Product Description

Great for gift giving and storage. Some assembly required (tool included)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1219 in Sports & Outdoors
• Brand: Wilson
• Model: WRZ3235
• Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, .0 pounds

Features

• 75 Ball Capacity
• Unique upright locking system
• No spill lid
• Heavy duty plated steel
• Easy break down for storage

Customer Reviews

Don't waste your money
I bought this item because of the Wilson name and what looked like convenient, sturdy construction. Putting it together was easy enough, but it turned out the legs did not lock in place because the span of the hooks was smaller than that of the legs. My husband was able to force the legs into the hooks but then even he couldn't unhook them easily. I envisioned 70 tennis balls spilling out across the court during such a struggle. I exchanged the item, thinking it may have been a fluke, but its replacement was exactly the same. Not only that, one of the bolt caps broke off when my ten year old daughter was hand tightening it. This is not the quality I expected from Wilson.

Sturdy and well designed hopper
Hard to review a product like this... it's like reviewing a pencil, if it writes, it worked.

In all seriousness this is a nice hopper, I like it better than the Gamma hoppers you see everyone walking around with if for no other reason than the clasping nub at the top of the handles that will "lock" the hopper closed, that's a nice touch.

The metal used is on the thick side and the hopper has a perfectly sturdy feeling. You also assemble it by fastening 4 bolts that you can do up pretty tightly to give the thing a "never going to come apart" feel.

The ONE thing I didn't like, is that the lid doesn't *latch* closed, it just lays closed. I think it's suppose to latch, but as you tighten said bolts during assembly, the metal flexes a bit and bows inward on the side just a hair, making the top stop snapping closed and only lay closed.

I thought this would be a problem for me since I lay this thing down in the back of my car when I'm not using it, but because the top handles latch closed, they sort of keep the top flap from coming open, so I haven't really had any issues of the top popping open and balls emptying out into my trunk.

The only modification I would have made to this hopper (and I've had a few hoppers) is to put a little metal knob on the top lid *just like* the metal one on the handles, so the top would snap closed... other than that I'm very happy with it, would definitely get it again as opposed to the Gamma one.

One last note, the handles do come with rubber handle guards on them which is basically just some rubber hose (I noticed a lot of hoppers do this), I'd suggest taking this off... even though it makes the handles more comfortable to carry, when you flip the handles around and stand the hopper up on the handles, the little rubber guards can cause the legs to slowly spread out from under the hopper until it eventually falls over (sort of like someone on skates for the first time where their legs will slowly slide out from under them into the splits).

If you never prop your hopper up like in the picture of this product, don't worry about it. Just wanted to give that heads up incase you do so you don't have to chase 75 balls around the court like I did during serve practice.

Ball hoppers are essential
I think ball hoppers are essential for learning tennis, teaching someone else tennis, and for intermediate players working on their serve.

this one works just fine. Possible complaints (minor):

legs just fit into a slot - could be secured in some fashion
four screws keep the basket together - they can be come loose. Can be annoying - have to watch out for it.