Great video; especially the Q&A segment...informative and entertaining, what more could you ask for!!! Personally, I don't place a lot of emphasis in trying to categorize this ball as urethane or reactive. What is important to me is how it performs and will it fit my game; that is the bottom line. The NU Blue looks like an interesting development in equipment and so hat's off to Hammer for giving us bowlers another option.👍
Thank you Mr. Bucktosh. This was very helpful and informative and I'm am even more intrigued by this new Hammer Blue NU now. Thanks again. Oh Santa!!!!!!!
I already ordered a NU Blue as soon as it was announced, bowl on wood wore out lanes hope it works on them. Hammer Axe hooks 10 boards, need a little more hitting power.
I hope this cover gets put on other cores in red, black, yellow (not gold) and pink. Modified gas mask, obsession and tundra cores. This cover formula is something special for sure.
I dont understand why everyone is soo upset over urethane. Urethane isnt that bad. The worst surface imo is plastic. If you have a two hander using plastic the lanes will get cooked in like 4 frames. If that same person uses urethane its fine the entire block.
the players that could not use the purple hammer in PBA competition felt unfairly disadvantaged. this is just my opinion. unrelated - carrydown on house shots can get bad with urethane, due to the oil volumes in the middle of the lane
I'll go one more further when it comes to the legality of this ball, especially because we in the US tend to be a bit narrowminded. THERE ARE MORE COMPETITIONS IN THE WORLD THAN JUST THE PBA. Yeah, I said it. The EPL is out there in Europe. The KPBA in S. Korea. the JPBA in Singapore. Malaysia, Singapore, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau.. the WTBA. All of those professional competitions there still have the Purple Hammer as LEGAL. Compared to those and the rest of any certified league in the world, the PBA is rather very small. So we really need to stop thinking only within our US-based echo chambers and think about this from a worldwide perspective.
I have been struggling so far this season. I have decided to take my purple out on the lane. If I can not bowl well. I hope to screw everyone else up with the carry down. LoL
I am curious if a urethane ball meeting the new hardness requirements is in the works? I'm sure you probably can't directly answer that, but I'm hoping you guys are trying. I'd recommend the "Steel Hammer" or "Iron Hammer" name and a slate grey color
straight for spares or straight for a strike ball? as a strike ball it will still work, but you are paying more for tech that you don't really need. you would do just as well with a Raw Hammer, or anything in the mid to lower-mid pricepoint if you'd like to save a little money.
I just reviewed the NU on my channel and I was wondering if Hammer recommended detoxing this ball after so many games? Or would it even work? Thank you!
good question. this ball absorbs oil at less than half the rate of a standard reactive system. you can clean, surface and maintain it like a reactive, but it would need revived/detoxed only about half as often as reactive balls.
everyone wants to put every ball in a category, but there are more than 2 options. it's like urethane in reaction, it's like reactive in chemistry, but it's unlike either of those in oil abortion 🤷
@@BowlingBuckosh Right. NU = Not Urethane We get the joke. This is a snarky way to name the cover, and I get it, but it tells the bowler nothing. My point is that if a bowler comes in the Pro Shop and asks "Is this resin or urethane?" and the Pro Shop person says "It's not urethane", that does not answer the question. Especially if you're also saying it's not resin either. I think that there should be a new category of cover if formulations are neither resin or urethane. We have to call them something in order to make good buying decisions. Not everyone knows what a "urethane reaction" is, so saying that isn't all that informative. This is Hammer's opportunity to make a name for a new category of cover type, but they're trying so hard to be snarky that they are not taking advantage of it. They could name it something truly catchy (unlike "microcell polymer") and that name might stick. If it does then it'll forever be associated with Hammer. However, if all they say is "it's Not Urethane HAHAHAHAH!!!! *wink wink*" then that does nobody any favors.
it does not fit into a traditional category, and requires a little more explanation to the customer. it is indeed a urethane-like reaction. it absorbs some oil but not as much as reactive equipment. you will have to start thinking about this in its own category.
@@Jason_PIt's the same thing as motiv microcell balls(tank line of balls). Have a feeling PBA going to change obsorption rate rules to force this in that dumb "urethane like".
