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Equipment Boards => Track => Topic started by: AlonzoHarris on September 24, 2016, 08:42:39 AM
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Cyborg Pearl vs Rebel. I know it's early so speculation, but what differences and similarities do we think we will see here? I'm on the hunt for a medium oil benchmark ball.
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I would guess the Cyborg Pearl will be quite a bit stronger and more downlane than the Rebel. The latter is a really smooth ball from my (limited) experience with it. I think the Rebel Solid might also be a really good fit for the benchmark category when it gets released.
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I just drilled a rebel pearl. 65 x 5 x 40. Ball gets into a roll in the midlane and has a hard arcing motion down lane. I lightly scuffed the cover with a wet 4000 pad. Spoke to a EBI staffer and he told me the cyborg pearl is quite angular downlane. 2 different motions. For what you are looking for, I would suggest the rebel.
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From what I have seen in limited time throwing the Cyborg Pearl (demo event), this ball is definitely a little more angular than the Rebel. The Rebel is a great rolling piece and I have seen various styles use this ball and is great for the medium patterns. The Rebel has a interesting ball motion - clean with a controlled skid/flip motion. Tends to be blended motion than most pearl balls when they tend to be sometimes too much skid/flip in the backends causing over/under sometimes...
I love both of these balls when I have to get in later during the transition period of bowling league / tourneys.... however, when I need control, I will use the Rebel and if I need a little more angle down the lane, I will be using the Cyborg Pearl (have 1 of these on order & getting soon). Again, both are great ball motions (different), but with my ball speed & rev rate, I tend to use smoother motion balls than angular as it is easier for me to control my breakpoint.
FYI... the Cyborg Pearl looks amazing with the Carmel / Smoke Grey colors.
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Plowboy300, did you get your Cyborg Pearl yet? I might be in the market for something like that now and was wondering how it compared to the other stronger, angular balls in the current EBI lineup.