Customer Reviews

Little Tikes Auto Pitch Batting Trainer

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My husband and I purchased this toy for our 5 year for christmas. We have an unfinished basement so we let him play this downstairs. (It's too cold to play outside now.) The toy is fun when it actually works. Many times the balls get stuck. It's very frustrating constantly trying to get them to actually pop out. When they do sometimes they are too low to hit. We haven't yet tried to play t-ball with it. It's fairly light so it's possible it may tip over many times. I find that the pieces are pretty durable. My son does continue to play it but he often stops cause it gets frustrating. He sometimes just plays with the balls and bat so it wasn't a total loss.

We gave this toy to our 4 year old son. That was 1 1/2 years ago. It worked at first, but the balls did not pop up high enough for him to hit. After about 1 month, the balls did not pop up at all. Little Tikes replaced it with a completely new toy. Again, it worked for a few months, but now it does not work. The beeps sound (a nice feature), but nothing happens. My son has given up on the automatic feature and will sometimes use it as a t-ball stand. Most of the balls are lost. Thank goodness I only paid $10 for this on sale - but not even worth that much!

This has to be the best toy we ever bought for our 3 year old. He plays non-stop with this both outdoors and in our basement. I was worried it might go through alot of batteries but that hasnt been the case. He has learned to hit so well that I'm a little scared he won't find T-ball very stimulating. Adults have alot of fun with this too! If we had paid 4 times what it cost I would still say it was worth every penny! This one wont get left behind in the huge pile of unused toys.Definitely a great toy thats easy on the pocketbook.

We bought this for our two-year-old daughter, who loves sports, for Christmas. The very first time we played with it, our nine-year-old son was demonstrating it to our daughter, and he broke the stand!

Now granted, nine-year-old boys can be tough on anything and everything, but he was actually being (relatively) gentle for the purposes of the demo. I think he had his foot on the base when he hit the ball (and the tee) but that is still a topic of debate.

We still use it for t-ball, which is fine since our daughter still has some time before she can hit a moving ball. But I am disappointed in the quality, as we've had always had excellent luck with Little Tike toys.

Fortunately, its still a good price just make sure older siblings (and Dads) are cautious not to stand on the base or hit the tee when they make contact with the ball.

We bought this toy for our son when he was almost two. He loved it! He loved both the pitching and the Tball. It was just the right pitching height for him. He was around 36" then. You do have to use the balls that come with it so I would recommend buying another pack of them so your child has to refil it less. It is a fun toy with a great price.

My three year old sports nut just got this for his birthday. We have not had any problems, and he loves it. I can see his hitting improving already.

My 2-1/2 year old son got this as a gift. He already was into bats and balls so this was a real hit. It has worked perfectly for us and he has spent many hours playing with it. I have found that when it doesn't toss the balls up as high, I just change the batteries and then it works great. It is very durable to being hit with the bat as that happens quite a bit when my son is using it as a t-ball stand. I would definitly recommend this toy.

The ball does not pop up very high at all.
Sometimes a ball gets stuck and there is no way to shut it off so you can put your hand in and fish it out.
The beeping is very loud.

I was very pleased with the quality of this product. This toy was not only my grandson's favorite, it is daddy's favorite as well!

good product but POOR packaging.
I don't know how the pitcher came in one piece with the poor packaging, but it held up