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On1st

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What is your lest favorite ball?
« on: January 27, 2020, 01:28:51 PM »
Every bowl seems to have a 5 star rating and when ever someone is asking for a ball recommendation it seems like everyone urgent whatever is the newest latest greatest ball released. I personally am having a hard time making decisions about purchases because everyone seems to love the newest ball so much. There has to be some duds out there.

What is the one ball you immediately regretted purchasing? Regardless what surface you put on it you could get it to respond as you desired?

 For me that ball was the DV8 Turmoil - last time I let color scheme be the primary factor in my decision making. No matter what surface I put on it that ball got some serious deflection off the head pin for me 
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Re: What is your lest favorite ball?
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2020, 09:00:09 AM »
Storm virtual gravity.  if I had it dull it was done when it got to the arrows (regardless of surface).  When it was polished it was a blue dot (regardless of underlying surface). 
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BowlingForDonuts

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Re: What is your lest favorite ball?
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2020, 09:16:05 AM »
My Quantum Double Helix.  Picked up a single drill that just misses my track.  At some point might plug it but yeah that ball kind of sucks if have a low track.  All kinds of nasty leaves.  Gimmicks aside next worse ball is More Cash.  Worthless on house shot.
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Re: What is your lest favorite ball?
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2020, 09:42:28 AM »
Oh, there have been some stinkers. Intense Inferno was a boat anchor, gave that away after a game. Awesome Hook was horrible, Ebonite Riptide, 900 Global Grip-it was bad, but that was my fault because of layout. Track Phenom was bad for me because I laid it out wrong as well. I went 70*5*40 and it was a dart. Found on those cores from Track I had to go pin down and put the mass bias on the val.
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Re: What is your lest favorite ball?
« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2020, 09:57:24 AM »

A few come to mind.  Not bad balls for everyone, just not good for me:

Twisted Fury Solid - possibly a bad layout
Twisted Fury Destruction - Honor score, but better as lanes started transitioning
Total Inferno  (3 Honor scores, but I don't know how)
Fanatic SS - better on sport shots than THS for me
TruMotion - great urethane, but I don't get along with urethane

Most of these I liked early on, but used them less due to better options as time went on.



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Re: What is your lest favorite ball?
« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2020, 10:24:12 AM »
Most recently, the Motiv Forza SS. The only time I was happy with that lump of sh*t was when it cracked.
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Re: What is your lest favorite ball?
« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2020, 10:30:13 AM »
A Brunswick Smash Zone. Only worked once, on a 30' short tournament pattern (stumbled upon this condition in training), but anywhere else and with whatever surface I tried it, it was a dud.
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Re: What is your lest favorite ball?
« Reply #7 on: January 29, 2020, 10:40:24 AM »
Storm Modern Marvel.
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Bowler19525

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Re: What is your lest favorite ball?
« Reply #8 on: January 29, 2020, 11:32:51 AM »
There are 6 balls that stick out for me as being total wastes of time, energy, and money to try and make work.

Storm Eraser Blaze
Lane#1 Pearl Stealth Bomber
Ebonite Adrenaline Shot
900 Global Network
Columbia 300 N'sane Antics (which made no sense considering the original Antics was amazing for me)
Ebonite Maverick
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Re: What is your lest favorite ball?
« Reply #9 on: January 29, 2020, 11:40:48 AM »
Lane Masters Xtreme Damage Platinum - ball just did nothing for me with a layout I've used often and multiple surface changes

Roto Hyper Cell Skid - not necessarily a bad ball, just bad layout choice for me. Pin to PAP was too long so the core rolled forward too quick for me. I loved the Rogue Cell

Radical Ridiculous Pearl - I was expecting backend motion and it ended up being really smooth for me
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Re: What is your lest favorite ball?
« Reply #10 on: January 29, 2020, 01:36:12 PM »
Two stand out above all the rest:

Optimus Pearl- two words, doo doo

Soniq- storm really outdid themselves here, this is the worst ball I’ve ever owned
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Jesse James

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Re: What is your lest favorite ball?
« Reply #11 on: January 29, 2020, 02:24:27 PM »
For me it was the MoRich Insane LevRg.
Could not get this ball to do much of anything with re-drill or surface change.

The AZO Pro-Tactics. The gold one. This ball came with hype and left with zzzzzz!

The Roto Hyper-Cell Skid. I had such high hopes for this piece! in theory it should have been great, but no! It was a dud. If I would have only used it in No-Tap tourneys, it would have paid for itself three times over! It was a ringing ten machine!

The Storm Fight. I found little to no use for it. I only scored well with it on a sport shot just one time. Eventually I just sold it!
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Re: What is your lest favorite ball?
« Reply #12 on: January 29, 2020, 02:45:38 PM »
Black Widow Pink is the only ball I've ever used that has an under/under reaction. Also rings more tenpins than anything I've ever used.

Hyroad X and Crux Pearl round out the top 3.
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Re: What is your lest favorite ball?
« Reply #13 on: January 29, 2020, 02:54:53 PM »
Brunswick Smash Zone and Brunswick Siege. Those were the only two Brunswick balls I ever had and didn't care for either one. I never bought another Brunswick ball after that.
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Re: What is your lest favorite ball?
« Reply #14 on: January 29, 2020, 03:05:43 PM »
I will chime in on this one…
   
As I can recall, here is my list of the worst balls that I have ever owned in no particular order.  Well, except for the first ball…  LOL!

1.   AMF SUMO – I got hyped off of the commercials back in the day for this urethane P.O.S. ball.  The ball did not hook at all!  Not in oil, not on dry, not at all!  Needless to say, but I have not purchased another AMF ball afterwards and I never will.  PERIOD!

2.   Ebonite Nitro/R – I sold that thing after a few weeks of league play.  Some guy bought it from me during league while we were still bowling!   LOL.

3.   Columbia 300 Super Beast – Words cannot describe how bad this ball was.  I never used it in league play and gave it away shortly after it was purchased.  Skid city with no hook on the dry.  Dead beast.  DUD!

4.   Storm X-Factor Deuce – I like Storm balls, but this P.O.S. ball was so inconsistent no matter what I did to it.  Surface, polish, OOB, it didn’t matter, it was just awful.

5.   Roto Grip Uproar – Just because a ball looks good in Belmo’s hand, does NOT mean it will look good in yours.  Lesson learned.  LOL.  This ball was so bad for me, and a few others that I know, that we all just gave ours away!  Needless to say, but I did not feel bad for the poor knucklehead that tried to re-drill that P.O.S. afterwards.  Roto Grip has not used the core of the ball since.  Total DUD!  LOL.

Honorable mention to the Storm IQ Tour Fusion, Columbia 300 U2, and Brunswick Danger Zone 2.
 
That was fun!  LMAO!

Peace!     
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