What are the current thoughts on equipment for the burn?

I remember a year or two ago, I bought a loco pearl... Just to find out that on the real dry, it was crazy strongl

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Quote from: BowlingforSoup on February 17, 2018, 06:21:28 PM

Nobody ever mentions Columbia Scout 3 piece pancake weight block.The old superflex cover.Very cheap and are very weak.Weaker than the breezes.Trust me I have tried all the so called low end balls

The pancake core virtually removes the core from any participation in the ball reaction.

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.Most low end balls are as strong as medium balls.

So untrue. I can't even believe you said this. I suspect this involves a speed dominant delivery.

That's me where on fresh THS everything under a Hy-Road goes dead straight.  How about the Seismic Desperado for the burn?  That thing has a strong core too so don't have to give up the hitting power.

Should have known hack would throw in a comment.Yes I said most low end balls are strong as medium stuff.Cyclones have over .50 diff gb 10.7 cover equal STRONG.900 Global low end Boost .43 diff.Didn't say all said Most.Unless you are maybe under 300 rr they may not be strong for you.

20-year old Matrix Conquest with the pin about 5.5 inches away from PAP and the thumb drilled dead into the MB will do the trick. That thing hooks less than my XXXL spare ball some nights.

I think it's true that there's really no such thing as dry-lane resin, provided you mean if you drill it with a leverage drill just like you do your main stuff. What I've found most people mean when they ask this question is more like: "I want something with the same hook shape as my strike ball so that when the lanes turn to sand I can just switch equipment and throw the same ball on the same mark and get the same reaction as I get from my hook monster on the fresh."

In the current state of resin technology, that doesn't exist. By an older piece of equipment with a three-generations-old cover technology and you might get close, though.

Jess

20-year old Matrix Conquest with the pin about 5.5 inches away from PAP and the thumb drilled dead into the MB will do the trick. That thing hooks less than my XXXL spare ball some nights.

I think it's true that there's really no such thing as dry-lane resin, provided you mean if you drill it with a leverage drill just like you do your main stuff. What I've found most people mean when they ask this question is more like: "I want something with the same hook shape as my strike ball so that when the lanes turn to sand I can just switch equipment and throw the same ball on the same mark and get the same reaction as I get from my hook monster on the fresh."

In the current state of resin technology, that doesn't exist. By an older piece of equipment with a three-generations-old cover technology and you might get close, though.

Jess

 
I think what I bolded above is accurate. That's what I'm looking for on drier lanes. If the condition is so dry that I have to use my Storm Mix spare ball for the strike shot, I'm probably not going to bowl. Period.

It's a good point.  Trying to set up a buddy with a dry lane ball.  Drilled a Rhino with a 2" pin.  Claimed that it hooked at the arrows.  It does have a 500/ polish cover...  Maybe taking to 4k will help some, but as all have said, I suspect most are going to hook early on the dry.