How do you keep your balls warm (bowling balls in the winter )

[Aslan]

This is not to say it happens often, but I have seen it a couple of times.

Ummm...as a Californian that originated from the far northern parts of Michigan....you're lucky...because it happened to me every day, every building, from right around mid-November through about mid March....sometimes late September....or as late as early April.

The worst building was the math building because when you entered they had this huge heater blowing hot air from every direction. It was an older building so not as efficient or well-designed. But that heat hitting you directly in the face...most people learned to take their glasses off before entering the doorway. It usually only took 1-3 weeks of winter for the Freshmen to figure it out.

And I played both outdoor broom ball and hockey and the plastic shields were almost impossible to use...had to use the metal cages...because you couldn't wipe the mask off fast enough before it would fog right back up. I even had a car....an old Geo Metro....that was so small that if I took 3 other guys in it on cold nights, the windshield heater could only keep the windshield half unfogged. On nights when we were coming back from hockey and everyone is all stinky and smelly and hot...I'd have to keep an old t-shirt with me to wipe the inside of the windows as I was driving.

[Tony]

Ummm...as a Californian that originated from the far northern parts of Michigan....you're lucky...because it happened to me every day, every building, from right around mid-November through about mid March....sometimes late September....or as late as early April.

The worst building was the math building because when you entered they had this huge heater blowing hot air from every direction. It was an older building so not as efficient or well-designed. But that heat hitting you directly in the face...most people learned to take their glasses off before entering the doorway. It usually only took 1-3 weeks of winter for the Freshmen to figure it out.

And I played both outdoor broom ball and hockey and the plastic shields were almost impossible to use...had to use the metal cages...because you couldn't wipe the mask off fast enough before it would fog right back up. I even had a car....an old Geo Metro....that was so small that if I took 3 other guys in it on cold nights, the windshield heater could only keep the windshield half unfogged. On nights when we were coming back from hockey and everyone is all stinky and smelly and hot...I'd have to keep an old t-shirt with me to wipe the inside of the windows as I was driving.

The meaning was I've seen the bowling ball develop condensation a few times.
The fogging of glasses is very common since your breath is putting high moisture in the right place constantly.
I guess that wasn't clear.
I drove a dodge colt 75 miles one way and it never defrosted the entire windshield .....same reason you had to wipe the windshield, breathing out 99% (98.6) humidity provided all the moisture.

[Mike White]

The ball has to be colder than the dew point and this can happen depending upon the relative humidity of the air inside the bowling center, it will be pretty dry, so there will only be so much water in the air to condense on the ball. For example with an indoor temp of 68 and humidity of 40% the dew point would be 42 degrees.

The glasses are a much more dramatic example ... the relative humidity of your breath (assuming you are not a zombie) is 98.6 % so at whatever the indoor temp is the will also be the dew point ... if it's 70 with a dew point of 70 you have instant foggy glasses.

This is not to say it happens often, but I have seen it a couple of times.

I'm not a zombie, unless you wake me up too early, like to bowl at 8am.

What happens when your body temperature goes over 100 fahrenheit?

Do you become a fog monster?

[taxexpert2]

I have bowled with someone who let their ball get too cold and then bowled with it. It cracked. I keep mine in the house unless I am going to the lanes (which are only 4 miles away). Guess I am lucky they are so close.

[Tony]

I'm not a zombie, unless you wake me up too early, like to bowl at 8am.

What happens when your body temperature goes over 100 fahrenheit?

Do you become a fog monster?

At over 103 F my mind becomes foggy !

[Tony]

I have bowled with someone who let their ball get too cold and then bowled with it. It cracked. I keep mine in the house unless I am going to the lanes (which are only 4 miles away). Guess I am lucky they are so close.

Yes, I have seen it happen before, happened to a teammate a couple of years ago, he not only left the ball in his trunk it wasn't even in a bag or box, it just rolled around smashing into everything around it...

[jlwonderley]

Yes, I have seen it happen before, happened to a teammate a couple of years ago, he not only left the ball in his trunk it wasn't even in a bag or box, it just rolled around smashing into everything around it...

WTH!? A loose bowling ball int he trunk... who does that. Did he have an amp and subwoofer back there?

I did leave my ball (in the bag) in my trunk shortly after getting it, in between bowling nights during the winter. Next time I used it it was cold enough that it killed the hook almost completely til it warmed up! I also realized the danger of cracking then as well. I repented of my grave sin, and have never done that again.

[HowDoIHookAgain]

I tend to wrap mine up in my towel(s), keep it in my bag, and leave it somewhere in the basement. On the night before bowling (be it school or league), I bring it in my house to warm it up all night.

[Jessiewoodard57]

I just keep mine in the bag in the living room against the inner wall . Widowed so I need not worry about a complaint .

Seen the post about the ball loose in the trunk. Wonder what his quarter panels look like?

[Tony]

RE: Bowling ball in the trunk, keep in mind this guy was pretty much a hoarder, his trunk had tons of other stuff in the trunk. Boxes , remodeling supplies, clothing, tools, dog food, and who knows what else, so while the ball could potentially roll it also had plenty of stuff to keep it from rolling free.....not that this makes it much better .