A familiar performer and top money winner on the PBA Tour, the Black U Dot is even better with Columbia's exclusive FLEXCEL urethane by BASF. Designed to give you more hook and backend snap on heavy oil. The Black U Dot is the standard against which all other 3 piece urethane balls are measured.
| Line | U-Dot |
|---|---|
| Color | Black |
| Coverstock | Reactive |
| Core | 3-piece |
| RG | |
| Differential | |
| Intermediate Diff | n/a |
| Factory finish | Matte |
| Weights | 10 thru 16lbs |
This ball was later changed to the Shadow
1 Review
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stone nine pin
I got this as my 1st reactive ball. It was drilled over the lable as it is a three piece ball. As it was with many of the early reactive balls, it hooked more than the lane would allow. Having plenty of hand, I attemped to throw this on the conditions of the day. It hooked so much then that it was uncontrolable for me. i did manage to shoot some high games and high sets with it, but it was very fickle (what later came to be known as over/ under). Once the lane dressing caught up with reactive technology, then I could throw it more often. As reactives started hooking more and more and oil dressings got heavier and heavier this ball became a mild hooking ball. But let me tell you on the old style of light oil which was laid out for urethane balls, this ball flat out hooked. This ball (or a version of it) has continually been produced by columbia in the Pro Hook Extreme, Shadow/R, Scout Reactive etc. and is today a good Dry/ Light Oil strike ball that gets down the lane well (high RG) and
