Rawlings Official Recreational Baseballs OLB3BUCK24 Reviews Summary

Quality and Durability

Pros:

• "This was the best value for a bucket of balls that I could find."
• "Great and cheap way to focus on skills and stop chasing down baseballs."
• "I have only used for a couple of months but they are holding up well."
• "Overall, a good practice ball for 8U for the price."
• "Uses these balls as incentive for great effort during games for 9-10 year olds. Kids love them."
• "Needed new practice balls for kids and this worked great."
• "good balls to practice with the kids."

Cons:

• "These are not very good balls... they are a synthetic material that cannot be used in pitching machines."
• "Balls started splitting after first use in the batting cage."
• "Balls held up for 1 year and then started to warp."
• "These balls are cheap. My 9 year old son tore the covers during the first hitting practice using them."
• "The leather Is easily damaged or marked. Even the printing on the ball smudges a lot."
• "Balls were not very good. Kids hit them and gashes taken out of the material only after one use."
• "After a single use they are showing some wear already."

Price and Value

Pros:

• "Gave 5 stars because of price."
• "This is a really good deal for middle school age kids or younger. Adults can hit them and make them lopsided in no time."
• "for $1.75 a ball they are great for younger kids."
• "Great value for the money, my kids use these for practice hitting and yard play."
• "Great value for roughly $3.91 per ball compared to Sportschek and Canadian Tire asking $8.04 and $9.19 per ball."
• "For the price, I'm very pleased."
• "Highly recommend this product for the price."

Cons:

• "Just got these today and I feel robbed! First of all it said from USA and they’re actually from China!"
• "Probably better to buy 8-10 real baseballs that will last than this bucket."
• "Usually amazon has great prices on these items, but for this particular one, it's way over the local price of $39.99."
• "Do not recommend as with these you really get what you pay for I guess."
• "Some of the balls had dirty fingerprints while others were scuffed. I can only assume they were already played with."
• "Don't even go here. My favourite baseball company makes junk too! What a concept! Don't buy these."
• "These are junk. Cannot find any use for then."

Use and Functionality

Pros:

• "The bucket of ball is perfect for taking my kids out and throwing batting practice to them."
• "They are great for young kids."
• "A bucket of decent-quality baseball made my husband feel like a kid again."
• "These are great baseballs for my 7 year old sons to practice hitting and throwing with."
• "We bought this so my young boys could learn how to play baseball and not have to keep chasing 1 ball down after every hit."
• "Perfect balls for coaching. Used them in the fall with our son's team. Still have plenty left and in good condition for this spring."
• "Perfect baseballs to use for practice."

Cons:

• "Finally got around to taking the kids for some hitting practice and we open the bucket to find about a half dozen of the balls with dents and soft spots."
• "Junk, my 14 yr old son after one day doing batting practice mushed every ball after only one hit."
• "Used 1x for infield fielding practice and balls started ripping and cracking...,not suitable for hitting into field."
• "These are smaller and not the right size. They are squish balls and not appropriate for practice for age group specified."
• "Already, after 4 uses, half of the balls in the bucket are damaged."
• "These feel cheap and look cheap."
• "Terrible quality. One T session with a 65lb 10 year old and half of the covers are split."