Brand Loyal or a Little Bit of Everything

[Blomer]

Just curious, are you loyal to a certain brand of balls or do you have a mix of balls?
As for me, I'm STORM and Roto Grip guy. But I'm thinking about getting the DV8 Grudge Hybrid.

[JaxBowlingGuy]

I have been throwing Storm since the Trauma line which was 99ish I think. I have had a few others here and there (Brunswick and Columbia) but have always reverted back to Storm. In the coming months I'll be picking up a new company but it's not going to be exclusive unless it works.

[LyalC52]

I have my favs. but until someone pays me to throw a certain line, Im open to everything

[billf]

I own a little of everything but I won't buy a new 900RotorStorm due to customer service issues a few years back.

Let's see, ten balls a year at an average cost of $150 for eight years means not standing behind what they say cost them $12,000 from me so far.

[RobLV1]

For a few years I threw balls from the Brunswick/DV8/Radical family. The balls read the oil very well, but I felt there was something lacking in terms of the reaction to the friction. Since I had thrown Storm/Roto balls prior to the Brunswick balls, I knew that Storm balls give me the read from the friction that I look for on certain conditions. My current arsenal consists of: Radical Ridiculous, Storm Snap Lock, Brunswick LT 48, and Storm Fight. I'm pretty happy with this mix as it gives me the most options on the most lane conditions with surface adjustments, of course.

[bowl1820]

Well back in the day, for me it was Hammer or Track/Columbia.

Hammer had this real nice motion, the 3D Offset cores balls were awesome and the Faball Burgundy Hammer was top of the line for urethane. (still have it and the 3D Tour hammer.)

Track/Columbia if you needed a ball for oil.

Today it's a toss up, most of the companies have great balls. But I was mainly Rotogrip, they had the best bang for buck most of the time.

The last few balls I've had mostly Brunswick/DV8 & a Hammer. But I'm going for a Motiv here shortly.

[Timmyb]

10 Years ago, I wouldn't have bought anything but Columbia. I'm real partial to Storm. I lean towards companies that keep their work here in America.

[mc_runner]

I've thrown Hammer and Brunswick in the past but generally like the storm/roto products now. I'd be open to trying others but with the cost of purchasing a new ball I don't just go out and buy them unless I know it's something I'll be comfortable with.

[manke]

I'm not loyal to any one brand, if a ball looks like a good fit I will try it.

[RobLV1]

I'm not loyal to any one brand, if a ball looks like a good fit I will try it.

Without first hand knowledge of the characteristics of a brand's coverstock characteristics, how do you know if it's a good fit?