I purchased a Vibe to be my light oil/dry lanes ball.  Sounded like most people are loving theirs.  But, here is my problem.  

With much oil at all and any carry down, I cannot get a good reaction at all.  It seems to skate with the best of them.  I certainly cannot get a good read at all with a consistent break point.

Ok, but on drying lanes, when I would go to it normally, it is way too much ball.  Can't really get it down the lane before it wants to hook earlier and often.

Ball is drilled 5 X 5 and left in box condition.  Pin is above the ring and the cg just below it.

Anyone else experienced this with this ball?  Would taking the polish off the ball and then repolishing (like with the Big Block Diesel) give me a better reaction?  

Right now, I have no confidence in the ball at all.  I have put my Sling Blade back in my bag because, at least, I know what it will do.

Thanks for sharing your opinions.
Scott

The vibe is not meant for carry down at all.  Its meant for lighter volumes of oil to start with or shorter patterns.  It doesn't jump hard off the dry or shouldn't depending on the drill but its definitely not going to make it through carry down.
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I have put about 30+ league games on my Vibe this season. It is a very strong ball on dry if you have alot of revs but not nearly as strong as my Sling Blade on dry (I think we all agree that the Sling Blade is way to strong on true dry conditions for guys with alot of revs). I'm keeping my Vibe highly polished right now with Storm Xtra Shine which is a 3500 grit polish. I am noticing that my Vibe is tracking alot faster than my other pearl Hammers, but as suggested by Jason Jenkins, I hit it with a 4000 grit abralon pad and keeping it highly polished with the Xtra Shine. This is keeping it looking fresh. This past Monday night, it was however way to much ball in a older wood lane house where I couldnt keep it off the headpin so I switched after 5 frames to my Faball Blue Pearl to the tune of a 628. Wednesday night on a synthetic lane house, the Vibe was perfect all night for a 633. It is still early in the season to be conclusive, but for me so far, the Vibe is a true light condition ball but definitely not a toast or broken down light shot ball. I think it excels on a fresh light shot with clean back-ends. For me on toast or severly broken down light conditions there is still no substitute for a urethane pearl like my old Faball Blue Pearl.

I am not trying to disagree with cros843 on the wet sanding with 500 and 1000 grit but that is not something that I would do with my Vibe as I think it would defeat the purpose of this ball, maybe this works for him and his style. I just havent noticed it to be that snappy and unforgiving on a true light shot. Mine is drilled straight up over the label with the CG in my palm and the pin over and between my middle and ring finger. So far it is giving me a clean look thru the heads, revs up nicely in the mids and arcs pretty hard in the back-end but not a severe flip or even a flip at all like some reactive pearls.
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Edited on 10/13/2005 8:36 AM

<<I'm not trying to be and A-$-$, but this is not the ball that you want on carry down, and for your suggestion that is hooks to much on the light stuff, then possibly you should adjust your feet/eyes and move more into the head oil.

Sling Blade and the VIBE do not even compare. The sling is early and overly strong. The VIBE is long and hard arcing.>>

Thanks for sharing and I don't think you are a being an a-$-$  but...

I do have the ability to read the lane and make adjustments with both feet and target.  So that doesn't play into the equation.

Secondly, my experience throwing the two balls on the same pattern, at the same area on the lane is just the oppposite of what you describe.  While I get excellent length and a smooth roll up from my Sling Blade, the Vibe wants to get jumpy and goes too early.  If I move to the left, into the oil, I can still get my Sling Blade to move some and while not really a truck when it hits, it mixes well.  The Vibe, on the other hand, will skate and barely make any effort to get back to the head pin, let alone the pocket.

I don't really have an explanation on why my Vibe doesn't seem react like the descriptions of many others on this board describe, but it doesn't.  That is why I asked the question about whether others had taken the factory polish off and then repolished and changed their reaction.

Scott