So far, I've heard that Lane Masters would be a good choice but what about Roto-Grip? Does anyone have anything to say about Roto-Grip or the balls that I have selected? I really don't have the Lane Masters line-up yet so I'll have to do some research and construct an arsenal.

As far as the price thing, that is one of the things that I like about Roto-Grip. The prices are lower, but the balls deliver. So I still don't know. I'm leaning more towards Roto-Grip still.

If the ball does what it is then I can work with it, plus the Roto-Grip balls are cheaper so I think I'll go with them. (I really need to do some research on Lane Masters before I decide).

Yeah, look into the them for sure. It may take you longer to build an arsenal from them for money reasons, but they're worth it. In my opinion, you'd have a solid arsenal if you bought the Sting, Buzz, and Hornet. Same thing if you bought the World Class series. But there's other balls in their line worth checking out as well, for sure.

I can't say anything about Roto-Grip because I've never thrown a ball by them, but I've never heard anything bad about them either. They definitely come out with a different world of balls as far as I'm concerned.

Alright I have an updated arsenal listing. I was looking at Lane Master, and I like their ball selection. It is very versitile like Roto-Grip. But the cool thing is that a lot of the Lane Masters balls are either Pearl or Particle balls.

Roto-Grip
Cell- Solid Reactive, Heavy
Odessey- Solid Reactive, Heavy-Med
Pluto- Solid Reactive, Med-Dry
Mystic- Pearl Particle, Heavy-Med
Venus- Pearl Particle, Med-Dry
Spare Tire- Spare ball

Lane Masters
The Sting- Solid Particle, Heavy-Med
The Hornet- Pearl Reactive, Med.-Dry
Terminator- Solid Particle, Heavy-Med
Sure Strike- Pearl Reactive, Med.
Counter Strike- Pearl Particle, Heavy-Med
Kingpin- Spare ball (Polyester pearl, no kidding that is what it said on the Lane Masters website)

So what do you guys think now. I'm kind of torn between the The Sting and the Terminator. I really only need one ball that is a solid particle ball for heavier volumes of oil. (I'm leaning towards the Terminator though.) Any help would be great. It has been tough trying to decide.

On a side note, the Lane Masters balls I have been able to find at lower prices than I thought I would so that seems to be okay, but I still like how I can get two Roto-Grip balls for the price of one Lane Masters ball, but I gues you're paying for quality.

The Terminator seems to be the safer bet over the Sting. It's got a more even movement too and it doesn't seem like you have another ball in that line-up like that. For the sake of versatility I'd probably use the Black Pearl or Terminator Rebellion instead of the Counter Strike here. I think either of those will work better and then some for your intentions, assuming you mean the heavier side of medium by "Heavy-Med."

The Terminator over the Sting is what I was sort of thinking. I wanted a few opinions because I haven't thrown any of their bowling ball.

Amatuer, are you suggesting that the Counter Strike is too strong for medium lanes and that's why I should choose one of the other two balls? I like the Counter Strike because it's a Pearl Particle, but I would like to have the most versitile arsenal I can. Which of those two would be a good fit. I like or am rather leanig towards the Terminator Rebellion.

If you really want the most versatile arsenal, I would personally say don't close your mind to any company. At first I wanted to specialize in one particular company, but I'm glad I don't. I keep my eye open for balls that are popular and do well from any company. I'll admit currently I do have more Storm than anything else right now, but that's because they released balls that fit where I wanted them to in my arsenal. My next set of balls is going to be from mostly Ebonite and Hammer. It's all about deciding what you want a ball to do for what condition, and finding which ball was reputably successful at doing so.

I'm actually suggesting it won't be strong enough for the slightly heavier volumes, which is what I thought you meant by Heavy-Med. But I guess that will depend on your layout. Just drill the Counter Strike quite bit stronger than the Sure Strike so that way you can use it on Medium-Heavy and Medium successfully. Then you can use either of them on Medium, which is great because one may carry better than the other.

I just don't know if you'd have too big of a gap between the Terminator and Counter Strike(which is why I suggested the other two balls). But it's definitely a good line-up to start with. Personally, in fear of that, if you didn't want to add any balls to that, I'd swap the SS for the TR or BP, and then probably swap the CS for the Big-R-Bang or Buzz.

Thanks for the Lane Masters help. I thought about what you said and how about this adjustment. Same Roto-Grip Arsenal, but for Lane Masters how about: The Terminator, The Hornet, The Terminator Rebellion, The Buzz, The Kingpin. Any other suggestions would be helpful.

If it was me that's close to what I'd do for 4 reactive and one spare ball. You don't have any big gaps in there in my opinion, pretty solid.

In the new line-up or the old one? And where are the gaps that you see?