Went pin down with my Mindset 60x4.75x75 as I wanted something complimentary to the other big balls in my bag. I don't drill a lot of pin down balls (particularly since weight holes are no longer allowed) but the goal here was to have a ball that would allow me to square up my angles on tougher patterns and create some more roll.
My first time out was on a heavy oil house shot for 268. Ball just tumbled right out of my hand, rolled heavy in the oil to carry on misses in. 5 frames later I am eating heads, moving a zone left and not happy with my ball reaction. Ultimately that is not the ball's fault, but me forcing the ball to be used on something other than heavy oil and it is just too much of a tank for that.
This ball has really been interesting for me where I have taken the surface up and used it on medium challenge patterns and some longer with success so long as the volume has been high enough. Chasing the oil line left by getting my hand more around the ball has consistently been in play but again, if the head oil is lacking then this ball goes right back into the bag.
Compared to other balls in my bag, the Mindset is the earliest ball I own. It picks up the lane the soonest, reads the midlane the most and gives me a medium to slow response off of the friction. I typically have the Mindset 3 boards stronger than my Polaris Solid which is all due to the Mindset creating traction sooner in the oil. My Envy Tour is considerably straighter as is my Verge Solid, even with a really strong layout and scuff.
Compared to other top shelf duller Brunswick pieces, the Mindset is slightly more angular than the Prism, Zenith and Quantum Evo Solids. Those balls all would quit on me as I got much left of 3rd arrow, and the Mindset has enough definition at the breakpoint to get deeper than that. Conversely, the Mindset is a little earlier rolling and less angular than the Defender or Prism Warp. Probably closest to the Kingpin if anything...
As far as who would like this ball it would be bowlers with medium to high ball speed who see lots of oil in the front part of the lane. Challenge, sport or tournament patterns with some serious volume are exactly what this ball will like. For everybody bowlers bowling on standard house league patterns: this is too much bowling ball for you - it will roll too early, force you outside of your comfort zone and not want to hold line to the pocket if there is insufficient oil. For tournament bowlers I highly recommend taking a look at the Mindset as a ball to fit at the top of your bag.
