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boondoggle

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Looking for DURABLE new bowling balls
« on: June 25, 2009, 04:57:40 AM »
I'm shopping for a gear for the falls season, but I'm leery of most of the new high end stuff.  I want balls that will last 300+ games in the fall without more maintenance than a good rub down at the end of a set.  I'm not interested in anything you have to bathe or bake to keep going.  Am I out of luck with most manufacturer's high end lines these days?  Should I just be shopping for PK18, Super Flex, Activator, etc.?  Stuff I know will take a beating and keep on ticking?
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NJStroker

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Re: Looking for DURABLE new bowling balls
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2009, 12:59:21 PM »
motiv  stuff doesnt absorb oil anywhere near as fast as anything else, but there smoother in the back becasue of it
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VIXIV

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Re: Looking for DURABLE new bowling balls
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2009, 01:05:54 PM »
Lane Masters and Visionary, maybe?
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defwu3

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Re: Looking for DURABLE new bowling balls
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2009, 01:06:57 PM »
900 global hands down.
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don coyote

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Re: Looking for DURABLE new bowling balls
« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2009, 01:31:05 PM »
IF you clean right after with a good ball cleaner, and wipe the ball after each frame, I believe your equipment will last long after you found the "newest, greatest, and biggest hooking ball ever made." I personally love Lanemasters equipment. They are true 2 piece balls, with a core and 11 pounds of resin in each ball. They use diamonds and carbon in their particle covers, and excellent resin in their reactive covers. I have had 1 ball "die". It was a Track Rising, and that is the last Track ball I will ever buy from them. this is my personal choice, and not intended to knock Track(,OK, MAYBE A LITTLE!). Sorry for the sarcasm, don
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NoseofRI

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Re: Looking for DURABLE new bowling balls
« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2009, 01:36:38 PM »
Brunswick and Storm have always been "durable" equipment as you suggest.  In saying that though, everything out there is durable.  Yes fine, some stuff needs to be bled every now and again, but its nothing as bad as everyone seems to suggest.  
Ex.  I have a Black Widow, has to have close to 1000 games, works as good now as the day I got it.  The only "cleaning" I've done is when the surface gets real beat up from ware and tare.  I tried to bleed it a month back and NO oil whatsoever came out, after leaving it in for 3 hours.  
My gf has a gamebreaker that I know she never cleans after use.  Same thing, no oil.  

With dull stuff its more of just rescuffing the surface than the ball actually being "dead."
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bowlerdawg

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Re: Looking for DURABLE new bowling balls
« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2009, 02:37:23 PM »
i would say
motiv
G900
Lane 1
Legends
kinetic / seismic

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i would stay away from the big 3

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tekneek

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Re: Looking for DURABLE new bowling balls
« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2009, 12:19:01 PM »
ANYTHING MADE IN SAN ANTONIO !!! AMF, Global, Seismic and Lane One
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