Orange 5-ball for life!!

Robbiecameron said:

... Our most recent Open 9 Ball tournament used a 32 minute per player match clock with each match scheduled one hour and 5 minutes apart in a race to eight (8). We used four (4) seven (7) foot Diamond tables with Simonis 860HR and Dynasphere balls. There are no “time outs” allowed. The match clock continues running.
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Thanks for the detailed report. That's an interesting way to handle expired times.

Hopefully he is feeling good and enjoying his life.

Frosty said:

Cheap has always been, and will always be popular with some. It’s nice that tolerances are tight, but the mention in how they “play differently” in the original post is a red flag IMO.

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It's not a red flag at all.... Just different. It's something to do with the surface finish... It's MUCH glossier than any other ball that I've seen. Because of the surface finish, the balls stay cleaner, for a MUCH longer duration than any other ball that I've used.

The difference in play is only slight. The balls tend to spin more and slide more. Much like a freshly polished set. Though, they play that way for a very long duration.

From my own personal testing:
We started playing with a set of Challengers on our shop table, back in May. We have yet to clean them, and they still look like they did on Day 1.

To compare differences, I decided to switch over to a freshly polished set of Centennials. I have put in about 3 hours of play, (on a Diamond), and have noticed that the balls have the typical black pocket markings (Diamond specific), and fingerprints (from racking). The Challengers showed none of that, in dozens of hours of play.

I have just ordered a set of Aramith Tournament Series balls, to practice for an upcoming tournament. I'll note my observations with those balls. From my past experience with them, they do not stay clean for very long, especially in comparison to the Dynasphere Challengers.

Think what you want, in regards to perceived value, based on the low price... These balls are not just an excellent value, but an excellent set of balls.

easy-e said:

Definitely not embarrassing at all! The embarrassing thing, IMO, was all of the statements about how Justin was stealing in this match. I hope everyone knows now just how good Tom is.

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Tom, Joe, and Shane, while people from here might not have heard of them, you better respect their game. All 3 are BB monsters.

DrCue'sProtege said:

Here you go.

In Apple Green and Powder Blue.

But don't anybody get the wrong idea here. Until Brunswick makes drop pockets on the new GCVII I will not be selling my GCIV.

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Did you just get the apple green installed?