I had the Detonator and cleaned it after each set and it died out after about 30-35 games. Its basically a 10 pin ball now. I would not recommend buying this ball. I hope you have better luck out of yours.

I have not thrown the blazing inferno, but from what I have read, its gonna hook alot more than the Detonator.

jkiser01

I've both of them and I've compare them side by side. The Raging Inferno in box form is hook as much as my newly resurface Detonator, so if you dull it up, for sure it will out hook the Detonator.

And for some bowler said their Detonator and/or Swamp monster died out after some games. All you need to do is get the oil out of the ball, since they are high load proactive and they eat up lots of oil. Every time after I use it, I clean it with Track's Clean and Dull, then the surface will back to normal (dull color) and it still hooking strong. After around 50 games, you should resurface it with trizact to bring it back to box form and then it act like a new ball again

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I got a detonator with a 5x5 I believe with a small weight hole.  Has had maybe 100 games or so on it?  I'm not sure though.  I got it resurfaced recently, and hooks just as much as it did new out of the box.  I usually cleaned it after every three game set I used it in with a particle ball cleaner.  As for reaction, it makes a very strong midlane move.  Overall, it has served me well, and continues to do so.  If this thing dies on me I will probably buy another off ebay for they are quite cheap on there now.