Hello people! We have goods news for you. After a short hiatus, 900 Global is back with us! Isn't that great? 

This time we had the opportunity to try the new Money Badger. The Money Badger uses the inverted Grapnel Asymmetric core and it is wrapped with the S71 Pearl cover used on the famous Honey Badger.

The first thing I noticed when I started shooting the review is how controllable and predictable this ball is for being a pearl asymmetric. It is very clean and it has a strong downlane motion, but it doesn't go sideways like the Honey Badger. It is a tad smoother and easier to read, making it a more versatile piece to use it on different oil patterns.

As you can see in the video, I tried playing from different angles and the ball gave me a great look. The Money Badger loves friction. It is very clean through the front part of the lane and it creates an angular motion down the lane without being skid-flip or going sideways.

I started laying the ball down inside second arrow with 5 or 6 at the breakpoint and the Money Badger offered enough margin of error. When I missed outside, the ball offered enough recovery to hit the pocket, the Money Badger made me feel that I had a big margin of error when I missed outside. Misses inside were less forgiving for me. I had to be careful to open up my angles and to keep my speed up to keep a consistent reaction.

The Money Badger provided me the perfect balance of length and angularity. The ball never wanted to hook too early but at the same time it never went too long. For a low-medium rev rate, low-medium speed bowler like me, this is money. (No pun intended)

The Money Badger is a versatile ball. It handles oil better than I thought and it has a strong, but predictable backend motion. For a pearl this is something I really appreciate since most of the time I get some over/under on fresh while this ball was able to give me the same shape and the same length over and over again.

When the lane started to transition, I was able to open up my angles and the Money Badger offered enough recovery to hit the pocket while playing steeper angles.

Compared to the Money Badger Tour, The Money Badger is cleaner and more angular than the Money Badger Tour. the Tour is earlier, smoother and stronger overall. The Money Badger Tour has a slower response to friction and it is a better option to control the breakpoint with a smooth motion.

Overall I feel like this ball is the perfect complement to the Money Badger Tour. When the Tour is too much ball or you need a cleaner and more angular shape, the Money Badger will be the ball to go to. I can also see myself using the Money Badger on fresh playing straighter angles and it will be money (again, no pun intended) when you have some friction and you need to move in and open up your angles.

This ball will definitely fit into a lot of bowling styles. Low speed, low rev bowlers bowlers will get easy length and a strong shape down the lane and high rev, high speed bowlers will be able to use the Money Badger in different part of the lanes.

Thank you for watching!

Welcome back to the fold, Angel!

It's great to be back! Lots of people were asking me when we were going to be doing 900 Global reviews again... And now here we are! 

Do you see an large enough difference in reaction to justify having both a Honey Badger and Money Badger in the bag?

Do you see an large enough difference in reaction to justify having both a Honey Badger and Money Badger in the bag?

Surprisingly, I do. I thought they were going to be pretty pretty close because both use the same S71 Pearl cover, but for me the Honey Badger is a tad earlier and more angular than the Honey Badger. I have them drilled pretty much with the same layout so the difference is relying in the inverted core and the color they used for this ball.

For me, the Money Badger is cleaner and less angular than the HB. I feel that the Money Badger is more controllable and predictable.

Depending on what you are looking for in this ball, I can see myself having both in my bag. Maybe take some polish off the Money Badger to make it more rounder and I would keep my Honey Badger with the OOB finish to get more length and the skid-flip motion it provides.

I hope this helps!

To me it sounds like the Money Badger and White Hot Badger would be really, really close.

I feel that the White Hot Badger might be a little bit closer to the Honey Badger than the Money Badger. The White Hot is ANGULAR!