Something like the Nexus Pearl?

[v33dubfox]

Hi. As I won a local tournament (500$ yay!), I would like to buy a new ball. I was looking at the new Nexus Pearl from Brunswick. Anything similar in other compagnies?

Thanks.

[tumblebug1949]

Hi v33dubfox,

Good for you on your win.

I am certainly new at this but can't you go to "Bowlingball.com" and use their "Perfect Scale (tm) system to compare and see which bowling balls have close to the same rating? Using their trade marked system, I can see 6 balls from three manufacturers that should have very close to the same characteristics.

My understanding of this Perfect Scale (TM) system would tell me that the Brunswick Nexus Pearl is not much different than your Brunswick C-System Alpha-Max.

I am learning much more often than I am trying to provide help. My question to you would be, if you have the Brunswick C-System Alpha-Max, why do you want to get another ball that should do very close to the same thing? I thought the idea of having an arsenal was to have balls that reacted differently to help cover the variety of lane conditions you might run into.

Please correct me if I am looking at this the wrong way. Like I said, I am just learning as I go.

I have a T-Zone that should arrive any day. I ordered it because my older plastic spare ball as a different weight than my strike ball. Are you happy with your T-Zone?

Best of luck

PS - Since you were good enough to win a nice purse in the tournament, you probably don't have to depend on luck as much as I do.

Tom

Those Bowling Balls that should be close but having a little more reaction are:
1. Storm - Virtual Gravity NANO Pearl
2. Roto Grip - Critical Theory
3. Lane #1 - Curve

The balls with little less reaction are:
1. Elite - Black Alien
2. Lane #1 - BuzzBomb Carnage
3. Roto Grip - Theory *on sale now*

[tumblebug1949]

I did see where the Nexus Pearl is more for medium heavy oil and the Alpha-Max is for heavy oil. Is that the difference you are looking at?

Tom

[v33dubfox]

I forgot to say that I don't use the Alpha Max a lot. It is a 15 pounds ball, and I am too weak fot it (lol). I really much prefer 14 pounds balls.

Reaction I wish to get is more lenght and good backend reaction. I play more often on medium oil lanes.

[got_a_300]

Congratulations on your tournament win v33dubfox if you are looking for length and
a good back end reaction than the Nexus Pearl might just be the ball for you. I have
the Roto Grip Nomad Pearl and it goes very long and snaps extremely hard when the
back ends are dry with little to no carry down it has almost too much snap sometimes.

[v33dubfox]

As I am playing with not a lot of revs (around 250), I still don't know if I would be able to give the Nexus a good reaction with the ball drilled pin up.

[got_a_300]

As I am playing with not a lot of revs (around 250), I still don't know if I would be able to give the Nexus a good reaction with the ball drilled pin up.

You should still be alright on the revs I've seen people with a lot less still get some snap on the back ends
with the Pearl balls. You could always have it drilled pin down or even drill it the RICO style for a smoother
arc into the pocket that way you do not need real high revs on the ball. I've seen some of the smooth arc
bowlers shoot some pretty big scores using pin down and RICO drilled balls even when other bowlers, also
including myself couldn't keep the ball on the right side of the head pin they just kept banging the pocket
with those smooth arc balls.

My rev rate is nothing now compared to what it was years ago when I used to bowl since I had to take 12
years off from bowling because of back injuries I used to get somewhere around 480 - 500+ revs on a ball
now I get somewhere around maybe if I'm lucky 350 or so revs I just can't crank it like I used to do.

[v33dubfox]

What about:

Storm Anarchy
Storm Virtual Gravity Nano pearl
DV8 Hell Raiser?

[The Mayor]

The Perfect Scale is an overall hook rating system. Two balls can have almost identical Perfect Scale numbers and their reactions can be completely different. The PS allows you to compare overall hook between all brands. The Nexus Pearl would be a very good choice.

[littlelegs]

It's worth asking as the subject has popped up. I love the overall score given by the Perfect Scale, however has bowlingball.com considered a length statistic too? It'd be great to see not just the overall hook but to get an idea of where the hook's happening. Just a thought