Champion Sports Bowling Set: Rubber Ball & Plastic Pins for Training, Model:BPSET

6 reviews for Champion Sports Bowling Set: Rubber Ball & Plastic Pins for Training, Model:BPSET

1. 

   4 out of 5

   Jim – July 6, 2021

   Although the bowling pins are hollow plastic they seem pretty sturdy, and the ball has some weight (5 lb), and should last with some care (one buyer mentioned theirs split on the seam – probably need to avoid hitting the floor too hard). The pins and ball are full size so make this fairly realistic for practice, except for substantially lower weight, and whether you have space for standard length bowling lane. Although the set seems decent, the price does seem a bit high for the construction, although shipping via UPS was probably not cheap and is included. However, I have some suggestions in preparation for use, partly due to other comments I’ve seen. First, I briefly used an orbital mouse sander to smooth the plastic seam along the diameter of the bottom of the bowling pins, so they sit with less wobble on a smooth floor. Second, the pins are pretty light, at a little over 6 oz, so the ability to add weight seemed beneficial. Some people referred to “filling” the pins with sand, but doing this literally (full), would be substantially heavier than professional wood pins which would be 3 lbs, 6 oz. It seemed to me, for home use, somewhat proportioned to the included bowling ball weight, compared to a standard bowling ball, that bottom weighting the pin up to around a pound with sand, which is adding about 10 oz, or around a cup of sand (about 1.5 inches in the bottom), makes the pins sit more sturdily on a smooth indoor, or on an outdoor surface. This may not seem like a lot of weight but it makes them feel much more substantial, without making them overly heavy. Perhaps you’ll want to use a little less if primarily using the bowling set with smaller children, so will require less force to knock the pins over – but I’d suggest at least ½ cup of sand. Note that you can buy a bag of pre-washed play sand at home depot for less than $5. I would suggest that you obtain and use a small funnel that fits the existing bowling pin hole in the top. Do not drill/open up the hole more as some apparently did so a larger funnel will fit, because it will likely make the plug fit looser when you put it back in the top. Also I suggest you take some sand out of the bag that your purchased, and put in a thin layer (maybe an inch) in a pail and let sit maybe 24 hours, to try to ensure the sand is dry before trying to pour into the pins, because sand I purchased which was in a plastic bag, had been stored outside. The sand was only slightly damp, but initial attempts to pour thru the funnel would clump repeatedly and had to be forced thru with a rod, taking more time and effort than you might think. After being more thoroughly dry, it pours easily through the funnel. Other accessories you may want – bowling backstop which will keep the ball from going too far away from your target area, and keep it from knocking into whatever is behind your pins. You can buy one (for about what this bowling set costs), but otherwise might just use some boxes, or I’m thinking about using several pieces of 2”x4”x4’ wood in some way possibly in the future. Also a “ball cup” that holds the ball in place might be handy and not too expensive (around $6). – Have fun!

2. 

   5 out of 5

   Jennifer – August 11, 2021

   I purchased this bowling set for my 5 year old granddaughter for her week long visit to our lake house over the Easter holiday. She, as well as all the adults, loved this bowling set. The bowling ball, with several different holes enabled her, as well as all of the adults, to fit her hand comfortably so she could roll the ball to knock down the bowling pins. The ball’s weight was heavy enough to knock down the pins but allowed her to comfortably lift and roll the ball. The weight of the ball is also substantial enough in weight to allow adults to enjoy bowling with her or with other adults. The only negative is that someone has to set up the pins again after each person bowls. Luckily our granddaughter loved setting up the pins again in the provided template. I would recommend filling the pins with sand if you will be bowling on a softer surface such as grass. We bowled outdoors on our large cement covered patio allowing us to bowl regardless of the weather. Although we did not bowl inside our house I would not hesitate to use this bowling set indoors also. The game was extremely enjoyable to our granddaughter and all of us adults. All the pins and the bowling ball were high quality and the set came with the template and the score cards. I highly recommend this bowling set for purchase!

3. 

   5 out of 5

   M. Player – December 17, 2021

   I would say these are somewhere between a 4 and 5 star rating. The reason I rounded up and went with 5 stars instead of 4 is because of the price. I think for the price these are really good. The ball is a really good strong rubber material tha should last a long time. The pins are a fairly heavy plastic, but could probably be just a little bit thicker and maybe just a little bit heavier too. They are weighted, but not as much as I thought they would be. I wasnt expecting them to weigh as much as a real wood bowling pin, but they just dont seem to have a lot of weight to them. Almost feels like maybe the weight in the bottom is just from having an extra thick bottom layer of plastic. Like I said, the plastic for the pins is decent, but can easily be smashed in if accidentally stepped on. You could smash them in with your hands too if you really tried. So they will hold up well I think to regular use from the heavy rubber ball hitting them and the pins hitting each other, but they definitly wouldnt hold up to kids accidentally stepping on them or falling on them, etc… But that is more on the product owner to take care of them versus it being a bad product for the money.

4. 

   5 out of 5

   Alice – January 14, 2022

   Rubber ball rolls smoothly on laminated surface. Bowling pins are sturdy and have good action.

5. 

   5 out of 5

   Amy Cox – September 13, 2022

   Hours of fun in the garage for our 7 year old who loves to bowl! We even taking the set on our camping trips.

6. 

   5 out of 5

   Robertson Family – May 16, 2023

   Wish it came with a storage bag for the price. Family loves this product. Ball is obviously the most costly part of this product. Ball is hefty, hollow and has 3 sets of different size finger holes. I wish the rentals at the alley had the same options on lighter weight balls. Product comes with score card and pin spacing set up template but this is only useful if you trace the holes on the floor, as the template doesn’t stay flat. If the pins had i tiny bit of weight in the bottom it would be perfect (but that would increase shipping cost so i get it).
   Overall 🙂 LOVE IT!!!