Tomas Ehrlich

If you have spent any time on r/tennis or TalkTennis, you already know the pattern: someone asks for a machine that throws real spin, does not fall apart after one wet season, and stays under 1000 dollars. The replies usually end in the same two answers, buy a used Lobster or spend more than you … Read more

Choosing the best tennis rackets for juniors is harder than it should be, because the only number most listings give you is an age range, and age is a poor proxy for what a child can actually swing. A parent who knows their child is seven also knows their height, and height is what should … Read more

Choosing the best tennis ball machines for solo practice comes down to one question most spec sheets ignore: will you still carry it out to the court in six months? A 42-pound machine that stays in the garage is a paperweight, and the forum chatter around this category is overwhelmingly about exactly that failure. Our … Read more

A tennis rebound net is a freestanding, tensioned net on a steel frame that you hit groundstrokes into; the netting absorbs the ball and sends it back to roughly where you struck it from. Yes, rebounders work. They give you hundreds of solo groundstroke reps without a partner, a court booking, or a ball machine, … Read more

A driveway is the most underused piece of tennis hardware you own. A portable net turns flat concrete into a place to serve, return, and dink without booking a court, and after weeks of putting ten of these through real sessions on the same paved surface, the differences between them are far bigger than the … Read more

Short answer: the JOOLA Inside Professional is the best table tennis table at this budget ceiling, because a 15mm MDF playing surface on an alloy steel frame with locking 3-inch casters is exactly the spec most people assume they need and cannot get below it. We compared 9 distinct tables across six weeks, weighing top … Read more

If you already make your own pace and simply want the frame to amplify it, three rackets do that job better than the rest: the HEAD Graphene Radical in its 170 g build, the HEAD Black Widow and Scorpion series, and the E-Force Takeover 170. Those three are the core of the best racquetball rackets … Read more

The best robotic pool cleaners for inground pools are not the same machines as the ones sold for above-ground pools. An inground basin has vertical walls, a waterline band of scum, deep ends, steps, benches and a much larger floor area, and a robot that cannot climb and scrub that band will leave you scrubbing … Read more

Shopping for the best pool pumps for above ground pools is harder than it looks, because the number printed on the box is almost never the number that matters. I spent weeks running these units, reading thousands of owner reviews, and comparing published flow curves to find out which ones actually keep an above ground … Read more

If you own a small above ground pool, a kiddie pool or a compact inflatable spa, the filter is the one part you cannot cheap out on. The best pool cartridge filters for small pools are not the biggest tanks on the shelf; they are the elements that physically fit your pump housing and hold … Read more