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Equipment Boards => Hammer => Topic started by: qstick777 on March 08, 2011, 12:08:42 PM

Title: Infection vs Infection (Orange pin)
Post by: qstick777 on March 08, 2011, 12:08:42 PM
      Both are on the approved list.  Infection for Jan 11 and Orange pin for Feb 11.  
 
What's the difference?
Title: Re: Infection vs Infection (Orange pin)
Post by: nocarey on March 16, 2011, 02:27:03 PM
not sure, might be the cover, anyone out there from Ebonite know?
 
I see the same pin scenario listed for the Columbia Ransom
 
Edited by nocarey on 3/16/2011 at 3:19 PM
Title: Re: Infection vs Infection (Orange pin)
Post by: kidlost2000 on March 16, 2011, 02:53:45 PM
TE maybe?


Be good, or be good at it.
Title: Re: Infection vs Infection (Orange pin)
Post by: nocarey on March 17, 2011, 02:30:20 PM
I asked BuddiesProShop.com and they responded. . .
"They are international balls with a different surface prep, 
other than surface they are identical."


Title: Re: Infection vs Infection (Orange pin)
Post by: qstick777 on March 18, 2011, 03:20:01 PM
I won't doubt anything that Buddies says, but that seems a little unlikely. 
 
If surface was the only difference, why would they need to get USBC approval for 2 different balls?   That's twice as many balls to submit for testing than is really needed.  Seems to me that USBC takes all balls submitted for approval down to a specified grit before they do whatever testing they need to do. 
 
Unless this is to simplify things for the factory and warehouse workers.
 
Think about it - it would be like Hammer getting approval for a Black Widow at 2000 grit, and another approval for one at 4000 grit.
 
 
nocarey wrote on 3/17/2011 2:30 PM:
I asked BuddiesProShop.com and they responded. . .
"They are international balls with a different surface prep, 
other than surface they are identical."