just got my Total NV yesterday and was pretty shocked at how such a high grit ball NEEDS oil.....

Anyway, is there anyone on the face of this earth that has had both the Total NV and AMF's Maximum Velocity?  I got a funny feeling I won't find anyone to help me out with this....  but the two balls seem to have the exact same ball movement, the TNV needing more oil of course.

The ball starts off skidding straight and all of a sudden makes a move that is not quite a snap, but a hard arc that continues thru the pins.  Needless to say, I have the same problem with the TNV that I had with my Maximum Velocity, and that's going high flush: almost always the ball is so continuous thru the pins that 4s, 9s, and 4-9s are common, while light mixers work best, either their all in the pit or the ten gets popped out 99% of the time.

any thoughts?

I've used both. In fact I still have my MV laying in the basement next to my other junk. The MV made a nice long skid for me, but, never wanted to make the turn towards the pins. My Max Vel was nothing more than an expensive spare ball, which is useless to me because I dont carry a spare ball. My MV has a total of 10 games on it with two different layouts. NEVER got it to work.

My TNV is a monster. Pure and simple. I dont know if anyone else has noticed this, but when the TNV hits the pins it has a much sharper CRACK to it than any other ball. I have had the ONE, BIG ONE, and still have the AO. All hit very well, but the TNV just sounds much more powerful than the others. Carry is very very good. In fact, I owe a few strikes to the TNV that I did not deserve. But, I figure it's just payback for the two flush pocket 7-10s I experienced.




                 

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I agree that the MV is speed sensitive, thats why I have dulled mine to 600 polished and it has been much more versatile, and not so speed sensitive.  And I see what you mean by a good spare ball if there's oil, as I have bowled my best game with it suitcasing it on bone dry lanes, dare I say 295!

Anyhow I wasn't comparing which ball was better, cause we can all agree the TNV is awesome.  I was just merely saying that the MV comes closest to the description of the ball movement to the TNV: skid, hard arc that never seems to stop, not a big snapper.

As far as pin carry, the TNV is pretty dynamic, it will give you many carries you don't deserve (much like my Doom), but it also leaves some interesting head scratchers, like that ridiculous 6-7 yesterday that had me and the next lane wondering how that happened.  But hey, that was my first night with it and I wasn't playing in the oil at the time - gotta use the ball where it's intended :-)

Since I'm in the Ebonite forums I will just end by saying this ball is awesome, and I will have it with me every night.  I'm a Brunswick guy btw...  much love for Ebonite now, they really did their research on this one