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Equipment Boards => Storm => Topic started by: LyalC52 on October 06, 2017, 08:07:09 PM
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I'd love to see an one lane comparison of these two as staffers and putting together review videos
I'm hearing a bunch of wows from Brigham City, but not sure if its real or hype yet/
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My Snap Lock is long gone, but that's because it wasn't that great. I think I still have some footage though, so I might be able to splice something together, but I'll at least be sure to compare the two in my review. From what I see though, the Snap Lock was really aggressive and sharp, the Intense has a totally different shape. I don't think they're going to end up being very similar at all, and I think the Intense will be the much better ball.
I'd love to see an one lane comparison of these two as staffers and putting together review videos
I'm hearing a bunch of wows from Brigham City, but not sure if its real or hype yet/
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I really liked my Snap Lock for the first 300 or so games
Baked it 4 times during its life, but its just not the same ball anymore
debating on getting another one or something newer
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I really liked my Snap Lock for the first 300 or so games
Baked it 4 times during its life, but its just not the same ball anymore
debating on getting another one or something newer
300 games is a great run.
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Yeah at 300 games, that's a pretty good life for a ball anymore. Sad, but true. That's the price you pay for reactive equipment. The more it hooks, the more you're going to notice when it starts going downhill, and that's not a ball that's going to react very well after it's "died." Some of the best balls I ever had didn't really hit their stride for me until they'd lost a significant amount of reaction. The Hammer Taboo I'd have to say was the best ball I ever owned, and it was good when it was new, but after it "died," man it was deadly, matter of fact I don't think I had any kind of success with it until it "died." Now on the other hand, the Jigsaw Trap has my personal record for the most honor scores with one ball, but when it died, it went straight into the dumpster, absolute puke monster.
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Yeah at 300 games, that's a pretty good life for a ball anymore. Sad, but true. That's the price you pay for reactive equipment. The more it hooks, the more you're going to notice when it starts going downhill, and that's not a ball that's going to react very well after it's "died." Some of the best balls I ever had didn't really hit their stride for me until they'd lost a significant amount of reaction. The Hammer Taboo I'd have to say was the best ball I ever owned, and it was good when it was new, but after it "died," man it was deadly, matter of fact I don't think I had any kind of success with it until it "died." Now on the other hand, the Jigsaw Trap has my personal record for the most honor scores with one ball, but when it died, it went straight into the dumpster, absolute puke monster.
See this is what makes me believe we give up on balls too quick now a days. Maybe we'll love it once we put those first 40-50 games on it.
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See this is what makes me believe we give up on balls too quick now a days. Maybe we'll love it once we put those first 40-50 games on it.
Speaking for myself I don't give up on a ball until I don't like the reaction any more. Could 50 games, could be 300 games. Not set on a quota.
The one time that I do remember a ball working better after it wore down some was with the Angular One. It was okay new/fresh, but pretty good when a good amount of games were put on it. My Totally Defiant kind of evolved into a different motion over time but it was great at every stage. Just gave it away to someone who needed it more than I did after I bought a bunch of clearance balls last year.
One ball that really went quickly was the Columbia 300 Omen. A monster when newer, but pretty awful after 50ish games. No amount of surface refresh or deoiling could bring that back.
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Yeah at 300 games, that's a pretty good life for a ball anymore. Sad, but true. That's the price you pay for reactive equipment. The more it hooks, the more you're going to notice when it starts going downhill, and that's not a ball that's going to react very well after it's "died." Some of the best balls I ever had didn't really hit their stride for me until they'd lost a significant amount of reaction. The Hammer Taboo I'd have to say was the best ball I ever owned, and it was good when it was new, but after it "died," man it was deadly, matter of fact I don't think I had any kind of success with it until it "died." Now on the other hand, the Jigsaw Trap has my personal record for the most honor scores with one ball, but when it died, it went straight into the dumpster, absolute puke monster.
See this is what makes me believe we give up on balls too quick now a days. Maybe we'll love it once we put those first 40-50 games on it.
funny you said that, I almost kicked the Snap Lock to the curb after 21 games, but stuck with it and it became one of my favorite balls
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I'm actually hoping my Code Red is one of those balls that gets better with more games.