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

[Tony]

I always carried my ball inside at work and then to bowling but this year have no way to do that so the ball or balls would sit in the car for almost 3 hours, I decided it was time for a locker. Not sure how many balls I can fit inside but at least my first choice strike ball and spare ball will be in there.

[epiepenburg]

Thankfully I can go home before going to league, therefore mine stay inside at home. Where I bowl their lockers aren't big enough to fit more than a few balls, so I transport mine each week.

[bowl1820]

While you don't want extremes one way or the other, The main thing about temperature is you want to store balls at a constant temperature. It's the fluctuation , the going from back & forth between hot & cold that stress's the ball.

3 hours in the car in winter isn't that bad, throw a blanket around it, wrap a towel around the ball in your bag. Anything to give it a little extra insulation.

[Tony]

While you don't want extremes one way or the other, The main thing about temperature is you want to store balls at a constant temperature. It's the fluctuation , the going from back & forth between hot & cold that stress's the ball.

3 hours in the car in winter isn't that bad, throw a blanket around it, wrap a towel around the ball in your bag. Anything to give it a little extra insulation.

It gets pretty cold where I'm located the average high temp in Jan is 29 and lows can sometimes reach 10 or more below zero. The car trunk is never warm to begin with because the car is in an unheated garage. I doubt that's enough time to freeze the ball, but they certainly would get cold and I'll be getting to bowling late most of the first 1/2 of the season due to a class that ends 15 minutes before practice starts so the ball doesn't have any time to warm up there either.
I thought about an battery powered small electric blanket, like a heating pad ....

[bowl1820]

I thought about an battery powered small electric blanket, like a heating pad ....

I don't think I'd go to the extreme of a electric blanket.

You can get a big insulated cooler and put them in it.
Take some styrofoam and line your bag.

[billf]

I leave mine at the bowling alley. One of the few perks of being an employee.

[vdubtx]

I leave mine at the bowling alley. One of the few perks of being an employee.

Thats fine if you only ever bowl in one place. Balls stay in my car at all times. Never had an issue with cracks etc. Sure, they get really cold sometimes, but I am usually garage parked at work and at home, so warmer than the ambient temp typically.

Tony, maybe try keeping inside car so they get a little warmed up before going into the center.

[billf]

I knd of cheat. I have to drive by the center to get home and have keys so I just stop and grab them on my way.

To keep mine warm I wear thermals when it's that cold.

[billf]

We do have a guy who's wife crochet some ball covers. Looks a little silly until yours cracks and has worked for him so far.

[Tony]

I don't think I'd go to the extreme of a electric blanket.

You can get a big insulated cooler and put them in it.
Take some styrofoam and line your bag.

Hey, I'm an extreme kind of guy, I once built a heated, insulated dog house, even had a window in it! The heater was a fiberglass mat with a heat coil molded into it and it had a temp control inside my garage. The dogs were toasty warm.

The cooler would certainly help keep them warm, I could even keep them next to one of the heat registers inside before I leave to have them at a little warmer temp to begin with. Thanks