Heater Sports Base Hit Lite Adjustable Baseball Pitching Machine – 45 MPH Pitching Speed, Includes Automatic Ball Feeder, Extremely Accurate | Perfect for Hitting and Fielding Training for All Ages

Followed the directions exactly for setting it up and made sure all the screws and knobs were tight and everything adjusted properly. Works great!!!takes about 30 seconds or so to warm up so if you start it with the balls in the feeder, the first few balls come out limp, but it throws pretty hard on the high-level (and we were using real baseballs). Be careful. Definitely not for professional use but for home use, recreational for kids, it’s great.Be sure to also re-adjust the auto-ball feeder at the proper angle for gravity, depending on how you have the main machine pointing (up for a pop flys or down for ground balls) — adjust and tighten ALL parts each time and there’s no rattling or anything that I read aboutin some other comments. Was a little worried at first based on some reviews, but if you put it together properly and use it properly (especially for the price compared to other really expensive ones) this thing is awesome for kids who use it for fun (and for parents who need a break from consistently being asked to go outside and throw balls all the time). $200 kid-sitter is worth the money 😂😂😂😂

The media could not be loaded. This pitching machine is amazing, especially at this price! It was so easy to assemble, the pitching accuracy is insane. I highly recommend this pitching machine!

Why did you pick this product vs others?:Machine was used once and the motor stops spinning while trying to pitch balls. Accuracy of where the balls are thrown is not very good each ball is thrown in a different area.

This product is easy to set up and great value for the product you get. At full speed this is loud. The speed works for my set up but don’t expect it to give decent fly balls to outfield. It just doesn’t quite get to that speed. The downside of this is product is that it is not set and forget. I’m constantly adjusting this from pitch to pitch because it drifts. Again, for a 9 yo hitting in backyard , it works great. But at the field it lacks the speed and accuracy needed.

Given the price in comparison to competitors, my expectations were not very high. I bought this machine due to its advertised ability to use regular baseballs as well as the machine's plastic balls. While the machine is usable, I was less than impressed with its capabilities.It takes a while for the machine to warm up. The first two or three pitches are short and inaccurate. After that you can get a reasonably good pitch. It's still a bit variable, similar to a real pitcher, so don't expect every ball to be in the center of the strike zone.I used the lite balls, in addition to real baseballs, to allow for pitching at higher speeds. The light balls can be compared to whiffle balls. The slightest breeze will catch them an you'll end up with a pitch that flies behind the batters back. Because of that, you'll only want to use the lite balls inside or on days with no breeze.Unfortunately, this machine can not handle baseballs as advertised. After a single pitch, the brand new Rawlings seamless baseball specifically designed for pitching machines had two large cuts in the leather. After just three more pitches that ball was destroyed. That makes it cheaper to just run down to the local batting cages and pay to play.Because real balls get destroyed, using this for any sort of fielding practice is out of the question.I would suggest using the slightly cheaper version of this machine that is not rated for real baseballs if you opt to buy a Heater Sports pitching machine. Since you won't want to be using real balls, save your self the money.

This was a Birthday gift for my grandson. It was simple to setup and works great.

I have read several reviews that this machine shakes violently and even one review where the lady said it hit her kid in the head. To the reviews of shakes violently. People need to have a simple comprehension of how things are put together and read instructions. It says clearly to tighten all bolts and put the front of the pitching machine towards the longest third tripod leg, this will stop it from "shaking violently". As for the lady that said it hit her kid in the head, here's a pro tip. Don't be sucking down Busch lights and put the thing two feet away from your kid and aim it directly at his head.It's a great machine for the money, yes it does chew up real baseballs which isn't a big deal to me. Long story short, if you can add 2 plus 2 and love your child. You canput this machine together properly and it won't hit your kid in the head.

I bought it not expecting much but got less than that. I bought it for my 6 year old . It’s not consistent and yes I waited a long time in between balls and read all of the instructions plus the online forums but still junk. Don’t use cheap baseballs because it tears them up. I spent more time trying to make it work then actually using it. Finally gave up on it and only use it for pop flys and grounders. But now I stopped doing that because it’s vibrating so bad I’m worried it will explode