Customer Rating:  
Summary: Overall a good practice net
Comment: I play Pony baseball and I bought this net to improve my swing. This net is good for hitting off a tee or for soft toss. It drops the balls very quickly after being hit. It is a very large net and not easy to hit past. Overall this is a pretty good net, but if you hit a pop up it sometimes goes over the net. I used it in windy weather and it sometimes still fell over with the steaks in the ground. Definitely a good value compared to others I looked at.
Customer Rating:
Summary: OK -- Could be better
Comment: I bought this net for my kids in Little League baseball. I have found that (a) it folds up easy if you have folded 'pop-up' type items before (tents, etc.) and (b) it is unstable in even a slight wind and works better if it is on a slight backward incline. The balls we hit into it stayed inside as the net is pretty floppy. The pole supports could benefit from a sturdier design.
Generally, this is fine for younger kids if you are looking for something inexpensive and portable. As my kids get older I imagine we'll transition to the heavier gauge pole nets that they have out at our ballpark.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not good
Comment: doesn't stand up any kind of wind, I got mine two monthes ago and now it is twisted and not in the original shape.
I wish I could return it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Better to get the Jugs Insta Screen
Comment: Bought this for batting at home in June '06. Works great only if set up on a slight incline (hitting slightly down hill). On flat ground, or any type of grade going up behind the net, it falls down at the slightest wind. Actually it falls down even when set up ideally with the most moderate of winds.
Balls normally kick out of this net rather than staying inside. Also, one of the two folding polls had the metal nipple part push back up into the poll, which I have to pull back out every time I set it up.
do what 95% of serious teams do (go to any baseball or softball Travel tournament and you'll see), and get a Jugs Insta-Net for only $10-$20 more.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Works great once you figure it out
Comment: Another coach I worked with used one of these. I liked it, so I bought my own. I'm past the half-way mark on the second season of using this with a Little League team, and I'm very happy with it.
Like with other "pop-up" type products, there's a trick to getting it to fold up. I've found it works best if you lay it on the ground, then fold the bottom-left corner up to the top-right. Two loops form to the sides. Grab those, and gently guide them back into a circle.
If you force it, you can twist the bars inside, and undoing that could be a hassle. But, done right, it folds up fast. I use this for soft-toss in the outfield right before a game, and I can fold it up and get it into the bag in about a minute.
The only downside I have noticed, which is why this gets 4 stars and not 5, is that the zipper on the bag on both models I've seen has broken. It's not that big of a deal, because the bag comes with velcro straps to close it up, which work good enough.
I now keep this net in the trunk of my car, and use it at every practice and game - I've probably used it over 100 times. Recommended.
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