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Storm269

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Cobalt solid and EU
« on: January 10, 2007, 06:38:52 PM »
Hi I have a question regarding this two balls, from what I have read from the net, both are for medium to med heavy oil lane condition. Would like to know ,other then one is a solid and other is a pearl particle ball, what other significant difference between this two balls ? Or how can we get the best out of this two balls ? Or they are basically the same, I can use any of them when I see medium to med heavy condition ? Any comment and/or reply is most welcome...
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Brickguy221

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Re: Cobalt solid and EU
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2007, 09:40:28 AM »
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Would like to know ,other then one is a solid and other is a pearl particle ball


DC, neither ball is particle pearl. The Solid Cobalt Bomb is a polished solid. Mine is scheduled to arrive today.

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Re: Cobalt solid and EU
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2007, 09:42:24 AM »
The EU *isn't* a particle pearl?  What type of cover does it have, then?
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Re: Cobalt solid and EU
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2007, 09:42:53 AM »
Brick the EU is a particle pearl.
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Re: Cobalt solid and EU
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2007, 10:05:02 AM »
lol, you knew that Brick, they are right the EU is a particle pearl, 3% load, the solid cobalt is a solid reactive, cores are different in each as the cobalt has the inverted dirty bomb core, the cobalt is typically a stronger move on the back due to the flip, but can be tamed down to move smoothly depends on what you wnat the two balls to do, and how you set them up, great one two punch
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Re: Cobalt solid and EU
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2007, 10:18:17 AM »
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Brick the EU is a particle pearl.
 


My bad.

I read it wrong. I mistook the EU for the solid Uranium. Geez guys, just wait until you get to be almost 70 (FEB. 21) and your mind has "gone south" like mine....lol
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Re: Cobalt solid and EU
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2007, 10:18:59 AM »
but your game is going north woohoo
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Brickguy221

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Re: Cobalt solid and EU
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2007, 10:46:04 AM »
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but your game is going north woohoo
 


Indeed it is. Switching to Lane 1 has given me new life and raised my confidence back to where it once was as well as raising my bowling average in leaps and bounds.
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The Extremist

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Re: Cobalt solid and EU
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2007, 11:21:28 AM »
I only have the EU. I play in 2 THS houses, THS1=hardTHS, THS2=easyTHS. I was averaging since nov06 like 150 at my hardTHS, after averaging 190 last 2 tournaments. Few words: they put an out of bounds area that if you throw the ball down 8 it's gutter for sure. With EU: last Tue 540 practice at easyTHS (missed like 7 easy spares) and night league (hardTHS) struggling with thumb feeling = score no good. Now, yesterday night league 566 missing 5 easy spares at hardTHS. About the ball, strong controlled arc, 90% of shots near pocket = strike. Yesterday several Brooklyns, other shot somehow a pin pushed the 7 to the 4, other shot I'm walking back and somehow a pin arrives and gets down the 3 pin = opponents really mad. After next friday practice I'll post mini-review and layout.
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RSalas

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Re: Cobalt solid and EU
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2007, 12:52:26 PM »
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Geez guys, just wait until you get to be almost 70 (FEB. 21) and your mind has "gone south" like mine


Some of us haven't had to wait *nearly* that long.  
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Brickguy221

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Re: Cobalt solid and EU
« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2007, 06:56:31 PM »
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Some of us haven't had to wait *nearly* that long.
 


Then I am still a "Spring Chicken"?????
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Re: Cobalt solid and EU
« Reply #11 on: January 12, 2007, 05:56:32 PM »
For me, the EU needs some dry to flip, otherwise it is skate-city in the oil! My Solid Cobalt is set up on the tame side...smooth arc, not skid flip.

Honestly, neither of these is near the top of my "favoirite saws" list, but I have heard plenty of success stories from other users with these balls. Just a matter of them not matching MY game very well. I have other saws that work much better for ME!
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Re: Cobalt solid and EU
« Reply #12 on: January 12, 2007, 11:00:59 PM »
I agree with Jon.  The EU is a great scoring ball for a league shot wher there is good head oil but a sweet dry back end.  If not, the ball is way over under in my hands.

But, the Cobalt Solid (grey scotch brite pad) and the Cobalt Pearl is a great 1-2 punch.  Throw in the Uranium Solid (much better recovery the then the Cobalt Solid and hopefully the G-Force will fit in the heavier oil ball and then I just got to find what I'll use for a light oil ball.  I have the Bullet, XXXL, H2O and just drilled the Megaton with the pin near the PAP and the CG mid palm.  The Megaton is very predictable but a littler trouble kicking out the 10 pin.


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Brickguy221

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Re: Cobalt solid and EU
« Reply #13 on: January 12, 2007, 11:18:04 PM »
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I agree with Jon. The EU is a great scoring ball for a league shot wher there is good head oil but a sweet dry back end. If not, the ball is way over under in my hands.


Nic, I guess it must boil down to what everyone's style is and how we throw this ball. For me the EU is a "scoring machine" on synthetic lanes as long as there is a bit of oil in the heads (even light oil) and a pinch of dry to turn it. Dry back end or not, this ball carries for me. On wood lanes it doesn't do quite as well as it does on synthetics and I have just received the Solid Cobalt Bomb for that, but haven't drilled it yet as we are having a 3 day ice storm here at the moment and I can't even get to the lanes.

I believe I could make the EU perform as well on the wood lanes as on the synthetics with a surface adjustment, but it works so sweet on the synthetics that I don't want to alter the surface. The EU worked on the synthetics right out of the box with no surface adjustments.
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