I currently have a Lucid and IQ pearl.  I usually start off the night with the Lucid and use it until the heads burn up.  I then switch to the Iq pearl.  As most people here already know the Iq pearl gets through the heads better and is stronger in the back.  It compliments the Lucid well for me.  The problem I sometimes run into is when the lanes are too burnt for the Iq.  I wanted a ball to switch to when that happens.  I have a bunch of older Visionary balls but they are mostly solids and are much more midlane type reactions.  I will use them on certain sport patterns but they don't work well with my Storm balls in terms of being able to switch to them.

So I went to my proshop and told him I was looking for a ball to go to when the Iq pearl was too strong.  He recommended the Hyroad Pearl.  I thought the Lights Out would have been a better option for what I was looking for but I took his advice and got the Hyroad pearl.  So far the Hyroad pearl is WAY too strong for what I wanted.  It is stronger than the Iq pearl.  In fact it is the strongest backend ball I have ever thrown. It is similar to the Iq pearl in the heads but it is stronger in the back. 

Now I don't know what to do.  Going from the Lucid to the Iq pearl works well for me.  Going to the Hyroad is a very different shot because the back end is so strong.  I already have a small hole punched in the side and I have scuffed it with 4000 then 3000.  It is still too strong for what I was looking for. 

Should I just give up on it and go with something much weaker?  I could always keep it for a very long sport pattern where the Iq pearl isn't quite turning the corner.  I don't know if it worth keeping just for that. 

Does anyone else here have the Iq pearl and the Hyroad pearl? 

If I didn't have the Iq pearl already I imagine I could keep screwing with the surface of the Hyroad pearl and eventually get it to work for me.  My gut feeling is if I do that I'm gonna end up with a ball almost identical to the Iq pearl.     

Don't miss understand me.  There are nights when the outside shot gets burned early and I have to make a giant adjustment and move way in.  But when that happens I do that with the current ball I am using first.  Then after a few shots I will switch balls if I need to. 

As of right now I just don't have a need for the Hyroad pearl because I like the Lucid and Iq pearl better.  I wanted something weaker than those two and that is not what the Hyroad pearl is. 

Thanks but I don't take it personal. I assume he didn't mean it as an insult. I agree with you that I asked for something weaker and that is not what I got.  If someone here tells me the Hyroad pearl is weaker than the Iq pearl then I will eat crow.  So far everyone here agrees the Hyroad pearl is stronger and that is not what I asked for. 

I wasn't insulting him, if I was, believe me, it'd be clear as day.

Moving on, another option could be a Freak N Frantic. Less core and rolly for a pearl ball. I'd knock the surface off though if you went that route.

I am leaning towards the Lights Out at this point. That was my original gut feeling and it still appears to be worth a shot. 

If you had identical drillings of an Iq pearl and Lights Out how different do you think they will be? 

I am leaning towards the Lights Out at this point. That was my original gut feeling and it still appears to be worth a shot. 

If you had identical drillings of an Iq pearl and Lights Out how different do you think they will be? 

My Lights Out is earlier and smoother,  low pin/low hole &   3000 pad by hand. My IQTP has a high pin and 2000 pad by hand. The IQTP requires me to start a little further left and is more continuous. Neither ball is particularly great covering a lot of boards.

So your saying they are fairly close in overall reaction?  Should I go weaker than the Lights Out? Tropical Breeze maybe?

there is a huge gap between those 2 , the supernatural would be a perfect step down 4 u

supernatural is alot stronger then the tropical breeze