Customer Reviews

Penn Pressureless 48-Ball Bucket

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

These balls are the best pressureless balls I've used. They rival pressured balls in almost every way- bounce, spin, feel, weight. I'm a pressureless ball fan because I hate dead balls, and use 2 baskets when coaching or practicing, and I've tried Tretorn (for years), Wilson and Unique pressureless balls. These are way better. I only wish they were made in the USA like other Penn balls.

I have used Gamma, Tretorn and Penn pressureless balls and these are the best of the bunch - by a mile. Pressureless balls are firmer than regular balls on off-center and frame shots, but these are not at all objectionable to me and my kids. I have used Penn pressureless balls for instruction, ball machines, and in practice games, including at high altitude. They work great for all purposes. In fact, Penn has perfected pressureless balls to a level where they should price and market them as the primary ball for recreational (non-tournament) play. It pains me to see occassional players hit pressureized balls for an hour, putting very litte wear on the balls, playing them again in a deader form in the future, and ultimately discarding them when pressureless balls would still be perfectly playable. Such a waste of money, resources, and practice time. The fuzz on the Penn pressureless balls (and the other brands) holds up very well. My one gripe is that the lid on the Penn 48-ball bucket is a terrible design. Granted most people will put them in a hopper, but why go to the manufacturing expense of making a bucket and then not put a lid on it that: 1) opens without a crowbar; 2) stays open when you are using it; and, 3) secures down when you close it. So easy to improve, it seems like basic laziness on the part of the design team. In comparing Penn pressureless with Gamma and Tretorn, my experience is that Gamma balls bounce like they are "out-of-round" and get worse the longer they are stored on top of each other - great for improving your reflexes, but wierd to play (I ended up throwing them away while the fuzz was still good) - and Tretorns are like hitting bricks whether you hit on the sweet spot or off.

These balls are very firm- but entirely playable. More to the point, they are playable day after day, week after week. Let them sit for a year and they're still good.

Are they too hard? I don't think so. My advice is to get a small can or borrow some. Play with them and only them. If you enjoy hitting yourself, by all means buy them. I absolutely love them.

I decided to try these after I purchased the Gamma pressureless balls. I used these and the Gamma balls in a ball machine. The gamma balls lasted almost three times longer. Do not buy these balls they simply don't last.

I use these with the Tennis Twist ball machine to take out anger... I mean work on my groundstroke. :)
They are FINE. They are a bit harder but are built to last forever without pressure. Good bounce even when wet. Simple choice for practice balls. I haven't see a better deal. They came quickly. By the way, for $200 the Tennis Twist is great, it goes on the service line on your side and tosses you a soft ball for you to smash... I mean work on your form.

I very disappointed with my purchase of this 48-ball bucket of Penn pressureless tennis balls. The primary problem with these balls are the pronounced seam that plagues many of the 48 balls. Even some balls that do not show a discernable seam bounce unevenly. I was teaching my son tennis when I noticed that some of the balls were bouncing funny. I added a picture to the image gallery showing two tennis balls with the seam. There is also a picture of the bucket that the balls came in.
Unless I can return these balls, they will probably be used just for serving practice or playing catch.

I bought these about a month ago for my tennis ball machine. We play 2-4 times a week and they still have their bounce. Its good to know that I don't have to waste money buying a new can of pressured balls every time I hit. In terms of feel, they are really close to the pressured balls. I'll buy these again if my GF continues to knock the current ones out of the court and out of reach!!

The balls came promptly through ground shipping. The pressureless balls perform well for practice and to date there are no disappointments.

Beware!!! These balls are extremely hard. They are like hitting bricks. I bought them because of the name, Penn. I bought a new ball machine and bought two buckets of Penn pressureless balls. After 30 minutes of play they broke my racket, my hand hurt and my arm hurt. I am now trying to return these bricks, I mean balls to SwingSomeWhere. I'll let you know how it goes.

All I can see is WOW these balls can move barely hit them and they are doing 100mph+ vs my old balls I had. These balls are great and I only used them like maybe 2-3 hrs after I first purchased them. 11 months goes by I come back and they are just as good as new almost feels like I just got them off the shelves