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Ball Speed

• alpenpirat 1,169 Posts

  Fri, Jul 7 2023 12:35 AM

  I play with L35 and L95 balls. 

  What I've noticed lately is that the L35 balls have become a lot faster. There shouldn't be too much difference between 3.5 and 4 speed. However, it is. 3.5 is way too fast, more like a 2.5 or 3. And 4 is too slow.

• Lesthanpar 1,502 Posts

  Fri, Jul 7 2023 12:54 AM

  I find the meter speed varies somewhat with any ball. Just part of the game is the way I think of it. The better more costly balls do have a more stable speed, but they also do vary though not as much. Just my opinion for how the game plays for me.

• AnaNikolaj 639 Posts

  Fri, Jul 7 2023 2:16 AM

  alpenpirat:

  I play with L35 and L95 balls. 

  What I've noticed lately is that the L35 balls have become a lot faster. There shouldn't be too much difference between 3.5 and 4 speed. However, it is. 3.5 is way too fast, more like a 2.5 or 3. And 4 is too slow.

   

  That's because the stated meter speed of the L35 (Callie) actually is 2,5. No idea where you got that 3,5 number from... 

• SimonTheBeetle 3,645 Posts

  Fri, Jul 7 2023 10:26 AM

  I think it's more of a personal perception.

  For me, I feel the balls with 2.5 - 3.0 speed are pretty much the same while those with 3.5 - 4.0 are relatively much slower, almost like there's a sudden "jump-over", a marked difference (gap) between the two groups. And of course, the balls with 5.0 or slower speed belong to a completely different league...

• BlackBogey 533 Posts

  Sat, Jul 8 2023 7:49 AM

  SimonTheBeetle:

  I think it's more of a personal perception.

  For me, I feel the balls with 2.5 - 3.0 speed are pretty much the same while those with 3.5 - 4.0 are relatively much slower, almost like there's a sudden "jump-over", a marked difference (gap) between the two groups. And of course, the balls with 5.0 or slower speed belong to a completely different league...

  I would mostly agree with Simon, although for me I'd expand it out a little.  I've kind of settled in to the L61 3.5 speed as my "every day ball", but I don't notice a dramatic difference between that and a 2.5 freebie that I might use in skins or CTTH when I don't want to waste ball hits.  I do notice a large difference at anything 2 or below though.  I have also used the Max Slow Meter Pro @ 5 speed, and it is markedly slower - almost too slow. 

  So i guess I would have 3 categories: Super Fast = 0-2; Medium = 2.5-4; Super Slow = 4.5-7.

• ALAN73WHU 37 Posts

  Sat, Jul 8 2023 4:56 PM

  Most things take a flier here now and again whether its ball rough or wind out of nowhere its WGT :)

• Yiannis1970 3,306 Posts

  Sun, Jul 9 2023 3:03 AM

  alpenpirat:

  I play with L35 and L95 balls. 

  What I've noticed lately is that the L35 balls have become a lot faster. There shouldn't be too much difference between 3.5 and 4 speed. However, it is. 3.5 is way too fast, more like a 2.5 or 3. And 4 is too slow.

   

  Try to prove your statement by doing this:

   

• alpenpirat 1,169 Posts

  Mon, Jul 10 2023 3:10 AM

  AnaNikolaj:

  alpenpirat:

  I play with L35 and L95 balls. 

  What I've noticed lately is that the L35 balls have become a lot faster. There shouldn't be too much difference between 3.5 and 4 speed. However, it is. 3.5 is way too fast, more like a 2.5 or 3. And 4 is too slow.

   

  That's because the stated meter speed of the L35 (Callie) actually is 2,5. No idea where you got that 3,5 number from... 

   

  oh yes, i do a mistake, play this L35 ball over years, and thout the spees is 3,5 , but its 2,5. next i will buy some with level 3 or 3,5...  

   

• SimonTheBeetle 3,645 Posts

  Tue, Jul 11 2023 1:35 PM

  BlackBogey:

  So i guess I would have 3 categories: Super Fast = 0-2; Medium = 2.5-4; Super Slow = 4.5-7.

  Very true! 👍