I would like to here some opinions on brand choices? Do you stick with one company / brand or do you use any brand? I know staffers have to use only the brand they signed with, but I am not a staffer an I choose to use ROTO GRIP. My reason is easy, I do match up well with their equipment. I like the way it rolls and hits. so I am sticking with them. I don't feel that I am missing out on other company's equipment because I am confident that the choices I am making are the best for me at this time, so why experiment? whats your take?

I'll throw anything that will strike.

It helps that I know a guy who gives me great equipment advice.  You all know him as JustRico.   

Totally a personal preference, person by person thing. While it is nice to pick and choose between companies, finding balls that work together designed by different companies becomes more difficult, whereas if you stay with one brand and they design balls the right way, there tends to be alot less gaps between balls. Just my take.

What I have said for years. Easier to stick with say Brunswick and pick their equipment to fill in gaps. I use to be loyal to Track way back when Columbia made them in Texas. Nobody used them up here so it was nice to have stuff nobody else had. Made it easy to find my equipment that way as well. Switched to Brunswick thanks to a friend who worked at the Nationals booth. Makes it easy to decide on a new ball knowing you want from that company. Now yes there are also issues with being loyal to one brand. Lots and lots of great equipment out in the market.

To me it makes no sense to limit yourself to one company. All it takes is learning some basics about core shapes and numbers and which companies offer what covers. I can build a complete arsenal tomorrow of 5 balls from 5 brands without missing a beat.

The Resurgence core featured in about 8 Columbia balls at this point is one of the best and most unique ever. Very rolly and predictable without giving up hit. Storm makes great high end covers....then just works them down the product line by using milder cores and cover prep. Ebonite has probably the best entry level ball with the Cyclone.

I would be able to deal with any condition with an original Cyclone, Eruption, Crossroad, Nano Pearl, and Nightmare. And cover prep is what makes the matchup....not the company. Look for stuff that users say handles cover adjustments well and you can't go wrong.

Or keep doing what you're doing and getting the same result.

Completebowler I will tend to disagree with you that it is all cover prep and not the company. I have seen bowlers try many balls from one company and make adjustments to each ball to try to make the ball work, from surface prep to lay outs. They switch to a different company and there it is. So yeah it can be the company. Just from what I have seen in my years of being in the sport. Sometimes yes it is ball to ball from the company I will agree with anyone on that. Myself I have tried Storm and it did not work well for me. Wasn't bad but not great. When I switched from Track to Brunswick everything clicked right away for the better for me.

It takes two things to make an arsenal over a lot of different brands.

1) A lot of research by the user which calls for attention to the lineage of the company's covers, cores, and attributes.

2) A lot of trust of your driller to guide you along with layouts and cover prep.  No standard layouts, polishes will work the same over multiple companies.

Both of those are things that a lot of bowlers are either, not willing to do on their own, don't have access to the proper tools/drillers/info to help progress their game, or they try to do these things on their own and get it wrong.

Sticking with one company does these things for the average bowler:

1) Creates a sense of belonging. 
- It's human nature.  People love to tout themselves as a Ford/Chevy/Honda/Jeep guy.  The brand awareness creates a sense of brotherhood.  The way that the bowling industry is now, advertising is way too expensive on a national level.  The amateur staffers and "company advocates" are the main sources of advertising directly to the consumer.

2) It takes out the guesswork for the bowler who isn't willing to research on their own.
- Common sense that Company A comes out with a new Solid reactive that performs well for a lot of players then the Pearl counterpart is going to get down the lane a bit easier and have a more angular reaction.  If that series is too strong for the condition, ball down/up to the next line of balls that the company has.

Another thing, is that there's no set industry standard for ball strength ratings.  Ask 100 different people, "What's stronger? A C-System Versamax, a Storm Hyroad, a Columbia Eruption?" And you'll get 100 different answers.  Get all three of those balls in your arsenal and you could have major overlap, or you could have a three ball arsenal that could tackle anything you see.

Topics like these are things that I'll be covering on my upcoming bowling podcast project set for this summer. 

900 global/amf matches my game the best of everything that I have tried, but I did love the ransom demand from columbia.  Looking to try a storm ball next!

Years ago I was brand loyal with Track. Then they went to the # balls
and I didnt like any of them. Went and tried some other brands for a
couple years. Now i'm stuck on Brunswick because their equipment has
been real good to me. I love the Nexus line and the C-System line