Frantic or Fringe?

[coachkapps]

I've bowled 4 games with the Frantic. Zero with the Fringe. I've rolled 214, 210, 236, and 223 with the Frantic. Love it! However, I'm curious how the Fringe compares and reacts on the back-end. The Frantic is amazing. It's much stronger on the back-end for me than the Marvel Pearl I have. Carries a little better too.

I'm looking for insight on the Fringe and/or advice. Will the Fringe react strong like the Frantic or stronger? I'm assuming stronger. Anyone own one?

Thanks!

[EboniteKid299]

I've always heard great things from the Frantic being almost if not as good as the Hyroad. Fringe? Eh.. not as much I would go Frantic but that's just me.. not sure if the Fringe is stronger or weaker than the Frantic

[coachkapps]

My concern with the Fringe is I've never even seen one let alone used one. At least with the Frantic, I've seen MANY and used one. Tomorrow at 9am I'm making my decision with the help of my pro-shop operator.

[J Anderson]

My concern with the Fringe is I've never even seen one let alone used one. At least with the Frantic, I've seen MANY and used one. Tomorrow at 9am I'm making my decision with the help of my pro-shop operator.

There are times when it seems like everyone in the bowling alley has a Frantic except for me. I'm not sure that I've even seen a Fringe.

[coachkapps]

There were probably 6+ Frantics on the handful of lanes surrounding me this morning. Popular ball in that house.

[Cochese]

I own a frantic and it is good. It's not as strong as my DV8 Terror but its a great ball when the Terror is too much. Makes my bag smell like fruit loops if you're into that too

[Brother_jd]

Coachkapps. Watch the 2nd tester of this video. He throws both the Fringe and the Frantic.

http://www.videoballreviews.com/2012/03/27/storm-fringe-bowling-ball-reaction-video/

[coachkapps]

Pulled the trigger on the Frantic. The lanes I tested it on were OILY. I managed a weak 212. Weak meaning I didn't carry hits that would've crushed the pins at my normal house. I had to play right of 2nd arrow. Can't wait to see what this ball does in league.

My buddy bought the Fringe. He didn't fare so well in his test game. But he'll certainly get tons of hook on a better condition.

Oh, and I got a 3-ball bag for $80. Gotta have a place for my balls!

[Greenday]

The Frantic is a beast on medium oil. Extremely strong backend reaction that crushes the pins.

[UBowling]

I have not bowled with the Fringe, but I have a lot with the Frantic. I don't like it. Never had the reaction I wanted with it.

[eugene02]

Heard the Frantic dies out once it reaches maybe 50-70 games?

[Cochese]

I have had my Frantic since October and it has 75+ games and it seems fine to me. Only maintenance I have done is clean it after each series.

[scottymoney]

I bet a lot of balls die out after 50-75 games unless they are taken care of correctly. Ball maintenance is probably one of the most neglected areas of people's games. People think I am crazy as much as I clean mine.

How many times have you heard someone complain about the ball not hooking and them saying I am doing everything correctly? A guy on my team is like this, never cleans it when he is done. All of a sudden he took it to the pro shop and they did a "rejuvenate" on it and wow hook is magically back. But again doesn't ever clean after he is done bowling. With a little cleaning after a series the desired hook will last a lot longer.

[Cochese]

Yeah, I think it is important to clean the ball after each session. The sooner the better too. I am sure the longer they sit with oil on them, the more it would soak in.

[Greenday]

Heard the Frantic dies out once it reaches maybe 50-70 games?

Maybe if you don't take care of it. I try to clean it after every session and I never have a problem. Hell, I was probably at like 150 games when I finally took it to a pro shop for a deep cleaning. And even to the day I brought it in, I had plenty of hook in my ball. Shoot, I went almost two weeks without cleaning my Frantic and it still had tons of hook left.

The Frantic definitely soaks up a lot of oil so I could see how it'd die out after 50-70 games...if you never clean it or wipe it off. Which is the problem I've noticed with most people complaining about a ball dying. They don't take care of it.

[coachkapps]

threw 222, 223, 255 = 700!!! great ball first series out of bag.

weird thing is my spare ball came back from return without thumb!! I had to use slug that wasn't right fit. oh well, seemed to work.