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Equipment Boards => Storm => Topic started by: Bowlaholic on March 20, 2016, 03:38:26 PM
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In the last five months I have had three Storm balls crack completely around the ball while resting in a climate controlled environment and rotated every month.. I tried to find if there was any similarities like the same coverstock, all symmetrical vs. asymmetrical, solids vs. hybirds vs. pearls, same cores, or that the balls came from the same line e.g. Premier, Master, Thunder, etc. that the balls might have shared, I could not find any similarities other than all three were produced from 2012-2014 time period.
Lost the IQ Tour Edition Solid, Firestorm Pearl, and Crux Hybird. I'm going to Staples tomorrow and buy some clears plastic bags for small desk wastepaper cans and put all my many remaining balls in plastic to see if that stops what has occurred. It's worth a try as you all know how expensive these balls are.
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Since the New Year I have lost my IQ Tour Nano, Zero Gravity, and Loco Solid to complete cracking.
Needless to say, I have decided to rid myself of Storm Products.
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Sorry to hear about so much cracking.
I've been lucky so far, I guess. I keep mine in 2 places in the house, if it helps anyone:
1. In my office, on the first floor, heated and A/C'd in the living area. They're in my bag, sitting in the corner, and on a small rack on ball cups.
2. All the ones not in current rotation, drilled and undrilled, sit either in their original plastic bag in the original box on a handmade wooden shelf in the basement or on ball cups on the same wooden shelves. The basement (well insulated with dehumidifier running during the summer) remains around 50-60% humidity and 59 - 65 degrees Fahrenheit all year round.
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I've also had some bad luck with Roto Grip balls cracking lately. I think I'm taking a break from the Storm family for a while because I'm not the only one in my area that's had the same issues. Obviously balls from all companies can crack but in this case it's bit more prevalent for one in particular.
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CoorZero
Sorry to hear you had similar experiences with Roto Grip as I had with Storm. As much as my Storm balls have cracked, I have a Roto Grip Rising Star that I no longer use, sitting in my HOT garage (non-climate controlled, as I live in Florida) for the last two years and it is perfectly fine. It was manufactured in 2011. Ain't that a fine how do you do!
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Maybe they were manufactured in San Antonio? 900 Global tends to manufacture balls that crack relatively easily.
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I too have had issues with RG equipment cracking. I have thrown nothing but RG since 2005 and have probably had upwards of 10-15 balls crack. It is really frustrating when you spend this kind of $ on equipment and have it only last a few years before cracking. I have never lost a ball to Ball Death, only cracking. And yes I keep them cleaned regularly and keep them in the house when not in use....Let us know if the bag works...
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tloy,
I will let you know, but it may take sometime to tell if it helps keeping anymore balls from cracking. I do know that all the new undrilled balls I have hoarded are still in the plastic bags and so far none of those by various manufacturers have cracked; but again they are undrilled.
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I've been saying for years to put unused balls in plastic bags. All of the balls I had that cracked were not in plastic bags. Out of all the ones in plastic bags, drilled or undrilled, so far, knock on wood, none have cracked. All of mine are stored indoors.
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Interesting how many balls crack just sitting there that I hear. I just leave my on the floor on carpet and all 15ish never cracked or anything. Only time I had a ball crack or chip was from drilling NIB maybe im lucky getting real quality balls that can sit there.
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I've only had 1 ball that's ever cracked. I've had Storm poured, 900 global poured, EBI poured, Brunswick poured.
My only ball that cracked was my first ball a Tropical Storm but I wasn't even using it and it got exposed to some heat in a garage
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I've only had 1 ball that's ever cracked. I've had Storm poured, 900 global poured, EBI poured, Brunswick poured.
My only ball that cracked was my first ball a Tropical Storm but I wasn't even using it and it got exposed to some heat in a garage
what a coincidence, well close to me I had a tropical storm black n purple i believe it was being drilled went in like an inch and CRACKed in half Im like WHAT!!! the coincidence is that the tropcial storm was my first ball cracked.
