Columbia 300 Pulse Review

Hi everyone, Tim from Columbia 300 and I'm back to talk to you today about a brand new ball for the upcoming league season. Columbia 300 has a history of delivering remarkable products for bowlers that spans over 60 years. In recent years, we've been reintroducing some of those iconic balls, and the one that gets requested most is finally here. I want to introduce and talk to you guys about the new Columbia 300 pulse. When reintroducing this Pulse, we wanted to redeliver the iconic consistency and

predictability that that original Pulse offered except for today's lane conditions. So, one of our main objectives in doing so was re-engineering that original pulse core shape and introduced an outer core material which helped us achieve the densities that we wanted for the ideal performance for that that smooth consistent benchmark ball. So, after we had our core dynamics dialed in, we needed to build some test balls with some different cover stock variations. Through many rounds of

testing, we landed on the HK22 Hyperflex cover, which is a little bit stronger response to friction, and it gives you a lot of continuation while still maintaining a lot of consistency. >> All right, so our next tester will be Sydney Hollander. Sydney, why don't you come on in? Thank you for joining us today. Thanks for having me. >> Uh, we're going to have Sydney throw the pulse as well. Uh, Sydney is a medium lower speed, medium lower rev rate. Uh, kind of typical lefty down and in kind of player. can curve it a little bit if the lanes are, you know, calling for that. So, I want to see you uh throw

this pulse on lane three and see what h see how it goes. There you go. Very nice. So, well done. uh kind of tell me what you were thinking uh the ball was doing for you, what the ball was kind of giving you out there. >> Yeah, so this is a little bit of an earlier piece. You know, it's reads the midlanes a little bit more. Um the cover

on it is a little bit stronger. You know, it's not a super shiny smooth cover. Um so it's got a little bit of teeth to it, which I like as a as a lefty who likes to play, you know, the early friction. This is a great piece for that. >> Yeah. And and this is a medium to heavy volume pattern. Um so seeing that nice smooth consistent performance uh that we're seeing for you. Um, it's exactly what we wanted this pulse to be.

Wow, that was pretty high flush there. Um, so obviously you got a decent number of shots on the ball on the lane. How do you feel like the ball held up to as the lanes transition being on the left side by yourself? >> Yeah, I think as the lanes transition I'm going to see, you know, that early friction start to, you know, make my ball read a little too soon. Um, but I think as the the day goes on, I think I can move a little bit right with that, get around it a little bit more, throw it kind of into the friction and still see it shape enough because of where it reads in the mid lane. It's not too early. Um, but it's not too down lane

either. So, it's that perfect blend to blend the patterns out. >> Yeah. And that's that's we keep talking about benchmark ball. That's the idea of this pulse as that perfect benchmark ball. Um the core is a re-engineered version of that original core shape. Uh we do now feature DOT. Uh so you know durability technology, durability optimization technology let you drill it however you want. Uh it also has a new power core nugget which is the original had a ceramic nugget. Um this one is an updated kind of newer engineer material. uh have a much denser nugget in the

middle of the core that you can actually still drill through. So, um you're going to see a lot of the hitting power uh and a lot of that performance from that that really strong benchmark type of core shape. So, Sydney, thank you very much today and uh we'll see you soon. Mike, that was a great shot to end on. Nice job. >> So, uh, thank you for throwing those

shots today. Why don't you tell me what you were seeing with this new Colombia 300 pulse? >> This ball, uh, was described to me as very benchmarky. I'm a little I'm a little too young to remember the original version of this ball. Uh but benchmark is it's ideally what it comes to mind when I throw this ball. >> Yeah. And the idea of having that perfect benchmark type of ball is ball is going to always pick up, always kind of read the mid lane, you know, that middle 20 foot section of the lane. That's where you want your ball to start curling starting. It's it's kind of hooking motion. If it gets too far than that or too much too much past that, then the ball's going to be a little bit too erratic. If it's a little bit too

much before that, then it's going to be not enough energy into the pin. So benchmark balls typically pick up in that middle, you know, 20 foot section of the lane. >> Yeah. Uh, and that's kind of what I saw from the sidelines. Do you see the same thing? >> Yeah, this is kind of like ideally of what Columbia has been known for and like old times like resurgences, all-time favorite outburst kind of balls like that. Um, not as big and like kind of quick as like some of the cudas kind of are with the different the core numbers and stuff like that, but it's very benchmark where you can, you know, you can chase it in and just be really round and smooth and not super early and burn up or like too like get too

forward. Yeah, I know you as a tournament player, you really like those low RG, you know, medium flaring kind of balls, you know, and this one does fit in that bill. So, I think it's going to be a great fit for yourself. Um, players of your style that speed dominant kind of player, um, as well as players going to a bunch of different varieties of lane conditions, you know, bowling tournaments, especially harder patterns. Yeah, harder patterns. It's going to give you that control, give you that predictability and that consistent reaction, uh, from day to day. So, Mike, thank you very much. >> Thank you.

So, our next bowler who's going to throw the new Columbia 300 Pulse will be Megan Redmond. Megan, thanks for joining us again. Uh, so we're going to have the new Pulse. I know you were a big fan of that Super Cuda Power Core. This one should take that kind of ball, that ball motion, that little bit smoother, more benchmark type of ball, um, and speed just a little bit more of it. It's probably going to pick up a little bit sooner and be a little bit more rounder, more continuous on the back end. So, let's uh get you out on lane three, throw some shots, and see what happens.

very nice there. Um, so you've thrown a bunch of shots here. Where do you feel like this ball is going to kind of fit in? Where do you find yourself using a ball like this? um really everywhere anywhere. I feel like on short cadms it could look really good. Even this is a little bit of a higher bony down and I'm pretty far left as we right. So I think it looks pretty good on a lot. >> Yeah. And that's that's kind of what the hallmark of that original Pulse was. You're probably not old enough. I don't think you're old enough to kind of remember that original one uh that came out in the mid '9s, but that ball was

known for kind of being that ball that you could throw all the time. Uh so we kind of wanted to to strike that nerve a little bit or or play on that heartstring of those players that had that coup or that pulse um back then. Uh and we wanted to kind of recreate that for today's environment. You know, obviously with the amount of lane conditions that are out there now, you know, it's a much broader uh spectrum of patterns that you're going to see. So we still wanted to kind of keep that um idea of of versatility and a wide range of use uh in this new piece. So, why don't you throw a couple more,

>> Megan? Very well done there. Uh, thank you for throwing those shots today. Um, I'm really liking what I see. Uh, I see a lot of control, a lot of pistant and consistent motion. Um, and a great continuation. I feel like it's going to be really, really versatile for a lot of players like you guys saw in the videos today. Uh, do you have any final thoughts on the Pulse? >> I think it's really controllable and I think that's what I'm known for. So, I think it seems something. >> Yeah, me too. So, I'm excited to see it out in the field. Uh, so everyone, thanks for tuning in today. Uh, make

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