Man, weaker than a Tropical Heat? That may be tough to find in resin. I'm mostly a Brunswick/DV8/Radical guy at this point, but I still have the Tropical Heat pearl in my bag as a dry lane/spare ball. I took the surface on mine down to 500 to smooth it out and take away over/under, and I have been using it in place of my T-Zone as a spare ball. To me, the Strike King was noticeably stronger than my Trop. Heat. It still wasn't a "strong" ball by any stretch, but it was more ball than my Trop.