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Lane 1 Current Offerings
« on: August 07, 2005, 03:37:14 PM »
I've been looking at Lane 1 for a while, to be honest all the hype is making me very much curious about these balls.  Anyways, I don't know much about the lineup other than the SCB eats through more soup than Campbells and the XXXL is THE plastic ball on the market.  Can anyone in the FOS give me a list of Strongest to Weakest in the current line-up and maybe give a small description of the ball.  Thanks in advance.
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Re: Lane 1 Current Offerings
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2005, 12:14:23 AM »
xxxl
bullet
h20
dirty bomb
uranium
hybrid dirty bomb
black cherry bomb
solid uranium
super carbide bomb

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Re: Lane 1 Current Offerings
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2005, 12:31:58 AM »
Ok I'll take a stab:

Super Carbide Bomb-  just like you said, hooks at your toes and keeps going.  Don't even bother you haven't seen Noah and his Ark in your center.

Solid Uranium- this ball is a beast.  I like it because I throw with some speed and this ball recovers like mad, yet still gives you plenty of arc early in the lane.  Pretty even but very hard arcing.  I use it on fresh, heavy, and carry down, or any combination of the three.

Hybrid Dirty Bomb- I didn't like this ball.  That is just me- for whatever reason the ball skated thru the break point way worse than anything I had at the time.  My theory is that the layout I had on it caused it to over flare, causing me to lose whatever reaction it was supposed to give me.  It ended up with a full ounce of side weight after drilling; seemed like it just loped down the lane.  I traded it for a Bullet.

Dirty Bomb- I put this as a little stronger than the Uranium Pearl just because it gives you a sharper breakpoint.  Still controllable though, and I have never seen so many messengers.  My style causes me to need a little dry/breakdown to use this, or at least fresh with flying backends.  Works great on any of these.

Uranium Pearl- this is my ball of choice on wood lanes, although my center has synthetics.  The few times I have busted out this bad boy on wood, I literally felt invincible.  I felt that EVERY ball was going to be a strike.  Predictable, early roll, arcy.  Devastating pin carry.  This one I use if my Dirty Bomb starts reading dry to quickly on synthetics because the U.P. is more controllable/predictable.

H20- I haven't had the pleasure yet.  My teammate threw one and loved it.  Looked like it carried just as well as any of the other Buzzsaws.  I have hesitated simply because it is designed to go LONG and then make a sideways turn.  I would love to try it on light oil or broken down conditions, but I just don't see enough of these conditions in conjunction with my style that would cause me to buy the ball.  Besides, I have a Cherry Bomb pearl that fits here as well as a Pearl Carbide Bomb.  I also have an undrilled Emerald Pearl and an undrilled Silver Diamond that would fit here if I ever needed something else.  Makes it tough to justify getting one.

Bullet- Nice control piece for funky conditions.  The ball WILL hook if you have enough dry boards to work with, and won't overreact.  Great on toasted heads on a Saturday evening or Sunday morning when they haven't oiled in a day or two.  Also great for point and shoot if you can't figure out where to play the lanes; just launch it off the corner!

XXXL- One of the few I haven't tried.  I have a Skull Ball and a Bullet- these pretty much cover me for dry/light.  I would trade my Skull for a XXXL just on principle, however, to be completely loyal to Lane #1.  Can't personally justify buying one though.

*** I do want to try the new SCB polished!  I haven't ever polished one of my SCBs and I think this one could be a monster!  I am guessing it would replace my Solid Uranium pretty nicely, but I am not sure on that.

Hope I didn't leave anything out.  You asked for current so I didn't spend too much time on my Blueberry, PCB, Solid Carbide, Gold Nugget, or BCB.  Hope this helps.
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Re: Lane 1 Current Offerings
« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2005, 01:15:47 AM »
I would agree for the most part with sawfreak, except depending on how they are laid out, you may find the u pearl a bit stronger than the dirty bomb overall, but yes the DB will give you a sharper backend. I have the H2O & it is not a weak ball & I do put it just under my DB, but the way mine is drilled, it's not a big skid flip ball as some find it to be. Mine goes into a pretty early roll with a good move to the pocket, but not too flippy. I don't have a bullet but hope to get one soon. The xxxl is a good spare ball & the hardest hitting plastic ball I have ever seen. Hope that helps.

Sawfreak, I didn't care for my HDB either, but my daughter loves hers.
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Re: Lane 1 Current Offerings
« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2005, 07:50:33 AM »
Freak has it pretty well covered, Oh what the heck I wasn't going to but here goes.  

