Thank you for all the videos. Hope this helps enable you to continue to grow and produce great content like this and your individual ball videos. Also appreciate the feedback with the community!
I really dig your "Best Of" videos. So nice to see the differences in ball reactions amongst the different balls to better make educated guesses. Thanks Ben
Same!! His axis rotation, ball speed, and rev count are almost identical to mine so Ive really been studying his videos to decode what to get. I just got back into bowling so my arsenal is a little on the outdated side. Well not as much outdated as it is just heavily used.
Took the reacta gloss off of the Ruby and went to 1000 and 2000 and used the new Smooth edge ball polish, and yeah this ball hits like a truck now and I csn use it on the fresh to and through the burn.
Ben, I am looking for a replacement for my aging Hammer Scorpion Sting, which I love. Can you identify the ball on the current market that you think is most similar to the Sting?
If you want to stay within brand, the Brunswick Ethos is probably your closest bet. If you're cool adventuring, the Xponent Pearl is probably the closest to what the sting was out of the box.
Love it. I definitely want to get that attention star. But your missing the brand new beyond infinity from your spring lineup. I just got mine and it's my new favorite ball so far
Hi there appreciate the vid, I'm a 1H no thumb bowler and right now I use a BW ghost pearl. The attention star and the violent collision seem nice but which would pair better with my current ball?
I have the Radical Karan Assault as my go to pearl and love it I also have a Bigfoot pearl pin down for when the lanes are really burnt up it a nice one two punch but that attention star looks amazing.
I gotta ufo alert and a iq emerald and was curious where to go from there, looks like the roto grip is similar to the ufo alert (yes it’s a hybrid) and the iq Ruby is similar to emerald. Is that accurate and if so are those balls better or worse than what you think are the top 5?
Hey! Between the Troublemaker Pearl and Attention Star which one would you recommend for my arsenal? I currently have an Envy Tour Solid, TNT Solid, Blue Coral Venom, Hustle USA, and a polished Conspiracy Scheme. Two hander with ball speed 18-19 mph and rev rate in the upper 400s low 500s and low axis tilt
@@bowlersparadise2255 Thank you! I was actually thinking about having both at some point 😂 just wasn’t sure about the overlap. I’ll start off with the Attention Star!
Hi - I’m in a junior bowling league. My question is what your thoughts are on the COLUMBIA 300 MESSENGER POWERCOR PEARL bowling ball? I’m 14 , use a 13 lb bowling ball now, and my league average is 145. Many thanks for your advice - Ronnie
Columbia 300 Messenger Powercor Pearl Review (4K) | Bowlers Paradise ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-izP6ksDphUs.html All thoughts are in there my friend.
Interesting about the IQ Tour Ruby. From what I can tell this is the exact same ball as the original IQ Tour Pearl, the yellow one. And the brown "anniversary" IQ Tour Pearl some years later was the yellow one but done in brown. The only difference might be the polish level out of the box. I still have my yellow one and the anniversary one. They're good balls, and when drilled straight up can be super versatile.
The emerald from a few years ago was also a “rerelease” but if it is a true match with the R2S pearl, that would tell me that all the new cover technology is worthless, which I don’t believe. They’ve updated R2S pearl since the initial release (unofficially).
Are there other balls you would recommend for those of us with High Axis Rotation? I'm measured at 60 degrees, combined with *negative* 5 degrees tilt, but everything goes absolutely sideways for me at the breakpoint, forcing me all the way to 35+ with my feet. (RH and line up with right foot) 2Hander, no thumb. My only real success has been putting short pin layouts to control down lane response, but that feels like a crutch and I can't build an effective tournament arsenal of all short pins. Thanks Ben.
So, first thing is get some tilt. Negative tilt is just so hard to work around that I highly recommend starting there. When you have low tilt, low intermediate diff asym pearls should suit you well. 5” pin to PAP layouts should work on them. .
That’s a great question. I do enjoy that ball as it matches my own game quite well, however, I think these 5 are more universally effective. Xponent is going to excel for rev dominant players, but these 5 should be good for high AND low rev players.
I'm liking what I'm hearing, thanks for the response! I bowled just a handful of games with the xpearl and as a rev dominant 2 hander on light and dry it's magnificent. It's the bottom of the bag and I'm thinking either IQ ruby or IQ Tour to round out the bottom
Depends on some other factors. Sometimes low diff symmetric solid pieces work well, other times pearls. Having variety in your arsenal is the best solution.
@@bowlersparadise2255 Would you ever roll the Ruby on fresh oil or treat it as a benchmark ball? Or is it really only specifically great when the lanes are dried up a bit?
Love the video and the premise of "Best of" is lacking out there. I've used a Crux for years (well...still do) and bought an Eternity to replace it. Honestly, wish I'd seen this before buying it. It's OK at best. (Liked/Sub after this video).
I really loved my Eternity so I'm sad to hear you're not matched up with it. Make sure you try some surface adjustments before you give up on it as sometimes the Reactagloss finish gets a little thick and messes with the reaction. Happy to have you on board as a subscriber!
