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xrayjay

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Hybrids covers
« on: February 04, 2015, 11:06:27 AM »
Are all hybrids 50/50 mix of pearl and solid? I really don't know much about hybrids and why the Hyroad is so damn good and others not so much.

Also, I know some bowlers who don't like using hybrid covers - too over under for them. is this true for you?

Finally, I"ve owned different hybrid covered balls and the only one I really like and used a lot was the hyroad. The rest I sold rather quickly....
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Re: Hybrids covers
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2015, 11:21:35 AM »
No, "hybrid" just means a mix of more than one type of cover stock. One example of a solid hybrid would be the Storm Major 52. It had two different solid cover stocks instead of a solid and a pearl.


I think most people do assume that hybrid means solid and pearl though.
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Re: Hybrids covers
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2015, 11:33:49 AM »
Hybrids are not 50/50 mixes all the time and like Milo said, a hybrid just means more than 1 coverstock used (solid/solid, solid/pearl, pearl/pearl, solid/solid/pearl...)

I've had really good success with Hybrids, I've had a Rogue Cell, Crossroad, and now a Virtual Energy
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Re: Hybrids covers
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2015, 11:38:00 AM »
It had slipped my mind, Besides the Hyroad, the cross road is a good ball too. Different look in the backend vs the Hyroad. What were the "mix" or blend with these two balls?
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Re: Hybrids covers
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2015, 05:03:35 PM »
Hybrid = marketing
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Re: Hybrids covers
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2015, 05:09:00 PM »
Quote from: xrayjay on February 04, 2015, 11:38:00 AM
It had slipped my mind, Besides the Hyroad, the cross road is a good ball too. Different look in the backend vs the Hyroad. What were the "mix" or blend with these two balls?

No clue, different core numbers though..
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Re: Hybrids covers
« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2015, 05:47:55 PM »
Quote from: billdozer on February 04, 2015, 05:09:00 PM
Quote from: xrayjay on February 04, 2015, 11:38:00 AM
It had slipped my mind, Besides the Hyroad, the cross road is a good ball too. Different look in the backend vs the Hyroad. What were the "mix" or blend with these two balls?
 

No clue, different core numbers though..

The CrossRoad had a slightly different core.  Inverted Fe3 instead of Fe2 on the HyRoad.  I think the cover was slightly different too.  IIRC, the HyRoad is considered to be 50% solid, 50% pearl. 
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Re: Hybrids covers
« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2015, 05:50:01 PM »
Agreed on marketing. It has already been stated that pearl is for aesthetics not ball reaction. Pearlized balls look pretty when shinned on the shelf more so then solids most of the time. If I put out two of the exact same ball and one cover was sanded and the other polished you would be less likely to buy both. Hybrid allows me to sucker you for a third time on the same product.
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Re: Hybrids covers
« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2015, 06:01:26 PM »
Sucker is a strong word...
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Re: Hybrids covers
« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2015, 06:58:23 PM »
Quote from: kidlost2000 on February 04, 2015, 05:50:01 PM
Agreed on marketing. It has already been stated that pearl is for aesthetics not ball reaction. Pearlized balls look pretty when shinned on the shelf more so then solids most of the time. If I put out two of the exact same ball and one cover was sanded and the other polished you would be less likely to buy both. Hybrid allows me to sucker you for a third time on the same product.


Kid is pretty much right.  I see it as...

The solid is for when I'm on oil, pearl for when I'm not. 

Usually for me the hybrid when its not polished works best.  I mean cmon its their third crack and perfecting the product, it should be! 

Rogue cell and sinister (first in its line) work really well for me.  Still have the rogue cell in the rotation!!! I must be a sucker 8)
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Re: Hybrids covers
« Reply #10 on: February 04, 2015, 07:03:16 PM »
Maybeso,  but I didn't have a lot of success with the original Virtual Gravity sanded, polished didn't matter.


I had two Virtual Energies and just killed it with both of them.


Must have been that Pear Berry scent.  ;D ;D
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Re: Hybrids covers
« Reply #11 on: February 04, 2015, 07:25:39 PM »
Quote from: milorafferty on February 04, 2015, 07:03:16 PM
Maybeso,  but I didn't have a lot of success with the original Virtual Gravity sanded, polished didn't matter.


I had two Virtual Energies and just killed it with both of them.


Must have been that Pear Berry scent.  ;D ;D

My VE was awesome! 
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Re: Hybrids covers
« Reply #12 on: February 04, 2015, 07:25:57 PM »
Quote from: JustRico on February 04, 2015, 06:01:26 PM
Sucker is a strong word...


So is pompas, maybe they go to the same gym.

After the definitions given for what people have read online or been told what a "hybrid" coverstock is I'd say "sucker" is pretty accurate. In all fairness the difference will be surface or slight change in strength of coverstock.  Marketing however will not confirm or deny it.
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Re: Hybrids covers
« Reply #13 on: February 04, 2015, 07:29:12 PM »
It's pompous ass...thank you
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Re: Hybrids covers
« Reply #14 on: February 04, 2015, 07:33:02 PM »
Quote from: kidlost2000 on February 04, 2015, 07:25:57 PM
Quote from: JustRico on February 04, 2015, 06:01:26 PM
Sucker is a strong word...


So is pompas, maybe they go to the same gym.

After the definitions given for what people have read online or been told what a "hybrid" coverstock is I'd say "sucker" is pretty accurate. In all fairness the difference will be surface or slight change in strength of coverstock.  Marketing however will not confirm or deny it.

The world is never that cut and dried.
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