Mantis TitanX Review: Best Laser Trainer?

Doesn’t dry fire feel like a chore?

Try as you might, those 15 minutes you dedicate to a daily dry fire routine just drag on, and eventually, you’ll take every excuse to skip it. Luckily, there might be a solution to give you more effective training that’s also more entertaining.

Mantis has consistently revolutionized dry-fire training with a range of products, including sensors, trigger-resetting devices, and training programs.

The latest tool in their toolbox is the TitanX. But does the Glock-like replica really pull its weight when it comes to dry fire or is just another tool you’ll toss in a drawer?

Join us as we shoot through several thousand ‘rounds’ with the TitanX in various environments, pursue various training programs, and work with optics, holsters, and more to find out.

TitanX Specs

• Caliber: N/A (Inert Laser / 650nm Red)
• Capacity: Configurable via App (comes with 2 magazines)
• Overall Length: 7.32 inches (G19 model) / 7.95 inches (G17 model)
• Barrel Length: N/A (Fixed internal laser housing)
• Width: 1.26 inches
• Weight: 17.2 oz (with weighted mag) vs. 30.7 oz (Real G19 loaded)
• Comes with: Custom EVA hard case, 2 weighted mags, USB-C cable

What Is the TitanX?

The TitanX isn’t a gun, but it sure looks like one. The TitanX replicates a Glock, and you can pick from a Glock 17, a Glock 19, or a Glock 45 replica.

When the trigger’s pressed, the gun ‘fires’ a laser. Internally, the device also measures movement as you press the trigger, giving you a score that increases as less movement is induced with each pull. The trigger automatically resets with every trigger pull, allowing you to work your dry fire without constantly racking a slide.

The TitanX does a whole lot of things. It integrates an X10 sensor to detect movement while you shoot, draw, reload, and more. Its integrated laser can be easily adjusted to zero the gun to the optic, and it provides a visual indication of where your shot hit.

The auto-resetting trigger is the star of the show. It allows you to practice without working the slide. This saves time and gets you more trigger presses than you ever thought possible.

Replicating the Glock series makes it easy to find a wide range of holsters to train with. The TitanX comes with two weighted magazines designed to simulate the feel of loaded magazines.

The TitanX is a modern training pistol that integrates a rail for lights, lasers, and the like, as well as an optics mounting system. You can attach RMR and RMSc-compatible optics. I attached the Osight SE, which seems perfectly priced for tossing on a training pistol.

Mantis TitanX Backstory

Mantis has been producing dry-fire tools for a decade. They started by making a sensor that could measure the movement of your trigger pull and evolved that into a full line of sensors, training tools, and training programs.

Mantis leans into blending technology with firearms training to produce high-quality training tools for anyone serious about their training. A few years ago, Mantis released the Blackbeard system for ARs and has now followed that up with the TitanX for handguns.

The TitanX series is the first trigger-resetting, laser pistol they’ve produced. The auto-resetting Mantis X10 integrated system, showcased at SHOT 2025, hit the ground running.

Training With the TitanX

For the last month, I’ve pulled the trigger of the TitanX so many times I’ve left skin on it, developed a blood blister, and rubbed the finish off the grip.

I’ve utilized the Mantis app and training programs, as well as my own training program.

The TitanX allows you to adjust the laser with absolute ease. While it typically activates with a trigger press, you can keep it on continuously for easier adjustment. It’s easy to align the laser with the optic or sights to get ‘zeroed’ and replicate your training.

With the gun zeroed, I grabbed a Safariland duty holster, a level 3 holster with the ALS/SLS system. To review this, I wanted to look at the numbers for different tasks. I figured a Level 3 holster would be a great way to see how much time it can shave off my draw.

My training program is based on sports conditioning and takes a neurological perspective on skill acquisition. I used my program to improve my draw-to-first-shot average from 1.78 to 1.13 over three training sessions, each roughly an hour.

I was even able to get my draw time below a second several times throughout each 50-round draw session, but couldn’t maintain that high speed.

That’s an impressive reduction in draw time in only three training hours.

With the auto-resetting trigger, I can fire a variety of combat-oriented drills. This includes the Bill Drill, Failure to Stop Drill, El Presidente, Hackathorn Head Shot standards, and so much more.

With that said, drills like the Pressburg No-Fail pistol drill aren’t really possible because I can’t see the laser 25 yards away to know if I’m hitting the B8.

However, I can still practice the drill repeatedly, just without the laser-based feedback. The auto-resetting trigger makes things convenient and easy. Plus, I can do it in the backyard without alarming the neighbors, thanks to the gun’s bright red design.

Included Programs

I’ve been shooting a few of the included training programs. The app includes 10 programs that vary in difficulty and design. Each program consists of 10 stages, each with its own challenges. I finished Basic and Advanced Combat in several 15-minute chunks.

These courses mix in one-handed firing, reloads, precision ‘hostage’ shots, draws, and more. While basic felt like a breeze, the advanced kicked my butt. Specifically, the reload drills challenged me to execute large movements quickly and then fire a well-aimed shot within a strict time limit.

What did I learn?

I learned a better method for shooting with my support hand only. I have a bad shoulder injury that’s permanent and reduces my strength and makes support-hand shooting a nightmare. Through constant practice with the TitanX, I developed a better stance, position, and method to fire with my support hand.

