Franklin Sports Ready Set Fetch Automatic Tennis Ball Launcher - Black

This is a great product. I love how if the dog is trained. It can drop the balls itself unfortunately, my pup had an issue with the Sound of the motor(it is not loud at all) but my girl is reactive in some noises she can’t handle so I did return it. I wish we could’ve kept it. Some might say a little pricey. In my opinion it’s not unreasonable. It’s a great product. Very easy to set up.

Awful awful we tried to use it the first few days we got it but it’s so loud and it doesn’t even throw as far as your hand can throw so it doesn’t throw far enough and you just have to sit there and put it in. I was hoping it would automatically simply work but the loud fan and the very minimal throw it gives you makes this a waste of a lot of money. I’d love to take it back, but it’s bulky and awful.

Works really well. Good quality. Looks like pictured. Came with balls and has a lot of power. Not as expensive as other brands and it came with balls. Easy to move around, its not heavy. Has been keeping my dog entertained

Engineer here, and this launcher is way noisier than it should be, even at the lowest power setting. The launcher works very well, and my dog absolutely loves it, but it is too loud to have anywhere other than a remote location, like outdoors or in a basement, away from daily life (see video). And the worst part is, there’s absolutely no mechanical reason for it to be this loud. I think the APU on a commercial airliner is quieter. Had to return it, much to the dismay of my dog. Will have to find a different version.

My little dog loves fetching and mostly chasing the tennis balls. This is the second Franklin ball thrower he has gone through the first one. These ball throwers saved my arms, as our little jack russell terrier loves chasing balls. He could go till he passed out if you let him but throwing a bucket full each time is more than enough for me. He does 60 balls twice a day and would do more if we let him. Franklin is a great brand and I am sure has great durability if you do not have a Jack Russell that loves to chase the balls. I set this up in the living room with a clear shot to the back door and shoot the balls so he can chase. The size of the machine is great and easy to move and lift. The hard part is cleaning the machine, the ball fur gets into the gears and I am convinced that is what caused the first one to stop working but it lasted 3 years with everyday use twice a day. My dog loves it.

After reading the reviews I decided to try this. Disappointed it only came with one ball but we had lots of others. The heavier the ball the faster it goes. Our German shepherd loves it.

The product was wonderful and provided fun exercise for our dog - while it worked. We bought it in October of 2024 and used it a few times until the weather got cold, after which it was stored in our garage until summer of 2025. Upon using it this summer, we noticed that the male part of the plug had retracted into the plastic body frame of the machine. The only way to turn it on now is by installing D batteries. The machine that was once able to launch 45 feet, now struggled to launch 15 feet. Moreover, the motor is now louder and despite turning it in the OFF setting, the launcher remains ON if the ball distance dial is not turned to the far left position. Regretfully, I would not recommend this product if you are looking for a reliable ball launcher for your dog.

Our pup is obsessed with this!! We play it twice a day for about 20 minutes at time or we go outside to play. Chasing and retrieving is life for our doodle. I found that when using tennis balls they get wet and don’t go as far so we have about 40 tennis balls and use each ball twice before moving on to the next one. The other thing is that many have stated it quit working after a bit. That happened to us. After two a day play time for two weeks ours started to get loud and slow down, to the point that the balls shooting out would bounce out about 2-3 feet away. Then it just stopped working. So I was going to throw it away and buy a new one. Like I said our dogs obsessed. Once I saw again how much I paid for it, I was not about to do that. So my son in law took it apart and found the two motors had collected all this dark hard melted plastic (tennis ball fuzz) and some un-melted tennis ball fluff that had been collected from all the tennis balls. Which explained the EXTRA long fuzz on the actual tennis balls as well. Had to use pliers and tweezers to get it out, wiped it clean, put it back together and it works like new. We are now using smooth plastic, rubber or foam like tennis balls and let me tell you no issues but they fly even further and we just need to wipe them down with a towel after each use or they don’t go far.

East we found was the humming puts our dog off from actually approaching the launcher, but if your dog isn't wound up by hoovers, you should be ok. Bear in mind, the condition of the ball will determine the distance and angle of the ball, as you can see on the video. Whereas the weight of the ball will determine the distance, outside of the launch speed and angle of the unit. Although not the distance launcher I was hoping for, it does get to the bottom of my small yard which is around 14meters from launcher to wall. Another point was that my unit came with an American plug, not a problem for me, but it is something buyer's should be mindful of. Lastly, the hopper is quite big, but not convinced it is for stacking more than one ball, as more than one has the potential to get stuck, this could be solved had the tray design incorporated a sorting aspect. That said, we have had a total of 14 balls in the hopper comfortably. When multiple balls are in the hopper, there is a potential for the launcher to launch more than one ball. We found this was down to weight and size of the ball. Lastly, the 'beep' that sounds before the ball is launched is not loud enough when the launcher is on its highest setting, as the sound of the motor drowns it out. It stops working altogether if you are feeding snobbery balls back into the launcher. A good indication of snobbery balls, is when the launch angle/distance drops.

I've seen a lot of ball throwing machines that were quite a bit cheaper and the reviews weren't good. Most reviews were it stopped working when the balls got wet and they were more hassle than they were worth. I have two 100+ pound dogs who can get more spit on a ball than you could believe so I had to go with the expensive one. It is made in America which to me means quality. I live in Canada and there was an import fee of almost $28 on top of what I paid. My fingers were crossed it was going to be worth it. Well, my dogs just love it. Spitty balls keep flying out the end and if we didn't turn it off they would chase the balls forever. It's easily adjustable up and down for the launch angle and easy to set for distance. I thought the sound was kind of low, but the dogs can obviously hear it because they know when it's about to launch. Well worth the cost for a solid product. I would definitely recommend it.

Well made

Very good standard tennis ball machine. Unfortunately the plug was a two pin so it wasn’t suitable for use here. It looked very good from the video on the description page and will be great fun for dogs. However we couldn’t use it and it was returned.

On the positive side, although this comes with a US power supply, a US-to-UK adapter was included - the power supply is rated 110-240V input, so that's fine. The two balls that are supplied are quite light, but even so the launcher struggles to throw them more than 20 feet, certainly not the 40 feet advertised, even on full speed and the with the foot double-extended. If you push the balls in with some force they do go further, but the whole point is that the dogs can use it themselves (supervised, of course). With the foot extended the back of the hopper is almost horizontal making it harder for balls dropped in to fall into the launcher itself. Whether or not this turns out to be a worthwhile purchase depends on the dogs (a young Border Collie and scaredy-cat Rottie) get used to the noise. It's not overly loud, just a heavily greared-down motor running all the time, not just when the ball is dropped in.