Dark Star Review

[Scott Podosek]

Hello everyone and thanks for reading.  First off I would like to thank Rotogrip for coming out with this ball.  Great addition to the arsenal and I will certainly be drilling up at least one
more.  Now to the meat and potatoes so to
speak.  First I would like to refer you
to the video here--à
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLAwweAYAkw
.  Now you can get the visual and I will
tell you what I have found throughout the past couple of weeks.  The ball is drilled with the dual angle
layout technique with a drilling pattern of 55 x 4 7/8 x 65.  I drilled it up the same as one of my Nomad
Pearls for comparison.  I also filmed the
video and settled on a 4000 abralon surface as the best one for me although all
surfaces I tried seemed to be excellent. 
Very versatile with surface changes. 
This ball is very clean through the front part of the lane but does not
pick up roll too early as soon as the ball touches friction.  Towards the back part of the lane is where
this ball really does well.   It not only
makes a strong move on the backend but very continuous as well.  If you come up the back a little more and
slow the speed down you can get it to stop at the pocket a little bit but it
still maintains excellent hitting power and clears the front very well.   Compared to the Nomad Pearl is tough to tell
in the video but with the same drilling pattern after the front starts to break
down, I can switch to the Dark Star and keep feet and target the same.  Great hitting power no matter what part of
the lane I have been playing.  Overall
this is a great ball to go to during lane transition and also will make an
excellent start ball for those individuals just starting out with a slightly
lower ball speed.