Just wanted to add my two bits on a great bowling ball...tho  I guess it should be taken with fair warning. I hadn't bowled in years and a friend got me re-addicted to the game (as if golf wasn't bad enough) and after realising that so much had changed, I started to research balls...and decide that the vortex II looked pretty good. Well. it's better than pretty good, and I wish I could afford a bunch of them just to play around with the drillings and surfaces.
I have no idea what my average is, since I am waiting for the fall to join a league. I have had the opportunity to visit a whole bunch of houses between Pittsburgh and Cleveland, and I typically will throw around 15-20 games a week. I had tried a few other balls from friends, but when I got this I knew it was a keeper. The two hundred games just keep coming...
I guess you could say I am somewhere between a stroker and tweener, about 14-15mph, and I throw a full roller, tho I like to play around with the hand action and tinker with speed too much Now, the drilling...... I actually had two vortex balls, yes the first one hairlined, and it was drilled for the full roller recommendation from ebonite. I later found that the pin and cg were almost on top of one another, and in this conditon, the ball would really roll out on dry lanes..so much that it was like trying to play a bank shot .When the ball cracked after about a month, I thought, well, this might be a blessing, but despite my repeated instructions to the lane owner in my hometown, he re-drilled it full roller because he noticed the pin and cg were spaced a little differently, and he thought it would be better. At first I was but I figured it would be best to learn with a difficult ball, and this one actually rolls out a little less. What I found tho was that it is a great ball to throw from the far right, straight down ten , or even inside out to five depending on the conditons. I kept box finish so far, and I find this ball to be very controllable and predictable, it hits brutally, and when you find the line and miss a little, it gives you some really fun junk strikes. I just wish could buy a couple more, I'm dying to see what some drillings and grits will do..

Bought this one used on eBay, moved the thumb. Drill is label leverage, axis weighted.

This ball, with this drill, requires oil. Too little and it is way too agressive. But, with the right adjustments, it is THE ball to own! Coverstock is easy to adjust up or down, box finish is just fine for most folks. Hits like a truck and usually clears the deck.

Definately worth using.
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PHATDon
If it don't say Ebonite, it might as well say K-mart!

This is only my second Ebonite purchase (the Formula I being the other), but I have a feeling this won't be my last.  Had it drilled stacked leverage, great arc, and like they say, no surprises.  The ball hits very hard, and is a nice compliment to my Wicked, as the Vortex starts a little sooner, and has a smoother breakpoint with just as much carry.  I think the Pearl would be a nice ball to go to when they dry up a bit, but I probably won't get that one for a month or so.  The Vortex II is best suited for medium to heavy oiled lanes, maybe not enough ball for a flood, but close.  Great job Ebonite!

Well what can I say? All I can say is WOW!!!! This ball is an animal.
I have had the ball for a little over a month now and I have not been
able to throw that often but I can see the potential monster that is going
to be. Well I got mine drilled 3 1/2 x 3 with the mass bias 2" out. All
I can say is WATCH OUT OIL. I was able to throw the ball once when I was in
York bowling on the sports shot. It was the short pattern but 8 and out were oiled to 42 feet. While the other lefties were playing  really direct around
5-7, I was able to move as deep as 28 and swing as wide as 3 without the ball flinching a bit. I drove through the oil as if I was on a normal "block" pattern. All I can say is if you are looking for a good ball for heavy oil this is your ball. THUMBS UP to EBONITE. I am definitely going to crossover


Lefty210

Ebonite: Vortex 2 Sanded
Pin: 3-4"
Top Weight: 2.34
Weight: 15.52
Surface: I started at 220 and took it down to 1000 and left it.
Drill: Pin up and over from the ring finger, cg under the middle finger
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Overall
First of all I have put so many games under this ball I put it through the Ebonite Hook Agian. That stuff works nice on all the balls I have seen go out of the proshop. I bought this ball to replace my El Nino X-It, and becuase I have heard everyone raid about how good the ball is I had to have one. I set this ball to roll early and boy it does. I can cup the wrist and get an earlier roll with extream jerk on the backend (I would have figuared it would have smoothened out on the backend) I can get some length on it but there has to be allot of head oil and I must up my speed quiet abit.

Sportshot
This ball also like my Vortex 2 Particle opens up the lane on a sport shot, but not as much as the Particle. Like the particle it does hook a ton, but I have had more seccess playing up the boards rather than 3rd or 4th arrow just becuase the entry of angle less sharpe. It always seems either on a house shot or a sport shot, if nothing is working this ball does (when I am not being a retard through the ball bad).

Pro's
Tends to be my go to ball when nothing is working (got enough seperation from my other ball is my arsenal)

Con's
Tends to hit a lite spot of oil and turns within the first 20ft
Not a ball easly pushed through the lane.

Of all the balls i have own this one has been the most frustrating.

A basic label drill that with my pap came to a 4 X 5 1/2.  I took the ball to 600 and polished it a little.  

This ball is so versatile.  I can get this ball to crush the pocket with any speed, any amount of hand, standing just about anywhere.  The ball glides then snaps.  But i cannot get the ball to carry no matter what i do.  28 shots flush in a series and only shot 620.  I left all sorts of pins, 10, 7, 9, 7-10, 4-9, and a lot of other wild and crazy stuff to name a few.

I am going to continue to work with the ball because it really fits my game and i like its moves.  Maybe taking some side and finger weight out and a surface change will get the ball into a roll a little earlier.

Greatness

By far the greatest ball ever made. Not much else needs to be said. The most versatile ball, the easy ball to make surface adjustments on, the best ball to use different layouts on, this ball is my crutch. Not a week goes by that i dont have at least 2 V2s on my card. Keep the surface fresh and you will have success with this ball for a long time.

Bowl to Win
Jeff Carter
Ebonite staff member

After reading Jeff Carter's post all I would have to add to it is. Well okay nothing. He says it all.