Brand | Tourna |
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Material | Polypropylene (PP) |
Color | Blue |
Age Range (Description) | Adult |
Item Weight | 3.5 Pounds |
Number of Items | 1 |
Item Package Dimensions L x W x H | 24.88 x 9.02 x 2.2 inches |
Package Weight | 1.7 Kilograms |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 24 x 8 x 2 inches |
Brand Name | Tourna |
Model Name | Ballport |
Suggested Users | unisex-adult |
Manufacturer | Unique Sports Products, Inc |
Part Number | BP-M-BL |
Model Year | 2017 |
Style | Blue |
Included Components | 1 Ballport |
Tourna Mini Ballport Tennis Ball Pick Up Hopper
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Brand | Tourna |
Material | Polypropylene (PP) |
Color | Blue |
Age Range (Description) | Adult |
Item Weight | 3.5 Pounds |
About this item
- Innovative Design: Loaded with patented features, this ballport is meticulously crafted to be fully functional and user-friendly, enhancing your overall tennis experience.
- Efficient Ball Storage: The Tourna Mini Ballport boasts a capacity of approximately 36 tennis balls, ensuring you have an ample supply for your practice sessions.
- Adjustable Handles: The handles easily lock in both up and down positions, allowing you to prop the basket at waist height for convenient ball feeding. Flip the handles down effortlessly when it's time to pick up the balls.
- Secure Closure: Equipped with sliding bars at the top, the Ballport ensures a quick and secure closure, making it travel-friendly and safeguarding your tennis balls during transportation
- Durable Construction: Crafted from heavy-duty Polypropylene, this ballport is not only durable but also lightweight. Say goodbye to rusted wires and broken welds, as it stands the test of time.
- Easy Assembly: With easy assembly requirements, you can quickly set up your Tourna Mini Ballport and start enjoying its benefits without any hassle.
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ASIN | B06W55PTBS |
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Customer Reviews |
4.1 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #47,159 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors) #126 in Tennis Balls |
Date First Available | February 14, 2017 |
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Customers like the size and weight of the recreation ball. For example, they mention it's not heavy to carry around, and the empty hopper doesn't weigh much. That said, they appreciate the performance, saying it works well for picking up and storing balls. That being said, some complain about the stability. Opinions are mixed on quality, ease of assembly, capacity, and fit.
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Customers appreciate the size of the recreation ball. They mention that it's easy to use and not heavy to carry around. The hopper is nice compact and fits comfortably in the trunk of their car. They also appreciate the excellent portability.
"...a huge cart of 300 balls to continuously serve from....but it's also not heavy, you won't wrench your back or shoulder and you can get out the door..." Read more
"...Overall, I still recommend this product due to its convenient size and light weight...." Read more
"...PROS:- Light weight and easy for kids to carry and handle-..." Read more
"...only real advantage of this hopper over metal ones is that it's considerably lighter...." Read more
Customers like the performance of the recreation ball. They say it works well for picking up and storing balls, and is secure to hold them. The bottom roll bars worked fine with both pressureless tennis balls and regular balls. The ball shagging function works flawlessly, and the handle contraception works well. The fantastic size makes it very useable and practical. Overall, customers are satisfied with the performance and functionality of the product.
"...The bottom roll bars worked fine with both the pressureless tennis balls and regular pressurized ones...." Read more
"...is my second one, now we can pick up all the balls even faster, great product." Read more
"...If the rods are securely retained, it works very well for picking up and storing balls...." Read more
"Used the larger version at the Pickleball court and found it works well...." Read more
Customers like the versatility of the recreation ball. They say it's great for tennis lessons, practicing serves, and easy to carry. It's also a great product for any tennis player, newbies, and solo practice serve sessions. It has an elevated cart that makes serving practice easier.
"...when I use it as a ball stand in hard courts and it made my serving practice so much easier...." Read more
"This is a convenient tennis ball hopper. I am a former tennis player who now plays pickleball since I can't cover the tennis court anymore...." Read more
"Mini so perfect for couple play. A pain to put together but super sturdy once we got it...." Read more
"Lightweight and perfect for kids. Easily holds the approximately 20+ balls that we use...." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the quality of the recreation ball. Some mention that the quality is solid, sturdy, and easy to handle. However, others say that the construction quality is very poor, the plastic may not be durable, and the balls in the carrier broke rendering the product unusable.
