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Loudstriker

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Reliability of Brunswick Covers
« on: October 30, 2013, 10:13:07 PM »
Hey everyone. So I've just come back to bowling after taking about a 4.5 year haitus. Before I stopped, I threw exclusively Brunswick and Lane 1. I lived and died by my Infernos and Cherry Bomb. I just wanted to get some feedback on the lifespan of Brunswick's new covers. Specifically, do they last? I'm looking to purchase an Aura Mystic. The last ball I got was a single drill Twisted Fury but it was while I wasn't bowling. Since I've come back to bowling I just didn't care for it too much. I gave away all my other equipment and everything else needs to be fixed so all I have to compare it to is a dying Cherry Bomb and Radical Inferno. Anyway, any feedback on the newer products would be great. I've watched the videos but they only tell you so much. 
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kidlost2000

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Re: Reliability of Brunswick Covers
« Reply #16 on: November 06, 2013, 08:53:59 PM »
Mystic is a great ball. Stronger then advertised. Too strong for what I was looking for but still impressed.
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avabob

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Re: Reliability of Brunswick Covers
« Reply #17 on: November 07, 2013, 02:55:37 PM »
Matermind will be very interesting.  Promos for it sound almost exactly like for the original Black Fury, which was indeed a monster out of the box, but tamed down totally after only a few games.  To me, nobody's super strong solids hold up very good including Brunswick. 
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kidlost2000

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Re: Reliability of Brunswick Covers
« Reply #18 on: November 07, 2013, 03:04:37 PM »
Quote from: avabob on November 07, 2013, 02:55:37 PM
Matermind will be very interesting.  Promos for it sound almost exactly like for the original Black inferno, which was indeed a monster out of the box, but tamed down totally after only a few games.  To me, nobody's super strong solids hold up very good including Brunswick. 

Because most don't understand what changes the lanes have on a ball in a matter of games and how it can take the factory finish to something completely different altering the reaction. Along with the eventual oil absorption that occurs when dealing with sanded finished vs polished finish.

This video is a personal favorite for that

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMwsO2JCZxY

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LaneHammer20

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Re: Reliability of Brunswick Covers
« Reply #19 on: November 07, 2013, 04:05:58 PM »
What I find really strange in that video is I always thought as you bowled with a ball, as you put games on it the surface would get rougher instead of smoother. When I have a ball that is at 2000 grit abralon it looks as though it is rougher and hooking more as I put more games on it. Then again I am bowling on older synthetics from the mid 90's instead of pro anvilanes.

Definitely new news to me.
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kidlost2000

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Re: Reliability of Brunswick Covers
« Reply #20 on: November 07, 2013, 05:21:02 PM »
Imagine the lane is a sanding pad. If its newer synthetic it will be a smoother grit sanding on the ball. If its wood lanes or older sythetics it could be like a lower 1000grit sanding pad.

The balls surface will get closer to what ever the surface is your bowling on. Amount of oil is another factor.
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Loudstriker

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Re: Reliability of Brunswick Covers
« Reply #21 on: November 07, 2013, 07:01:06 PM »
Wow. That video was really insightful. After reading the explanations though, it makes sense.
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Re: Reliability of Brunswick Covers
« Reply #22 on: November 08, 2013, 01:27:02 PM »
Meant to say Black Fury
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Re: Reliability of Brunswick Covers
« Reply #23 on: November 08, 2013, 02:46:42 PM »
Quote from: Loudstriker on November 07, 2013, 07:01:06 PM
Wow. That video was really insightful. After reading the explanations though, it makes sense.

Will have to seriously think about getting a spinner now after watching this.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMwsO2JCZxY
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Re: Reliability of Brunswick Covers
« Reply #24 on: November 18, 2013, 08:53:29 PM »
Quote from: everydayjoe on November 09, 2013, 07:19:46 AM
Have always rolled Brunswick.  One of the reasons is the covers just don't "die".  Sure, you should do regular maintenance but I didn't do that stuff to my Brunswick stuff twenty years ago and they always reacted like out of the box.  Now, all the stuff out there is good in that regard.

This is exactly what I remember before I took my hiatus. Just wanted to make sure everything was still the same :)
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LuckyLefty

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Re: Reliability of Brunswick Covers
« Reply #25 on: November 18, 2013, 09:48:27 PM »
Strike King = great cover and getting better!

I've heard a lot of things about Alpha Max's dying but if it is Brunswick I have trouble believing it.

True?

REgards,

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