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Testmonat: Juli 2010

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Rating von 1 (flop) bis 10 (top) auf den Konditionen:

Stärken: The entry angles into the pocket that the Trap can produce are next to none. On medium conditions just give the Trap room to the right and watch it make it back from nearly anywhere.

Schwächen: Conditions that are long and heavy aren’t usually too friendly to polished reactive pearls. This held true with the Jigsaw Trap. All three testers needed surface adjustments on the heavy oil test pattern.

Insgesamt: The Jigsaw Trap offers a completely different look down lane than the Jigsaw and Jigsaw Corner. The original Jigsaw was an early, heavy rolling bowling ball and the Corner was an improvement due to the increased back end reaction. The Trap goes to the next level when it comes to strength at the back end of the lane.

Comments: The Jigsaw Trap is the newest addition to the Jigsaw line of Hammer bowling balls. The Trap features the same shaped core as the Jigsaw Corner, but the densities have been altered to increase the RG and differential numbers. In addition to the core modification, the Jigsaw Trap also offers the first pearl cover in the Jigsaw line. The Quick Corner Pearl reactive cover surrounds the medium mass bias Jigsaw Core to give more length and back end at Hammer’s high performance price point. We found the easy length and strong back end reaction to match up best with our medium oil test pattern. The back end reaction of the Trap allowed all three testers to see plenty of recovery down lane. While all three testers found the Trap to clear the heads with ease, rev up strongly in the midlane and make a strong back end move, Cranker was in love at first sight. As the testing session progressed, he was able to chase the oil inside, getting as deep as he pleased as long as he projected the ball down the lane. Tweener and Stroker were to see more of the same, although not from such angles, due to the differences in rev rates, Even going straighter on this pattern, Stroker’s ball showed a significant reaction once the Trap came out of the pattern. The dry test pattern forced all three to make fairly big moves deeper into the oil 1 pattern. Even with the big moves, Stroker was the only one to find a consistent line to the pocket, When it came to the oily test pattern, all three testers had to be careful with ball speed. Cranker was able to use a 4000 Abralon pad while Tweener and Stroker needed a 2000 pad to create the friction needed to find a consistent reaction to the pocket. While the sanded finishes created more traction for the testers in the front and midlane, it also took a bit away from the aggressive back end. Long and strong balls aren’t the best choice on sport type conditions. This ball falls into that category so we only suggest pulling this one out after the sport pattern has opened up.