With that said, there is a difference between learning and training. The program isn’t going to tell you how to reload. It’s better intended to sharpen your skills.

For example, my reload time to the first shot on an index card was reduced by about 0.25 seconds. My reloads are faster and, most importantly, the shot I’m firing afterward maintains excellent accuracy.

What’s kind of fun is that after you finish a course, you enter your address and Mantis will send you a patch. It’s a neat little trophy that is a fantastic touch from Mantis, helping people stay motivated and work toward a goal.

Laser Academy offers separate courses that you can complete and focus more on laser accuracy, whereas the base Mantis app relies on the gun’s movement. Sadly, you can’t use both at the same time, but if you’re creative, you can use two devices and make it work.

You can’t necessarily do the courses at the same time; more like the open training modes and the draw to first shot modes will work with both systems if you are a little clever. I can set up open training on the Laser Academy, and holster draw analysis, and work both at the same time through a problem.

The system recharges via a USB-C. I charged it fully one time and have fired well over 2,000 “rounds” in that one charge. The device always goes click, and the laser always emits. Battery life doesn’t seem to be an issue.

Ergonomics

The TitanX more or less resembles a Glock Gen 5 pistol. While it doesn’t replicate every handgun, I do think it’s valuable for folks carrying any polymer frame striker-fired design.

The slight ergonomic differences aren’t a real problem.

The only real problem is having to purchase a holster for a Glock series gun if you don’t shoot a Glock series gun.

The trigger pull is fairly lightweight, lighter than an OEM Glock, and it’s more of a digital feel than mechanical. It doesn’t perfectly align with any mechanical trigger, but again, this isn’t a big problem for me.

If you carry a DAO or DA/SA gun, the TitanX can’t replicate that trigger pull.

The magazines drop freely and with some force. The magazine release is easy to access and press. I do wish the slide could reciprocate. It would be great if it reciprocated with every shot, but I’d be happy if I could just manually cycle the slide to better replicate reloads and malfunction drills.

Limitations

Like any dryfire device, it won’t train recoil control or recovery between shots. I can do a Failure to Stop in less than a second with the TitanX, but when you add recoil, a bit of that will slow my time down to a bit more than a second.

The real limitation comes down to your ability to gamify the system. If you just want high scores, you can do all sorts of tricks to reduce movement. You can use a super loose grip, which helps with movement, but that won’t help when you grab real steel at the range.

The TitanX measures movement, not the effectiveness of your grip, stance, and technique. You can point the gun at the floor and get a 100 trigger pull score. If you get lazy and only chase the score, you might be sacrificing recoil control and a good threat-based sight picture.

That said, don’t gamify it. Use it like a real training device. Call your shots as you press the trigger and get the real value of dry fire.

Improvements We’d Like to See

Most of the downsides of the TitanX come from the shooter. However, there are two things I’d like to see.

First, a slide that reciprocates, even if it’s just to lock it open, or even just lock a portion of it open. This way, you can train more realistic reloads.

Additionally, I’d love to see some integration of the Laser Academy App with the standard Mantis App, so I don’t need two devices to run each drill. If the two could communicate, that would be perfect!

Who Is It For?

If you get sick of basic dry fire, then the Mantis TitanX is for you. It’s entertaining, the app creates challenging scenarios, and I look forward to training with the system daily. It also allows me to shoot thousands of ‘rounds’ for $199.

At the current price of 9mm, I’ve already shot about double that with the TitanX.

If you want to train efficiently and get sick of racking your slide, the Mantis TitanX is for you. I can also see a market for instructors teaching some basic firearms classes to have a safe option for teaching the basics.

How We Tested the TitanX

I started with my own training program that emphasized a neurological approach to developing shooting skills. This involved block and random training, shoot/no-shoot scenarios, and more.

I then worked through the various individual drills, like holster draw analysis, reloads, open training, one-handed shooting, and more. After a bit of that, I shot through the Basic and Advanced shooting courses and have started the Elite Combat Course.

I’ve pressed this trigger over 2,000 times.

Meet the Experts

Freelance author and review analyst Travis Pike led the research and review of the Mantis TitanX. Travis is a United States Marine Corps veteran and lifelong shooter. He’s invested his love of guns into being an NRA Basic Pistol Instructor and Concealed Carry Instructor in Florida, teaching others how to safely train with, conceal, and use handguns. Travis is also a 3-Gun competitor who spends a lot of time training – including dryfire and laser training.

In addition to actually doing the training, he’s written extensively on training. He’s responsible for our articles on the Best Laser Training Apps, Best Shooting Drills, Best Low Round Count Drills, Mozambique Drill: [How-To] Better Your Shooting Skills, and previously reviewed Mantis’ Laser Training Academy.

Final Verdict: Mantis TitanX

The Mantis TitanX is an outstanding training tool. It makes dry fire fun, challenging, and vastly more interesting than clicks and racking the slide.

It’s translated to real-world skill increases and has me craving to dry fire more and more.

What do you think of the TitanX? Drop your opinions below. For more on dry fire, check out our Best Laser Training Targets & Ammo for Dry Fire Training and our Guide to Safe & Effective Dry Fire Training at Home.