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Features of the Brunswick Aura
Brunswick Aura
SKU: BRU601054831
Brand: Brunswick
Category: Bowling Balls
Description: The new Brunswick Aura is the start of a new line to replace the Nexus series. This new ball has the Optimum Flip Solid Coverstock which stores axis rotation, ball speed and rotational energy so it can release it on the backend producing an explosive angle into the pocket. This new Brunswick ball has the potential to create the most angular velocity yet!
High Performance
- Coverstock: Optimum-Flip Solid Coverstock
- Color: Black and Purple Solid All colors do vary somewhat from the picture shown.
- Factory Finish: 500 Siaair Micro Pad; Rough Buff Finish, A few tiny pit holes in the cover stock of the ball are normal
- RG max: 2.521
- RG min: 2.469
- RG diff: .052
- Hook Potential: 185 (Scale 10-200)
- Length: 205 (Scale 10-220)
- Typical Break-point Shape: Angular (Scale Smooth Arc 10-Angular 120)
- Recommended Lane Condition: medium to heavy oil
SKU: BRU601054831
Brand: Brunswick
Category: Bowling Balls
Description: The new Brunswick Aura is the start of a new line to replace the Nexus series. This new ball has the Optimum Flip Solid Coverstock which stores axis rotation, ball speed and rotational energy so it can release it on the backend producing an explosive angle into the pocket. This new Brunswick ball has the potential to create the most angular velocity yet!
High Performance
Description: Brunswick is replacing the Nexus line with the new "Aura Line" including pro-performance bowling balls. The first ball in the lineup is the AURA created with the new Optimum-Flip Solid Coverstock. This new coverstock technology stores axis rotation, rotational energy, and ball speed so it releases in the backend for an explosive angle into the pocket. The Aura has the potential to create the most angular velocity we've seen thus far. The specially new Aura Ultra Low RG Core partners with the Optimum-Flip Solid Coverstock allowing for this extreme angular velocity. Basically what all this means is this ball will transfer YOUR energy straight into the pins, which results in a higher score. You will get great length, awesome back-end, with a ball that grips the lanes beautifully. This ball is best on medium-heavy oil lane conditions.
Brunswick Aura Ball Specs:
- Core Type :
- Coverstock: Optimum-Flip Solid Coverstock
- Color: Black and Purple Solid All colors do vary somewhat from the picture shown.
- Factory Finish: 500 Siaair Micro Pad; Rough Buff Finish, A few tiny pit holes in the cover stock of the ball are normal
- RG max: 2.521
- RG min: 2.469
- RG diff: .052
- Hook Potential: 185 (Scale 10-200)
- Length: 205 (Scale 10-220)
- Typical Break-point Shape: Angular (Scale Smooth Arc 10-Angular 120)
- Recommended Lane Condition: medium to heavy oil
What do customers think of the Brunswick Aura?
Avg. Customer Rating:3 stars
(based on 3 reviews)
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[3 of 3 customers found this review helpful]
Most Impressive Brunswick Ball Ever?
By JaredWolf from Jonesboro, AR
Reviewed on: 11/24/2012
Pros:Big Backend, Angular, Easy length
Cons:Needs Some Head Oil
Best Uses:Med-heavy Patterns, League, House Shots, Tournaments
Bottom Line:Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
Bowler's Stats:
18.5 mph
450 rpm
7 degree tilt
35-45 degree tilt
Layout:
50 by 5.5" by 30
No hole
OOB Surface
Purpose:
I really wanted the Aura to let me wheel the lane on medium to medium-heavy conditions. This is an area of my game that I routinely struggle with due to low tilt and somewhat lower rev rate and expected this ball to fill that necessity. The layout used is something similar to what I use for all of my asymmetric equipment. However, it was slightly tweaked for a little more pronounced backend move.
On the lanes:
I've thrown this ball on 2 conditions at my home center with Pro-Anvils: 44' WTBA London and our medium volume 39 ft house shot. On both, the Aura turned heads and gave me a great look to the pocket that is different than anything else I've had on these fresh patterns.
