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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: djgook on August 24, 2016, 07:06:44 PM

Title: Guru Limited Pearl compared to Hammer
Post by: djgook on August 24, 2016, 07:06:44 PM

I throw all hammer and I am a two handed bowler. I need to know what ball does the black Guru Limited Pearl compare to in the Hammer line up and is it better then what you are comparing it to. All my bowling balls are listed. Thank you in advance.

Title: Re: Guru Limited Pearl compared to Hammer
Post by: tuckinfenpin on August 25, 2016, 05:38:23 AM

Red Legend pearl. Both pearl covers with asymmetric cores. Numbers are probably off, but the function of each is to create a skid/flip reaction.

Title: Re: Guru Limited Pearl compared to Hammer
Post by: lbss831 on August 25, 2016, 11:51:13 AM

I second the red legend pearl,it will be maybe a board stronger and a hair earlier,overall the legend will be the most skid/flip out the two Lil more length and backend

Title: Re: Guru Limited Pearl compared to Hammer
Post by: cory867 on August 25, 2016, 01:44:36 PM

Quote from: lbss831 on August 25, 2016, 11:51:13 AM

I second the red legend pearl,it will be maybe a board stronger and a hair earlier,overall the legend will be the most skid/flip out the two Lil more length and backend

You must be nuts.  An independent evaluator did work to tell you which was stronger.  Bowlingball.com rated the balls using the same scale (independent of the manufacturer).  The Red Legend got an overall rating (hook potential) of 212.1 and the Guru Limited got a 230.2.  The highest score that bowlingball.com gave any ball (pearl or solid) was a 232.8.  Both are Pearls but both are not equal.  Hammer does not have a pearl that will compare to the Guru Limited in hook potential.

Title: Re: Guru Limited Pearl compared to Hammer
Post by: don coyote on August 25, 2016, 02:57:10 PM

The Lock has a 234.4 Perfect rating on bowlingball.com, but saying that I have never seen a pearl hook as much as the Guru Limited pearl. I've seen 2 thrown and I didn't get one because it comes back so hard.

Just Saying!

Title: Re: Guru Limited Pearl compared to Hammer
Post by: cory867 on August 26, 2016, 06:24:30 AM

Quote from: don coyote on August 25, 2016, 02:57:10 PM

The Lock has a 234.4 Perfect rating on bowlingball.com, but saying that I have never seen a pearl hook as much as the Guru Limited pearl. I've seen 2 thrown and I didn't get one because it comes back so hard.

Just Saying!
 

The numbers that I quoted were directly off their website.

Title: Re: Guru Limited Pearl compared to Hammer
Post by: amyers2002 on August 26, 2016, 08:07:56 AM

It all depends on how you evaluate a term like hook. The Guru Limited is the stronger ball. From what I have seen it will hook earlier and cover more total boards than the RL Pearl but the RL Pearl is longer and will have close to the same back end or maybe even slightly more than the Guru Limited. Both are good balls