If you prefer Lane#1, and the condition is light, UNLESS you are a cranker, how can you choose anything but the XXL, the pearl urethane?

And, note, I am NOT a Lane#1 aficionado; I am a neutral.

I think you may need to be careful as to how you drill it and how you use it, but how can you not get it and try it??

Most seriously,

- charlesT

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I've had my Visionary Slate Blue Gargoyle for about 2 weeks now.  I haven't found any serious dry to test it on yet.  I have thrown it after second shift and on the next day's leftovers.  Less hook and no flip compared to my Storm Blue Hot Flame.  Don't expect much (if any) recovery if you miss wide unless your house doesn't oil the outsides.  If you say today's PBA telecast, think of Barnes' reaction the first game with the Bruiser.  Mine is drilled pin over the bridge, CG left of my center of grip about an inch.  I haven't measured it, but it's probably around a 5x6.
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Thanks for your input Justin and Strider.

Justin...so you think the Barbed Wire IS comparable to the XXL or slate blue?

Strider...do you think that the slay/r is comparable to your slate and the xxl?

CharlesT...how would you drill an xxl?

I haven't thrown one, but I'd assume the SlayR would react harder to the dry.  Leftside had a good post about the SlayR in the Brunswick forum.  I have a Blue Hot Flame (very weak for a reactive), and it's much snappier compared to the SBG.  That is what reactives are designed to do; react to the dry.  I've been throwing the SBG more lately.  You have little to no room to miss outside.  You can tug it inside quite a bit and it will hold.  Everyone's definition of dry is different.  Depending on how much you see it, I see a gap between plastic and weak resin.  For me, pearl urethane is a must for tournaments, a luxury for leagues.
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