With the advent of low load particle and particle pearl bowlingballs which is a better medium oil ball? Which do you guys use for your benchmark ball? Is there still the same concern that the particle covers won't last for long? They seem to cover the same conditions as strong reactives like the Absolute Inferno, Ultimate Inferno, Ace, XXX extreme etc...You have low load particle balls like the Big time, Impulse Zone, Saw Blade, Vendetta, Oracle etc...How do you guys chose and what is your preference for medium to heavy oil shots?
I use to say that i'd use reactive until the oil got to heavy, now I don't know. Whats your opinion?

Leaving out plastic and urethane I believe there are not
2 coverstocks available today but 3.  This does not include the difference between pearl and solid.

The four are
1. Pure reactive
2. Particle
3. Activator


Everything in your question has to do with backend.

1.REactives have the most.
2. The new part reactives but act like low load particles (ie activator) acts like particle giving more read in the oil and less read in the dry than reactives and yet they are cleaner in the heads than particle.  I personally believe these shells are part reactive and part urethane blended in different mixes and proportions into the same shell.  ie if activator is 50% reactive and 50% urethane(no one's telling) then activator+ is at least 60% reactive.
3.  Particles have the least backend movement and recovery but they are the strongest grabbing and working in the oil part of the pattern.

My two cents and observations.


REgards,

Luckylefty

Thanks guy you've answered that question and many others without knowing it.
I thing that I will cover those mediums with activator or strong reactive. I have a hammer Deal I thought I liked but have come to hate. I had a Eliminator I never realy liked and I have a Blazing inferno I love. I think it has a weak core though. I've seen the Hybrid Dirty bomb thrown, looks good, the Absolute Inferno also. For the price I think i'll go with an Ultimate Inferno or Freak-a-zoid. I do have a particle pearl Truimph it has a lot of backend, its not for short oil or really strong backends. It is personal preference. Thanks for helping me make my mind up. I have to start researching into cores of bowlingballs next. So far I like quick reving low rg stuff. I'll make comparisions and ask questions later. Thanks guys.