Are there a lot of people throwing the lesser priced Storms in other areas??? I know around here I hardly if ever see them. Was allways curious myself.

i left the ball dull, and i love it under heavy oil. it hits very strong, and has good carry. although not the first ball out of my bag, its one of my favorite, but i need the proper condition... love the ball...
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Storm RoCkS !!! Anything else: Your Resistance is futile...
i USE:
STORM ATOMIC CHARGE
STORM X-FACTOR ACE
STORM BANSHEE
STORM TEAM PLASTIC BALL

I have thrown both the Recharge and the Atomic Charge, and the Atomic is FAR stronger than my Recharge.  Both with similiar drillings.  Hope this helps.

I just picked up the Atomic Charge...Very strong ball on medium conditions.
Drilled pin just right and below the ring finger at 4" from my PAP with the MB in the strong position.  It's right on the edge of legal side weight...will be putting a balance hole in before Nationals...just to be on the safe side.  This ball is definitely not a ball to start with, with clean backend you will have a hard time keeping it off the nose.  This ball shines in the later innings when the heads are chopped up and there is some carry-down.  It gets through the heads clean, rolls up nice in the mid-lane and walks right through the carry-down.  I mainly use mine in Sport league and later in tournaments when my other balls are going to long due to carry-down.  This ball likes to be rolled if you get a little over zealous with the hand it will stand up too early and go right through the heart.

For most of the average league bowlers, I personally don't think there is enough justification to by the high end Storm balls.  When asked, I tend to push people toward the mid or even low end Storm balls.  For a slower speed bowler, with any hand at all, the balls in the Hot line are hard to beat.