Daten- und Textquelle:  BOWLING THIS MONTH ®

Testmonat: August 2009

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

Stärken: The aggressive move down lane is what we liked most about the Burn. Balls that are long and strong are always a plus on the right condition.

Schwächen: All reactive pearls will struggle on decent volumes of oil, especially those who are wet/dry. This one offers plenty of length and back end by itself, so it prefers patterns that are more tapered side to side as well as front to back.

Insgesamt: The Raw Hammer Burn is a stronger version of the Psycho released last summer. The Burn offers the same general look on the lanes as the Psycho, but with a little more throughout.

Comments: The looks to be the replacement for the Raw Hammer Psycho. This new release uses the same core design as the Psycho, with a slightly stronger cover. The cover change gives the Burn a touch more traction throughout the entire lane than the Psycho. Those looking for a replacement for their Psycho will definitely prefer the Burn. All three testers found the easy length and aggressive move down lane of the Burn to match up the best with our medium test pattern. Cranker had the strongest reaction of the three, as usual, which put him playing around the third arrow, taking full advantage of the aggressiveness of the Burn at the back end. Tweener was playing between the other two, with Stroker playing right up the oil line. At no point in our testing on the medium pattern did we see the Burn overreact. We saw the same consistent length and back end motion for quite a while. The drier test pattern pushed all three testers deeper into the oil pattern. Stroker had the least amount of trouble on this pattern, due to his lower rev rate. Those with higher rev rates like Cranker will want to use longer pin-to-PAP layouts with lower pin placements to help control the Burn on the drier stuff. Tweener's rev rate should be able to use moderately aggressive layouts on this type of condition, as long as they aren't limited to playing one part of the lane. The Raw Hammer Burn will struggle on any type of heavy oil pattern, due to the natural length it provides. Only those with super slow ball speeds will find any kind of success on oily conditions. Fresh sport patterns won't offer too much of a reaction for the Burn. The length and aggressive breakpoint isn't what most people should be looking for on fresh sport patterns. The Burn showed potential on our sport pattern after several games had been thrown, taming the pattern down some.