FORTRESS Ultimate Baseball Batting Cage [20’, 35’, 55’, 70’] | Batting Cage Net with Frame - Maximize Your Swing's Power

Assembly only took a Friday afternoon! The netting is comparable to commercial cage quality. Not having a door could be an issue for some. The pole system isn't quite as sturdy as I would like, however, it could be much worse. Each pole is in 4 pieces which allows for movement when staking the cables. The stakes are substantial..... but..... overnight they are backing out. We have now fabricated gallon buckets of concrete with large eye hooks in the concrete we will bury for better anchoring as well as allowing for detatchment to mow. Our only need that isn't met is a entrance/exit--- which we knew from the start that this model did not have. We will need to buy additional carabiners to attach to our concrete.... and we are putting pool noodles over the wires for safety because they do blend in. Everything we needed for the cage itself was included.

First I'd like to say I think this setup with the 6 poles is NOT the best, but for the value this 35 ft cage is really nice and I'm very happy with it as my 12 yr old son has used it for about 6 weeks and likes it a lot. I have a pitching machine at one end and the ball pitches about 30 ft to other end and this gives my son a reasonable level of speed compared to the travel ball team he played with this summer. The set up was pretty easy, but I had a hard time getting the poles into some hard autumn ground. MY ONLY CRITIC is that the (6) eye bolts and caps for the top of the poles were not in the big box the hardware came in and I contacted the company about it. They replied fairly quickly and asked about the box and whether it was torn open or opened in some way and I told them YES and that was all I heard from them and tried to reach them again, but never heard back from them. I went out and bought the necessary eye bolts so that I could install the cage (my son was asking all the time when I was going to get it up). Next SPRING 2020, I plan on setting up a cable system instead of using the (6) poles and this will cost about $80 for cable hardware and another $50-$75 for structural items.

Saves on gas. Don't have to travel to cages somewhere. It's there whenever you want to practice.Easy to set up.

This batting cage is ok. It was pretty easy to put up. However, the top sags a lot. I keep having to adjust the post and it still sags. My daughter is disappointed with it for this reason. She can’t hit balls with the top so low. The net is good quality but I may put up different post to hang it from.

The media could not be loaded. This is seriously an awesome score. The price point is right, and although it’s not the most straightforward instructions for set up, after reading it 10 times over again and having fresh eyes on it, we got it done. It’s really stable with the outside wires that help secure the net. With just the inside poles I don’t think it would cut it. Also it comes with ground stakes so no need cement anything in.When it says you need four people... YOU NEED FOUR PEOPLE! Three will not cut it. Trust me, we tried. Kids are stoked. Parents are stoked. Hopefully we never need to buy another one, but if we did I would buy this one again.

The poles are flimsy and tend to sag into the middle. It needs all the wire ropes to straighten the rods which seems odd.I might have to purchase additional hardware to get rid of the sag in the middle.Also, there are no setup instructions.

Poles do not install very easily at all. Instructions are a joke. If your now mechanically minded this may not be a good option. But for the money it serves the purpose. I have a 10 year old boy who crushed the ball and the cage has allowed no at home without trips to the ball field or a facility. I plan to put in 4x4 posts and stretch cable to support the net for future use poles probably won’t last.

I'm not done putting this together yet (online instruction video leaves a lot out, online pdf fills in some blanks but not many) and I can tell, as mentioned many times elsewhere, the poles are flimsy and the net is going to sag. About the net: It's one piece, it's massive and it is totally unwieldy. It needed some strategic cloth areas to more easily slide over the areas where it snags. Unfortunately, it snags in multiple places up and down the pole. It will drive you crazy. I'll check back in when I finally get this thing all set up... whenever that might be.