Estimating Coverstocks
Posted: July 7th, 2018, 10:35 pm
TL;DR I need your help estimating some covers. See bolded question.
I have been familiarizing myself with what is available on the ball market these days. Realizing that cover stock is most important, I set out to determine a relative system for rating whats on market atm. My reason for this is to get a handle on what a "medium" cover stock is. Most comapny's info seems more like proganda, or what is medium in there line, not what the true market medium cover is. The best way to determine this would be to roll them all myself , , but since the closest I came to something like that was 1 mega demo in the 7 years I bowled in Dallas, this really isn't possible. To compensate for my lack of Millionaire Status, I have been using multiple Youtube videos to get an estimate.
Now since this is a relative system it requires a high and low bound by which to measure. For my system I used the Storm Sure Lock and Brunswick Kingpin Max as the strong bound (5/5) and I used the Storm Pitch Black and Brunswick True Motion use the weak bound (1/5). I AM IN NO WAY SAYING these are the strongest or weakest covers or balls, just that I used them as measuring sticks. I am not going to list any other of my own estimates till much later, because I don't want to bias anyone's estimates.
Would you mind trying to estimate a few the folowing balls? Please give it a score in this range: 5(strong), 4 (Med-Strong), 3 (Medium), 2 (Med-Weak), 1 (Weak). If you feel you must give a ball a .5 score (1.5, 2.5, etc) please only do so if you feel it truly is between two strengths. I have compiled a list of as few balls per manufacturer as felt was an accurate sample. Pick those you have personal experience with. If you only do one ball that will help me greatly.
900 Global honey badger
900 Global Dream On
900 Global Boost (Pearl)
900 Global truth tour
900 Global Shadow Ops
900 Global Black Ops
Brunswick Kingpin
Brunswick Magnitude 035 Pearl
Brunswick Quantum Classic Black
Brunswick Rhino
Brunswick Tenacity
Colombia 300 Nitrous
Colombia 300 Lit
Colombia 300 Spoiler
Colombia 300 Saber
Dv8 Pitbull Bite
Dv8 Turmoil Solid
Dv8 Hitman
Dv8 Nasty Rumor
Dv8 Alley Cat
Ebonite Matrix
Ebonite Affinity
Ebonite Verdict
Ebonite Verdict Pearl
Ebonite Destiny Solid
Ebonite Game Breaker 3
Hammer Black Widow Gold
Hammer Vibe
Hammer Gauntlet Fury
Hammer Black Widow Urethane
Hammer Fierce Phobia
Hammer Purple Pearl Urethane
Hammer RIP’D Solid
Motiv Tank Rampage
Motiv Free Style Rush
Motiv Trident
Motiv Jackal Ghost
Motiv Venom Shock Pearl
Motiv Trident Quest
Motiv Villain
Motiv Lethal Paranoia
Radical Katana Dragon
Radical Beyond Ridiculous
Radical Tremendous Pearl
Radical Intel
Radical Katana Slash
Roto Grip Hyper Cell Fused
Roto Grip Dare Devil Danger
Roto Grip Hustle HYB
Roto Grip Idol
Roto Grip No Rules Pearl
Roto Grip Show Off
Storm Phaze II
Storm Match Up Hybrid
Storm Drive
Storm Hy-Road
Storm Hy-Road Nano
Storm SON!Q
Storm Code X
Storm Intense
Track Paradox Black
Track Logix
Track Kinetic Ruby
Tack Ultra Heat
I have been familiarizing myself with what is available on the ball market these days. Realizing that cover stock is most important, I set out to determine a relative system for rating whats on market atm. My reason for this is to get a handle on what a "medium" cover stock is. Most comapny's info seems more like proganda, or what is medium in there line, not what the true market medium cover is. The best way to determine this would be to roll them all myself , , but since the closest I came to something like that was 1 mega demo in the 7 years I bowled in Dallas, this really isn't possible. To compensate for my lack of Millionaire Status, I have been using multiple Youtube videos to get an estimate.
Now since this is a relative system it requires a high and low bound by which to measure. For my system I used the Storm Sure Lock and Brunswick Kingpin Max as the strong bound (5/5) and I used the Storm Pitch Black and Brunswick True Motion use the weak bound (1/5). I AM IN NO WAY SAYING these are the strongest or weakest covers or balls, just that I used them as measuring sticks. I am not going to list any other of my own estimates till much later, because I don't want to bias anyone's estimates.
Would you mind trying to estimate a few the folowing balls? Please give it a score in this range: 5(strong), 4 (Med-Strong), 3 (Medium), 2 (Med-Weak), 1 (Weak). If you feel you must give a ball a .5 score (1.5, 2.5, etc) please only do so if you feel it truly is between two strengths. I have compiled a list of as few balls per manufacturer as felt was an accurate sample. Pick those you have personal experience with. If you only do one ball that will help me greatly.
900 Global honey badger
900 Global Dream On
900 Global Boost (Pearl)
900 Global truth tour
900 Global Shadow Ops
900 Global Black Ops
Brunswick Kingpin
Brunswick Magnitude 035 Pearl
Brunswick Quantum Classic Black
Brunswick Rhino
Brunswick Tenacity
Colombia 300 Nitrous
Colombia 300 Lit
Colombia 300 Spoiler
Colombia 300 Saber
Dv8 Pitbull Bite
Dv8 Turmoil Solid
Dv8 Hitman
Dv8 Nasty Rumor
Dv8 Alley Cat
Ebonite Matrix
Ebonite Affinity
Ebonite Verdict
Ebonite Verdict Pearl
Ebonite Destiny Solid
Ebonite Game Breaker 3
Hammer Black Widow Gold
Hammer Vibe
Hammer Gauntlet Fury
Hammer Black Widow Urethane
Hammer Fierce Phobia
Hammer Purple Pearl Urethane
Hammer RIP’D Solid
Motiv Tank Rampage
Motiv Free Style Rush
Motiv Trident
Motiv Jackal Ghost
Motiv Venom Shock Pearl
Motiv Trident Quest
Motiv Villain
Motiv Lethal Paranoia
Radical Katana Dragon
Radical Beyond Ridiculous
Radical Tremendous Pearl
Radical Intel
Radical Katana Slash
Roto Grip Hyper Cell Fused
Roto Grip Dare Devil Danger
Roto Grip Hustle HYB
Roto Grip Idol
Roto Grip No Rules Pearl
Roto Grip Show Off
Storm Phaze II
Storm Match Up Hybrid
Storm Drive
Storm Hy-Road
Storm Hy-Road Nano
Storm SON!Q
Storm Code X
Storm Intense
Track Paradox Black
Track Logix
Track Kinetic Ruby
Tack Ultra Heat