Comment on the video editing choice. You, the subject matter expert that introduced the video, were unmirrored up to the FAQ section. Therefore, I feel like you should have played the role of the person asking questions as the mirrored version of yourself and had the 'expert' remain unmirrored. It doesn't take away from the information that was presented. I just thought it was a strange video editing choice.
"is this cover like MCP.." answer: hard no. But no explanation why. MCP isn't urethane, and affords urethane-like ball motion. Explain why it's a hard no
Kia and Ferrari both make sports cars! joking aside, we have exclusive access to certain materials suppliers and multiple in-house chemists. all the companies can target that motion, but we have the tools to do it as good as anyone. that bears out when looking at the subtle differences in ball motion of these "urethane-like" motions.
@@BowlingBuckosh so what is it? I can't buy it, if I don't know what it is. I don't even know about long term maintenance procedures because I'm not sure what it is. What about changing the surface, etc? It's kind of like when Samsung first came out with folding phones. There was a screen protector on the inner screen and people removed and their screens stopped working. Everyone found out that we weren't supposed to remove the screen protector, as we had always been able to on all phones in the past. However, this one was new and different, so it had to be treated differently.
no worries - clean it with reactive ball cleaners, and surface it just like a urethane or reactive ball. if it required special attention we would let you know.
Great video; especially the Q&A segment...informative and entertaining, what more could you ask for!!! Personally, I don't place a lot of emphasis in trying to categorize this ball as urethane or reactive. What is important to me is how it performs and will it fit my game; that is the bottom line. The NU Blue looks like an interesting development in equipment and so hat's off to Hammer for giving us bowlers another option.👍
This is the best explanation of several urethane related topics on UA-cam. Ty
Thank you Mr. Bucktosh. This was very helpful and informative and I'm am even more intrigued by this new Hammer Blue NU now. Thanks again. Oh Santa!!!!!!!
I already ordered a NU Blue as soon as it was announced, bowl on wood wore out lanes hope it works on them. Hammer Axe hooks 10 boards, need a little more hitting power.
much eariler and more hook than Axe while still being less than traditional reactive
@@BowlingBuckosh So sounds like it may work for me. My purple hammer I loved is the illegal 16, shot a lot of high scores with that ball.
Love the shirt!!! 😍😍😍
Awesome video! Thank you for the information on the NU Blue Hammer!
Since I've no plans on bowling under PBA rules, don't really care. I am intrigued by the Nu Blue Hammer as a league option on my house shot...
I hope this cover gets put on other cores in red, black, yellow (not gold) and pink.
Modified gas mask, obsession and tundra cores.
This cover formula is something special for sure.
The carry down is why I'm gonna be going with the NU instead of the purple
Thanks as always Bryan
Thanks for the excellent videos.
Amazing, thanks! 😊
I dont understand why everyone is soo upset over urethane. Urethane isnt that bad. The worst surface imo is plastic. If you have a two hander using plastic the lanes will get cooked in like 4 frames. If that same person uses urethane its fine the entire block.
the players that could not use the purple hammer in PBA competition felt unfairly disadvantaged. this is just my opinion.
unrelated - carrydown on house shots can get bad with urethane, due to the oil volumes in the middle of the lane
I'll go one more further when it comes to the legality of this ball, especially because we in the US tend to be a bit narrowminded. THERE ARE MORE COMPETITIONS IN THE WORLD THAN JUST THE PBA. Yeah, I said it. The EPL is out there in Europe. The KPBA in S. Korea. the JPBA in Singapore. Malaysia, Singapore, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau.. the WTBA. All of those professional competitions there still have the Purple Hammer as LEGAL. Compared to those and the rest of any certified league in the world, the PBA is rather very small. So we really need to stop thinking only within our US-based echo chambers and think about this from a worldwide perspective.
such a good point actually. thank you for sharing!
I have been struggling so far this season. I have decided to take my purple out on the lane. If I can not bowl well. I hope to screw everyone else up with the carry down. LoL
I just ordered this ball but now I'm thinking about the Hammer Ocean Vibe instead.
Will the NU cover be used with gas mask core at some point?
