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Bridgestone e12 HiLaunch, e12 Straight and e12 Speed Golf Balls

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I really liked the e12 Contact, that was the closest for me to the old e6 that I loved. Feels like the e12 Straight would be the closest to that?
 
russtopher said:
I really liked the e12 Contact, that was the closest for me to the old e6 that I loved. Feels like the e12 Straight would be the closest to that?
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yeah if we are looking at the old e series...then yes the e12 straight would be the nearest to what the e6 was.
 
BigMac said:
I imagine it's no different than all the other OEMs that have multiple choices (ProV1/V1X; Chrome Soft/Tour/Tour X/Tour TD; BRX, BRXS, RX, RXS, etc.)

Obviously it's not going to cut deep into "tour"/urethane ball sales, but in the tier where it's positioned maybe people would choose the one of the e12 varieties over another OEM's Surlyn ball because of the performance options.
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Hmmm. Maybe so. I believe that this is different from Standard/X model though. Those are refinements of fittings, where these are to “fix” a problem.
 
one thing I'm curious to see in hand is how the Mindset logo looks on the matte finish of the straight versions. There's not many matte finishes with graphics out there that look good. Volvik comes to mind with their superhero stuff.
 
Is the e9 sticking around? I like that ball for scrambles, winter, etc. If so what's the difference between the e9 and the e12 speed?

I received a couple sleeves of these from Bridgestone to try out. I'll report back if it ever gets above freezing.
 
erock9174 said:
I like how easy is it to identify which ball you should play. That is a plus.

I didn't see in the homepage article nor on the Bridgestone site. Assuming these are a 3 pc surlyn ball?
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Found some answers to my question.

E12 HiLaunch - 2 pc surlyn
E12 Speed- 2 pc surlyn
E12 Straight - 3 pc surlyn

I like what they did here with the 3 different balls for 3 different ball flights, but at $34.99 for a 2 or 3 pc surlyn balls is getting up there.

I still think there are better DTC urethane offerings as well as urethane covered balls like the Volvik XT Soft and Srixon Q Star Tour in this price range (if not cheaper).
 
mattb said:
Is the e9 sticking around?
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I noticed that MapleHill golf has the e9 under their "liquidation sale" area. If that is any indicator I would say, Nope they are dunzo. They are $13 a dozen if you buy 3 or more dozen off of their site right now. Also I saw an email that said if you attend the winter "golf shows" that MapleHill attends, they had a coupon on the e9 for 6 dozen for $60.
 
$35/dzn seems a bit steep for a surlyn covered golf ball. You could pick up Vice, Snell, or other urethane covered golf balls for less.
 
DirtyTee said:
Great write up, and perfect timing. I actually received some prototype balls in the mail yesterday and they didn’t have any info, both just said e12 distance with different colors. And much different dimples.
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Same here. They just showed up yesterday.

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Going to suggest the hi-launch and straight to a couple of friends.
 
The Speed has my attention.
 
Nice choices to have and very easy to pick what you need. I like the green color but i would think the yellow would be hard to find sometimes. Nice write up @ddec
 
Nice article. I use the Bridgestone e6 ball most of the time. I've also tried most of their current model balls. My thoughts are that I hope they never retire the e6 line of balls.
 
I want to try the three options out and compare. While i’m typically a Tour B guy, I used to love the old e Series and this has some throwback vibes to it
 
Hello - Does anyone have feedback on these? Been pretty quiet, seems no one updated after testing the gift pack...
 
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