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Equipment Boards => Storm => Topic started by: TamerBowling on November 09, 2014, 07:05:57 PM
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We did this a little while ago but wasn't sure if I posted here.
http://tamerbowling.com/storm-crux-bowling-ball-review/
Strong ball from Storm obviously. Our two testers needed oil. They first were concerned about the ball reaction when they were 3rd arrow, not seeing the backend motion they were hoping. The ball was just burning up. As soon as they starting getting deep, they were shocked by the amount of motion the Crux had on the backend. It was a revelation.
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"It was a revelation" I'm hoping that was a pun in some form or fashion.If not I will add that one to you ever growing list of things staffers say to try to sell a ball. I believe it'll be close to the top of the list too !!
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Sorry, didn't mean to sound cliche. :-[
Just to be clear, TamerBowling.com is not on staff of any manufacturer, although we at times use staff testers. The reviews are not written by staff members and we actually have no testers who are Storm or Roto Grip staff right now.
Anyway, I hope you took the time to read the complete review. All I was trying to communicate is that the take away was the Crux did not "function" well until it found a good bit of oil, especially for our higher rev bowlers. There are some balls that fair better in medium to medium/heavy oil. The Crux for these high rev bowlers needed heavy oil. But also unique to oilers, the Crux had lots of backend pop, but again, only with high volumes of oil. I actually think this is a fairly unique reaction compared to the multitude of balls we've tested over the years.
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Yes , I read the whole article. I've also seem that ball in play. Just this past weekend in a senior tournament a friend of mine was using it and the crux reminded me of my hyper cell. They both have a very defined roll on the ball end. Both balls look great going down the lane(in heavier oil) and carry really well. My friend has about 225 revs but his speed is a good match to those revs.He put it at 2000abr and crushed it.It was nice to have him as my doubles partner as I was not crushing anything, but the ice in my drink !!
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Yup, I would agree. We tested the Hyper Cell and the Crux also has a strong move, especially on heavy oil. The difference I would say is that depending on your level of hand, you see the following.
The Hyper Cell is hard to keep on the right side of the head pin when the volume decreases whereas the Crux shows a "weaker" ball reaction keeping it in the pocket. However, the carry isn't there, in our test anyway.
I would also say the Hyper Cell is probably a tad more defined in backend movement.
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I can concur with that statement from what I've seen with those two balls, and the several ones I've drilled
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I wonder on the choice of layout for strong rev/low tilt bowlers and expect this ball to backend?
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on second thought,ball looks like a beast to me ;D
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punched one up 60x4x30. my stats are 4 7/8 3/8 up,17 mph,10* tilt and higher revs. with this layout the ball still seemed to chug in the midlane then looked like it got kicked in the rear,very nice ball motion and was exactly the reaction I was expecting.I must be getting better figuring out layouts on equipment for me. I do agree the cover seemed a little strong at first but that can easily be adjusted.