Told him that it was my first time bowling on strings. Told him I wasn't too much of a fan of them. Felt like you don't get the pin action like in free-falls. Not much of a reaction from him.
This was a great video. Except for the wiggled pins counting as fallen, that looked pretty normal. The house my league is in just converted and is about to start the season with strings. So far, I'm OK with that.
Did you ask for the two pins that wiggled to be removed? A pin has to tilt 7.5% before it will fall and they didn't look like 7.5 % to me .You should work on your single pin conversions.
I mentioned that to the manager that a slight wiggle made it count as a fallen pin. By the time I was bowling here, those machines were on their 10th day so they were very new and probably needed to work out certain kinks.
Never in my life will I ever support a bowling center tht replaces free fall pins with string pins. I don't care what USBC says, it's just not bowling.
I have never bowled string pins and it looks to me that a rule would have to change for them to be legal. It looks like if a pin slides out of position on the first ball it is always reset to the original spot. With free fall it's only reset if the machinery knocks it over.
String-pin is okay for fun/recreational bowling 🎳. But they should NEVER be allowed for allowed for league & tournament play. You don’t get the scout hits like you do in regular bowling 🎳. Also strings knock down pins that normally would stand in regular bowling 🎳. String bowling simply isn’t natural bowling 🎳.
I agree. Like I stated at the beginning, they were to have AMF 82-70s. But when I walked in, I saw the strings and the manager informed me that those strings were installed the week before.
@@JRBowling1997 From talking to the manager of the place, they said that the 82-70s kept breaking down a lot of with the supply shortage it was just hard to maintain. So they went to these because they were going to save a lot of money.
@@Greggys10Pins bet the manager didn't maintain his/her 82-70's which is why they're breaking a lot everyday just like the 82-90XL Pinspotters at my local center. Also have they ever thought investing the Brunswick GS-NXT ? That Free Fall Pinsetter was released in 2022 and its the most technological advanced, yet there are far less moving parts and its shorter machine height than the GSX or any older GS models, although its the same size as an AMF 82-70 or 90 if not slightly more compact
Did you experience any tangles where the machine took considerable time to reset pins?
No tangles at all. I think the cycle time is slower than the freefalls. Just my opinion.
When the manager asked you if you like them [strings], what did you tell him? And what was his response?
Told him that it was my first time bowling on strings. Told him I wasn't too much of a fan of them. Felt like you don't get the pin action like in free-falls. Not much of a reaction from him.
This was a great video. Except for the wiggled pins counting as fallen, that looked pretty normal. The house my league is in just converted and is about to start the season with strings. So far, I'm OK with that.
Still not a fan of them. Just the little things add up to make me not like them very much.
Faulty! Tweets needed. Not ready for prime time.
I understand why centers are putting them in. Though, I think they are tacky and they do violate rules by the USBC.
Keep more videos like this coming
More to come!
Did you ask for the two pins that wiggled to be removed? A pin has to tilt 7.5% before it will fall and they didn't look like 7.5 % to me .You should work on your single pin conversions.
I mentioned that to the manager that a slight wiggle made it count as a fallen pin. By the time I was bowling here, those machines were on their 10th day so they were very new and probably needed to work out certain kinks.
On 10:09 Was kind of tough to aim this with or without strings. Tan
Yeah, that was a legit shot. But there are times where it's not.
My boss would have a fit if we installed that single capping. Thats horrible !! 😢
Not sure what you mean by that.
Never in my life will I ever support a bowling center tht replaces free fall pins with string pins. I don't care what USBC says, it's just not bowling.
Agreed. Doesn't feel the same.
I have never bowled string pins and it looks to me that a rule would have to change for them to be legal. It looks like if a pin slides out of position on the first ball it is always reset to the original spot. With free fall it's only reset if the machinery knocks it over.
@@juderobert1062 String violates a few of the USBC rules. Hence why I think more testing should have been done before rushing for certify these.
String-pin is okay for fun/recreational bowling 🎳. But they should NEVER be allowed for allowed for league & tournament play. You don’t get the scout hits like you do in regular bowling 🎳. Also strings knock down pins that normally would stand in regular bowling 🎳. String bowling simply isn’t natural bowling 🎳.
Agreed
String pins have NO BUSINESS BEING IN BOWLING!! PRIOD!!!!!!!!
PERIOD!!!!!!
I agree. Like I stated at the beginning, they were to have AMF 82-70s. But when I walked in, I saw the strings and the manager informed me that those strings were installed the week before.
@@Greggys10Pinscan you ask them why they went with strings?
@@JRBowling1997 From talking to the manager of the place, they said that the 82-70s kept breaking down a lot of with the supply shortage it was just hard to maintain. So they went to these because they were going to save a lot of money.
@@Greggys10Pins bet the manager didn't maintain his/her 82-70's which is why they're breaking a lot everyday just like the 82-90XL Pinspotters at my local center. Also have they ever thought investing the Brunswick GS-NXT ? That Free Fall Pinsetter was released in 2022 and its the most technological advanced, yet there are far less moving parts and its shorter machine height than the GSX or any older GS models, although its the same size as an AMF 82-70 or 90 if not slightly more compact