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Mine all cracked in different places. Loco solid started at the top of the pin and wrapped around the pin into my track and to the bottom of my fingers. Ball fully cracked out after I spotted the initial crack within 6 games to the point the ball was deteriorating so badly, chunks of the ball was pushing into my finger grips and I could not get my fingers all the way in.
IQ Tour Nano started as a bridge crack and eventually cracked out and around both of my fingers. Took about a month for it to fully crack.
Zero Gravity cracked around my thumb. I had the mass bias drilled in my track and the first crack I saw was a hairline fracture extending from my thumb to the mass bias indicator. About 2 weeks later, full crack out and thumb was loose in the ball.
But, my Optimus Solid, original Optimus, Menace, Haywire, and other Storm/Roto stuff has been fine. I don't know if it is a recent deal, but it sucks regardless.
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Has anyone experienced any complete cracking with Motiv balls, except for the Tag which apparently has had a reported cracking problem.
I ask because I own seven Motiv balls sitting right next to the Storm balls I lost and I have yet to have a single Motiv ball crack. What is all of your experience with Motiv cracking or not cracking?
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I've owned 10 Motiv balls (nothing newer than the Primal Rage) and except for the Rage, no cracking. The Rage problem wasn't actually a crack, but the imbedded logo starting to separate from the regular cover. Motiv sent me a new Rage, and I haven't had any issues with the new one over the past year.
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Venom Shock X2, Revolt, Revolt Havoc, Tribal Fire, Jackal, Jackal Carnage, Arctic Sniper, Rebel Tank, Forza, Tag x2...ZERO cracks.
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My Wipe Out cracked from one finger insert all the way around to the other insert a few weeks ago.
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In the last five months I have had three Storm balls crack completely around the ball while resting in a climate controlled environment and rotated every month.. I tried to find if there was any similarities like the same coverstock, all symmetrical vs. asymmetrical, solids vs. hybirds vs. pearls, same cores, or that the balls came from the same line e.g. Premier, Master, Thunder, etc. that the balls might have shared, I could not find any similarities other than all three were produced from 2012-2014 time period.
Lost the IQ Tour Edition Solid, Firestorm Pearl, and Crux Hybird. I'm going to Staples tomorrow and buy some clears plastic bags for small desk wastepaper cans and put all my many remaining balls in plastic to see if that stops what has occurred. It's worth a try as you all know how expensive these balls are.
I can't wait for my Lock to crack.
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Has anyone experienced any complete cracking with Motiv balls, except for the Tag which apparently has had a reported cracking problem.
I ask because I own seven Motiv balls sitting right next to the Storm balls I lost and I have yet to have a single Motiv ball crack. What is all of your experience with Motiv cracking or not cracking?
Primal rage,Primal rage remix, Venom shock, 2 Forzas, artic sniper, venom panic, revolt vengenace, rebel tank zero cracks only crack i ever had was a Motiv tag. it was thrown hit the lane and ball cracked
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This is an overdue topic for Storm/Roto Grip. I'm really bummed out. I have an eight-ball rack inside my house in a climate controlled environment. It has 2 Storm, 2 Roto Grip, 1 Brunswick, 2 Lane #1, and 2 Columbia balls on it. The 2 Roto grip balls and 1 Storm have all three completely cracked in the last 3 months. About a year ago, another Storm ball cracked. What a waste.
Ironically, I have left the three other balls (1 Storm) that I use most-often in my car trunk through temperatures ranging from -25 to 90 degrees in the last year and they are perfectly fine. So much for don't expose your bowling balls to cold weather. I've never had a ball crack from leaving them in my car through a WI winter.
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I've had my Guru Mighty, Guru, Crux and Vivid crack on me in the last month or so. And they were all in a controlled environment. Motiv Vengeance, Forza, Forza Redline, Octane, Tag, and a Roto Grip Silver Streak Pearl and no cracks.
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pink tropical breeze, triple crack, 2 games, but is got my career back on track so I found my brunswick tzones.
