Heat destroyed a ball...

[NewToBowling]

I live in a second floor condo it's a PITA to carry the 3 ball bag up and down. but I will be from now on.

Or rent a locker at alley. Mine is $25/year

[got_a_300]

Like right now there is 10 balls in my trunk

Whoa that's like having an extra person in the car weighing 140-160+ pounds
riding around with you at all times.

I've had a couple of my retired balls crack open that were setting in the
storage room for several years getting hot and cold. if I remember correctly
both of them were Track balls at least I know one of them was a Track ball.

[Tampabaybob]

Think about how much money you have invested and the pain/cost to replace them and you'd be way ahead of the game by getting them out of the heat.

[ep1977]

I have my 3 ball tote in the trunk at all times and I have never noticed the ball being extremely warm when I take it out of the bag. Every once in a while it is warm but by the time I put my shoes on and do everything else the ball is normal feeling. If any of my balls that are less than 1 year old crack my PSO will replace them.

[JaxBowlingGuy]

Whoa that's like having an extra person in the car weighing 140-160+ pounds
riding around with you at all times.

I've had a couple of my retired balls crack open that were setting in the
storage room for several years getting hot and cold. if I remember correctly
both of them were Track balls at least I know one of them was a Track ball.

Only balls I have had crack in 15 years were sitting under my bed for about 2 years and cracked all the way around. I have almost always kept my equipment in the trunk. Just a pain loading and unloading every day. Plus no point in taking them out at night since they go right back in, in the morning to sit in the parking lot at work.

I think the bags they are in help. There's a styrofoam(ish) material between the fabric on all the sides. I never notice heat, but when it's colder for the 3-4 days a year I notice that.

[foreverincamo]

Mine are in a temperature-controlled room and then put in the back seat of the car where the temps are maintained. I get to the lanes 45-60 minutes before play so they can acclimate and I can get my stretching in ( I'm old ). Only ball that cracked on me was several years old and on it third drill.
Still a bummer to see that happen to anyone. Also had a guy, just before his first shot of league play and after 15 minutes of practice, step into a puddle of clear soda with his slide shoe. Luckily he had shoes he could switch out the sole and keep going. I would have had to wear lane rentals. Yuck

[LOUVIT]

what I am getting here is that the ball's are ok to get hot as long as they are not used hot. So if they are in the trunk and then brought to the alley and left to get to room temp it is safe.

[foreverincamo]

It's not good to let them get hot for prolonged amounts of time. Don't know how long it would have taken to get that ball to room temperature. It was really hot when I touched it and it was 20-30 minutes after he started.

[bowl1820]

what I am getting here is that the ball's are ok to get hot as long as they are not used hot. So if they are in the trunk and then brought to the alley and left to get to room temp it is safe.

NO, You shouldn't leave your equipment in a hot car if at all possible.

Going from cold to hot or hot to cold too fast, like from a hot car trunk into a cold bowling alley can stress it. The cooling and heating can be uneven, the outside can cool faster than the core or the outside warmup faster than the core etc.

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 can stress the balls cover.

[RobLV1]

Last week I had an appointment with my Chiropractor before bowling league. I knew I would be in the office for about an hour. It was 120º outside. My 4 ball bag came into the office with me!