Customer Reviews

Butterfly Bucket of 3-Star 40mm Table Tennis Balls (72 Count)

5 star:		(16)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(13)

 

 

Length:: 2:18 Mins

I have to make a response this time!!!

This is actually my first time to "write" review for Amazon.com. Please excuse my English and everything else. I want to let everyone knows what product they're actually buying.

ONE THING THAT MAY NOT MAKE SENSE IN THE VIDEO IS THAT: I said I returned them immediately after I received them, and I am actually showing the balls on the video because after I returned them, my club needed ping pong balls right away and the price went down to $24.99 so I bought another one immediately. (and same thing happened). Is it leagal to have the product different than advertised???

My conclusion for this product is that "it's your money, to me, I won't buy them again"

So make your decision, and good luck (you can return them to amazon anyways, but again, I won't do it)

Welcome to comment on anything, or ask more about this product (I will receive e-mail when customers comment on the review).

I don't understand how there could be 3-star and USTTA approved tournament ping-pong balls.

Its roundness is so poor that the ball gives ugly bounces and it flies very unsmooth.

What a waste for my 25 bucks!

Terrible, aweful, unplayable quality. These balls are lucky to be 1 star balls. I doubt the authenticity of this 3 star Butterfly markings. These balls will last forever because I cannot play with them. So irregular in bouncing. I have played the sport for over 25 years. Please beware. Don't buy the balls from Amazon. Get them from your usual Table Tennis equipment stores.

Since you are looking at an item that contains 72 balls, I am going to assume you are a serious player who wants to improve your game and intend to use these balls for multi-ball drill or for tournament/league play. I would strongly advise you to stay away from this item. Here are the reasons why:

1. These are not ITTF approved as the original Butterfly balls are. The label says USATT approved, which does not translate to quality.
2. I found each ball are off different weights.
3. Many of them are so unbalanced because of the seam and uneven weight distribution of the two parts. If side spin is applied, the ball will display a vibrating motion as it would if one side is heavier than the other.

I seriously doubt that this is a genuine Butterfly product. My guess is that MK(Martin Kilpatrick) is branding these balls as butterfly and selling it for cheap price. I have been using butterfly balls for a long time and never ever I have seen such low quality.

this package has inconsistent quality, several of the balls I used cracked within a 1-2 minutes of moderate playing, and some of them easily crush with light pressure. I have ordered balls of this type from butterfly online several times and none of them were like this. This is the first time I've ordered from this supplier and I am very disappointed. I don't think they are selling genuine items. Don't risk $$$ buying from here, your wasting your money!!!!

they are very poor quality, worst than some Chinese 2 star i'd brought on ebay. don't wast your money!

These balls suck so badly they're not even U.S.A.T.T approved. Also the image of the product doesn't even look like the image shown on the web..

rememeber this is USATT approved and not ITTF approved - the balls are terrible - bad shape, light and everything else that can go wrong - so if you are a serious player please do not buy these balls. But if you are a basement player then this may be a good deal.

I show the ball to my friends, more than half said it's not genuine Butterfly ball, compare logo with expensive ball of butterfly, it miss the circle.

I had several issues with these balls and will be returning them immediately.

1. When I opened the bucket, several of the balls had clearly been used previously. They had scuff marks and were slightly off-white. One was cracked.

2. I checked each and every ball in the bucket. Many seemed thin or even "soft", on some I could feel the seem, on others I could see irregularities at the seem.

3. I've played ping pong nearly every day with coworkers for 3 years. We always use 3-star balls and have never had quality issues until we bought these. We "test drove" a couple of them, and they bounced poorly compared to other 3-star balls we have (think of an old tennis ball compared to a fresh one). They also didn't have a uniform bounce from one ball to the next. One was bad, but another was just horrible. There were a lot more errant shots than usual, and after a few games we knew these balls were garbage.

If you need to buy a bucket for an office tournament or a boyscout troupe then maybe these are a good deal, but any player with an ounce of skill will hate them. I don't know how they can call these 3-star balls.