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Barbarian2990

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Hardest spare ball
« on: May 08, 2009, 05:34:39 AM »
what it says what is the hardest spare ball on the market right now.
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Re: Hardest spare ball
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2009, 01:43:25 PM »
If I am not mistaken, it is the ICE STORM.
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Re: Hardest spare ball
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2009, 01:56:19 PM »
I am not sure which is harder now, but the Columbia Blue Dot is also quite hard.
The clear balls may be the hardest, yet, but I haven't looked them up to see for sure. This post is subject to correction by anyone with the "hard data".


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Re: Hardest spare ball
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2009, 02:22:29 PM »
wasnt the Blue Dot 90?
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Re: Hardest spare ball
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2009, 02:32:27 PM »
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wasnt the Blue Dot 90?
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 Yes, some of the old originals were EXTREMELY hard, but the new ones being manufactured today are little different from the white dots. Maybe a point or two harder, but nowhere near as hard as the originals were.
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Re: Hardest spare ball
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2009, 02:38:52 PM »
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wasnt the Blue Dot 90?


It was, but to increase the durability of Blue Dots Columbia started lowering the hardness to the same as that of a White Dot.

I don't know when they made the change, but if you can find one in good shape that was manufactured prior to Ebonite's buyout of Columbia there is a good chance that it is one of the harder ones.

FWIW - Many still feel there is something added to Blue Dots that does make them slicker/straighter than the White Dots.  They do cost more than White Dots, so I hope that's true.

L/LM had the Arrow which I believe is now discontinued. That was 81-82 hardness.  Most of the clear shell spare balls are similar in hardness to the Arrow.
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Re: Hardest spare ball
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2009, 03:08:26 PM »
storm used to make the spare storm...it was rated 90 hardness. the old blue dot from columbia 300 was rated at 88.
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Re: Hardest spare ball
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2009, 03:12:48 PM »
I think there would be a market if someone made a ball that truly did not hook and went dead straight.. a ball made that would hardly hook on stripped lanes...not sure how but I'm sure it could be done..

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Re: Hardest spare ball
« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2009, 01:02:50 PM »
I still use an OLD (30 years old) Blue Dot. The problem with them is that they chipped badly around the holes. I have had mine plugged and redrilled a number of times.

I inquired with Colombia a few years ago and they admitted that the newer Blue Dots had EXACTLY the same cover as the White Dots. Why they still sell it as a separate item is beyond me.

However, I agree with Juggernaut, the Ice Storm is the hardest ball out there. Looks good, too. When my Blue Dot finally gives out I will buy an Ice Storm.
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Re: Hardest spare ball
« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2009, 10:11:43 AM »
The ice storm is probably the hardest.
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