MegaMav wrote:
I spoke with a member here during our challenge league about this very point.
Urethane mostly comes heavily sanded OOB and with more mechanical friction due to the rough texture.
Reactives are a more fine finish, so they will read the lane later.
This is why urethane gets the reputation of "reads early".
People dont touch surfaces as much as they should.
Play with heavier surface on the rack attack.
Try a smooth 800 or 1000. It looks shiny in the video. Probably box finish.
Yes, it was at box finish in the video. I could take it down to 500 like my Widow.
I have tried it at 1000 but it still doesn't hook as heavy and early as the Widow or Midnight Scorcher, it will tend to still skid too long and at 1000 grit it won't react anymore in the back like it does when it has a higher grit such as 3000.
Isn't the whole point of reactive resin balls, to skid through the front, conserving energy for the big release down lane?
Isn't that how they carry so well, by having all that pop downlane?
If I dull a reactive ball then the backend pop is gone.
Isn't that like declawing it?
One thing I will say, when I went to my Dark Legend Solid and saw it snapping in the back and making control of the lane very difficult, it was a relief to go back to the Widow and its smooth arc and subtle roll. I had confidence again that if I made a good shot I would be rewarded rather than shocked and disappointed by a ball (Dark Legend) that did something I did not want, even though I thought I made a good shot. I am very tempted to get a Purple Hammer as a ball down option when I am forced left with the Widow.