I bought my first D/T ball, an Element, last summer. It quickly became the first ball out of my bag. I liked it so much that I ended up selling my previous go to ball, a Track Pearl Stomp, to a friend. I quickly fell in love with the Element's strong arcing movement, ability to keep the pins low, and very strong hit. Curiously, when the weather started getting cooler last Fall, the Element quit breaking. It went from a 12-15 board move to 5 boards or less. So I put it away for awhile. Then in late February the ball started to work for me again. Don't know if it was the weather or just what. But after about a year, I love the versatility of the Element. Two weeks ago during our league organization night, I was throwing the Element from about 25 out to 5 and watching it come back to destroy the rack. This afternoon at practice I was throwing it straight up 7 with the same result.
My second D/T ball, purchased about 3 months ago, is the Vendetta Black. This is the earliest rolling ball of any I have ever used. It gives me a real choice and change of pace from the Element, as well as my Track Mutant. Last week during league, conditions were very much different than normal, with no back ends at all. Neither the Element nor the Mutant would break more than 2-3 boards. Everybody was struggling. I somewhat salvaged my series by throwing the Ven Black at a slower speed, taking advantage of its early-rolling nature. For that night I was actually getting more hook out of the Black than I was either the Element or Mutant.
I'm pretty satisfied with my arsenal right now, although I would still like to get my hands on an Anomaly at some point. And I really appreciate the philosophy that New Guy brings to the company. Make 'em good and make 'em to last. It works for me. Long live D/T!
