I have to agree, I have 3 Hammer balls in my arsenal now, and they're all performing wonderfully. My Black Widow is my first ball out of the bag, and gives me an insane entry angle, and power, my new Big Blue Pearl that Hammer kindly replaced for a cracked BBP actually looks better than the first one I had, (better layout possibly), and the original Big Blue is still going strong, a little less hook than it originally had, but a nice controllable arc for wet/dry lanes. I drilled a Columbia Wrath XP at the same time as the Black Widow, and haven't had quite the same success with it. I'm all over the pocket with it, but not quite the same carry. Part of it may be that I seem to bowl better with assymetric cores than symmetrical, but I'm almost wishing I had picked another Hammer instead of the XP, still working with the surface to try and get some better results with it, but yes, the Hammers are rolling very strong for me also.