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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
Pick Up One Today
If you play a lot of tennis and practice a lot, seriously consider getting a ball hopper like this. Why do you need one? Basically because it's a more efficient way to pick balls up off the ground and will save your back. How does it do this?
Well, with the handles in the "up" position, the hopper is pretty close to the ground when you carry it, so all you...
Published 3 months ago by tennismom
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
This is NOT the Best Ballhopper
I bought this ballhopper because it was the #1 selling ballhopper on Amazon. I just returned it.
1) It does NOT hold 75 balls. Maybe it hold 65 but as balls come in cases of 72 it ended up with 8-10 balls rolling around the back of my SUV.
2) During assembly the "caps" popped off all four "capped nuts" leaving four open ended side bars that did their...
Published 1 month ago by Edward Bohnslav
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
Pick Up One Today, May 2, 2010
This review is from: Wilson Ball Hopper Pickup 75 (Sports)
If you play a lot of tennis and practice a lot, seriously consider getting a ball hopper like this. Why do you need one? Basically because it's a more efficient way to pick balls up off the ground and will save your back. How does it do this?
Well, with the handles in the "up" position, the hopper is pretty close to the ground when you carry it, so all you have to do is set the thing down over a tennis ball. Since its got this neat little one-way trapdoor on its base, that lets balls in the cage but not out- whallah- you just picked up a ball without ever bending over!
As you can tell, hoppers are great inventions, as I can't imagine trying to bend over and pick up 20 or 30 (or more) balls off the ground without one. Also, when the hopper is full of balls, you can fold the handles down into legs and use it as a stand to hold your balls while you practive serves and such. Sturdy and easy to put together (4 screws), its definitely a must if you're into tennis. Other items I can recommend for tennis players include Treat Your Own Tennis Elbow.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
very sturdy but a little heavy, May 1, 2010
This review is from: Wilson Ball Hopper Pickup 75 (Sports)
it is good quality, but a little heavy. when you try to stand it up, you need stong muscle to lock the legs. otherwise it is good stuff.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Saves your back!, October 30, 2009
This review is from: Wilson Ball Hopper Pickup 75 (Sports)
This is a must have for those with a ball machine or anyone practicing. I like the dual position design and the ability to use the hopper in the standing position, however it is top heavy and can tip over easily.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Just as advertised, June 30, 2010
This review is from: Wilson Ball Hopper Pickup 75 (Sports)
I received the Wilson Ball Hopper extremely quickly from Amazon, despite choosing the Free Shipping option. It was easy to assemble, and works very nicely. Really useful when you go out to hit balls by yourself. I'd give it 4.5 stars if possible, because the mechanism for locking and unlocking the legs/handle bars is a tad less-than-ideal. This has only been a small inconvenience to this point, since I've only used it with around 25 balls so far.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Flimsy, difficult to change configuration, already coming apart, June 22, 2010
This review is from: Wilson Ball Hopper Pickup 75 (Sports)
The hopper is not as sturdy as I had expected. It is very difficult to change configuration from a hopped to a basket. The rubber on the sleeve have already come apart after a few uses. Disappointed with purchase. Look for some other hopper if you need a sturdy and reliable one.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
This is NOT the Best Ballhopper, June 21, 2010
This review is from: Wilson Ball Hopper Pickup 75 (Sports)
I bought this ballhopper because it was the #1 selling ballhopper on Amazon. I just returned it.
1) It does NOT hold 75 balls. Maybe it hold 65 but as balls come in cases of 72 it ended up with 8-10 balls rolling around the back of my SUV.
2) During assembly the "caps" popped off all four "capped nuts" leaving four open ended side bars that did their best to rip up the carpet in my cargo area.
3) It is VERY hard to pop the legs in locking slots when using the unit as a stand.
4) Because it didn't hold 75 balls, the top would never stay shut. I had to use a twist tie.
Just ordered the Gamma 75 Gold and that seems to be a much better unit. Check it's page in a few days for a review.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Works great, October 15, 2009
This review is from: Wilson Ball Hopper Pickup 75 (Sports)
I am very happy with this purchase! Just set the basket on top of the ball and it squeezes though the bars and ends up in the basket. Simple design but very effective.
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15 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
Don't waste your money, September 2, 2005
This review is from: Wilson Ball Hopper Pickup 75 (Sports)
I bought this item because of the Wilson name and what looked like convenient, sturdy construction. Putting it together was easy enough, but it turned out the legs did not lock in place because the span of the hooks was smaller than that of the legs. My husband was able to force the legs into the hooks but then even he couldn't unhook them easily. I envisioned 70 tennis balls spilling out across the court during such a struggle. I exchanged the item, thinking it may have been a fluke, but its replacement was exactly the same. Not only that, one of the bolt caps broke off when my ten year old daughter was hand tightening it. This is not the quality I expected from Wilson.
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10 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
Sturdy and well designed hopper, August 12, 2008
Hard to review a product like this... it's like reviewing a pencil, if it writes, it worked.
In all seriousness this is a nice hopper, I like it better than the Gamma hoppers you see everyone walking around with if for no other reason than the clasping nub at the top of the handles that will "lock" the hopper closed, that's a nice touch.
The metal used is on the thick side and the hopper has a perfectly sturdy feeling. You also assemble it by fastening 4 bolts that you can do up pretty tightly to give the thing a "never going to come apart" feel.
The ONE thing I didn't like, is that the lid doesn't *latch* closed, it just lays closed. I think it's suppose to latch, but as you tighten said bolts during assembly, the metal flexes a bit and bows inward on the side just a hair, making the top stop snapping closed and only lay closed.
I thought this would be a problem for me since I lay this thing down in the back of my car when I'm not using it, but because the top handles latch closed, they sort of keep the top flap from coming open, so I haven't really had any issues of the top popping open and balls emptying out into my trunk.
The only modification I would have made to this hopper (and I've had a few hoppers) is to put a little metal knob on the top lid *just like* the metal one on the handles, so the top would snap closed... other than that I'm very happy with it, would definitely get it again as opposed to the Gamma one.
One last note, the handles do come with rubber handle guards on them which is basically just some rubber hose (I noticed a lot of hoppers do this), I'd suggest taking this off... even though it makes the handles more comfortable to carry, when you flip the handles around and stand the hopper up on the handles, the little rubber guards can cause the legs to slowly spread out from under the hopper until it eventually falls over (sort of like someone on skates for the first time where their legs will slowly slide out from under them into the splits).
If you never prop your hopper up like in the picture of this product, don't worry about it. Just wanted to give that heads up incase you do so you don't have to chase 75 balls around the court like I did during serve practice.
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tennis ball hopper, July 12, 2010
This review is from: Wilson Ball Hopper Pickup 75 (Sports)
Bought tennis hopper, one week after use the welds on the arms broke on one side, now it is useless. Weak link is the welds.
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