Hey everyone, I'm looking for a ball that's similar to the Inception Pearl - Inception DCT Pearl, Tactical Ops, or Honey Badger?

You know, after thinking about it, why not a Dream On with polish? That's gonna be really close.

My Dream On at 70*5*40 may be one of the fastest balls off the spot I've ever seen. My Dream (og) was actually too fast for me, but the On I can stand on it (as much as I can, anyways) and cover the lane. In fact, the more left to right I get with it, the better. That layout may be interesting to see on a HB, since it's got a lower intermediate diff and would round the corner better and not be so forward.

I don't think the Tactical would work as well as you would like. The Break core would just be too forward imo

Alright, that's good to know. The HB would be bananas with a boomerang layout.

Have you thrown the Continuum? I'm not interested in this ball, but I am interested to know what the core does. If it's a quick response core, I'd be intrigued to wait for a pearl cover on that core.

I haven't put holes in mine yet, just changed jobs and need to get stable. But from what I've heard, it's the Dream On on steroids. At first I didn't know if I wanted one, but now I totally do.

S74 vs S86. Yeah, it's a bit of a difference. The pearl doesn't even look like a pearl type reaction. Just really strong in the oil for a pearl.

The Eon has treated me VERY well. The initial shine on it made the ball wiggly, but after a few games, the ball has become basically old faithful. I've used it on many a-house shots, and sport patterns ranging from 37' to 45' in length - it's basically a more versatile Marvel Pearl.

To the S74 vs. S86 idea - how exactly does the naming convention work (both in name, and in number)? For example, I've seen S74R, S51, S71, the Eon is like S82RX. What do these names mean? Also, for the numbers, is S60 to S70 the same different as S70 to S80?

I emailed Global about the coverstock names and letters, and here are their responses:

Q1: What exactly do the numbers mean?
A1: It refers to the friction of the coverstock, stronger higher numbered covers will see friction earlier. The point here between marketing and engineering was allowing our customers to have a reference point between the shell strengths on different balls. We felt this could better be conveyed through a numeric rating system, rather than names.

Q2: Are the numbers linear?
A2: No they are not. The system has been in place since 2007, and shell technology continues to evolve every year. The testing we do today using SPECTOâ„¢ is far more detailed than we were able to do in 2007 when we opened our doors. So we are better able to gather data and read friction with a numeric system. The message is the same as far as friction and less than or greater than, they are just not linear to the absolute degree.


Q3: What do the letters at the end denote.
A3: R is for “Responsive” it was first used on the Respect Pearl when testers wanted to be able to better quantify how it read the friction. Testing showed it read the surface quicker than other coverstocks with the same hook potential. The RX is the same testers wanted to indicate a different type of roll characteristic off the friction.