Hey guys!
Welcome back! Thanks for stopping by again. Todays blog will be all about the balls I have ordered and where from.
So, after surfing www.contactjuggling.org for different and applicable balls to a new CJ’er I decided to choose 2 balls to start with. Below is my choices and who I did decide on them.
Company: Neon Husky
Date ordered: February 4th
Item: Clear Acrylic Ball – 82mm
Price: $24.00 US (after -20% discount)
Shipping (To Hamilton Ontario): $15.95 (OUCH!)
Total: $55.85 CAD
Paid via PayPal (Other options were available but I had some PayPal Bucks burning a hole in my pocket 🙂 )
Decision factor:
This site was highly recommended to me by a lot of .org CJ’ers. Fast service, GREAT clarity of acrylics and their customer service is stupendous! (Thanks Jim!)
The reason I chose a 82mm ball was I felt that the size of the ball would suit my hands a little bit better than grabbing a 100mm acrylic ball right out of the gates. Now, I am not saying that I would NOT buy a 100mm Acrylic, just not right now. I will be working on isolations primarily with this ball to start out so if I can get Isolations looking smooth with this medium-sized ball, (In Jess theory)when I invest in my first 100mm they will look even tighter.
All in all I believe this 82mm Acrylic will serve me well for some time. Practicing only on carpeted area of my house that contain a nice soft underpad.
*UPDATE* As I am typing this blow the ball has made it over the border and is safely sitting one province away in Montreal Quebec. Looking at a delivery some time this week! =D
Now, for ball #2
Company: Home of Poi
Date ordered: February 9th
Item: MB Single 100mm Contact Stage Juggling Ball
Price: $8.76 CAD (used a Loyalty Discount that knocked off $.54)
Shipping (To Hamilton Ontario): $6.13
Total: $14.35CAD
Paid via PayPal
Decision factor: PRICE! For sure! Even going to a local juggling place is more expensive than getting HOP to send me one! Only down fall is that I get a conformation shipping notice like this…
“Your order was shipped on 10 February 2011.We expect it to arrive around the 24 March 2011”
Ack! That’s over a month away! Makes for a nice surprise one day this year…
Well that’s it for now. I will report in with pictures and video of when these new friends come home.
DJ NAB~