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Tennis Ball Machine recommendations???

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10usnut:
Folks,

I've been saving my pennies with the goal of buying a tennis ball machine to help my game.  Right now, I'm at $500 and hope to have enough saved to make a purchase by summer (when I'll need it the least -- really winter is the time to whip out these bad boys when it's difficult to find another tennis nut wanting to hit in sub-freezing temperatures).  Overall, I've had my eye on the silent partner pro for $1099 (see link below):
http://www.sptennis.com/ballmachines.asp#PRO

Does anyone out there own one and could offer any advice. What about other machines?  My feature set of requirements are:
1) Portable - battery-operated
2) Allow for topspin and backspin
3) Random oscillation.
4) Able to do lobs and such as I need all the work I can get on my overheads?

Being the cheapskate that I am, I frequently peruse Ebay for ball machines but am hesitant to make an investment in "used" equipment.  Any success stories out there?

Thanks for any info you can provide!

Happy Holidays...

chris

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