898BH Baseball Soft Toss Machine, Angle Adjustable, Step On Paddle and Release to Launch, No Power Supply Needed, Works with Regulation Baseball

So Far it has been sogreat. used it 4-5 times and it is easy to put together and small and compact and allows my son to practice soft toss on his own!

No batteries needed. Son plays with this outside for hours. It kind of tosses the ball up in the air vertically so you can hit the balls. It is easily capable of tossing regular baseballs and even the super dense/heavy yellow balls which were included. Highly recommend!

Update to initial post;It seems as there is a breaking in period. The failures were less and less as we used it. It fails very infrequently now. My son enjoys this pitcher.Original;When the pitching lever is pressed, around 40 percent of the time it won’t pitch. When you have to press the lever again, it will cause a double feed. Very, very frustrating. Also, the rail that holds the balls comes apart constantly. True, you get what you pay for, but if you’re selling it, it should work properly. Debating returning to try another one or just returning for refund. At this rate, I might save for a better one.

Like some other reviewers have said, this pitching machine is "cheap" and doesn't always work correctly. The spring mechanism is wonky and won't always feed a ball correctly. You must take your time and fully depress the pedal; even then, sometimes a ball won't feed. You can tell when it won't pitch--just keep your foot on the pedal so you can correct it before it pitches at you. There is roughly 6-8 seconds in the timing mechanism, so there's enough time to press the pedal and get set up to hit.

Helped youth hitter with timing along with allowing them to work on swing fundamentals. Set up is easy, no batteries and can use real baseball (different weighted balls with produce different ball trajectory).Good replacement for front toss or for solo work.Had for a few seasons now and continues to delivers

If I could give it a zero I would. This thing only worked for an hour. I can't even return it. Be careful buying this. I wish I could get my money back.

Falls apart when you touch it. The spring is inconsistent and the balls don't pop up one third of the time. My son doesn't even want to try working with this thing because it's so frustrating. Now I have to spend the money on a better machine.

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