good video; never would have thought to use the plastic bags for storage.

We've been saying on this website since at least 2008 to store bowling balls in plastic bags.

https://www.ballreviews.com/miscellaneous/balls-splitting-whya/msg946036/#msg946036

Of course, Hickland has a product for sell that will make an amazing difference.

He will probably start selling "special" CTD bowling ball storage bags soon.

Have to give the guy credit though, he knows how to market.

I would be hesitant to buy wholesale into the plastic bag idea given that humidity control is allegedly a major factor.

Originally for resin balls we thought heat was the primary driver, but before we knew better a lot of us carried balls in the car all the time so we could just drop in and bowl, and while that would lead to a lot of "sweating out" of oil or plasticizers, we didn't see a ton of cracking in the early days. Of course, in the early days of resin, covers were much thicker, which may have had an effect.

I fully believe the pressure point theory and try to physically rotate my stuff on their racks from time to time, but I have kept all my equipment in a temperature-controlled area now for probably 20 years. During that time, I've moved a bunch, and the times I've had the most problems with cracking were the times in which I lived somewhere with humidity conditions I couldn't control well (i.e., closed-in garage with a split-system AC that kept a stable temperature, but had trouble properly dehumidifying due to the status of the insulation in the room).

Keeping a ball inside a plastic bag, therefore, makes me wonder if you'd trap moisture in the bag, and if so, what long-term effect that would have.

The other thing I've noticed over the years -- I've got 70+ balls in my home shop right now and have probably gone through another 30 that I no longer have -- is that I have had the most cracking problems from balls poured in the old San Antonio plant that was Columbia, then 900G, etc., and it was by a degree large enough to be statistically significant to me. And I say that as a big fan of 900 Global stuff; if I had to make an arsenal right now from one company, it would be 900G/AMF, all of it. I realize I'm just one data point, but that's been my experience.

Jess

The ZipLoc bag is a 2.5 gallon. About 30 cents a bag on Amazon. Not even an concern in regards to cost.

Does it really work? Don’t know. But does it really hurt to store them in a plastic bag? Probably not.

For the record, Hickland answered a question about the bag size on the YouTube video. No sales pitch.

🤔 Guess I have been lucky haven't had one crack yet. I just keep them in my bedroom in bowling ball two ball roller bags. I also have  one in a locker at the bowling center.  Like I said maybe I.have been lucky. My buddy had two crack, but he stored them in his garage on wooden racks. So that was kind of his own fault.

I’ve stored my balls in balls for the last 3-4 years; Not one ball has cracked since. (Prior to using bags, I had a handful crack FWIW),  I also keep in controlled temperature, and rotate them every 3-4 weeks, as well as in 2 ball totes.

The bag method works IMO, no harm to try it.