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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: strikealot on April 07, 2004, 01:11:55 AM

Title: anomaly vs fear factor
Post by: strikealot on April 07, 2004, 01:11:55 AM

which ball hooks more, earlier, and which is more snappy on the back

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Title: Re: anomaly vs fear factor
Post by: CoachJim on April 07, 2004, 04:25:41 PM

I have an Anomaly and am interested in getting a Fear Factor as well.

Here is what I know.

The Anomaly will cover more boards, but will not work as well on very long patterns as the Fear Factor.

I love the recovery that my Anomaly gives me on a house pattern, it keeps hooking and never seems to stop. I have not gotten to try it on a sport pattern, but I have thrown it on a 46 ft wall, and it skids very far and snapps through the pins leaving many single pin spares. I have better results on this pattern by going more up the back of the ball, cutting the hook down and playing the oil line. Which is another reason I like the Anomaly, because it is very responsive to changes in release.

I am thinking about getting a Fear Factor to cut down some of the back end snap, and get an earlier move to the pocket. I hope to have it in a month or so before I head to the nationals.

Title: Re: anomaly vs fear factor
Post by: Rick Wunder on April 12, 2004, 03:40:59 PM

I have both.  My Anomaly has a 5" pin-to-PAP, 75 degrees, with the pin just above my ring finger and no x-hole.  My Fear Factor has a 4" pin-to-PAP, 25 degrees, with the pin above the ring finger and an x-hole on the VAL in the thumb positive quadrant.

The Anomaly is my benchmark ball - first out of the bag.  It is the most controllable ball that I currently own.  I can't send it wide because it won't make it back.  It appears to lay off at the pins, but it actually hits great.  I like this ball for when there is no taper at the end of the pattern because it tames the reaction.  I keep the surface at 500 grit, using an Abralon pad.  I tried it polished and didn't like the reaction - it didn't do much.  This ball has saved my bacon on more than one occasion when my other stuff is too over/under.

The Fear Factor is a ball that I can only use on really heavy oil, so I haven't used it much.  It covers a lot more more boards than the Anomaly and it has a much bigger back end.  Where the Anomaly backs off at the pins, the Fear Factor just keeps going.  I have kept the Fear Factor's cover in box condition.

In my arsenal (see my profile for more details), the Anomaly is a medium ball and the Fear Factor is an oiler.

I hope this helps.
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