The XXXL is a must have for anyones arsenal period.  Basically yes its $100 dollars but you getting two balls so its only $50 a ball and half the weight to carry.  Spare ball and toast ball.  

Bullet is super weak cover and low flaring core a very unique piece, mine has been shelved so the H20 can get lane time but I cant let the bullet go.  A must for control on drier stuff.  

H20 I have been throwing a lot lately allows me to play closer to the gutter than anything I have ever owned has enough truck on the back to recover.  Cover is fairly long but when its moves on the back it never stops.  

Uranium Pearl has been out of my bag for a while just so I could throw newer stuff.  I however did throw it all the itme when it first came out and i loved it.  I have been wanting to drill another for quite some time.  Super Low Rg pearls are such nice pieces.  

Dirty Bomb what can I say one of my favorite pieces, when I first punched it it made me give up my pearl carbide bomb because I liked it so much.  Great roll great hit.  Perhaps less overall boards than the U pearl its hard to say but definitely more backend.  What I tell people is they are interchangable same cover right, so just pick your core more arch go with U Pearl more Skid Snap shape go with the dirty either way you cant go wrong.

Hybrid dirty bomb is generally now the first ball out of my bag.  I might add for me at least the Hybrid dirty is highly polished out of box was too close to the pearl dirty for me, I took my Hybrid to 1000 smooth and gives me a nice earlier read than the pearl and can handle a little more oil.  A very nice one two punch as they are both drilled identical.  Other than that I usually dont adjust covers much and just go ball to ball.  

SOlid Uranium I had one when it first came out and never really liked it or had much use for it.  Super Low Rg and Super grabby reactive cover = not good for my game.  Tried polished a few times but eventually let it go.  I am sure I will throw it again before its gone.  

Insert Polished SCB here I have not thrown it yet but imagine it will be more than the Solid U and less than the reg. SCB.  

Super Carbide Bomb whats can I say mine has about 4 to 5 games total on it.  It needs the oil especially with my speed(low).  I love it when I am able to throw it.  Hit and flare is awesome to watch when its not burning up.  If you do any tourney bowling or ever know you might find some soup then you will love it.  For the casual/league bowler unless you throw it very hard and I do mean very your probably not going to need this badboy.  

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Re: Lane 1 Current Offerings
« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2005, 10:27:34 AM »
Thanks for the summaries guys, now I just need to need to narrow it down to what I actually "need".
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Re: Lane 1 Current Offerings
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2005, 11:49:12 AM »
What are your favorites of the moment?  I am a looking at new polished SCB, but not sure how strong it will be.  I could use something to go above my Impulse Zone, pic in profile, but I'm not sure if this will be it or not.  What do you guys think?
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Re: Lane 1 Current Offerings
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2005, 12:02:17 PM »
I think you picked a pretty aggressive ball(impulse) to get something to fit above it. I've never seen one used, but it is a low load particle & sounds pretty strong. The solid U is reactive & can be used in heavier oil, but doubt if it's going to fit above the impulse. Polished SCB? Probably but not sure.
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Re: Lane 1 Current Offerings
« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2005, 03:40:17 PM »
i would suggest a good 3 ball selection would be the h20, dirty bomb and the solid uranium....i think that would cover several conditions....

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Re: Lane 1 Current Offerings
« Reply #9 on: August 08, 2005, 04:58:02 PM »
I will add one comment on the XXXL. I see alot of guys rolling vis-a-balls and spare balls that cost as much or more than a XXXL. But what you get from a XXXL is a great burnt up condition ball and a spare ball with some real hitting power for those funky splits.

I picked up the 7-10 split in league on Thursday and the powerful core in the XXXL sent the 10 pin after the 7 pin like it was on a mission. 10 pin off the side kickback, then off the backstop and goodnight 7 pin. I don't think a cheap plastic spare ball would have transferred enough energy to the 10 pin to accomplish that much movement.

I used the same ball a couple weeks earlier to roll up a solid 650 series, on a night when nobody else was even covering their averages. Thats a flexible tool in anyones arsenal.

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Re: Lane 1 Current Offerings
« Reply #10 on: August 08, 2005, 07:05:54 PM »
*Hijack in progress*...

Speaking of shooting at splits I need to brag because I picked up the big 4 in league Thursday night.

We now return you to our regularly scheduled thread.
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