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Thank for the insight I think imma do vacu grips on my new equipment

The JoPo's are superior to Vice, Ultimate, and Turbo. I had problems with all 3 and switched to JoPo and never looked back.

I have felt the most secure fit with the Turbo Quad mesh fingertip inserts. They are the only ones that feel like my fingers aren't going to slip out of them. I get cold hands a lot which makes my fingers shrink. That said, I am still one who shoves my fingers almost beyond the first knuckle into them. Unfortunately, the pro shop I am getting new balls drilled at soon says that they only use Vise. I've had Vise grips nearly a decade ago, and they became hard and slippery. What would you recommend in the Vise line that might work similarly since they don't have any of the ones with bumps inside?

In layman terms

how does this tranlate as haveing thum pitch. . under palm,away from palm,little left or little right...looks like straight in with no pitch...

Yeah I grew up without thumb slugs. They didn't have them and so I never needed them. When the thumb swelled, i would just use baby powder and when too loose i would use a rosin bag for more grip. But I'm trying to be optomistic with the modern bowling world and am thinking about trying some jo po thumb inserts. We will see.

Do you recommend a tool to take out the Jo Po system? Mine seems to be very hard to take out at times.

Sorry guys, but I’m totally confused.

My new ball has turbo grips and they have a more pronounced ledge on them than my other balls and it’s hanging up on my fingers. Is there something I can do to fix it?

Do you still use finger tip drilling, or smi-finger tip.?

So which size works best 1/ 64th or 1/32nd for the first bit?

very hard to do this episode and not get into "thats what she said" jokes, lmao🤣

Ive only been at a pro shop that can duplicate a ball once. Ive moved between 8 states in different parts of the country and struggle to find a competent pro shop. A consistent thumb would be nice

Never had an issue with finger swelling or thumb swelling been competitively bowling for over 20 years with some tournaments doing 40 games in a weekend. If you are swelling in the grips I would think it's because you are putting a death grip on the ball.

Can I thumb slug be put in a urethane ball

Where is your shop located at in case if I ever want to stop by if I'm in your own area

They still make the contour Ernie Schlegel contour finger inserts

Thank you very much for the video. The music seemed to be getting louder and louder. It's distracting. But thanks again for the info, guys.

I use the Universal and on 3 or four occasions the thumb slug has slipped out far enough to make impossible to release the ball. Does this also occur with other inserts? In that particular ball I put so much glue in it that it is now a permanent thumb. Back to using tape.

Thanks for the tip. I have little problem with my thumb. I feel that my thumb hole is little big for my thumb, should I refill the hole and redrill correctly size???

Thanks guys very informative. My question to you is is there a difference between Vise and Turbo as to which are softer? Thanks.

I just switched out all of my finger grips with the Vise PowerLift/Semi .. I love the "Semi" side .. awesome grips. I got tired of having to tape my fingers all the time, so I fine tuned my sizes down so I have a pretty tight fit. They are a bit tight right now but will loosen a bit over time which means they should fit perfectly after a few more nights on the lanes. I am so glad I changed out my grips like I did. I ordered bulk Vise grips on Amazon and re-gripped all of my bowling balls.

Turbo sucks. Mine fell out last week and this week. The locks wear out and chip and no longer lock into place. Complete garbage, RUN AWAY

I wish I could afford a ball to put some sweet grips in 😂

If my grip hoie is already 1 1/16". To Vacu l would have to drill a 1 1/8 hole first?

What is the best way to remove them, and do you have to use like vise glue, or does any super glue work when you glue new ones in? Also what is the best way to clean the hole up once you remove the old ones?

Turbo 2 in 1 thumb slugs are the absolute worst choice,Vice has glorious clear slugs that let you out BUT Jo-Po is King of interchangables

I’m a beginner and that is BY FAR the most clear and understandable explanation of those things I’ve yet seen. Thank you!!

Do people size down on their finger inserts when they are going for a "vacuum" install? I use conventional 31/32 sizing and I don't really imagine my insert size creating any "vacuum" on my fingertips -- they just aren't quite that tight.

My rgumv holw ia nor siewxtly below my fingers, it is abouit 3/4" to the left is this normal? all the videos I see show the thumb hole directly below the finger holes.

Have you seen difference in tilt or access rotation between the different types of products ?

Thanks for the info, most people know nothing about different grips.

What are your thoughts on no grips?

Tell that kid to hold still, all that rocking back and forth is making me sea sick!

When I lived in Illinois, the Cherry Vale mall area always had a lot of traffic. Watching the PWBA event there last year brought back a ton of memories.

if the vise breaks inside your ball is dead until you get it removed from the thumb

Another thing I like about switchable thumbs is that my thumb swells while I bowl (more in summer than winter) and I can't get it out of the ball. Instead of playing with tape, I can switch out the thumb and still have a thumb that's drilled for me and be able to move it ball to ball.

Ive been using the Jopo and I really like it. the black color comes off on my finger some times idk if that's a defect or if other people have that issue. i'll have pro shop sand it again next time I see him.

What's the purpose of these thumb grips. I've never needed a thumb grip over the years.

LOVE my JoPo’s

I had both Vise IT and Turbo and broke several thumbs with both and both felt somewhat loose feeling. Out of frustration I had my PSO order some JoPo thumb system and absolutely love them. They are robust with a solid feel. Only drawback for me, is I have to use a removal tool to change inserts as the click is so pronounced it is very difficult to remove with only my thumb. But they are solid and highly doubt these will break.

I’ve used 3 of the 4. This is my personal experience IT: never used. Turbo: decent system. Used this the longest, but the tabs in the bottom are prone to wearing out or breaking over time, which is what causes them to stop locking in. This is what made me switch away from this system. Ultimate: uses a locking system on the side. I like this idea better than turbo as it is less prone to failure. The slugs felt less secure and would actually slide up and down by a couple millimeters while in multiple balls. Not sure if this is the tolerances in the moulds, but I did not keep this system long as I did not like the feel. It just felt cheap to me. Jopo: hands down the best system I have used. Uses a threaded system with 3 locking tabs in the bottom. The threaded system will hold the pressure of throwing the ball a lot better as it is much more surface area. The locking tabs are more sturdy than turbo. It is so secure that it feels just like having a standard slug in the ball, which i never had in the other two systems. I see no reason to even glance at any other system after trying this

I had to drop to 14 lbs, and went JoPo. I had IT before, no issues ever but I liked JoPos secure design.

I really like the Vise Grip IT but i heard the JoPo are really good too

Very helpful

I have a question, is there a switch grip for only the fingers?

Is GRIP-LOC not a thing anymore?

Great job. Been curious about Jopo grips. Thank you

Thank you for this! I'm DEFINITELY at a place where I feel like I need them. Got 3 different balls, and the tiny differences in the thumb hole just makes me crazy. Hard to make a decision, lol.