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In the last 12 months my son and I have lost four to cracking. He lost his Critical Theory last year and his Optimus Solid ten days ago. The Optimus Solid was in his current arsenal and was in his bag. I lost my IQ Pearl and IQ Fusion in the span of 5 days in June. Both of the IQ's were kept in the basement on ball cups. I'd used the IQ Fusion a week earlier and decided to put it back in the rotation. Went out for another practice session and it left my hand intact but came back cracked completely around the ball from the bottom of the thumb to about an inch from the middle finger. I've since started to put all of the balls not in use in plastic bags. Here's to hoping that works.
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I own and have owned a lot of different stuff and from my point of view, the Storm/Roto stuff tends to crack more than any other brand.
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2 Shifts, an Attitude Shift & my Nuts cracked... :o ??? :P
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2 Shifts, an Attitude Shift & my Nuts cracked... :o ??? :P
Sorry to hear about your Nuts...
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Yikes! Cracked Nuts are never good! :o
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2 Shifts, an Attitude Shift & my Nuts cracked... :o ??? :P
Sorry to hear about your Nuts...
Thanks man... The wife ask if the dress she was wearing made her look fat... I said, "No, it ain't the dress, it's what's underneath it..." that's when my Nuts were cracked... :o :'(
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This is why we can't have nice things, Pikey.
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What's worse - cracked Nuts or an oil-saturated Hole Pounder??
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2 Shifts, an Attitude Shift & my Nuts cracked... :o ??? :P
Sorry to hear about your Nuts...
Thanks man... The wife ask if the dress she was wearing made her look fat... I said, "No, it ain't the dress, it's what's underneath it..." that's when my Nuts were cracked... :o :'(
Dang, that's funny. Almost made me spit out my sip of Woodford Reserve....almost.
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Funny thing is, it was my Nuts originally. I gave him my Nuts. Then he goes and breaks the Nuts I gave him.
Nut buster
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Somehow that's just weird...
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Pike and I are a bit... Weird. Sevenpin was the straight man!
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Doom, you weren't supposed to tell... >:( ;)
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Buddy, we were outed years ago.
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In the last 12 months my son and I have lost four to cracking. He lost his Critical Theory last year and his Optimus Solid ten days ago. The Optimus Solid was in his current arsenal and was in his bag. I lost my IQ Pearl and IQ Fusion in the span of 5 days in June. Both of the IQ's were kept in the basement on ball cups. I'd used the IQ Fusion a week earlier and decided to put it back in the rotation. Went out for another practice session and it left my hand intact but came back cracked completely around the ball from the bottom of the thumb to about an inch from the middle finger. I've since started to put all of the balls not in use in plastic bags. Here's to hoping that works.
I've tried the plastic bag theory. For me, it didn't work. I've had 3 crack on me even with them being in the plastic bag and in a controlled environment this past month. I have now stopped buying the equipment of that specific company(companies)/manufacturer. I haven't had any other companies/manufactured equipment from Mexico crack on me. Hmm, come to think of it, this could start another topic.
I know everyone has their own share of cracked bowling balls from all different companies/manufacturer. But mine have been specific to 4 brands.
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This summer I have said RIP to a prodigy and a '12 shout. Both great balls that got a lot of use...
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My trusty old Marvel Pearl cracked all the way around from the finger holes.
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My experience is that I've had a Columbia 300 Pearl Beast crack after about 10 years of use, a V2 small hairline crack in the bridge, and most recently I had an Ebonite Crush Resin drilled out axis weight that cracked after about 5 games in 3 weeks of ownership. The Crush actually started cracking from the axis hole and went towards the pin, which was only about an inch and a half from my axis. Now I'm getting nervous about my stash of undrilled gems!!!
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Forgot, I had my Storm Lightning Storm crack too, but that was like 10 years ago or so.
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I have had roto-grip, storm, columbia, brunswick, all crack over the last three years - all balls well maintained indoors. Each time, the ball company or pro-shop replaced it.