Furlihong 3807BH Tennis Ball Machine with Triangular Base, Adjustable Speeds, Oscillating Left&Right, Up&Down Swing Launch Port, for All Levels Training

Updated review after support from the seller - The seller was very helpful to provide support. It looks like previous unit i received was badly damaged during shipping by Amazon. Exchanged unit is working fine with very good packaging. Throwing range is little less than what is specified in the specification. Throwing angle reduces as you go over 15/20 minutes in the battery. I guess this might be battery issue. I have not tried this long plugged in. Overall, this is very unit at this price point with three axis automatic rotation - very helpful to practice alone.

I have used this ball thrower every day for three weeks and it works great. I have added a 6" bungee cord around the ball intake to keep the balls from entering the ball thrower until I am ready to play. The instructions say to let the thrower get to speed before allowing the balls to enter the thrower. Also I bought a Balibatt 300 watt power station for $100 to run the ball thrower. Batteries would only last around three hours and cost $20. I also bought a case of Penn tennis balls to use as the bounce is more consistent than using old balls since you always play with new balls. I have a Wilson ball retriever basket with wheels. I am a 3.5 player and am learning how to play left handed as I hurt my right wrist.

I used to have a Wilson ball machine that was like $1,500. I bought it many years ago, it came with a remote, and it worked great, with three caveats. 1) took up a big footprint in my garage for storage. 2)ran off a 12 volt battery, and once that battery died, I had to plug into 120 volt power when available, and here in Vegas it’s all outdoor courts, so I had to always bring extension cords and hope their was power to plug into. 3)it was heavy, and obviously expensive, and when it stopped working, it was impossible to find a place to have it looked at/battery replaced. I wasn’t going to spend that kind of money again, so I started looking at cheaper alternatives, and after looking at a ton of options on Amazon mostly, I liked the mostly positive reviews on this model, so I decided to try it. Brought it out to the court today, and tried it out. It was easy to set up, and it worked. Now, don’t set it up at the baseline, set it up at the center top of the service boxes for best placement, and then adjust your low/high settings. It works! Also, any slightest dirt or debris on the balls or inside the machine and the balls will get jammed, so keep it clean. The only minor grip is the carry bag it comes with is super cheaply made. Mine tore a hole in the corner right away, and the zipper came off its track. I tossed it in the trash for a better duffle bag I already had at the house. Also, you might want to invest in some rechargeable D batteries, 6 to be exact, as I did, it’s worth it! All in all I think this is worth the money,(so far) and it does what it’s supposed to do. My son, my wife and I all got a great workout for at least 1 hour off of batteries that didn’t die btw, with this thing, and I think we had it loaded with a total of 36 tennis balls. I bought extra tracks for it on Amazon. Give it a try, you’ll like it if you’re a beginner, to intermediate like myself.

Machine worked great at first, however after 1 use the motor stopped spitting the balls out of the machine.

I was pleasantly surprised at how well this machine provides a good workout with a variety of ball height and speed. Assembly was easy and I bought rechargeable D cell batteries and a charger. I used the machine for the first time today and did 3 sessions of 30 balls and the batteries were going strong. The only complaint is they could provided a little better instruction on the settings on the ball speed, oscillator and ball height. I strongly recommend this machine as a teaching aid as well as a workout for you if you have no partner to play with.

Bought this item, it didn't work. Set it up for return and bought another one. That one arrived and it wasn't working. Sent them both back and reached out to the company. They sent a replacement and it worked for a month. They sent another replacement and that worked for less than a month and they said they're not sending another replacement. When it worked it was great but it doesn't work for long. Just buy the expensive launchers on the market.

The product is good for a beginner and intermediate. The cons is the number of ball it can hold. Make sure to stop the machine only when there is no more ball on the trail. I recommend it. My advice if you want to buy it, add more trails to have more than 36 ball at once. Also, think about a bucket to collect ball afterward.

It's so lightweight you wouldn't think it would be able to do the job... Over the last month, I've had it deliver about 6000 balls... Low power consumption. I bought a 300W external power station rather than deal with D Batteries and I could easily deliver 3000 balls without having to recharge... I don't thinks it's a design feature but the depth does vary ball to ball which I think is a feature... You can't set it up on the baseline as balls would be too short but setting up around the serve box is not a problem... Not showing any signs of wear... Awesome for the price...