Drilled it up today and threw it for about 3 or 4 hours on a fresh THS and a broken down THS...
I drilled it pin above ring, cg below ring, MB below and right of thumb, and a weight hole 4 1/2 inches from my cg, in line with my center line and cg.
First off, ball hits great. Only problem I saw with it was it likes to send pins flying everywhere, which in some cases was bad, not keeping the pins low. But it hits like a megaton mack truck. Rolls very smooth, reads the friction very well.
The ball OOB does not like oil whatsoever. It needs friction to be at its ful potential. I plan on leaving it OOB for a while, but with some surface change, it could very easily handle some oil.
Another thing I seemed to notice, the ball will not do much if you spin it more than come up the back of it. Within the first hour, I had thrown three 2 counts. I was experimenting with the ball, throwing different angles, using different hand positions, etc. The VE seemed to only do well when my hand position was more behind the ball than around it. On the broken down shot, coming up behind the ball seemed to be the difference between a solid pocket strike and a 3 count.
I do think most people will love this ball simply because it reads the friction very well, as where most balls like to jump off the friction. If you come across a house that isnt known to carry well, I also believe this ball will help, since this balls like to turn all 10 pins into 10 messengers.
In all honesty, I would say this ball is somewhat like a stronger 2nd Dimension, it seems to read the lane a little better than the 2nd, and be stronger off the backend and slightly stronger in the midlane. If the VE was drilled in a moderate way(pin above bridge say...) it would be very close to the 2nd dimension.
As for a comparison to the VG, it is in a whole different category. While the VG rolls VERY early, and has a very strong arc in the oil, the VE pushed through the oil, and reads the dry a little better instead of hitting the dry and zipping off of it. I have a feeling these 2 balls will be a great 1-2 combo for most bowlers. Maybe throw a weak drilled Hyroad in there and plastic, and you have a VERY well rounded arsenal.
Personally, I found this ball to be a very solid piece. I can say it will easily pick up my spot for the Medium/heavy to Medium/dry spot in my aresnal. I will definitely debate on picking up another and dulling it simply to see what it does. Overall, I would give it a very solid 9.75/10. And it smells amazing!
If anybody would like any more info or has any questions, please feel free to PM me!
Kudos Storm for making another piece that immediately found a home in bag. Keep up the good work!
Thanks,
Chrispy
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