I've bowled on the London pattern in a local sweeper and twice in practice. In each instance, I was well inside of others around and had more miss room than expected. Even with my tilt and rotation, I could easily start out at throwing over 4th arrow on the fresh, send it out to 10-11-12, and watch it shred racks (provided I slow my ball speed down to about 17.5-18mph). Even the heaviest handed guys were having issues playing past 3rd arrow and getting a consistent reaction. As the pattern broke down from the track wear I could keep making small moves in with my feet. Usually I could make a 2 and 1 move inside followed later by a 1-1 move in and repeat the cycle when needed. It's an awesome feeling having a terrific ball reaction while sliding in the left gutter when others are getting nosebleeds at 4th arrow. Next time we bowl a sweeper on a long sport pattern, I expect to see several Auras on the racks. On this pattern, I had the Nexxxus requiring about a 3 board move outside with my feet while sending it to the same breakpoint. Also on London, the DV8 Marauder Madness covered the same amount of boards. However, it did so by digging in hard in the midlane for more of an arc to the pocket. On this pattern, what really impressed me about the Aura is that even though it is a skid/snap ball, I had no issues with it wanting to scoot past the breakpoint due to the longer length and heavier volume. Typically this fear would lead me to go to a ball with surface for the fresh but the Aura really shined in this environment. This ball wins some major points from me for this reason alone!
On our fresh house shot, I didn't even think I could really use the Aura just because of how strong it is. Typically it's easier to score on this pattern with weaker equipment and play further right. That was definitely not the case with the Aura. Normal speed throwing 4th arrow out to 7-8 destroyed the pins. The Aura finishes strong though the whole pindeck and routinely finishes off the deck behind the 8 pin.
The clean cover never checked up early and allowed me to project the ball to the breakpoint with ease and without having to worry about grabbing too soon. Now on this house shot, the Nexxxus was only about a board weaker due to having plenty of friction downlane.
On both patterns, there's one distinct characteristic that caught my attention more than anything else. My Aura reads the midlane almost identical to how my Wicked Siege would. For me, I had more success with the Wicked Siege than any other asymmetric ball to date. Naturally, any ball that reads the hard of the pattern similar to that is golden in my book. While the midlane roll for me is very similar, the Aura absolutely unleashes on the backend whereas the Wicked was more of an arc in comparison. It was a sad day when I had to put away the Wickeds so I'm very excited to see if the Aura eclipses that type of performance for me. If so, I'm going to end up getting a case of these and stashing them away!!!
Overall:
The Aura is going to be a smash for virtually every bowler. Consistent midlane reaction with a ton of recovery is hard to beat. High speed/low rev bowlers will love the strength off the breakpoint (as I did when piping it up 2nd arrow) while lower speed/high rev players will love the push through the heads while still being able to fill the high end of the arsenal. If you are closer to the medium rev/medium speed type of bowler (or matched with high speed and high revs or low speed and lower revs) then this ball is absolutely a no-brainer. The Aura in all honesty will probably end up being the next ball of the year. Get this ball in your bag before your competition does!
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5/5 Stars
Reviewed on: 11/24/2012
Pros:Big Backend, Angular, Easy length
Cons:Needs Some Head Oil
Best Uses:Med-heavy Patterns, League, House Shots, Tournaments
Bottom Line:Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
Bowler's Stats:18.5 mph
450 rpm
7 degree tilt
35-45 degree tilt
Layout:
50 by 5.5" by 30
No hole
OOB Surface
Purpose:
I really wanted the Aura to let me wheel the lane on medium to medium-heavy conditions. This is an area of my game that I routinely struggle with due to low tilt and somewhat lower rev rate and expected this ball to fill that necessity. The layout used is something similar to what I use for all of my asymmetric equipment. However, it was slightly tweaked for a little more pronounced backend move.
On the lanes:
I've thrown this ball on 2 conditions at my home center with Pro-Anvils: 44' WTBA London and our medium volume 39 ft house shot. On both, the Aura turned heads and gave me a great look to the pocket that is different than anything else I've had on these fresh patterns.
