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boondoggle

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Most durable covers?
« on: December 04, 2007, 07:24:20 AM »
What manufacturer has the longest lasting covers?  Especially on new stuff.  I know it's hard to gauge with new covers coming out faster and faster, but I'd like  to know that a ball that I purchase will last more than 3 months (I bowl alot, 3 months is gonna be 100+ games).  

I've got nearly 10 year old Brunswick (PK18) and Storm (Curelyon) bowling balls that react today like they did when I got them, with little to no maintenance (no cleaning, resurface every 2 to 3 months)

Is it reasonable to expect that kind of longevity out of new coverstocks?
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Re: Most durable covers?
« Reply #16 on: December 19, 2007, 01:06:28 PM »
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Re: Most durable covers?
« Reply #17 on: December 19, 2007, 01:07:35 PM »
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look for a version of it from Global in the near future.



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Re: Most durable covers?
« Reply #18 on: December 19, 2007, 01:58:18 PM »
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Dynothane during the Cardinale years also are very durable.  I've seen Vendettas used for years in multiple leagues that look virtually new.  Some of these are still available.  Two new Dynothane balls have just been recently posted at their website.  Wether or not Ebonite will retain the durability factor remains to be seen.


The Soaker technology is Phil's baby, it is not a Dynothane thing.  I'd expect the new Dyno to follow the current Ebonite philosophy of high-maintenance, great-reaction-while-it-lasts covers.  

I love my Dynos, I've got a Thing Lives with many hundreds of games on it and an Energy with a somewhat smaller amount of hundreds of games on it.

I thought the S-series covers on the Creature and Break were Soakers.

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Raven829

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Re: Most durable covers?
« Reply #19 on: December 19, 2007, 08:53:22 PM »
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I thought the S-series covers on the Creature and Break were Soakers.
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That is what I thought too.  Not that I really care what it is; I just know that the covers on both my Breaks are tremendous.  No tracking and INCREDIBLY receptive to adjustments.

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Re: Most durable covers?
« Reply #20 on: December 19, 2007, 08:59:00 PM »
The Power Koil series of coverstocks is pretty good. Would have to say the Activator is pretty good as well.
Any company will have a coverstock that just won't keep it's life. From what I have seen I would say Brunswick is the best. Now with that being said I have not seen any Legends or Lanemaster stuff. Have not really seen much Visionary as well.
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Re: Most durable covers?
« Reply #21 on: December 19, 2007, 09:02:55 PM »
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I thought the S-series covers on the Creature and Break were Soakers.

SH


Eric said here (on BR.com) that the Breaker is Storm's R2S coverstock. I remembered and wrote that down.

Creature S40 is, as far as I know, Superflex solid/pearl combo.
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charlest

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Re: Most durable covers?
« Reply #22 on: December 19, 2007, 09:32:39 PM »
I can only pass on what I believe a reliable source told me. I can't verify what covers are made of what, not being a chemist nor a lie detector.
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Re: Most durable covers?
« Reply #23 on: December 20, 2007, 05:41:54 AM »
Eric said here (on BR.com) that the Breaker is Storm's R2S coverstock. I remembered and wrote that down.
Edited on 12/19/2007 10:03 PM[/quote]

This has already been laid to rest and now it jumps back up.  The Break is not a Storm coverstock.  Storm poured the first Breaks with Globals resins not Storms.  Now Global has poured their own batch of Breaks due to selling out of the first batch.  

Yes the Creature is a SuperFlex cover I believe with a few tweaks to it.
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Re: Most durable covers?
« Reply #24 on: December 20, 2007, 10:34:37 AM »
Derek-
  I think some of the confusion is because we still don't know what cover is on the Break, other than it is called s70 and is 900 Global's own.  We can associate s40 with Superflex, but there's nothing to compare s70 to.  Is it Soaker or something completely new?  Whatever it is, it is possibly the best cover on the market right now.  

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Re: Most durable covers?
« Reply #25 on: December 20, 2007, 10:59:36 AM »
I think you guys are looking to much into the S in the coverstocks.  The last I knew the S in the coverstock for the Break and Creature it was for Solid.  If the come out with a pearl it will probably be P-- then so on.  S does not mean Soaker or Superflex.  The cover on the break is just a resin cover I believe might have some tweaks in it for Soaker but since the buyout I don't believe that technically they can use the word Soaker or Superflex.  I am sure Eric or Phil will get on here to clear it up again.  One thing is for sure it is not a Storm resin.
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Re: Most durable covers?
« Reply #26 on: December 20, 2007, 11:21:28 AM »
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Eric said here (on BR.com) that the Breaker is Storm's R2S coverstock. I remembered and wrote that down.
Edited on 12/19/2007 10:03 PM


This has already been laid to rest and now it jumps back up.  The Break is not a Storm coverstock.  Storm poured the first Breaks with Globals resins not Storms.  Now Global has poured their own batch of Breaks due to selling out of the first batch.  

Yes the Creature is a SuperFlex cover I believe with a few tweaks to it.
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Thanks for correcting me. I don't want to pass on bad information, but ...

How was it laid to rest? I did not see that post.
Did Eric tell someone he was lying? He works for 900Global; it's still a very small company. I mean I wonder how could he not know, especially since he came on here and posted it. he must have bene fairly confident that he was correct, AT THAT TIME.
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Re: Most durable covers?
« Reply #27 on: December 20, 2007, 11:26:12 AM »
let put it to rest once and for all, Eric stated originally it was a Storm resin, he late learned that we were using the same supplier as Storm, we worked with them to come up with the formula on the Break, It is not a Storm formula but our own.
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Re: Most durable covers?
« Reply #28 on: December 20, 2007, 11:46:25 AM »
Thanks Phil,

No I hope that everyone that thinks it is a storm resin can write that down so they now know what we already knew.  It is 900Globals formula.
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charlest

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Re: Most durable covers?
« Reply #29 on: December 20, 2007, 03:03:12 PM »
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Thanks Phil,

No I hope that everyone that thinks it is a storm resin can write that down so they now know what we already knew.  It is 900Globals formula.
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OK, already, I surrender.  Thanks, tenpin & x-guy.
No matter how one gets to know, it's still best to know.

Somebody lock this thread; my a** is getting sore .... :
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Re: Most durable covers?
« Reply #30 on: December 20, 2007, 03:15:21 PM »
Blue and Black Hammers are still hooking around here with the best of em.  Talk about durability.
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