"...Holds 11 cans of balls!• Easily decorated/personalized.When we bought it, the price was right. Thus, I recommend." Read more
"...The included instructions are very basic and inadequate -- just a little effort here could make it much easier to assemble...." Read more
"...The design is great but the quality was so poor that it became non-functional...." Read more
"...Nice and quiet and also some added protection on the court when the legs are down. Lastly, the photos show the ballport full with 30 balls...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the ease of assembly of the recreation ball. Some mention it's fairly easy to assemble and works as intended, while others say the instructions are borderline ridiculous.
"...It was easy to put together, holds a decent amount of balls for single practice and you can put it up, break it down easily...." Read more
"Had my 10-y/o son assemble it. He succeeded. (So it's easy to assemble!)The only problems that concern:•..." Read more
"...The included instructions are very basic and inadequate -- just a little effort here could make it much easier to assemble...." Read more
"...DESCRIPTION:The Tourna Mini Ballport hopper is easy to assemble and takes all of about 5 minutes to screw the sides and one end together..." Read more
Customers are mixed about the capacity of the recreation ball. Some mention that it holds a decent amount of balls for single practice and you, while others say that it only holds about 32-33 balls if you actually intend to close it.
"...Won't rust.• Folding handles/standing legs.• Holds 11 cans of balls!• Easily decorated/personalized...." Read more
"I bought this hopper due to its light weight and ball capacity...." Read more
"...Sure it's not the biggest ball holder and you don't have a huge cart of 300 balls to continuously serve from....but it's also not heavy, you won't..." Read more
"...It picks them up fine, holds them as it should, and converts to stand up fine. But the quality of this hopper is garbage level...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the fit of the recreation ball. Some mention that the balls and rotate down again, locking easily into place to serve as legs. They also say that the handles inverse and lock into place. However, some customers feel that the product is too small for drills and that the legs lock in up and down position.
"...for carrying or picking up balls and rotate down again, locking easily into place to serve as legs...." Read more
"It's a good ball carrier but it's a bit small in size." Read more
"...I'm glad I bought the smaller one because it fits perfectly in the floorboard of my car behind the passenger seat...." Read more
"...The handles inverse and lock into place to become a stand...." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the stability of the recreation ball. For example, they mention that the closure sticks keep falling out, the balls fall out, and the rods fall out. The sides loosened, causing the top bars to fall out if they're not snapped into place.
"...Because of the poor manufacturing, the handles don't lock into place solidly...." Read more
"...of the bottom of the hopper and when I looked, I saw that one of the rods had fallen out since the warped sides were too far apart to retain it..." Read more
"...This resulted in the inability to close the hopper, as its closure sticks kept falling out and it became a pain to constantly reinstall them...." Read more
"...The bars on top are a little fidgety, meaning they don't glide perfectly so you might have to use both hands, but their firmness assures me they wo..." Read more
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It was easy to put together, holds a decent amount of balls for single practice and you can put it up, break it down easily. I leave it up in a room in the house. When I think I might stop by the park to serve and work on my pronation, I put it in the trunk and off I go. Sure it's not the biggest ball holder and you don't have a huge cart of 300 balls to continuously serve from....but it's also not heavy, you won't wrench your back or shoulder and you can get out the door in a snap.
If you need a bigger item because you want more balls, I wouldn't necessarily suggest going up in size of this type of ball holder. At that point I would get the canvas ball cart that kind of origamis out and is on wheels. It's portable, holds a good amount of balls and at that point I think you get a lot more balls/portability for the money.
The only problems that concern:
• The panels kind of warp where screwed together;
time will tell if stress fractures occur.
• The top bars that slide open/closed are stiff;
we SLIGHTLY rounded the bar edges used a little vaseline.
UPSIDES:
• Lighter than metal.
• Won't rust.
• Folding handles/standing legs.
• Holds 11 cans of balls!
• Easily decorated/personalized.
When we bought it, the price was right. Thus, I recommend.
I like the design of this product but the manufacturing is disappointing. It is clearly a product that is churned out as cheaply as possible with little regard for quality. For example, the handles are meant to lock into place in two different positions for standing the hopper up or using it to pick up balls. Because of the poor manufacturing, the handles don't lock into place solidly. This makes the handles less stable which can result in the hopper toppling over with wind gusts. The low-quality was also apparent while assembling the hopper. The included instructions are very basic and inadequate -- just a little effort here could make it much easier to assemble. Also, while assembling, my hands got what felt like painful fiberglass micro-shards in them. I had to wipe all the parts down with a damp cloth to get the fiberglass shards off of them.
Overall, I still recommend this product due to its convenient size and light weight. I wish there was a higher-quality, comparable product -- I would gladly pay a little more for it.
