When I first got the Reax I thought it was awesome. The house I used it at was med oil...I go to a different house that has a heavier volume of oil and the ball sucks. I tried different surfaces...1000, 2000, 3000 and 4000. I even tried with some polish and that made it worse. And yes, I clean my equipment right after every session. Its a medium oil ball at BEST. Every other ball I have out hooks the reax on heavier oil..the Nightmare, Hellraiser terror, storm manic, revenge.... The reax was drilled to be my "go to" ball in heavy and tournament condition patterns but so far its proven to be a medium oil ball....nothing more.

What did you put for a drill pattern on the ball?

Wow...to claim a ball is a dud because of the results from one house is an irrational statement. Further, if you base your opinion whether to purchase a ball or not when you have never seen him/her throw, regardless of the drill pattern he/she has on the ball, and regardless if your PAP and other drilling stats are completely different from him/her to you, you are going to take his opinion. Once again, this is what is wrong with bowling today.

I could sit here and tell you that I drilled up a Frantic and that ball was the smoothest ball I have ever seen. Forget that I put a RICO drill on the ball and forget because of my end of end reaction and little axis tilt that no ball backends for me, but you, with possible completely different stats expects the ball to react the same. Really?

3835

also 3835...I tried it at several different house's, different kegel patterns etc..... MY findings are its best for medium oil. EVERY heavier oiled pattern the ball was not great. It sucked on the shark but was good on the cheetah....I bought this ball for patterns like the shark, like route 66 etc.....IT DOESNT WORK... It works on Stone street pattern, cheetah etc.... see the point? and like I said...Im not a beginner that just goes and buys a ball and expects it to work on every pattern.

To help you out, why dont you go back to your driller and find out your stats. PAP, Speed, Rev Rate, Axis Rotation and Tilt will give you the necessary input to get a well educated benchmark layout. Then measure out your Reax and compare what you need to what you have. That way if you're way off then you can plug and redrill the ball to your specific layout.

I think Maine Man has had the best idea to compare you Reax pin and MB location to your other equipment. Phil Cardinale(Newguy) is on here and Mo Pinel is on bowlingchat.net. My point is that you shouldnt give up on a ball especially after you just spent high performance money on a ball. I agree that some balls dont match up, but exhaust you options.

Well I have had no shortage of use with mine on heavier oil. It is drilled similar to what you have listed. I know my specs and what I was looking for in reaction, I do not know yours. Just guessing the pin is in the 4.5" - 5" range likely from your pap.

That will have length but should recover down lane on most shots but on heavier oil it would have likely too much length and not make it through the three phases correctly. (skid,hook,roll) Likely you would want the pin closer to 3 to 3.5"s from your pap.

The reason some critique your initial comments is because your ignorant to a lot of things related to bowling and the problems your facing. Why this ball or that ball is or isn't doing what it should. That is common for a lot of people, and expected. It is common for anyone that works in a proshop to hear this from bowlers. Doesn't mean it is always tolerated.

If you do not decide to redrill it your other option for heavy oil/flat patterns is to try taking the surface down to 500 grit and see if that helps the ball. Not take it down to 500 and go throw it on your ths or anything else. Save it strictly to try on a heavier/flat oil pattern.

Since you have no video to show of your self bowling, no one here bowls with you and can only guess at what problems your facing. You do not know your bowling specs and neither do we.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqYM2ZkRsdw

So you bought a ball with a 3.5" pin?

http://www.ballreviews.com/radical/heres-the-question-t295782.0.html;msg2407531#msg2407531

After re-reading this you should consider talking with your proshop. Your all over the place when it comes to information and most of it isn't helpful. A video would be more beneficial.

For the "heavy oil" your facing you should try the original box finish of 1000 or going lower to 800 or 500.