that is fixable; drill out the fingers, plug and redrill.  would be good for a long while after that.

looks like this crack started with a chip in the middle finger hole.

That picture reminds me why I avoid inserts more than anything about Storm.  Super glue is evil stuff.

I’d rather bowl well with a ball, than start a century old collection of balls I don’t throw anymore. But to each their own.

I’d rather bowl well with a ball, than start a century old collection of balls I don’t throw anymore. But to each their own.

I totally get why people use them and actually have some in some of the used balls I have picked up where span was nearly equal to mine and didn't want to replug everything.  My hands hardly swell ever and I can do well or suck with either so feel is less critical for me.  Main reason actually started avoiding them was used to tear my fingers up when I was younger and bowled a lot more.  The less likely to crack is just bonus.  As you say to each their own and been killing it with older pieces lately so all about recycling .

Ive also had more global stuff crack than anything else, that being said, give me another break s75 and b/w orbit extreme right now.

Ive also had more global stuff crack than anything else, that being said, give me another break s75 and b/w orbit extreme right now.

Same here. I bowl really well with their stuff but I've got a collection of what I call "calibration balls" -- meaning old balls I keep around to use to make sure my drill press is in spec -- and in that is a Break S75, Break Point Pearl, Heist and a couple of others. That Break S75 was one of the 2-3 best balls I've ever owned, and man it hurt to lose it. Worst of all, mine was a "pro-pin" blem that allowed me to put the MB on the NAP (yes, the NAP, not the PAP) and I'll never find another like that. I had such a great look with that ball on sport shots.

There was no rhyme or reason to my cracking issues, either. One cracked similar to the OP's post, one from a weight hole, two from the thumb holes. On the other hand, I have a bunch of Lane #1 balls poured in that plant and none have had any issues.

As for Storm, I have an original X-Factor with probably 1,500 games on it, if not more, and it looks almost factory pristine.

Jess

Quote from: rustylegacy on March 03, 2019, 06:23:13 PM

Ive also had more global stuff crack than anything else, that being said, give me another break s75 and b/w orbit extreme right now.

Same here. I bowl really well with their stuff but I've got a collection of what I call "calibration balls" -- meaning old balls I keep around to use to make sure my drill press is in spec -- and in that is a Break S75, Break Point Pearl, Heist and a couple of others. That Break S75 was one of the 2-3 best balls I've ever owned, and man it hurt to lose it. Worst of all, mine was a "pro-pin" blem that allowed me to put the MB on the NAP (yes, the NAP, not the PAP) and I'll never find another like that. I had such a great look with that ball on sport shots.

There was no rhyme or reason to my cracking issues, either. One cracked similar to the OP's post, one from a weight hole, two from the thumb holes. On the other hand, I have a bunch of Lane #1 balls poured in that plant and none have had any issues.

As for Storm, I have an original X-Factor with probably 1,500 games on it, if not more, and it looks almost factory pristine.

Jess

Believe me, I'd love a rerelease of the S75. I'd buy a case.