Wilson Balls Hooper

This hopper is great! I bungee it to a small dolly and wheel it across the street to the tennis court. One use for me is for serving practice. I am able to work on form serving the full basket as many times as I want. I can also use the hopper to pick up the balls, making it much easier for me (and my back) so I don't have to stoop over. I also use it to feed balls to my aunt who I play once a week with. She is getting back into tennis after a 20 year hiatus, so she really appreciates the workout. The only thing that I do not like about the hopper is changing securing the "legs." Once secured, it stands up fine but with a full basket of balls, it gets a little tedious trying to get the bar into the catch. But, that is just part of it and, I don't think, a design flaw. It does not make the hopper any less useful and it still does its job. Though not an issue for me, the hopper can be very heavy once filled with tennis balls. So keep in mind that the more you add, the more it will weigh. Highly recommend.

I ordered it with other items for free shipping and it arrived the next day I'm in LA area. I think company is located in Compton? Works good, picks up Penn balls fine. I'm happy to not bend over so much. Simple to fold up from being a stand into being the hopper, but if you have arthritis or something (little kid?) might be tough to latch legs. But legs fit securely in hooks, doesn't wobble when filled with balls. No balls slipped out, I think it's good. It is a bit weighty when full but fine for me. Only 4 domed nuts and 8 washers, easy to put together, didn't even read instructions. If the nuts rust or fall off in the future I suppose I'd just get more. I'm not paid for reviews, just a lazy tennis player ha.

Very please with this purchase. The hopper arrived in a flat package and putting it together was very simple (I assembled it before looking at the instructions). The only difficulty was that one of the threads with the acorn nut already on it was cross threaded and, as the thread were already ruined, required a lot of force to install. Once assembled the hopper was quite sturdy and the top locked on securely. I read some of the reviews saying that it took a bit of force to lock the legs but if you set it upside down and then secure the legs it wasn't hard. There are more expensive hoppers out there but I've looked at a number of them and they all have more downsides than this hopper (weight, ease of picking up the ball, securing the balls for transport, etc.). Note: Washers were provided to go with the nuts but were not listed in the assembly instructions. Given how the frame is constructed I highly recommend using them.

I'm stunned that Wilson would make such a terrible product. It's easy to put together so that is not an issue. However, that is pretty much the only positive quality for this hopper. The handles / legs have no mechanism keeping them from falling off, so when it's even slightly unbalanced they fall off. They are not at all easy to lock and you have to lock one at a time while hoping the other side doesn't fly off. When it is locked, they fly off easily when you unlock them. Furthermore, the lid is a complete piece of crap because it is not even designed to attach securely, it just comes right off with no solid hinging. What is incredibly stupid is that it's not the materials that are flawed they are fine, it's incredibly poor design. The thing is like a deck of cards and constantly falls apart at even the slightest amount of tension.... Taking it out of your trunk? expect the handles to fly off? Switching it from picking up to standing. up? Guaranteed something will go horribly wrong. Rolling it from one place to another? expect it to fly apart. Don't expect the lid to work. Anyway, I got a Tourna Ballport instead which is literally infinitely better and cheaper and totally study. can't imagine why this product is still on sale. I don't understand why Wilson does not take 2 days to have a designer fix the design so it actually works and does not simply fall apart at the slightest amount of stress. The remains of this piece of junk are going in the garbage.

This is a life saver! This ball hooper is amazing and makes picking up multiple tennis balls in a short amount of time. If you are a tennis player this is the ball hooper for you.

I had to order this item twice. For some reason I received a notification that this item was lost in the mail, and the second time, the item got lost again, but eventually it finally got delivered. I really loved it at first, but the metal used on this hopper is so thin and flimsy. The handles like to pop out of the holders, and you to switch it standing mode, you have to lock it into two hooks that gets a little irritating to release from. I use this hopper on a daily basis. First the top hatch is a bit irritating. I eventually left it off, except when transporting the hopper in my car to prevent the balls from falling out the opening. However, somehow the metal frame of my hopper warped and the hatch refused to lock. In the end, the welding and thin metal frame was this hopper's Achilles' heel. One of the tubes that the handles latch into fell off. I MacGyvered it back on and repeated what I did as a preventative measure for the other side, and dare to say, actually improved the hopper's stability. After, enjoying that fix for a month, the welding that holds the bottom fell apart. I could have spent more time on it, but decided to retire the hopper and picked up the Tourna Ballport Deluxe, which was a little more expensive but definitely worth the price. Not to completely trash on this hopper, it does it's job, and I may have just been unlucky, but mine lasted for a year before falling apart. For $30 that's not bad.

Handle isn’t welded on properly. Snapped off after three uses…. Wouldn’t recommend

I think this basket is such a great value for money. Once the legs are secured, it is sturdy, and really does the job. It can hold good number of balls, and it’s easily transportable.

Not happy with the product, one of the clips fell straight off and another part of the cage was broken.

the screws tend to loosen and fall off. only 4 screws included (no extra).

Solide et de qualité