Hammer NU 2.0 Review

Oh, that's out of here. Cut. >> Cut. [laughter] Welcome Hammer fans. Robert Smith here and today we get to show off the brand new NU 2.0. Same weight block as the original NU blue one, but uh a much different shell. This is the NU Active. So, we're going to go out and give this a shot. But what we're going to do is make sure that we are looking at this ball properly. We are going to compare it to the oldie but goody purple. Both are

brand new. Both I have not thrown any shots with. Um, you know, the big thing I believe with this one is we're trying to get into that urethane shape without actually using what you know, a urethane shell. And um, hopefully what we're going to see is one, a big difference between what both of these bowling balls are going to look like out of the box. two is we're going to see what's going to happen with that NU cover stock when we add a little surface to see if maybe if we add enough surface to it, we might get something very similar to what the purple offers. So that's the goal. Don't

know what's going to happen here. These bowling balls are fresh, brand new. I haven't thrown any shots with them whatsoever. And I believe we're going on the 38T Albby pattern. So we're going to take a look, see what's going on, and let's have some fun with this. So So we're going to start out with the purple because everybody knows what the purple does. And if anybody's watched the old video of me, we know that this ball out of the box first shot is absolutely hilarious. So, let's watch and see what this thing does.

So, as usual, first shot out of the gate with a brand new purple. Does what it always does, hooks way too much. So, let's give this ball a couple more shots. Let's see it calm down a little bit and we'll go from there. And just like that, there it goes. All right. So, we're back to getting straighter. So, the big thing with urethanes is always, you know, you're you're looking

at making sure that the ball's hooking early enough. And that's the big thing that esses offer, especially with the purple. you can get on top of the oil patterns a little bit. See where the shape is in front. You know, getting the ball to check up early and read the lane. So, we're gonna move about five boards, right? See if we can get this ball to hook again. There we go. Okay. So, three shots. You can see break down. The purple urethane calms down

nicely. Um, I'm going to give it one more shot just make sure this is good and then we're going to go right to the new NU 2.0. Again, very curious to see what this ball is going to offer. All right, so one more shot there. Maybe sniff even a little more right just cuz. Oh, okay. Good release. So, you can see I definitely moved a lot right from that

first shot. I'm almost 10 boards right from where I was before. So, um, with that being said, let's go ahead and let's switch up the bowls. Let's see what this NU 2.0 has in store. First off, I like the solid color, especially the gray. Looks sharp. Looks old school a little bit to me, even though it says NU on it. So, all right. All right. So, we're going to stand in the same spot the purple did. See what we get.

That wasn't bad. That was not bad at all. Little bit more angular off the spot, which is to be expected because it is a not urethane cover stock. But again, like anything else, especially with this kind of bowling balls, I'm assuming these are going to get a little bit straighter. So, I'm going to go ahead and inch a little bit to the right. So, I'm going to be two boards right from where I was with that purple hammer with this one. See what we get.

Wow. Very responsive. Very responsive off the spot. I like what it's offering. I like the fact that it's a little bit straighter, but usually when you're playing that kind of line with the urethane shape or, you know, the straighter up the gutter line, you don't like to see the ball necessarily go that far down the lane. So, what we're going to do is we're going to change the surface on this to see if we can get this ball to pick up a little bit sooner, see how the back end shapes out of it, and we'll run from

there. So, all right, give me a second. Let me do some changes on this. I've got everything from 360 all the way up to 4,000. Um, to me, normally 4,000 2,000 really doesn't do much as far as helping me out any. So, I'm going to go to my old favorite, which is a 500 grit. Uh, since the ball's not flaring too much, we'll be able to just kind of keep the sanding right there along the track. Not terribly worried about the rest of the ball, but we'll make it legal just because we're supposed to, and we'll go

from there. So, all right. We have a 500 grit, lightly sanded, but 500. Let me see if I can step out of this shot and let you guys see what this ball's doing. So, same exact spot that we did the shot before, and we'll go from there. What was that? [laughter] Okay.

That that was not expected. I mean, that was a light hand sand 500 grit. And I'm sure that thing was used, too. And that thing hooked at my foot. Oh my gosh. All right. I got to see if that did that again. I I don't That is amazing. Did it really hook that early? That was a quick change on the surface, too. Holy

I'll be honest with you. I've been doing this a long time and I have never seen that much of a difference in distance just on that much surface change. I've never seen that much distance. That's got to be like 25 ft. Okay, I'm going to make the move. Let's see how far we need to go left. Wow. Five, six. I'm missing the head pin left. Seven. Eight boards. Let's go. Eight boards.

Not enough. Okay, that is a very aggressive shape for being something that should not be that aggressive. This is kind of fun. I'm curious to see like if we can manipulate the distance down or the uh surface down a little bit. So, normally I run a 500 grit. I think that 500 might be a bit much. So, we're going to go with a 2000 grit. See if we can smooth that up a little

bit. Again, I'm very shocked at how aggressive and early this ball was compared to out of the box to just sanding it with that light 500. That was absolutely amazing. All right, so let's go back our eight left. See if we can get this calming down, folks. I This is the first run. It's the first

time I've ever seen this ball go down the lane, and I've never seen a ball that you can change the surface that much to it and see that big of a difference on what you're going to get out of the ball. Everything was a hand sand. Usually, that doesn't do much to begin with. And this thing absolutely adjusted in accordance to what the the surface was. I mean, this is absolutely awesome. So, I'm going to throw one more shot and let you guys run. But enjoy this. I think if anybody's looking for something maybe a little bit worried about the urethane talk that's going on,

this might be a great look into um this cover stock is something different for sure. So, let's get one more and get on out of here. All right, close. All right, guys. Hope you enjoyed that video. Um, again, the brand new NU 2.0 with the NU active cover stock on it. Uh, anyways, hope you enjoyed the video. Until next one, have

a good one. Bye.