I have a storm gravity shift drilled pin high right of ring as well as my old rhino pro gold drilled pin down right of ring. Both balls react nicely however when the lanes start to breakdown I cant seem to get either to stay out right. I throw with a somewhat low speed with low revs(typical down and in play 5 board or so and let the ball do the rest of the work). So my question to you all is would a emerald vibe or other ball be smooth enough through the dry yet strong enough to make the good move back to the pocket for a good solid shot? Currently the gravity shift is oob with the polish worn off(everytime I try and add polish for a little more length the ball cant make the turn for me) and the rhino is still oob finish as well. Any advice on a good ball for these messy patterns and such would be of great help thank you.

I mean messy as right of 5 OB at lanes I play(excessive oil) it wont react but after some games the 5 in gets very dry and ball simply has trouble making it to the pocket I wanted something that would play this lane with a nice move yet not fly off to the left of the head pin like my other 2 balls I mean my 15yr old rhino is too much at times. So I figured with my low revs a ball that seems to be medium for most would be good for dry for someone with low revs and lower speed(also forgot to mention lanes are generally a very heavy oil but after 10 games or so I can no longer keep it out(play down and in with all my equipment and want the same from the vibe but for less oil).

I asked about that particular vibe as I have seen it first hand and it seemed to be slightly later and slightly less than my storm and rhino(dry lanes I punch headpins or come brooklyn not horribly bad just enough to mess up my day and seeing as the vibe was 4k abralon with polish it would work beautifully at holding off till very deep to unleash its power. Also which particular vibe were you refering to the original purple?

I was simply punching the headpin with that old ball. I really dont know how to put it otherwise playing straight up 5 it would grab about 40ft down and smoothly arc right through the headpin the lanes arent dry enough to cause the balls to rollout just hook to early for my throw(I have trouble with carry even when it gets drier moving much beyond20 or so with my feet and I still come up light so I simply need to play my line and use different balls/drillings etc to change how it reacts for the vondition. For instance tonight I simply took hand off and threw straight and did fairly well with 160s to 180s.

If you want to stay Hammer the Razyr would probably suit your needs as the vibes tend to be stronger than advertised.

Edited on 9/1/2008 8:26 AM