- Who is eligible
- Every pickleball ball machine and launcher in our reviewed catalogue is included, plus multi-sport ball machines their makers sell for pickleball. The list covers the models we track, not every model on the market. It opens on current models: those our price checks found on sale new in the US, on the maker's own site (even if out of stock) or at a major store. Where a check could not tell, a model released in the last 2½ years stays listed and an older one is hidden. The checks are automated and can be wrong: in a manual spot check, about 9 in 10 models marked on sale were, and about 3 in 4 marked not found really were off sale. Tick Include hidden models we track under Models to see every model.
- How they are ordered
- By default, products are ordered by Ranking Net Score: points from reviews and discussions plus points from votes on BettaScore. Ties go to the product with more sources. Filtering or sorting renumbers the results from No. 1. A product without scored evidence yet is not listed; it joins once its reviews are scored.
- Where the evidence comes from
- 50 public review sources across the matching products. Select a review topic on any card to see the quotes behind its points.
- When it changes
- The product list and review scores change only when we publish a reviewed update. Signed-in visitors can vote on each review topic (open a topic on a card): every vote adds or takes 0.1 points from that topic and from the Ranking Net Score straight away, and the order follows on the next page load. Votes are stored apart from review evidence, so they carry over between updates. Review evidence is from October 16, 2026.
- Who pays for it
- Nobody. BettaScore does not accept payment for placement. Each card shows review points and topic-vote points separately, even though their sum sets the default order.