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dss

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Tropical breeze
« on: January 07, 2015, 04:36:01 PM »
There are many tropical breeze colors, etc. does one hook more than the others or are they all the same.  I am looking for the one that hooks the least for dry lanes.
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Re: Tropical breeze
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2015, 05:44:06 PM »
the cover are mostly pearl reactive unless stated otherwise. Depending your speed and/or rev rate, the TB isn't a true dry lane balls with its strong cover IMO. I had both solid and pearl which I enjoyed rolling during leagues. But I found the slingshot from Big B better for me on dry lanes.
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Re: Tropical breeze
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2015, 07:16:59 PM »
Quote from: xrayjay on January 07, 2015, 05:44:06 PM
the cover are mostly pearl reactive unless stated otherwise. Depending your speed and/or rev rate, the TB isn't a true dry lane balls with its strong cover IMO. I had both solid and pearl which I enjoyed rolling during leagues. But I found the slingshot from Big B better for me on dry lanes.

Well, so far, in my experience, the TB is the weakest resin ball curently aviable. It is weaker than the Brunswick Strike King, the Motiv Ascent and the Roto-Grip Scream, the 3 "mildest" resin balls currently on the market. There are older resin balls that are weaker. There are urethane (actually resin/urethane blends) that are weaker, like the Blue Hammer, and the SuperNatural (a solid/pearl urethane blend).
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cheech

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Re: Tropical breeze
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2015, 07:35:23 PM »
ya i dont know what rayjay is talking about that the breeze isnt a dry lane ball. it is the weakest non pancake resin ball i have seen. i am by no means a low rev or speed dominant player and the breeze is a puck for me on anything but the dessert or short oil.
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Re: Tropical breeze
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2015, 02:42:55 PM »
For me it isn't, I should say, it wasn't. the slingshot and the RG Clear Tire work best for me and my style. Now, it's the Crucial by LF.

Yes for short/lighter THS the TB is fine, but not on the carpetS I've bowled on - "for me and my style" the TB solid (4.5 pin to axis) and the pearl (5.75 pin to axis) both get down but energy gets lost by the time it gets to the pocket. Bowling in NorCal/Reno in the summer in some of these tournaments, or at the local 24 hour bowling alley where the house ball hooks too isn't fun with the TB for me.

To some a 5 iron is good enough for a 200 yard par 3, for others it's a 2 iron.
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Re: Tropical breeze
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2015, 03:04:19 PM »
Quote from: xrayjay on January 07, 2015, 05:44:06 PM
the cover are mostly pearl reactive unless stated otherwise. Depending your speed and/or rev rate, the TB isn't a true dry lane balls with its strong cover IMO. I had both solid and pearl which I enjoyed rolling during leagues. But I found the slingshot from Big B better for me on dry lanes.

Are you sure you aren't thinking of the Tropical Heat? 
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charlest

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Re: Tropical breeze
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2015, 03:24:04 PM »
Quote from: spmcgivern on January 08, 2015, 03:04:19 PM
Quote from: xrayjay on January 07, 2015, 05:44:06 PM
the cover are mostly pearl reactive unless stated otherwise. Depending your speed and/or rev rate, the TB isn't a true dry lane balls with its strong cover IMO. I had both solid and pearl which I enjoyed rolling during leagues. But I found the slingshot from Big B better for me on dry lanes.

Are you sure you aren't thinking of the Tropical Heat? 

Right now, there are several pearl Tropical Breezes and one hybrid (solid/pearl combo) called the Black/Cherry. There used to be a solid (I have it) but it was discontinued about 2 years ago.

If Xray is seeing a very light oil or a long dry backend, the TB, being Reactor Pearl can easily have far too much backend to control. Been there suffered thru that a ton.

Xray,

I also have the Crucial and find it gets the length of the more popular dry lanes balls, like the TB and the Slingshot, but it has more but smoother backend (than the TB) and it allows to play deeper more easily because it has flare.  I personally can't get very deep with a Slingshot or my Trop Breeze solid (even when polished). The Crucial lets me do that.
« Last Edit: January 08, 2015, 03:28:52 PM by charlest »
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Re: Tropical breeze
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2015, 03:54:21 PM »
Quote from: xrayjay on January 08, 2015, 02:42:55 PM
For me it isn't, I should say, it wasn't. the slingshot and the RG Clear Tire work best for me and my style. Now, it's the Crucial by LF.

Yes for short/lighter THS the TB is fine, but not on the carpetS I've bowled on - "for me and my style" the TB solid (4.5 pin to axis) and the pearl (5.75 pin to axis) both get down but energy gets lost by the time it gets to the pocket. Bowling in NorCal/Reno in the summer in some of these tournaments, or at the local 24 hour bowling alley where the house ball hooks too isn't fun with the TB for me.

To some a 5 iron is good enough for a 200 yard par 3, for others it's a 2 iron.

your situation makes a lot more sense. you are bowling on the dessert. bowling on the "house shot" at some of the casinos is torture
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Re: Tropical breeze
« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2015, 02:24:01 PM »
My opinion is that the TB would be a great ball for a cranker on medium oil.  I have an old Tropical Storm and being a tweener this ball didn't do much with medium oil.  When they really dried up it hooked almost as much as my strong equipment.  The best dry ball I have ever owned is the now unavailable Lane Masters Hornet.  From what I've been told, the Hornet had a reactive shell that was quite hard and didn't absorb oil very much.  They threw a fairly strong core in the ball so this ball went very long, and then had some turn left for the dry conditions.  Most companies put a weak core in a shell that is still just too darn aggressive.   
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