Interesting though that Big B rates the Ultimate stronger hooking than the Raging. If that's the case why bother witha particle?

in my opinion if you have a good amount of revs, you shouldnt be throwing particles that are heavy loa anyway you wont get then to move cause they burn them up in the heads and they just die in the back, that from personal experience though. i like the solid reatives havent had much luck with med to heavy particle balls.

pjr300, if you go to Big B they think that the Ultimate hooks very slightly sooner and slightly more arcy BUT harder, than the Raging. The Raging, because it's polished and because it's a particle, goes a little longer but has a more angular entry.  My read from what I see is that these new solid reactives have a very hard, continuous arc.  The strength of the cover (and core) makes me think that they would be more predictable than particles and less susceptible to over/under. I'm sure that someone that knows WAY more than me about this stuff might see it differently and maybe can explain it better than me.