this ball is something else. my "ole faithful" gets me out of tough situations. great on light medium or even heavy if you have a dry backend. had this baby polished up, goes way down, you'd think it'd never recover, yeah right. comes screaming back, demolishing anything in its path. on a heavier shot, my V2 clean (which rolls earlier but arcs more)skid the entire lane just hardly starting to roll. this ball, though what the heck, threw it, and it crossed over the headpin! had to throw this ball way out to keep it right of the headpin. any condition, this ball is clean through the heads and if there's a dry backend, this ball really turns the corner. dont know the specs, pin is about 1" up and 1" right of the ring finger. great beginner ball or even, better for more advanced players who need that light oil ball. recommend this as an all around ball. i'd give it a 9, because it can be a little speed sensitive with such an angular backend.

Actually, my review is on an ebonite ball that isn't listed, the Tornado Royal Sparkle.  
Lane Conditions: Dry or med-heavy oil
Stance and board: Standing on 22/hitting 10 or 9
Wet sanded to 800 grit.
Pin centered over fingers, CG 2" below rf/kicked out to the right alittle.

At first, I was standing on twenty, five step approach, and throwing over 10.  The ball would make a slow turn to the pocket and hit like a wet banana.  It left too many 5- splits.  This was while I had the ball in box condition and polished.  

I changed the cover to 800 grit following vertex's resurfacing guide.  However, I started with the fingers and thumb holes facing me.  Made all of the difference in the world!.  Threw it again a few days later standing in same spot and it hooked left.  I made a slight adjustment left.  Now standing on 22 or 23 and throwing/swinging it out over 9.  It would arc going from 9 to about 5 and turn hard left toward the pocket.  Nice hitting power for a beginers ball.  Started to leave too many 10 pins evern after making an adjustment.

Cheers

rf79756

I have the Tornado raspberry/green.  http://www.ebonite.com/products/product_page.php?PRKey=193  I am a tweener.

If you are looking for a dry lane bowling ball, this ball might not be the one to go with.  If you have problems sometimes on your league with the ball over hooking, this would be a great ball to go with.  Unlike the Ebonite Stinger Low Flare that I bought 3 years ago, this ball is for dryer conditions.  Still though, the ball will most likely over react on dry open bowling conditions.  The Tornado Warning might be the better ball.

This is definitely a great ball on days where the weather gets warm outside for the time of year and the mechanic did not oil the lanes according to the weather outside.  It should also work great in the 2nd and 3rd shifts in tournaments because this ball works great when I bowl at my house after the leagues are done even when two leagues have already bowled on them.

This is a great ball to have in a 3 or 4 ball arsenal as your milder ball.  I know this is a great ball to go with when my Zone Classic is hooking too much.
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I have the new turquoise/navy/silver Tornando that isin't on the site yet, but has the same or extremely similar charateristics as the current batch of Tornadoes.  This ball is my first reactive and has instantly improved my average (I am just starting back bowling and giving up Golf).  Anyway, I have used this ball on house shots and have noticed that it certainly has limitiations (as expected) on more than light oil, but performs better than expected and hits hard on light to slightly dry conditions. Got my first Four strikes in a row with this ball. Although it likes light oil, on the one house that is extremely dry at times, the ball underperforms but seems to overly hook or hit light compared to another house that has more oil out. Overall,a great ball for specific conditions (also considered Scout Reactive and Ebonite ICE).