First Pitch Softball And Baseball Relief Pitching Machine Up To 45 Mph

The machine worked well out of the box at first for throwing baseballs at 1/2 to 2/3 speed for batting practice. When I switched it to throw softballs it would not throw them, even under full power. Then when I switched back to throwing baseballs, it would not throw them under full power either. It is a very light machine which made moving it around very easy and until it stopped throwing baseballs and softballs to the plate I was pleased with its ability to throw strikes. The entire time I used it, I was "pitching" from 30 feet from the plate. At this distance, it should be able to throw baseballs and softballs over the plate for longer then 2-3 weeks. I have had a First Pitch Combo machine before and it was a great machine for me. If I had to do it over again, I would have bought another Combo machine and not the Relief Pitcher machine.

Very disappointed with this machine. Did a lot of research on this company. All of the other machines had 5 star ratings. This machine is new. It claims it throws regular and dimple balls, but destroyed the regular 11 in softball I used to test it with. Emailed company to find out whether it was the machine was bad or I was not adjusting it right. After 5 days I got NO response. I am now out the money to ship the machine and a softball. I don't fault the seller for this machine. They are not the manufacturers. They have been very courteous in their emails.

Cannot run baseballs in it, MUST have the dimple balls. Good for intermediate type of machine, throws consistently.