How many bowling balls are enough?

[barcar]

I currently have 5 bowling balls and one spare ball.
Just wondering when enough is enough.
I currently have the following:
Storm Frantic
Storm 2Furious
Azo Pro Tactics
Columbia Reaction Rev
Roto Grip Pluto(getting rid of 16lbs now throwing 15lbs)
Roto Grip Crown(spare ball)

I am currently looking to get a Roto Grip Disturbed or a Brunswick Maxxed out, as the lanes are putting out more volume as of late.

[eugene02]

want to know the truth? it's always not enough.. even if you got the same ball, it's still not enough!

[eugene02]

I currently have:
DV8 Hell Raiser Revenge
DV8 Diva
Brunswick NeXXus f(p+r)
Ebonite Pursuit
Storm Sure Fire
Columbia 300 White Dot Polyester
Lane 1 MaxXx Curve (retired)

[e-tank]

have you considered doing a surface change on one of the balls to fit your needs?

[barcar]

I have tweaked the covers on both Storm balls, and re-drilled the Rev.
Only been back in to bowling for the last 5 years, and find myself having new ball envy at times.
I have set my own max of 6 balls at any one time.
By doing that I keep the wife off my back, and it has kept my grown up sons in different balls when I make a change.
I am only a THS 197 average tweener bowler in two leagues and have only tried some local tourneys.
Still need to get back for more coaching to improve my overall game.

[panbanger]

I bowl on a THS at the same alley each week, so I only have 2. I may upgrade after the season is over though. But I still think I'll only bring 2 with me to league.

[barcar]

I have two older balls at home and have a locker at the lanes that I keep my main 3 balls and spare ball in.

[explorer05]

It depends on the person. I take 5 or 6. I bowl Friday nights and in tournaments. Right now I am taking 5 (1 being my spare ball). A few people in our league bring 4-5.

Roto Grip Critical Theory
Roto Grip Berserk
Roto Grip Shatter
Storm Frantic
Soccer Ball Spare Ball

When I go to Nationals in may I will take 6.

Roto Grip Defiant Soul (getting next month)
Roto Grip Critical Theory
Roto Grip Disturbed (getting next month)
Roto Grip Berserk
Roto Grip Shatter
Soccer Ball

[J Anderson]

The answer really depends on the bowler. If I only bowled at one center and always got the fresh THS, I could bowl fairly well with just one ball. If I hadn't spent 30 years throwing the ball dead straight I might need a plastic spare ball. How many do I have? 9. Doesn't help that I never throw anything out. I really only use five of them now. I should probably make lamps or book ends out of the other four.

[Zothen]

It appears you can never have enough bowling balls!

Brunswick neXus & neXXXus and Roto Grip Defiant,Track 919C-Heavy oil
Roto Grip beserk-Medium-Medium Heavy oil
Amf Bullwhip,Columbia 300 VOW and Hammer Epidemic-Medium oil
Track 300C and Roto Grip Shout-Light oil
Brunswick Slingshot-Dry/Light oil/spare

All the balls above can be modified for different conditions except neXus Solid which I can only use on heavy oiled lanes.

Zothen