GAMMAHoppette 50 with 18 QuickStart LC Balls

Good product, very easy to assemble. Very sturdy, the legs lock into place when you put it to stand. 👍🏾

This gold-colored ballhopper seems to made out of strong material. The handles don't come apart during transition to standing legs (like Gamma's cheaper models), and doesn't flex while carrying the hopper. The "bearings" help the legs to stay in place well enough. The cover is a bit lose but can be bent a bit to become tighter. Overall this Gold model is a bit heavier than cheaper model (Hi-Rise 80), but it's a worthy trade-off.Speaking of the cheaper model Gamma's Hi-Rise 80 hopper, my advise is don't get it. It's flimsy and the steel wire frames seem like plastic. It's worth paying a bit more for this more robust model.

Durable material, easy to assemble.

Let me start off with a quick bit about me. I have been playing tennis for 11 years now, and ive been teaching/assisting/coaching for 9 years. I have taught for three different programs, and would do anything from large group, to private lessons on both hard and clay courts. I played on my high school tennis team, as well as my universities, and have traveled accordingly. So in my time, I have seen, used, and owned a number of different ball hoppers. Without a doubt, this is the best wire frame ball hopper I have ever used. It is also the best below 100 ball hopper I have ever used. It is well worth the 10 or 15 bucks it costs to upgrade from the cheaper model. You will not be disappointed. I cannot speak to how much longer this one will last over the cheaper alternatives, but I can without a doubt say it will last the longest, for many years if not decades to come. Here are a few features and details you may like to know.Pros:1. Great ball hopper, holds 75 which is more than I need for my current private needs. If you are giving serious lessons, it helps to have a larger basket, but for self practice, and hitting with friends, and fun lessons with friends. It works wonderfully.2. Clearly well made with all the welds and is a lot more sturdy than any cheaper alternative, or any other wire ball basket ive encountered in my time. The coating on the wires shows no sign of wear after around a month of use.3. The floating rails on the bottom are really neat, great ingenuity. Makes picking up balls that much easier and a little less impact on your arms.Cons: (If you can actually consider these that)1. On one of the legs, there is a metal ball welded to it. I can only assume this is to make it so when the handles are up and touching, they secure. Great thought/feature! It was just poorly executed. The handles still stay up great, but they do not secure into each other as intended. If you are going to add a cool feature like that, you've got to do it well.2. If you bring up the legs before you close the basket, the basket will hit, and possibly latch on to the crossbar of the leg. Is this a big deal, not at all, I've run into it only a few times, but its just a little gripe.All in all, great little basket. Sturdy, well made, will last a long time, and you will definitely be satisfied. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

*ATTENTION* this is a good product, but it is not a STAND- it's just hopper to pick up and store balls, and it works well for that purpose.Other reviewers who say the handles don't stay secured, are probably saying that because they unknowingly installed the handles improperly.The correct way to install them is less obvious, but does hold them firmly in place (you don't have to use duct tape like that other idiot suggested. 🙄)

I wanted a hopper that was not like the $20-30 ones out there. Those break and and are pretty flimsy. This one is sturdy and and heavier. Heavier because it holds more balls and because of the heavier gauge steel.

Hi-rise SILVER works great, is lightweight [good] but made of a type of aluminum that bends easily and it occasionally gets bent and out of shape and you need to straighten out the legs / handles with hands / pliers. Holds around 70 balls [not 75] is still a lot - it starts to get heavy when totally full. Initially the lid did not stay shut but I bent the cage out just a bit [by hand] and no worries - was still easy to open and stayed shut. After using it a while I gave it to my brother and bought myself the hi-rise GOLD model. The gold is heavier [made of steel] but solid and stable. It has bottom rollers so balls pick up easier. The rollers also allow you to roll it along the court like a travel suitcase [you don't have to carry it]. You get used to the weight - I have grown to love the gold model.

Works well, product as advertised ! Good service!

Great hopper for the cost. Sturdy and bright so you can see it from a distance on court.‘Wheels’ are 2 plastic half circles shoved together so they are essentially worthless as they come apart all the time.... lost within a week or so 😂

Pretty good but you could definitely find better. Can hold about 150 balls but the legs are pretty flimsy. Doesnt stand too well and can fall over easily. Picks up balls very well. Top lid broke when I put it on the first time.

Delivery and packaging was excellent by Amamzon but the product is flimsy. The wire legs needs to be bent a bit to lock in the upright standing position but even with that the locking plates can't hold the basket up with the balls inside. Will have to modify the locking plates as I don't have time to return and try another one. I guess you get what you pay for

The ballhopper itself is nice, as expected but the item arrived not new... looks like it was used, then disassembled and sent to me... for the money paid you would expect to get a new item in the original box... I needed it right away for my daughter to practice so did not return it but not super happy

This is a pretty good ballhopper. It's very well made, and they used a good thick metal that looks like it's built to last. It's very quick and easy to pick up a bunch of balls on the ground. It holds a lot of tennis balls, even more than what I currently have, but that'll change once I play more tennis and use up more of them. I don't know if it'll hold 110 balls like what's advertised, but I've got about 70 in it right now, and it sure looks like it'll hold another 30 or 40.There's a couple of drawbacks to this item that makes it less than perfect. Number 1 is that when you have it set up in an upright position, you have to make sure not to bump into the legs from the inside, otherwise it'll knock it out of the "locked" position and the balls can fall all over the place.The second drawback, and it's a very minor one, is that it doesn't have any wheels on it. It's a very sturdy metal that they used, and it's not light to begin with, plus with the 70 balls I have in it, I think it feels like it's a good 10 lbs. Another 30 to 40 balls and that would surely add another 5 lbs or so. I'm in the process of trying to add some wheels to it, so that I don't always have to lift it when gathering the balls, and that would make it a lot easier to maneuver.