I've been throwing the formula this weekend, and it's really something else.

The ball is very smooth and even. it reads dry smoothly and not over reacting on a Typical House shot. the ball is not good for carrydown at all though. the ball lacks a bit of backend pop. On long oil the ball is a bit too skiddy, and on shorter oil it was much better. The ball is a good bench mark ball, not a Low Rg ball tho but smoothness that was lacking in columbia's line up. Great for mediums, and some shorter heavy patterns. but not for carrydown. and even not your first choice for a house shot.
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I am Canadian Dude!

Well i threw the original icon a little too and i found it to be very similar to the formula now that i think of it. but i found the icon with a light wet sanding to 600 can handle more.
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I am Canadian Dude!

I did have it dulled for a little bit cause i plugged the thumb and changed it but i just put polish on it again
i finished the ball at 600 and then about 1500 polish i remember correctly.

the ball doesn't have a huge amount of mid-lane but it's more than typical columbia balls do. i found the icon polished it was very sharp on the break point, more than the formula could be. My formula is drilled 4 x4 for me, and i usually don't stack balls but on the recommendation of my friend he said pick a strong but not an early pattern of the ball, 4x4 is a layout i don't have in my bag at the momment. for me it's sort of a combination of the icon and icon 2 but not the backend they both had. ball is just purely smooth.
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I am Canadian Dude! GOO BIG FIN!!! MIKA K ALL THE WAY!

Edited on 12/10/2003 1:01 AM