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Title: Danger Zone 2000
Post by: dna300x on August 10, 2008, 12:37:02 PM
Hello everyone,

I have a ball that according to www.bowlingballreviews.com is called the Danger Zone 2000. It is black with a red "R" and underneath the "ZONE" logo the ball reads, Special Edition.

Words cannot describe how much I am in love with PowerKoil 18 Reactive! That has truly been the best coverstock for my style of play.

However, I am in search of the information as to what core is in this ball as well as the coverstock, although I do believe it is PowerKoil 18.

If anyone could lead me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks for everyones' time!
Title: Re: Danger Zone 2000
Post by: charlest on August 10, 2008, 08:46:29 PM
2000: http://www.bowlingballreviews.com/ball.asp?ballid=588

Danger Zone: http://www.bowlingballreviews.com/ball.asp?ballid=577

Sorry, but unless you have tried a few other balls that also use the PK 18 coverstock, for the time being, let's just say you "love" the Danger Zone.

A whole bunch of other balls have the PK 18 cover and their reactions are very different depending on how the cover meshes with the core.

I agree it is an excellent one, probably one of the top 5 resin coverstocks ever made. I keep a Bruiser and Fire Quantum and won't be getting rid of them for a long time.


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Title: Re: Danger Zone 2000
Post by: mmcfarland300 on August 11, 2008, 09:28:14 AM
Is this the same ball as the Red Alert Danger ZOne?
Title: Re: Danger Zone 2000
Post by: charlest on August 11, 2008, 11:07:24 AM
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Is this the same ball as the Red Alert Danger ZOne?


Not sure, myself. The picture on BowlingBallReviews makes it appear to be the same as the original, not the Red Alert, which had a lower RG and a higher RG differential.
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Title: Re: Danger Zone 2000
Post by: dna300x on August 11, 2008, 12:00:39 PM
charlest,

I love PowerKoil 18 Reactive.

My favorite PowerKoil 18 balls are the BVP Wizard, BVP Rampage, Purple Power Blitz, and BVP Nemesis.

I have the Danger Zone 2000 and I just don't really know anything about it.

Thanks for your reply though.

Regards,
Title: Re: Danger Zone 2000
Post by: charlest on August 11, 2008, 01:06:46 PM
quote:
charlest,

I love PowerKoil 18 Reactive.

My favorite PowerKoil 18 balls are the BVP Wizard, BVP Rampage, Purple Power Blitz, and BVP Nemesis.

I have the Danger Zone 2000 and I just don't really know anything about it.

Thanks for your reply though.

Regards,


I'm about 99% sure it's as close to the original DZ as you can get.

This is Brunswick's own retired ball website for the DZ:
http://www.brunswickbowling.com/uploads/e6/d1/e6d1mEXa1JOBWOUHehc6Qw/Zone_Danger_Zone.pdf

This is their whole listing:
http://www.brunswickbowling.com/retired_brunswick_ball_information_sheets

Kind of surprised the 2000 isn't listed. Maybe it is identical to the original. You can always email one of the reps here or the contacts on their webite to be sure.

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Title: Re: Danger Zone 2000
Post by: OddBalls on August 11, 2008, 01:16:57 PM
I'm kinda hit or miss with them depending on the core..

Wizard and Rampage..just OK..

TudeIII, FQ and Awesome Finish were great for me..
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Title: Re: Danger Zone 2000
Post by: Borincano on August 11, 2008, 01:33:28 PM
I have 4 of them and they really are good. They are the original "R" Red Alerts. The PowerKoil 18 Reactive cover is great but what makes this Danger Zone great it is the Core. I am still waiting to see Brunswick make another bowling ball with this same particular type of core. I will buy another one on the spot.

http://www.bowlingballreviews.com/ball.asp?ballid=588

http://www.bowlingballreviews.com/ball.asp?ballid=589

http://www.bowlingballreviews.com/ball.asp?ballid=577

http://www.bowlingballreviews.com/ball.asp?ballid=593

Title: Re: Danger Zone 2000
Post by: mmcfarland300 on August 11, 2008, 05:19:02 PM
After reviewing the Brunswick retired ball sheets I don't honestly see a difference in the the Red Alert and the original Danger Zone
Title: Re: Danger Zone 2000
Post by: charlest on August 11, 2008, 09:46:29 PM
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After reviewing the Brunswick retired ball sheets I don't honestly see a difference in the the Red Alert and the original Danger Zone


Back then Brunswick gave out relative RG numbers rather than the absolute numbers they do now. The Red Alert had a lower RG and a higher RG differential to deal with the greater oil they had when it was released.
The average RG of the original DZ was 2.5 (out of 10) the average RG of the Red Alert was 1.7 (out of 10).
The RG Differential of the Red alert was .055" the DIff of the DZ was .047".

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