Ok, I have plenty of other stuff from other companies but with track I have a Phenom Unleashed, just acquired a Crunch so I'm looking for something a step down and I can get all three of these for the same price.  Anyone have any comparisions between the Darkside, Crunchtime, and Hex?
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-D. Marshall
ScratchBowling.com Shirt Staff 2003-2004

All of these balls are availible to me so I can get whatever I want...I just wanted to know how these three balls compared to each other, scores and how they hit don't matter to me.  I want to know how they react on the lane and what conditions they are best suited for.
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-D. Marshall
ScratchBowling.com Shirt Staff 2003-2004

For me, the Darkside covers a few more boards but is slighlty smoother because of the light particle load (it has the same cover as the Magic).  The Crunchtime/Hex had the same reaction for me (not sure if they are in fact the same ball).  They are fairly clean but turn the corner very well.  They work better than the Darkside when the heads start to go but you still need reaction downlane.  The Darkside really needs some head oil because of the cover but it also works better when there is some oil downlane.

brimar,

It was suppose to be an international release only but a US distributor got hold of some and sold them locally.  If you do a search, you'll find several threads about it.

yes, it is ABC legal...see http://www.bowl.com/bin/pdf/approved_balllist.pdf

What I've learned about the Darkside being sold here in the US was that there were complications with production and probably costs exceeded projections so they gave up on it.  I thought the US distributor who has them, took all the ones that were produced here (before the problems occured) but I could be wrong.
Good luck with your choice and thank you for choosing Track.



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Rick Leong
Ten Pins Pro Shop
Track Pro Shop Staff

Hi Dw23,

I can't speak in regards to the Darkside, I don't have one (Not released to staff).  However, CT compared to the RevM gave me exactly what you're looking for.  My CrunchTime looks like a stronger version of the RevM, with some (med)oil, it clears the heads easily and starts to pull up in the midlane and turns over with a very strong arc in the back.  This ball should do the trick for you.
Good luck and feel free to contact me if you have any further questions, thanks.
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Rick Leong
Ten Pins Pro Shop
Track Pro Shop Staff

Hi Stormer,

I laid out my RevM at 5x 2 1/2 pin above split fingers.  This gave me quite a bit of early midlane but the ball had a very low RG so it could've been that also but it pulled so quick, the backend became just arcing.  You may also be seeing the difference between particle and resin reactions on a drier condition.
Your particle's going to want to create friction early and more even throughout the lane vs a resin which skids and then reads the dry and wants to make the change of direction much stronger.  If you want to discuss in further detail, feel free to contact me, thanks.


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Rick Leong
Ten Pins Pro Shop
Track Pro Shop Staff