Looking for the closest replacement for the Blue Circle Ball that came with my Centennial set. Have checked around and found that they are getting scarce. Would the red circle ball or the measle tournament ball be the most appropriate. Playing a lot of straight pool, and don't want something too light. Thanks in advance.
Aramith Blue Circle Cue Ball
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Been looking at the one in the link below,black circle Don't know anything about it though
docgpmiller
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Get a Blue Circle
from Pool Dawg. Or measle ball is great also. Pooldawg.com Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
phreaticus
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I play with them all, but also like blue circle. You can get a true Centennial blue circle here, and for reasonable price.
I don’t prefer Cyclops balls in general, but a buddy told me to try their single big red dot CB, it does play nice & stays pretty clean. That place is out of them at the moment.
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I don’t prefer Cyclops balls in general, but a buddy told me to try their single big red dot CB, it does play nice & stays pretty clean. That place is out of them at the moment.
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Been looking at the one in the link below,black circle Don't know anything about it though
Looks like the one that comes with the Tournament set, it plays heavier than the other balls, takes more action to move that set around. Although I have never tried it outside of the set it came with, it may react different if paired with another set. I played with two Tournament sets, both played noticeably tougher than other sets, you needed more action to get draw and speed out of the cueball. If you want something that plays heavier, that would be a good pick.
IMHO the Pro Cup (Measels) is a good match for any higher end set, if you don't like the dots the Super Aramith Pro with the red logo is also good and pretty sure it's the same ball without the dots.
All the info I've gathered over the years says it's the same ball without the dots. It's actually my favorite cue ball.
Misc info: In my experience Blue Circle CBs collect chalk marks/dust more than others.
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Aramith Pro cup (measel) or Super Aramith Pro. Both weigh same as object balls. https://www.aramith.com/cue-ball According to Aramith the blue circle Cent. cb is made from same phenolic formula.
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MurrayNevada
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I like the Aramith Black measles ball that comes with the Aramith Black set. It can be bought individually. I prefer the black dots to the red ones. That said, don't much care for the Aramith Black set.
That sounds like a great idea, maybe I’ll get the black measle ball. Then no one can claim I took their measle ball.
Well, that might be true but keep in mind that Aramith does not manufacture the Brunswick Centennial brand.
Both the Brunswick Centennial and the Aramith pool ball resins are formulated by Saluc which manufactures
both brands. It is unlikely, and probably also in violation of the respective licensing agreements with both firms,
that Saluc would use the very same resin formula for Brunswick and Aramith pool balls. I have no knowledge
that this isn’t so. I’m just saying Brunswick and Aramith are direct competitors. What CEO or Board of Directors
would approve that decision? I own three sets of Centennial pool balls right now and probably another 20 sets in
my lifetime. I’ve often wondered what the difference is, if any, but I’m pretty sure that two large competitors would
want their authorized agent, Saluc, a Belgium firm, to do something different besides just pool ball design & colors.
If anyone knows more, I’m interested in learning what the difference might be. Meanwhile, I’m a fan of Centennial.
Aramith/Saluc does make the Centennials. Saluc is parent co. Aramith is the pool ball division. Centennials use the Super Aramith Pro formulation. Aramith/Saluc told me that directly. Read post #8. This is same thing they told me: https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/brunswick-centennial-vs-super-aramith.227347/ B'wick owns the design for the Cent's but not the formulation.
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This is absolutely correct.
I bought three brand new ones a while back…two are still unhit.
They play heavier than the measles balls, too.
MurrayNevada
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That is true. That would make the Aramith Tournament balls with Duramith a higher quality product as Aramith says their Tournament balls are superior technology to their Super Aramith Pro formulation. I do love the Centennials though.
My experience is completely different. I think the Tournament cueball plays excellent with the Tournament set. Plays extremely similar to how the measle ball plays with the super Aramith set.
I actually don’t care for the super Aramith cueball. It plays quite different than the measle ball.
As it turns out, several years ago, the measle ball was was the same ball as the super Aramith cueball. However, it will be tough to find one of these new, as for 3 years the measle ball has been changed to the Duramith resin, thus making it the same as the Tournament cueball. (This is from an email with Ira Lee from Simonis/Aramith)
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The closest replacement for the blue circle centennial ball would be the blue circle centennial ball. You can buy it directly from Brunswick. Apparently there are a few online places that have them as well. No point getting something similar when you can get the exact thing.
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As been mentioned the blue circle smudges very, very easily. I also find it a lot harder to move around than the my red circle, which I prefer. My blue circle is slightly heavier (only about 4 grams) than the red. But I think that in addition to the weight the surface of the blue just isn't as slick as the red and that's mostly why it's harder to move.
RC is easier to move 'cause its lighter. They designed it for 9ball so it would be easier to get around the table. They suck for 1p/14.1 because they don't go thru balls as well. Bank shots are different too. IMO having the cb lighter than than the ob is not a good thing. UPDATE: based on the data provided by rexus it looks like RC's are not lighter. At least when new. The one's i've measure were used and that must acct. for the lighter weights.
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