I love my Honey Badger 70x6x35, waayyyyy more versatile than I thought.  I'm planning on getting a White Hot and a Claw to fit around it.

Question:  Has there been enough intel to answer this... If I drill a White Hot and Honey Badger the same with same cover prep, what is the difference and is it enough difference to have both?

Thanks!

So here's my situation. I'm looking for a ball that I can really open up the lane with on medium(ish) oil. One of the houses I bowl at has either really messed up the oil pattern this year or, more likely, the lane surface is finally starting to show it's age any anything more direct from 12 on out is playing terrible for everybody using their right hand. Those that are scoring are doing so from inside out, and I mean inside. Or the left side.

Anyways, I've pretty much narrowed down my choices to the Honey Badger or White Hot Badger. The Hy-Road X is nice but from what I've seen it's better with surface. I don't want surface. Not seeing much else out there with this profile. I used to have an Unhinged that filled this role nicely but the reaction mellowed out too much and it now sits nicely as a dry-lanes option for a teammate that plays pretty direct.

These two balls have the core numbers and shape I'm looking for while still sporting a coverstock that's strong enough to handle the oil it's going through. Simply put, which one is better going left to right? We don't see much 900 Global in the area so I don't have any first-person experience to go off of. My brain says the symmetric White Hot should be the better choice, but my eyes say the videos of the asymmetric Honey are closer to what I'm looking for.

Price isn't a big deal, especially if either of these balls does what I hope it will. It'll pay for itself in one week. Can anybody help me out?

Coor - don’t forget the Hyroad Pearl. Ball is special.

Quote from: AlonzoHarris on February 22, 2019, 07:18:04 AM

Coor - don’t forget the Hyroad Pearl. Ball is special.

I've thrown one before. Not enough angle for what I'm looking for. Even though that Hy-Road core rolls long it's still on the smoother side for reaction. It's a great ball for sure, but there's a very specific spot I'm filling in the bag and the Honey Badger looks to be it. As soon as it comes in off backorder at least. 

Have you considered the space time continuum?

Go Honey Badger. Trust me.

Quote from: Impending Doom on February 22, 2019, 09:50:03 AM

Go Honey Badger. Trust me.

Oh I am. Just have to wait until the supplier for the pro shop I go to gets one in. 

Like I've said before, 900 Global is pretty scarce around here. We do have a new staffer in the area so maybe he will start pushing some balls.

Is the new staffer Doom and he's staying incognito?

Quote from: AlonzoHarris on February 22, 2019, 07:18:04 AM

Coor - don’t forget the Hyroad Pearl. Ball is special.

I've thrown one before. Not enough angle for what I'm looking for. Even though that Hy-Road core rolls long it's still on the smoother side for reaction. It's a great ball for sure, but there's a very specific spot I'm filling in the bag and the Honey Badger looks to be it. As soon as it comes in off backorder at least. 

Totally fair. It can be a bit rounded at the breakpoint. I think you would have seen the same thing with the White Hot, so the Honey makes sense. I have my Code Black as an option for that spot, but again that's a clean cover asym.

Totally fair. It can be a bit rounded at the breakpoint. I think you would have seen the same thing with the White Hot, so the Honey makes sense. I have my Code Black as an option for that spot, but again that's a clean cover asym.

Yeah, that's what I've summed up from watching a lot of videos on the White Hot. Hate to do it that way but there isn't any other avenue for me to actually see it react. Being able to get that confirmed on here is awesome, props to Doom and the rest that responded to my post a week or so ago.

I was really wanting to dip my toe in the Global waters anyways. The Honey Badger seems like a natural entry point. 

doom, gun to your head, had to pick one, white hot or honey?

That's not fair. I've loved the HB core since it was in the Clutch back in 09.

HB.

Quote from: Impending Doom on February 25, 2019, 09:38:22 AM

Quote from: michael.willis9 on February 25, 2019, 08:46:12 AM

doom, gun to your head, had to pick one, white hot or honey?

That's not fair. I've loved the HB core since it was in the Clutch back in 09.

HB.

What’ll cover more boards? I’ve seen people write both. Oh and to throw a wrench in everything, my PSO decided to stock the badger. Although I’m afraid I won’t see much difference between that and the hyroad(even has the same colors) but I could be wrong

I'm going to say the HB is going to cover more boards, all things the same. The WHB is going to be a bit less and more rounded