SKLZHit-A-Way Portable Baseball Training-Station Swing Trainer with Stand

My son was struggling a lot with his swing timing. I didn't know what else to try for him so I got this. And wow! After practicing with this for a few weeks something finally clicked for him. My son went from striking out every game to hitting line drives to the outfield all in the same season. This is a bit heavy to lug around, but it has wheels and it won't knock over when swinging. This was definitely worth the investment for us.

This is great quality. We coach a baseball team and use this often. It has held up with use and is stable and doesn’t fall over when used. It is decently sized, but compacts nice for travel, just long

high quality, relatively easy to move around for its size, great to improve

Update: After having and using this product for a while, I’ll say it’s still a great product with one caveat... you have to be able to hit the ball pretty solid and be able to hit, reset, and hit again fairly quickly. My daughter is now 8 and has used this fairly successfully, but at times she just gets frustrated and quits because if she’s a bit off and doesn’t the ball level, or has a bit of a mishit, you have to stop, unwind the ball from the pole and start over. So some days it can be the wrong tool for a small/younger player, but for older kids or adults it should be fine. Overall I think a tee/soft toss and net probably is a better tool, but the swingaway is certainly convenient and you can get a lot of reps in a short amount of time if you can hit it consistently with the right timing.**************This product is heavy duty, and should last for a long time, assuming you get one that’s not defective. Like several other reviewers here, I had to return the first one I ordered due to the top tube being bent into an oval shape either in manufacturing or shipping, thus making it impossible to attach the top tube to the bottom section. For some silly reason they send this in the box off the shelf that was obviously never meant to be sturdy enough as a shipping container for a 40lb item. Both of the boxes I received were beat up and partially open, as the glue just simply is not strong enough to survive being shipped express by a carrier... good thing it’s all one-piece and nothing can really be lost out the hole in the box. The return was fast and easy and I actually had the replacement in two days! Big thumbs up to Amazon for that! As I’ve said before, this is a heavy item (roughly 40 lbs) so it’s not something super easy for a kid to set up/take down without a parent. My daughter is 7 and it weights almost as much as she does, but I don’t mind helping her set it up since I like the fact its a sturdy piece of equipment that I don’t have to worry about falling over. Even though it comes fully assembled you’ll need some tools, as BOTH of mine had all of the bolts left extremely loose. The loose bolts make it very unwieldy at all times and a bit wiggly when set up, not to mention that it rattles quite a bit. 5 minutes, a couple of 17mm wrenches, and a ratchet was all it took tightening them up and now it’s solid and quiet. I have no idea why these aren’t tightened properly from the factory. The nuts are all nylock type with split lock washers, so they’ll stay on firm even if not completely tightened down (you need them to be able to pivot and allow the stand to fold). To those who reviewers who broke the cable, two things: (1) make sure they aren’t twisted prior to hitting as that’ll put unnecessary stress on the cables and wear them prematurely, (2) you can buy replacements if you end up wearing them out for around $25-30... so no need to buy (or trash as one reviewer said) the whole stand. I’m sure the mfr would replace them free if they break on a new unit, or just return it. I’ve had the non-stand version of this for years and used it with my older daughter when she played softball. It held up really well, even with an adult hitting on it regularly (me), so the cables shouldn’t be an issue unless they’re twisted or defective.

SKLZ Hit-A-Way Portable Baseball Training-Station Swing Trainer with StandThis product was a waste of money.1) There are discrepancies between the thumb nail photos of the product and the photos within the description. Thumbnail photos are a base version of the product, not the fold up version like the pictures within the description.2) Biggest issue and cause for the 1-star rating is that the product does not work as intended. The wire that wraps around the pole and goes through the ball isn't stiff enough for the product to work as intended. The ball and wire go limp before its even ready to hit. The batter will not be able to use this product by themselves. I had to manually throw the ball for each swing attempt due to it not functioning as described. If a thicker/stronger gauge was used, I could see this working as intended -- and yes, even when the batter hits it, it wraps around as intended, but as it unwraps the metal pole, it goes limp by the 2nd to last unwrap (before its even supposed to be hit). If you still want to hit the ball in its limp state...., the batter will have to lean in a bit or take a step in and risk hitting the metal pole with their bat -- again, this is not as advertised and not as intended.

love the this easy to use even my 2 year old can use do wish you could just the ball hight

In case you're needing a bag, I found an old Pac-n-Play and used the bag from it. It's as if it were made for it!The product itself works as described. Super sturdy. Very easy to assembly within seconds from its folding position and put back in its folding position. Ready to go right out of the box. It took longer to get it out of its shipping box then it did to get it up and hitting the ball. Have fun!

Kids love it! They're in the yard every day having fun while learning too! Easy to put together but does stick a little when unfolding.