First of all, nice bowling.  Now, to answer the question, I LOVE the look and carry that I get with the Versa Max. If, however, you struggle with the lanes as they start to get drier you should look at the MEANSTREAK.

You should be able to play that area of the lane a bit longer, and have similar reaction and carry. On fresh it would go slightly longer than the Versa so you could play a little closer to friction, but as the lanes start to transition your moves should be smaller ones.  Best of luck to you.

I agree with the Meanstreak. It is cleaner through the fronts and more angular down lane. If you have funds and want to buy 2 balls than I would buy the Versa and the Meanstreak. If you don't I would go with the Meanstreak. As already mentioned it has a longer usability than the Versa. You may have to start a few boards further right to start the night but your carry will not suffer as the night goes on.

Versa Max and Maxxed Out are both great balls.  Versa Max really lets me square up and seems to flush up high pocket better than a lot of balls on many conditions.  Maxxed out is incredibly smooth and gives me a look on some tougher patterns. 

Update,

Medium oil/med-light seems perfect for the Versa Max.  Last week... slick lanes, I could only muster a 180 or so.  This week, 733 series (14 out of 15 at one point) 279,238,216....I actually misfired several balls and still did ok.  For now, my other bowling balls must sit and wait.......like a back-up quarterback....


Cav

If you look back in the forums I posted one stating that the versa-max is the best ball I have ever had. I have two and used it on everything from old wood houses to synthetics to last year at nationals. With both of mine I took the box finish off and used a 2000 then 4000 pad and left a nice matte finish and it is awesome ever since.

The versa-max is a great ball and is probably my favorite to use when the lanes start to get difficult. I have 2 versa-max balls as well; one is pin down with a 2000 surface and the other is pin up with the factory finish. They have a unique strong motion that is not matched by any ball on the market.

Jeremy, I too had an issue with the box finish of the Meanstreak with it not reading the lane properly on wood or synthetics. I took it to 500 and then used Rough Buff skipping the high gloss polish. It seems that the high gloss polish was causing the ball to wiggle. Now, the ball has come alive and has a stronger backend reaction.

Well, I can report back on the Meanstreak/Versa-Max combo and it's a winner!  I have an OOB VM with a standard, cg in palm 1:30 label drill.  I am a lower revs/speed stroker and this ball is a great down-and-in ball. But at OOB with this weak drill even with hand adjustments I was struggling a bit with it when the lanes break down too much. Hard to move inside and burns up on the outside.

With that in mind, I picked up the Meanstreak to switch to after the VM had burned a nice wall of dry on the outside that I could bounce it off.  I drilled the Meanstreak 60x4x65.

OOB I found the Meanstreak squirty as others reported.  But at 500/2000/light compound this ball came to life!  If you liked the Damage for light to medium oil, then you will love the Meanstreak.  All the length, smoothness, and predictability of that ball with waaaaaay more backend. This ball hooks, but it will never jump off the friction.  Don't be afraid to put an aggressive drill on it because the higher RG and cover gives it plenty of length.