes, which is what makes it an amusement machine rather than a gaming machine in UK law. It runs on a normal 13A socket and needs a corner with room to swing and a few feet for people to stand and watch, because the watching is most of the point: one person plays and a group forms.
Can we have more than one machine?
Yes. For bigger events a boxing machine alongside foosball, air hockey or a pool table gives people somewhere to go when there is a queue, and it is one delivery instead of three suppliers to manage. Tell us the space and the numbers you are expecting and we will say what fits.
What happens if it breaks during the event?
You ring the number you booked through and you get one of the two of us, not a call centre. For a single-day hire we would rather swap or fix it than leave you with a dead machine in the corner of your event.
How far ahead should I book?
The earlier the better for summer weekends and fresher's week, which go first. Ask anyway . Short notice is often possible and it costs nothing to check.
What do you need on the day?
A reasonably level spot with room to swing, and a standard 13A socket within reach. For outdoor events it needs to be under cover and out of the rain.
Do you set it up and take it away?
Yes. Delivery, setup and collection are handled by us and included in the price you are quoted. Nothing for you or your venue staff to build.
Can we have it on free play for guests?
Yes. For weddings and corporate days most people want it on free play so guests are not fishing for change. Tell us which you want and we will set it that way.
Can we have a boxing machine branded with our own logo?
Yes. Your logo, your colours and your artwork on the cabinet and the canopy, so it carries your name rather than ours. Send us what you have, a brand guide or the artwork itself, and we will tell you what fits the panels and what will not. Custom branding is available on selected units, so the answer depends on which machine, and we will say which rather than promise and then explain afterwards.
We are a brand, not a venue. How does it work for us?
Differently to the profit share, and it should. You are not trying to earn from the machine, you are trying to get people to stand in front of it, so there is no split: you pay a rental for the period and set the machine to free play. We own it, deliver it, service it and collect it, which keeps it off your asset register and makes a fault our problem rather than something you have to solve at an event. Tell us the dates and the sites and we will quote the run rather than each booking.
Can one branded machine cover several dates or sites?
That is usually the point. A wrap is worth more across a run of events than at one, so most brand work is a period rather than a day, with us moving the machine between sites. Give us the dates and the locations and we will tell you honestly whether we can cover them all, because a tour we cannot service properly is worse for you than a tour we turn down.
Can we brand it for the event?
On selected machines, yes, and it is useful for a launch or a promotion. Ask when you enquire and we will tell you what is possible for your date.
How much does it cost to hire a boxing machine?
It depends on the date, the length of the hire and where you are, so we quote rather than publish a price. Message us the date and postcode and we will come straight back with a fixed figure.
Can we hire one to trial it before going on profit share?
Yes, and plenty of venues do exactly that. If you then move to profit share, the machine costs you nothing from that point.
Next step
Send us the date and the postcode
We’ll come back with a fixed price, what we need from the venue, and whether we can cover it. No deposit to get a quote.