DESCRIPTION:
The Tourna Mini Ballport hopper is easy to assemble and takes all of about 5 minutes to screw the sides and one end together, insert the legs/handles, insert the top and bottom rods into the slots on the bottom and grooves on the top, then screw together the second end to secure the whole hopper. The fully assembled hopper weighs about 3-4 pounds and stands 30.5" tall. I didn't specifically count, but I think it does hold just about 36 balls.
The legs rotate up easily to form the handles for carrying or picking up balls and rotate down again, locking easily into place to serve as legs. One picks up balls by raising the handle up, positioning the bottom of the hopper over the ball, and then forcing the hopper bottom, which is hollow with two rods running across it slightly narrower than the width of a ball, over the ball, which, when compressed, will fit in between the rods when squeezed, and then enters the bottom of the hopper. In normal conditions, a non-compressed tennis ball will be slightly wider than gap between the rods and won't fall out the bottom.
PROS:
- Light weight and easy for kids to carry and handle
- Holds about the right number of balls for a quick warmup to practice serving
- Easy to use
- Excellent service from Tourna - I called them to request an extra bottom rod (see below) and they instead sent me entire new Mini Ballport a few days later.
- When it's working properly, it works very well.
CONS:
- Poor overall quality of the plastic sides of the hopper. Whether it is from a materials defect or a manufacturing defect, most of the flat black plastic panels that are screwed together to form the hopper box are warped and bend outward (and unfortunately, one cannot swap them 180 degrees - they are one-sided). This creates a larger gap between the sides than there should be. The two sets of rods (the bottom ones are fixed in place, the top ones fit in a groove and can slide open for use on the court and closed to keep balls from rolling out) are supposed to be held in place by friction and pressure from the box sides fitting tightly. The warped plastic results in the space between the sides being too wide to hold in the rods securely. On my first Mini Ballport, as I was walking to the court, I noticed a ball hitting my leg as it fell out of the bottom of the hopper and when I looked, I saw that one of the rods had fallen out since the warped sides were too far apart to retain it securely. I never found that rod and had to contact the manufacturer.
On the second, replacement hopper, the sides were also warped, but not quite as badly as the first. I did not trust the bottom rods to remain in place, so I glued them in and in two years of use, they have been fine. However, I could not glue in the top retaining rods, which need to slide in the groove from open to closed and the distance between the rods was too wide, so sometimes one of the rods would come loose. This spring, I noticed this problem happening frequently and after looking closer, discovered that the plastic on one side at the corners where one screws together the sides had broken off. I will have to glue this back together.
- Does not hold enough balls for a typical practice session - I find that when I'm using this hopper instead of my larger Wilson one, I'm picking up balls twice as frequently. However, this is a function of fitting one's intended use to the item's stated specifications, so to be fair, this is really more of a user preference issue than any shortcoming with the product itself.
CONCLUSION:
I cannot recommend this product to be used as intended by the manufacturer, as the quality of the component sides of the hopper was so low and inadequate. However, I can give it a qualified recommendation if one is willing to forego the possibility of disassembling the hopper for storage and glues it all together permanently. If the rods are securely retained, it works very well for picking up and storing balls.
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APPENDIX - HOW TO FIX AND OVERCOME MANUFACTURING FLAWS
- First, assemble the hopper using just the supplied screws to see how it fits. Maybe you have a better-made unit than the two I got and everything fits securely. If so, I would use something like Gorilla Glue, to glue into place the two bottom rods so they won't fall out.
- If your hopper side and end panels are at all warped, I'd glue the hopper panel edges together, too, immediately prior to screwing the box together. This will strengthen the overall construction and it will be less likely that you will suffer the broken corner piece where the screw hole is located, as I did.
- If you have lost a rod from your hopper, take one of the other rods out, take that rod to your local hardware store, and buy a length of brass pipe the same diameter as the rod to make a replacement rod (a wooden dowel might not be strong enough in that diameter). I think I paid something like $2-3 for the pipe. I measured a length on the pipe to be slightly longer than the stock rod for added security, cut it with a hacksaw, and then glued it into the bottom of my first Mini Ballport, so I now have two fully functioning Mini Ballport hoppers. If you lost a top rod or the rods are not long enough and keep falling out because your side panels are warped, maybe add a good 4mm - 3/16" of extra length or even more to the length of the replacement rod you are cutting, and the longer replacement rod should not fall out of the groove.
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Reviewed in Mexico on April 1, 2023
Note that due to its size, the basket is not really stable when too windy.
Very happy customer.
Reviewed in Singapore on January 24, 2020
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