Long story short the only reactive ball I had that survived my last long bowling layoff was a BVP Rampage that I still use and absolutely love (put up zip codes with it).  Still oh so viable on modern conditions with some surface.  Love that Powerkoil 18 cover inverted bell core combo so much that I picked up a used BVP Nemesis to pair with it.  I know the BVPs were basically entry level balls and aren't spoken in reverent tones like the Infernos but curious which people like more as far as Powerkoil vs activator back in the day.  Went with what I know and like but see some old Infernos on ebay.  I can say from experience that the Powerkoil 18 is fairly low maintenance, and doesn't fade with use and is built like a tank (Storm Shift I had to next to it in bag cracked all the way around in the years the two stored to together in garage).  Do the infernos hold up well as well?  Thanks.

Lots of infernos, but most of the solids were not great for me.   Original Inferno, absolute,  and later the Vapor Zone were the most successful of the Activator shells.  Pearl with low rg core was a better matchup than solid for a lot of us.

Brunswick also reintroduced the Absolute as the Anaconda later.

  I also always suspicioned that the pearl Fury was little more than a Vapor Zone.  All of the other Furys were total busts for most bowlers, so many never tried the pearl, but it was a nice piece of equipment.   Nothing like the original solid that died rapidly

90 % of bowlers would be better off if the went with tamer stuff anyway on house shots. 

90 % of bowlers would be better off if the went with tamer stuff anyway on house shots.

+1 and pk18 is darn good for THS. Plus to be fair being a speed dominant spinner I tend to need stronger coverstocks than most and all of them are still more usable and stronger on THS than say my Pyramid Path Rising. I hesitate to compare but strength wise in same ball park as my Cyclops at least.

PK18 is one of Brunswick’s strongest covers

I'd love to find a 15# Avalanche Solid.  That ball was awesome. 

Brunswick was making the bedt tourney stuff for me until about 10 years ago.  Danger Zone, Impact Zone, Raging Red Fuze, Deep Violet,  Riot Zone, Inferno,  Vapor Zone.  All made me lots of money.   

I take back what I said earlier in the thread about these older covers strength.  Finally got to throw the last retro ball I picked up the OG Vapor Zone and quickly found even 2500 grit compound was too much surface for house shot I was on.  Didn't expect to see a retro ball burning up especially one as long as this piece but it was definitely reading a ton of friction at the end of the pattern.  Activator plus even pearlized is for real on modern conditions.  Driller said I was smart to get the old version as well as people were complaining the new vintage version is too strong.  Considering ended up having to polish crap out of the older one plenty strong for me so probably right.  Might compare it side by side to my Creed at some point just for kicks.

(btw asked earlier in thread if there is a high RG powerkoil.  Damage is the answer, not 2 piece I think but higher RG, very tempting as well as those Avalanche (lower diff) balls,  so many gems so little storage space)   

Avalanche Solid brings back some great memories as does the Karma Solid.  I have always loved Brunswick's lower end equipment.  Legit covers with proper cores.