SKLZ Quickster Portable Baseball Hitting Net for Baseball and Softball

This net is awesome. Any parent with a baseball/softball player quickly gets to that wonderful age where backyard hitting is no longer a possibility. We recently got to the point of going through an entire bag of baseballs, then spending a half hour trying to find all of the balls in the weeds and such. This wasn't working for us.This net, coupled with a nice baseball tee, we use one made by McGregor, works perfect for getting tons of hitting practice without spending all your time running around the backyard gathering up balls.This also works great for carrying to practice and setting up a hitting station. The kids can line up and go through hitting drills while the coach plays the role of placing the balls on the tee.It is a shame that I have to take a star away from this awesome product, but we nearly returned this product due to one of the connections being flawed. On one of the lower corner connections, the metal clip that pops into the hole on the other rod is fouled and will not work correctly. The internal bungee cord on that connection is also fouled up. But, after studying the connection and deciding that it was a tight enough connection as to not require the metal clip anyway, we decided that since the rest of the product was above expectations, there was really no need to return the product and to just accept the minor problem.Thanks to SKLZ for an awesome product. We have several products from SKLZ and they really seem to know what products are in demand and how best to make them work.This net, once assembled, is quite large. But, disassembled, it stores well and takes up very little room using the bag that comes with it. Setup takes just a few short minutes and tear down is the same. No tools are required for setup or take down. We have used this net for a couple of months now and it continues working perfectly.

I'll tell you why I purchased this one. All the components are attached to each other so you can't lose a part. You need to put the 2 poles on the base and attach the net. All of them collapse/fold on themselves making it easy to assemble quickly. I took it to a softball practice where there was another type of net there. Both of them required you to get the pieces and put them together first, then run the poles through the net. Well, as I put mine together, one of the coaches was putting the other one together. After I finished mine, I helped him with his. Couldn't put it up...because he was missing the top part of one of the poles rendering it useless. According to him, it was there the day before, but not today. That's a major plus going for the SKLZ one.I purchased the 7'X7' one because I intend on using it for soccer in the fall. Currently I am using it for girls (U8) softball. They have fun trying to hit the net when I set it up at first base. Also, the added pitching target is a plus. It just attaches to the net with hook and you can adjust it up and down. The only thing I have added was some velcro wraps that I use to keep the net attached to the horizontal bar on the ground (so the net doesn't bunch up towards the front).Had an issue with the bottom frame. Contacted SKLZ and the sent out a replacement right away. Couldn't be happier. It's lightweight, portable, and just simple to use. All coaches for soccer, football, baseball, softball, etc. should have one. And it's affordable to boot!

I bought this net in April 2013 for the use of our son, who was then ten and who is now eleven. We use it for hitting balls of a tee and as a first-base target for infield drills. The net does a great job of catching the balls softly and retaining them in the net, The net has plenty of slack, which allows the ball to be caught and slowed down gradually. Outside on windy days we have needed to use the included stakes, but usually the stakes are not needed.The strike zone target is nice. To simplify setup, I used some chain link connectors to fasten the straps of the strike-zone net to the corners of the main net, so that for setup I need only attach the four corners of the main net to the poles.The net is now set up in our basement as a winter indoor hitting practice station. Both my son and I have been using it and it is holding up fine.This net will probably also make a good backstop for first base at our team practices this spring, since the fence at our practice field last season did not extend far enough to stop balls which got by the first basemen and many balls went into the wooded downward-sloping hill which was beside first base.I agree with a previous reviewer who suggested that a larger carrying bag would be nice. It is possible to fit the net and poles back into the bag after use, but that requires very careful folding. I plan to use a duffel bag which has a zipper along the side when we take this net to our team practices this spring.

La última me duró más de 2 años, aunque un año funcionó con una reparación con cinta gafer. Los postes y la red son de primerísima calidad, sin embargo los perfiles son de plástico y estos terminan por romperse.No he encontrado nada similar, me gusta mucho, pero ojalá el fabricante hiciera los perfiles de aluminio.

When I first bought this less than a year ago I thought it was great. Used it maybe 5 times last year at 9U and maybe another 8-10 times this year (11U). While in use today the net just collapsed. The plastic joint broke and net is no longer usable. For $130 I am extremely disappointed! Hope manufacture will comment and send a replacement. Otherwise, I definitely do not recommend.

Metal brackets are made of pressed carbon. Not strong enough to handle the bend load. Bought one, bracket broke one week in. Bought a second one, broke during set up. Bracket needs to be metal, that would fix it.

I experienced what many others have. The plastic pieces in the frame will break. One of them broke on mine after I one season. There are cheaper alternatives on the market that I’ve used and are more reliable.

Awesome training aid for anyone who wants to throw, hit or pitch. Can be used as a pitching trainer with the strike zone attachment, or you can continuously hit or throw balls into the net. Packs into a 3 ft long pack that can be thrown over your shoulder and set up at the diamond in no time.Amazon price was the best around.