900 Global Ball Comparison. Need Feedback

[MICHAEL]

I purchased the Freight Train for my wife as a Christmas present! She a pretty good bowler, that can throw 220's on a given day but her average is around 165-175 depending on which league. She has the Manic/Cyclone/Fire Road. I was hoping that the Freight Train would be her go to ball, but its turns out to be her weakest one! She keeps giving it a try but no snap at the end like all three of the other balls. I know this is not a fair evaluation of the ball, maybe it was drilled too weak,,, I going to take it back to the pro shop and try to find out why, (even off her hands, its seems not to have the revolutions the other balls have. Some might say it burning up, believe me I have tried polish and 4000 surface, still weak into the pocket.

[striker12]

I purchased the Freight Train for my wife as a Christmas present! She a pretty good bowler, that can throw 220's on a given day but her average is around 165-175 depending on which league. She has the Manic/Cyclone/Fire Road. I was hoping that the Freight Train would be her go to ball, but its turns out to be her weakest one! She keeps giving it a try but no snap at the end like all three of the other balls. I know this is not a fair evaluation of the ball, maybe it was drilled too weak,,, I going to take it back to the pro shop and try to find out why, (even off her hands, its seems not to have the revolutions the other balls have. Some might say it burning up, believe me I have tried polish and 4000 surface, still weak into the pocket.

ice man i have seen this same thing out of most of my stuff my freeze i can put more revs on it then anything else but then my brother has a DV8 nightmare and i got a DV8 hell raiser revenge and i threw both HRR and nightmare and i could get the HRR to rev not a problem but when i threw the nightmare it would have no rev.

i talked to a staff member of DV8 and he said it could be that if a ball is not reving properly down the lane even on oil it could be possible that the core has came loser and is moving giving you a off balanced ball making it wrong rev right" that's from the DV8 staffer"

[billf]

Pin to PAP distance plays a large role in how easily a ball will rev up. While a loose core can cause this issue it isn't likely on a newer ball or a ball that revs for another bowler.

Mike, the other balls you listed that your wife has are of the skid/flip design which would have a straighter down lane path then a sharper break down lane. The Freight Train, in my understanding, would have more of a controlled, arcing hook. Definitely have James or Bruce check the drilling but it may also partly be ball design.

[TCJ]

I'm intending to use my [future] new ball for two-handed which means I don't necessarily want a heavy hook. Currently I use an inferno (drilled for a continuous roll rather than a snap) as my main two-handed ball and I've no problems getting plenty of curve on it. Something like the Black Eagle (which by all accounts seems to have more snap to it) would probably help out for playing more straight up and having a hard direction change at the pocket, which is one reason I was considering it.

Also, I'm going with 900 Global because I want to try a new company. I have Brunswick, Storm, Columbia, and RotoGrip. It's time for something new. Yes, I'm strange that way.

[billf]

It's not strange. Each of us is different just as each manufacturer's balls react differently. How would you know what works best for you if you didn't try? Good luck, I hope it works out for you!