Heater Sports Slider Lite 360 Baseball Pitching Machine with Automatic Ball Feeder - Accurate 360-Degree Delivery, Durable and Portable Training Tool for All Ages

Just assembled and fired up this machine for the first time and am very, very pleased. I have not found the issues of inconsistent location to be a problem thus far. Granted its the first time of the first day. From what I can tell, the issue might be caused by feeding the balls too fast. This machine is powered by one enclosed wheel and its not large. But that's a good thing over all. It folds up and will store nicely. On the "negative" side, the wheel slows down a bit after a pitch and needs a few seconds to get up to speed again when it will throw a nice pitch like the one before. This is where the ball feeder comes in nicely. The way the feeder works is it uses the vibration of the power in the machine to shimmy the ball down. The time it takes to do this just so happens to coincide with the time it takes the wheel to get back up to speed. So it really is a good idea to get both. If not, you just have to wait about 5 seconds between pitches. Now, no, this is not a machine with the two yellow wheels we used in high school. Those cost over $1,000 and you would need something like that if you had 15 kids taking swings and a time limit. But if its just you and a few kids, you really can be confident picking this one up in my opinion. See videos below of it in action.

When used with the heater white balls this is a great buy! The other balls are junk, either too light and float like a wiffel ball, or too foamy and no good for hitting. The accuracy is awsome, but 1 must is adding a 25lb weight or sandbag to the base of the tripod. Do this and it is a solid machine. Use it for batting cage, fly ball practice, and just pitching on the diamond with a group of kids. Also recommend use with a ryobi 40v, 300w inverter and 40v battery. You can take it anywhere and it will run for 90min on 1 ryobi 40v 6ah battery.

Worked well for a couple hundred launches, then the motor failed and I have a dead machine. UPDATE - customer service ID’d the issue over the phone and is sending a replacement part under the 1-year warranty. Very good customer service.

My eight-year-old received this for Christmas. Between Christmas and June he probably used it less than 10 times. He only used the balls at the machine recommends. The motor totally burnt out. I can’t imagine that this is normal after less than 10 uses. During the times when the machine worked, I would rate it 3 stars. Many others have said, once a ball was shot out, you would have to wait for it to get back up to the level in order to shoot another one around the same distance and speed. Also, the feeder didn’t work for the balls that the machine recommended. They were too big and wouldn’t go through. Very disappointed in the price that this machine was, to the quality we got.

Have not been able to use this yet because the ball feeder can’t mount on top of the machine because the cutouts don’t match.The tripod legs aren’t very good. Very unstable.

Bought this for my Grandson to practice for his baseball team and he loves it. Good price and it works

The custom service is great and I they are patient and the machine IS AMAZINGGGG

Works amazing for my baseball fanatic grandson who is 4! It works great for him. Should last him for years to come