Bowling is not for Bowlers anymore.

[fortheloveofbowling]

I may still have footage on my phone of a lane machine oiling a lane, then switching lanes itself. Mechanic hits the "go" button and walks away. Was cool to watch.
I'm very lucky that where I practice, the owner insists that his 48 lanes are oiled fresh for the times that are designated for practice during the week and weekends, including putting sport and international patterns down.
Helps that the owner is Fred Borden, the coach of the pros.

Yeah, Fred Borden is a coaching icon. He was team USA coach for something like 15-20 years.

[Hampe]

Never seen that. Would be a good investment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceCFBgRo7g8

One of the centers I bowl at once in a while has one of these. They are really cool, but damn expensive. They run about 30k, and the newer models about 45k.

[NewToBowling]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceCFBgRo7g8

One of the centers I bowl at once in a while has one of these. They are really cool, but damn expensive. They run about 30k, and the newer models about 45k.

How much do the "regular" machines cost, just for comparison

Also notice no power cord. Must be battery operated. And does it use sensors or is it going off the basis that all lanes are exact and knows exactly where the next lane starts.

[Hampe]

How much do the "regular" machines cost, just for comparison

Just noticed the prices I was looking at before were AUS$ (oops ). So its more like 35k and 23k respectively. The crossfire model, which is kind of the budget model runs at about 15k. Maybe it's a little cheaper in the states, I dunno, it's hard to find any prices anywhere. The Kegel page only has brochures, catalogs, and manuals and stuff, but I don't see any prices. Same for some of the online shops I looked at.

Also notice no power cord. Must be battery operated. And does it use sensors or is it going off the basis that all lanes are exact and knows exactly where the next lane starts.

They also have the manual models with battery as well. As for how it knows how far to go.....I'm guessing the distance is fairly standard, but I think it also has some kind of sensor if it needs to realign itself.