BlindedbyScience
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2024
I've coupled a Westinghouse Igen2550 portable generator with this to run the 2 wheels and feeder.Bought a Timber Ridge 300 Wagon to move all from car to field.I've replaced the thumbscrews on legs with T-handle screws (5/16 - 18 coarse thread) and installed easily removable screws on the wheel covers to adjust/check air (installing rivnuts and wingbolts).Not practical to carry an allen wrench and too time consuming to remove the 6 screws.Machine states real baseballs are preferred, so I'm using raised seam Rawlings R-100P balls.Playing catch from 60 feet and this is popping in my glove at setting 7... I've learned settings to achieve knuckle balls and breaking pitches and there is lots of movement.Highly recommend you play catch with this machine before standing at the plate with it..Seamed balls come fast and with movement like real pitches...After catching balls from the machine, I have a lot more confidence how variable the pitches can be.If you want dead straight balls, used dimpled balls.This is a big investment ($500 gen, $100 wagon, $Balls) but local cages are charging 20 cents/ball and I think I'll get my value over time with this very well build machine.10.24.24 Update: Don't waste money with real balls. A few hundred dollars in baseballs chewed up.. Get the dimpled yellow balls.
trixie borden
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2023
This machine for the money works great. My son spent hours in the batting cage enjoining this machine. Easy to set up and use.
Salim b.
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2023
I received the machine today set it up was easy and all was great. A few minor flaws with the 3 screws for the legs don’t go all the way in to lock in the legs . But over all great product . The only issues that I had is the wheel seem to be dry rotted , signs of a few lines was in the tires and when I air it up to the correct psi, the lines faded away. But after running about 15-25 balls at 5 speed , the tires stated to flake and shred on the inside which built up and was causing the ball to eventually drop but not feed to the wheel to shoot out. is it possible I can get a replacement set of wheels? Or do I need to return the item and order a new unit ? ( note I use the recommended yellow dot balls )
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on November 7, 2023
We were looking for a high qualify machine for our batting cage set up at home. It is easy to adjust, great auto feeder and speed. You will not be disappointed
DANIEL LEASE
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2023
I would have to say this is the best pitching machine I am very impressed at the quality of the Duce 75 we have put five 600 balls through it and it is dead on accurate with real baseballs. Totally impressed. Very happy with the purchase also is a very heavy and sturdy machine.
Saba Rahman
Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2020
Bought this machine in March and its tube got punctured with in a month and a half, contacted Amazon and they told me to contact the seller since machine is still under warranty. Contacted the seller and was told to take the wheel out and send them in (at my cost) so that they can replace the tube and send it back to me. Why cant they just send me a tube? Secondly, the machine has 10 levels of speed, it runs fine till level 6 but if u try to increase the speed, above 6, the machine and its feeder make alot of noise and vibrates like hell and first ball in the feeder jumps into the wheels by itself (without me turning the feeder switch on) so if i am not ready i will be hit by the ball. I was excited about this machine when i got it but it turned out to be a headache in the end.
Jason S.
Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2018
Machine works awesome... Was a little worried at first with pitches but if you tire pressure is correct and you turn the deuce deuce motors to face down the machine throws pretty darn good.
S. Ford
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2018
Difficult to move. Incorporating 8” or larger wheels on two front legs would have been awesome. Possibly improving on the vertical adjustment would be helpful as well. Machine is heavy(rightfully so) and hard to control when adjusting vertical adjustment. Adjusting pitch speed is easy. Adjustments vary from slow to faster than my grandson presently capable of dealing with. I would have happily paid more had wheels been available. Maybe an arm attached to back of machine to hold when doing adjustment would solve that issue. Simply my thoughts.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2018
I am extremely impressed with this pitching machine. Once I was able to figure out how to inflate the rubber tires correctly, it was all a go. It has been great for my son for hitting practice and he is an aspiring catcher. The repetition is a huge benefit. The most fun has been launching fly balls from our deck, to our yard below.