Deborah PickettJun 10
I saw a tennis ball pickup roller for the first time today. Mind blown. https://youtu.be/7Ao3tecQOYk
Kollectaball K-Max tennis ball pick up device

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Show threadrdmJun 11
@futzle
How...how does that even work???
Show threadajft [SEC=yferc ooxie]Jun 11

@rdm @futzle I guess springy wires pop apart to let the tennis balls in when pushed down on/rolled over the balls, but the weight of the balls inside isn't enough to pop them apart and escape

Awesomely fun piece of gear

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@ajft @futzle
Looking at a closeup on the product page, I concur. Sheer elegance in its simplicity.

(Maybe I shouldn't have said that. #Middleman )

Jun 11 at 12:25amWeb
Show threadajft [SEC=yferc ooxie]Jun 11
@rdm @futzle I wish the tennis court over the road from me had one, I'd stand and watch it! Instead they seem to just rely on volunteering the youngest person to run around and pick them up ... or did, I suspect the courts and small clubhouse is now awaiting the bulldozer & redevelopment as a block of townhouses