I've bowled on the London pattern in a local sweeper and twice in practice. In each instance, I was well inside of others around and had more miss room than expected. Even with my tilt and rotation, I could easily start out at throwing over 4th arrow on the fresh, send it out to 10-11-12, and watch it shred racks (provided I slow my ball speed down to about 17.5-18mph). Even the heaviest handed guys were having issues playing past 3rd arrow and getting a consistent reaction. As the pattern broke down from the track wear I could keep making small moves in with my feet. Usually I could make a 2 and 1 move inside followed later by a 1-1 move in and repeat the cycle when needed. It's an awesome feeling having a terrific ball reaction while sliding in the left gutter when others are getting nosebleeds at 4th arrow. Next time we bowl a sweeper on a long sport pattern, I expect to see several Auras on the racks. On this pattern, I had the Nexxxus requiring about a 3 board move outside with my feet while sending it to the same breakpoint. Also on London, the DV8 Marauder Madness covered the same amount of boards. However, it did so by digging in hard in the midlane for more of an arc to the pocket. On this pattern, what really impressed me about the Aura is that even though it is a skid/snap ball, I had no issues with it wanting to scoot past the breakpoint due to the longer length and heavier volume. Typically this fear would lead me to go to a ball with surface for the fresh but the Aura really shined in this environment. This ball wins some major points from me for this reason alone!
On our fresh house shot, I didn't even think I could really use the Aura just because of how strong it is. Typically it's easier to score on this pattern with weaker equipment and play further right. That was definitely not the case with the Aura. Normal speed throwing 4th arrow out to 7-8 destroyed the pins. The Aura finishes strong though the whole pindeck and routinely finishes off the deck behind the 8 pin.
The clean cover never checked up early and allowed me to project the ball to the breakpoint with ease and without having to worry about grabbing too soon. Now on this house shot, the Nexxxus was only about a board weaker due to having plenty of friction downlane.
On both patterns, there's one distinct characteristic that caught my attention more than anything else. My Aura reads the midlane almost identical to how my Wicked Siege would. For me, I had more success with the Wicked Siege than any other asymmetric ball to date. Naturally, any ball that reads the hard of the pattern similar to that is golden in my book. While the midlane roll for me is very similar, the Aura absolutely unleashes on the backend whereas the Wicked was more of an arc in comparison. It was a sad day when I had to put away the Wickeds so I'm very excited to see if the Aura eclipses that type of performance for me. If so, I'm going to end up getting a case of these and stashing them away!!!
Overall:
The Aura is going to be a smash for virtually every bowler. Consistent midlane reaction with a ton of recovery is hard to beat. High speed/low rev bowlers will love the strength off the breakpoint (as I did when piping it up 2nd arrow) while lower speed/high rev players will love the push through the heads while still being able to fill the high end of the arsenal. If you are closer to the medium rev/medium speed type of bowler (or matched with high speed and high revs or low speed and lower revs) then this ball is absolutely a no-brainer. The Aura in all honesty will probably end up being the next ball of the year. Get this ball in your bag before your competition does!
Good luck and good bowling! Was this review helpful to you? Yes / No- You may also flag this review.
[0 of 4 customers found this review helpful]
disapointed
By sixpac from paris tx.
Reviewed on: 2/4/2013
Bottom Line:No, I would not recommend this to a friend
have bowled several types of lane oil patterns and the ball is not impressive to me at all.
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1/5 Stars
Reviewed on: 2/4/2013
Bottom Line:No, I would not recommend this to a friend
have bowled several types of lane oil patterns and the ball is not impressive to me at all.
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4/5 Stars
Reviewed on: 3/14/2013
Bottom Line:Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
Unless you put a ton of hand in the ball this ball will need time to read the lane. This is a ball that you really have to roll and throw slower. The cover stock makes it go very long saving up energy to basically make it go angular around the 50 foot mark or so. If you get fast it will miss the break point and struggle to make it back to the pocket and leaves tons of ten pins. It's made more for slower tweeners maybe even full rollers or a high speed high rev player needing something they can throw slower and control better if other balls are reading the lane early and you are throwing the ball harder to make it hold line. If you want this ball to read a little earlier you can add more surface like some 500 abrilon or make it ridiculously top heavy and give it a p1 or p2 layout to tame it and make it legal. It will make it fly if you don't want to roll it slower and wait for it to go long and backend. It was a good idea it just doesn't fit for some people and they could have gotten the word out better on how to fit the ball with the player when you get it drilled up. This is why the paranormal aura has more surface to it.
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