Heater Sports Crusher Portable Mini Lite-Ball Pitching Machine with BONUS Steel Tripod & 4 Hour Battery

Unfortunately I didn’t check reviews. Excited to get it. Set it up. Hard to adjust to get regular strikes. Motors rev up and run but they power down easy after each pitch which creates bad pitches right after. Don’t try and do the quick pitches….keep it slow. Then….got it close and ok with slower gaps between pitches but then….in order to shut it off….you have to turn all your settings to off to kill the power. Start over when you turn it back on. Shocked it doesn’t have a simple on and off switch for breaks lol.

Came missing parts and didn't ship on time. Can't be any wind if you want to use it.

This thing is amazing. First heard about it in an article of Tommy LaStella. Look him up. He’s one of the best MLB hitters in the league. Dude never strikes out. Why? Because he practices off of this machine. If you are looking for something that will throw you strikes every single pitch. This isn’t it. If you want that, buy a t to hit off of. If you want something that will teach you how to read and follow a pitch in a very short amount of time. Then buy this thing. It will train you quickly how to read a ball and attack (or take). I know a few folks have complained about this machines accuracy, ignore them. By hey don’t seem to understand that the inconsistency is what makes this such a great training tool. As for the craftsmanship of the unit. It’s well built. Not sure how long the battery will hold it’s charge. So far so good. I’ll update in a few months.

Most of the throws are out of the hitting Zone. It is hard to practice. I don't recmmend this pitch machine..

What a great product. The ability to train a hitter to pick up a small ball at reaction times = 90+ mph is just awesome to have. We can use this anywhere from our basement training facility to at games for pregame hitting. Any one with a son in tournament baseball knows A) taking BP on a field is non existent, B) if there are cages they are full and people fighting for them, C) whiffle balls suck for pregame warm ups (great for training and keeping hands back). This machine allows you to take full speed hitting warm ups in a very small area and makes the kids focus because of the small ball. Try marking the balls with various color dots and have the kids do something different based on the colors. We use black dot = move 'em over (right side of field), red dot = take the pitch, green dot = ground ball, no dot = swing away and change it up with sac fly, suicide bunt, pull the ball, etc.

Screw didn’t fit, won’t stay up right long.

When using the battery, you must turn off the machine by using the 2 dials. It takes a while to set the pitches. The regular on off switch does not work. If a ball drops before the wheels pick up speed, it jams. The pitches are a too inconsistent. The inconsistency is not bad for older batters. It might be a good thing. If you get around all the little imperfections, it's a nice little machine. The price was good too.

Will not hold a charge and the power button does not work.