Well awhile back I got a Formula, bought from a friend, suppossed to be 15 but instead 15 pounds 15 ounces.  I said,"this is 15?" friends says, "Yeah, 15 somethin!"  He He.

Threw it a little righty (which doesn't say much cause I throw lefty) and it looked real good a distinctive angular move right at the end of the pattern then hard roll to pocket.  I liked it and so did another friend so I traded(the 16 pounder) it to him for a 15 another ball!

For whatever reason he didn't keep it long and it was GONE!!  A dud.  I saw him throw it once and he didn't have right surface!

Anyway, now I've gotten a NEW Detour.  Threw yesterday (no thumb righty, which only shows me the move, to drill tonight lefty) and really liked the look on the lanes.  A similar core but reversed and a second flip block added but with a cleaner longer look.  That same flip at end of pattern hard roll to the pocket!

Dying to see this thing off my left hand.

Great move similar to the fuzes and the Roto Silver streak at the break but maybe a little cleaner(straighter) to the breakpoint.  This is a distinctive roll all it's own, sort of like it raises ones axis tilt or something off the hand.  Can't really describe it!  Angular but different!

I wonder why the detour is such a hit but the Formula has such mixed reviews!
Seems like the Formula is sort of dud in many minds.

Thoughts?

REgards,

Luckylefty

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Hey,

Today I got to do the real mumbo on the Detour.

Lefthanded and the pattern was wet and fast on our hard Brunswick Anvilanes but I'll tell you on this longer than normal pattern I had some big games with the Detour which had to be played tight and still had that distinctive, flip and roll to the pocket.

14 games later it got tough and the guy next to me was starting to really roll with the Red Pulse but the Detour was touchy as it sensed dry very quickly and put on an even bigger angular move with a lot of carry all day till it started leaving 6 pins!

Flippy bugger.  I can't believe Formula is not a winner too!

REgards,

Luckylefty

Yeah the Razorwire is a good looking ball on the lanes as well. The Detour does get a bit sensitive to dry when the lanes break down. I was leaving a few solid 9's cuz I was coming in at such a big angle with it when the lanes get dry. I just had it resurfaced and now the ball seems to be more of a controllable reaction compared to before. It may be because it's a tad bit duller than OOB condition. I'm gonna try to put some polish on it to get that flippy action again. I'll let u know how that works out.

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REgards,

Luckylefty