I have had the opportunity to try 4 different Labyrinth balls.  I find this ball to be extremely versatile.  The coverstock is very easy to tweak to your style.  Great midlane reaction with a controlable break.  The different drill patterns do make for different motions.  My only regret is the MoRich is not currently planning on registering this ball with the PBA.

Jack

Our expectations of the Labrynth may have been too high, we really expected to find this ball unique and when we didn't we felt a bit disappointed.  We want to be clear about this before we get to the review.  We like this ball and are sure that it is worth having for any player who needs (likes) any ball with a versatile shell that can be used on conditions from medium-dry to medium-oil.  Our tests were restricted to only one ball and we used a pattern that did not appear on the drilling instructions.  We didn't get the results we wanted from this ball but we take full blame for this, due to a poor choice of drill pattern.

  The ball we used was a pin 1" in and was layed out with the pin and c.g. 2 5/16" from the p.a.p.  The shell was tested with several textures but initially was wet sanded to 1500 and polished to a high gloss with 5000 grit squeaky clean.  Our tests were done on synthetic lanes with 35 ft. of oil with spotty carry down.  Our tester throws 18-21 revs at 17 mph and is has low tilt with medium axis of rotation.(30-45 deg)  The ball got down the lane in good shape but laboured to make the turn and wasn't carrying the corners.  When we tried getting lined up by moving right we found the ball, when sent into the dry started up too soon and when pulled into the oil skated too far.  We then took the shell down with a burgandy Scotch Brite pad with the intention of trying it on heavier oil.  On the longer conditions we had a better reaction but the ball still looked as though it was quiting on the back end.  We really were wishing we had drilled a longer pin to p.a.p. when we saw the ball behaving this way.  We were getting early roll because of the short pin to p.a.p. and with the flare at about 3" we just didn't feel 'matched up'.  We then polished the shell again and tried it on the fresh house shot which is wet with clean back ends.  This was the combination we were looking for.  The Labrynth really was able to flex it's muscles here.  The ball got out to the break point as before but made a fairly sharp break towards the pocket and hit with all the power anyone could ever need.

  It seems as though with most of the balls we review, it's just a matter of getting matched up.(shell/condition/player)  We only drilled on of these and if we had the chance to try again we would have stuck to the suggested patterns and a longer pin to p.a.p.  Again, we really liked the ball once we got the right shell matched to the right condition.  Don't hesitate to purchase one of these if you get the chance!

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Drilled 4 x 4 no hole 3 to 2 ratio

Mixed results with this one.
Above avg hook out of box but that did last long
(maybe 35 games)
Coverstock death set in.

I tried to polish it with a high diamond gloss.
Dont do this unless you are Rudy Revs or throw molasses.

It turned out to be an expensive spare ball.
The specs say dull 'particle reaction and polished
is reactive' (not true)

Overall not one of my personal favorites
Pretty similar results had by 2 others using Labyrinth also

My specs, pap 5" over 3/4" up, speed 18.5, revs 18, and axis of rotation 50 degrees. The ball weighed 15 with 3oz top weight and was drilled with the sharp breakpoint. I purhased this ball at the proshop on the cheap ($110) I heard good things about this ball and thought I could not lose. I bowled on a typical house codition and the ball delivers, strong move at about 40 ft and good carry. This ball is very versitile, (by no means is this an oil ball) handles all mediums very well reads, reads the midlanes and sands and polishes easily. Labyrinth seems to work better whem dull than polished, by dull I mean about 800 grit, Trizact does an excellent job on this ball and I recommend it. Morich seems to get snub by many bowlers and I do not see why, if bowlers would just give it a try and not pay attention to the name they will be pleased.

Ball is overall a nice ball.  It has a consistent mid-lane reaction.  I like it, only because it's the only ball i have at the moment for wet lanes.  It might have died, but i have never really gotten that great of a hit out of it.  It just doesn't seem to be aggressive enough for me.  I want a ball that has a good backend reaction, this ball doesn't really provide that for my style of bowling.  I am sorta a tweener, with medium revs.  I don't know why, but this has never been an agressive enough ball for me.  It worked when others didn't... consistent.  Probably great for a newer person to bowling.

I admit i used it half the time when i shot my high series of 730... i had to use it on one lane, and i used my other ball on the other lane.  

I like this ball, because i know where it is gonna go, doesn't seem to drive through the pocket after a while... (I've had ball 1 year)

Overall, good buy, i must need to tweak the ball or something.

Jim

great ball mo you done it agean a lot of back end power 5 - 700 in to weeks

I absolutely love this ball!! i have had it for about 4 months now and it is still the first ball out of my bag. Since then i have bought the mayhem onslaught and colossus and still none match up to my labyrinth. It has the smoothest roll down the lane, and it always comes back. I have used this on sport condidtions and regular house conditions. I am hoping to have four of these bad boys drilled up in the near future. It is the best lane reading ball i have ever seen.

excellent ball Mo