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Hustle HYB - Most Impressive Ball I've Ever Thrown!
« on: April 09, 2018, 03:38:00 PM »
I ended up flying out to Vegas to bowl and unfortunately my equipment didn't make it in time. At that point I just wanted something that fit well that was going to be $150ish out the door. Due to my preference for black & dark colored equipment I thought this might be a solid fit after hearing about Luke R. rave about it.

Holy smokes..... If this was ten years ago, this would be a top of the line symmetrical ball. This thing hooks, and in the right part of the lane ....late when you need it. I haven't touched the cover. The lower diff gives you amazing push through the heads, and the 3K surface is a perfect match to slow the ball down before it makes that strong curvy arc through the deck. In my first 2 games with it I left 4 sick 9-pins with it and that's just something that I don't do. Low end balls don't continue through the deck that much for me usually.

I'm not quite sure what to compare this ball to, I honestly haven't seen this shape in awhile. IMO, it's close to the same reaction that you would get when you take a high end ball and drill it weak with a 6" pin high layout, low flaring length with a strong move & finish late. Mine is drilled 5 1/2" pin high (axis, 6" right 1/8 up) and this was just a pleasant surprise to throw. In 9 games, it's tripled it's money back for me and it's just a fun reaction to see for me. The most impressive part is when I saw transition and the ball starts over-hooking, I was reluctant to move in, thinking that it wouldn't have enough guts to carry. Boy was I surprised. My look from inside 4th arrow was just as good as it was booming it to the track area with my higher speed.

I'm so impressed that a company's bottom-tier ball packs this much performance for the dollar. If I was still drilling, I would keep 6-8 cases of these in stock and I would make sure that 4 out of 5 of  my customers had one. I'm practicing a lot for Nationals next month and this ball might not play if the shot is anything like last year, but when I see a reaction that I like as much as this one, I always get another one for a complementary layout. I'm thinking a 4" pin low w/ P3 hole might be on deck next.

It's special.

 

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Re: Hustle HYB - Most Impressive Ball I've Ever Thrown!
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2018, 11:13:06 PM »
Very impressive man.  I am gonna have to do a double take.  I have the Hustle Ink and I love the look it gives me... as if to say, "Come here big boy, you know I need your fingers inside me..."

Wonder if I slept on this one.

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Re: Hustle HYB - Most Impressive Ball I've Ever Thrown!
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2018, 08:00:37 AM »
Lol you sure you're talking about the HYB and not the Ink?  I hated mine . . Ink is GOAT, HYB I had angle issues for days.  Now it looks good for a lot of other people though, I can't imagine it being as good as you're saying, but it was a case of me not matching up, not it being a bad ball though. 
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Re: Hustle HYB - Most Impressive Ball I've Ever Thrown!
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2018, 08:46:13 AM »
My Hustle HYB lasted all of about a month with multiple surface changes and it's in the dumpster...hard to believe it's even the same core in that ball it's so bad
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Re: Hustle HYB - Most Impressive Ball I've Ever Thrown!
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2018, 09:21:41 AM »
I would take all of my reviews with a grain of salt. If I cleared the thumb .001 second later I'd be a full roller. My axis 6" right and 1/4" up, add about 75 degrees rotation, almost no tilt, and I can see my reaction with this ball being much different than anyone else with a different roll. The thing I like about this ball, is that it's so hard to throw past the breakpoint. It faces up early and continues, where most balls that I have a problem with face up and stop (Timeless, Fight, and most high end assyms). For me it's a better finishing IQ Tour for $75 less, OOB. I have a real problem being able to keep the ball in front of me and hold the pocket for a long period of time without the eventual 7 through the face.

I haven't drilled an INK yet, although I will after Nationals next month. That ball does look a little too good to not try, although I think it will overlap with my polished IQTS and Eruption Pro Blue. If this HYB keeps making me money though I'm definitely going to be trying more Roto stuff. Summer leagues here are notorious for house shots that HOOK! I could see these two Hustles as the only balls I would need for the easy stuff. I have about 10 balls in my trunk that won't stay on the lane unless there's a "real pattern" out there.

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Re: Hustle HYB - Most Impressive Ball I've Ever Thrown!
« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2018, 10:15:25 PM »
I ended up going with a HYB over an INK. Was looking for something with an early, smooth reaction and a coverstock weaker than what you would find on most medium/medium heavy category balls. Was pretty hard passing on the INK but it's not gone yet...

Anyways, the HYB actually is what I was looking for. I like it for the specific hole I wanted to fill. Can see where it would be a problem for some, you definitely want to make sure you're hitting high on the headpin to carry the corners consistently (or low enough to blow everything sideways). The motion was really, really consistent too. Pretty easy to predict what was going to happen as soon as I set it down even on our... interesting house shot.

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Re: Hustle HYB - Most Impressive Ball I've Ever Thrown!
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2018, 11:13:14 AM »
I'm glad you like yours, and it sounds like you see a lot of what I see in it. It's very predictable and it responds to hand changes well. The more I give it at the bottom, the more hook I get down lane. I

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Re: Hustle HYB - Most Impressive Ball I've Ever Thrown!
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2018, 11:28:14 AM »
This sounds a lot like my X. Low diff and a medium strength cover. Very responsive to release changes and goes through the pins awesome. OOB I really can't go left to right 2500 grit), and I also laid it out 5*65, so the straighter I go through the fronts, the better it is off the end of the pattern. Thinking about drilling a X2 with a stronger pin, maybe 4*25.

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Re: Hustle HYB - Most Impressive Ball I've Ever Thrown!
« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2018, 12:16:27 PM »
Yeah I was probably going with the X2 if it wasn't the HYB. Intel, Magntirude 035, and Eruption Pro Blue were possibilities too but the price was right on the Roto Grip ball. When all else it equal, or close enough to it, $$$ always wins out in the end...

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Re: Hustle HYB - Most Impressive Ball I've Ever Thrown!
« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2018, 02:57:00 PM »
Yeah I was probably going with the X2 if it wasn't the HYB. Intel, Magntirude 035, and Eruption Pro Blue were possibilities too but the price was right on the Roto Grip ball. When all else it equal, or close enough to it, $$$ always wins out in the end...
Interesting that you compared it to an X2. Had the pleasure of testing my friend's and it definitely had some quality tournament type ball characteristics. Do wonder how strong the cover actually is and how it compared directly to an X2. X2 rolled how I expected the IQ Tour to be.
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