While I am highly impressed with the arsenal of balls assembled by the many enthusiasts who frequent this board to cover all manner of lane conditions, I typically limit myself to one new piece of equipment a year for budget reasons. I have found in reviewing my records that if I do a good job of matching that ball to the THS at an alley I will use that piece slightly over 85% of the time. As a stroker with not a lot of revs, I use very aggressive equipment to help carry. Because aggressive equipment dies out over time, the rest of my arsenal is built from previous year's purchases in varying states of decline. Therefore what I throw on dry lanes baffles most people because they only recognize the name as a "hook monster" and do not even stop to think what condition the ball is in or whether I polished it. Since these balls are used a total of less than 15% of the time, they further degrade very little and do not need to be benchmarked as often as one might think. What I was wondering was if there are others out there who use this strategy and what the consensus is on what carries better, a "used up" aggressive ball on dry lanes or a ball specifically engineered for this type of condition.
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EEW619