🤷♂️
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I am curious if a urethane ball meeting the new hardness requirements is in the works? I'm sure you probably can't directly answer that, but I'm hoping you guys are trying. I'd recommend the "Steel Hammer" or "Iron Hammer" name and a slate grey color
perhaps in time. for now our pros are content getting a reaction very close to their purples.
Bryan can the black widow 2.0 hybrid be used to bowl straight as well as hooking into the pocket.
straight for spares or straight for a strike ball? as a strike ball it will still work, but you are paying more for tech that you don't really need. you would do just as well with a Raw Hammer, or anything in the mid to lower-mid pricepoint if you'd like to save a little money.
I just reviewed the NU on my channel and I was wondering if Hammer recommended detoxing this ball after so many games? Or would it even work? Thank you!
good question. this ball absorbs oil at less than half the rate of a standard reactive system. you can clean, surface and maintain it like a reactive, but it would need revived/detoxed only about half as often as reactive balls.
@@BowlingBuckoshThank you!
Still don't know what it IS. Not urethane, sure. But you don't say it's reactive, either. Or a hybrid. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
everyone wants to put every ball in a category, but there are more than 2 options.
it's like urethane in reaction, it's like reactive in chemistry, but it's unlike either of those in oil abortion 🤷
@@BowlingBuckosh Right. NU = Not Urethane We get the joke. This is a snarky way to name the cover, and I get it, but it tells the bowler nothing.
My point is that if a bowler comes in the Pro Shop and asks "Is this resin or urethane?" and the Pro Shop person says "It's not urethane", that does not answer the question. Especially if you're also saying it's not resin either. I think that there should be a new category of cover if formulations are neither resin or urethane. We have to call them something in order to make good buying decisions. Not everyone knows what a "urethane reaction" is, so saying that isn't all that informative.
This is Hammer's opportunity to make a name for a new category of cover type, but they're trying so hard to be snarky that they are not taking advantage of it. They could name it something truly catchy (unlike "microcell polymer") and that name might stick. If it does then it'll forever be associated with Hammer. However, if all they say is "it's Not Urethane HAHAHAHAH!!!! *wink wink*" then that does nobody any favors.
it does not fit into a traditional category, and requires a little more explanation to the customer. it is indeed a urethane-like reaction. it absorbs some oil but not as much as reactive equipment. you will have to start thinking about this in its own category.
@@Jason_PIt's the same thing as motiv microcell balls(tank line of balls). Have a feeling PBA going to change obsorption rate rules to force this in that dumb "urethane like".
Comment on the video editing choice. You, the subject matter expert that introduced the video, were unmirrored up to the FAQ section. Therefore, I feel like you should have played the role of the person asking questions as the mirrored version of yourself and had the 'expert' remain unmirrored. It doesn't take away from the information that was presented. I just thought it was a strange video editing choice.
i'm no video editor, i'm an engineer 😆
Is the 14lbs ball thick shell also?
unfortunately no, just 15# and 16#, same as the purple hammer and purple reactive solid.
"is this cover like MCP.." answer: hard no. But no explanation why.
MCP isn't urethane, and affords urethane-like ball motion. Explain why it's a hard no
Kia and Ferrari both make sports cars!
joking aside, we have exclusive access to certain materials suppliers and multiple in-house chemists. all the companies can target that motion, but we have the tools to do it as good as anyone. that bears out when looking at the subtle differences in ball motion of these "urethane-like" motions.
Every other ball, other than urethane balls, are not urethane. So telling me that it is not urethane isn't telling me what it actually is.
it's a new category - it's like urethane in reaction, it's like reactive in chemistry, but it's unlike either of those in oil abortion 🤷
@@BowlingBuckosh so what is it? I can't buy it, if I don't know what it is. I don't even know about long term maintenance procedures because I'm not sure what it is. What about changing the surface, etc? It's kind of like when Samsung first came out with folding phones. There was a screen protector on the inner screen and people removed and their screens stopped working. Everyone found out that we weren't supposed to remove the screen protector, as we had always been able to on all phones in the past. However, this one was new and different, so it had to be treated differently.
no worries - clean it with reactive ball cleaners, and surface it just like a urethane or reactive ball. if it required special attention we would let you know.