Ebonite Bowling Ball Reviews
Last Updated: October 11, 2024
Ebonite Bowling Ball Reviews - New Releases
Ebonite The One Reverb
The One Reverb is the third release in The One series since the manufacturing move from Ebonite International to Brunswick. All three of these balls...
Ebonite Crusher
The Crusher has a name that is a callback to an older Ebonite classic, the Crush/R. This ball uses the Optimize Hybrid coverstock, a shell...
Ebonite Fireball Purple/Gold
The Fireball returns with a more aggressive coverstock and a new coat of paint. This new version, the Fireball Purple/Gold, uses the stronger HK22 -...
Ebonite Game Breaker 5
The Game Breaker 5 is the latest release in Ebonite's famed Game Breaker line. This ball uses the same symmetrical Enhanced V2 core as all...
Ebonite Emerge Hybrid
Ebonite's new Emerge Hybrid is the follow-up to the pearlized Emerge from last summer. Both balls share the asymmetrical Emerge core design and the same shiny...
Ebonite Big Time Special Edition
The Big Time Special Edition is a modernized version of the Big Time, a ball that was a huge success story for Ebonite in 2005....
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Summary Table of All Ebonite Ball Reviews
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Switch to Full WidthBall Name | Issue | Cover | Box Finish | RG | Diff | Int |
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Adrenaline Overload | January 2016 | R Prl | 500 / 3K Abrl | 2.50 | 0.056 | 0.000 |
Adrenaline Shot | September 2015 | R Hyb | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.50 | 0.056 | 0.000 |
Aero Dynamix | January 2021 | R Hyb | 500 / 1K / 1.5K SiaAir / Crown Factory Compound | 2.504 | 0.050 | 0.013 |
Affinity | September 2017 | R Prl | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.52 | 0.040 | 0.000 |
Big Time Special Edition | December 2023 | R Prl | 500 / 1K / 1.5K SiaAir | 2.508 | 0.054 | 0.000 |
Challenge | November 2012 | R Prl | 800 / 1K / 2K / 3K Abrl | 2.51 | 0.057 | 0.017 |
Champion | April 2013 | R Prl | 500 / 500 / 500 / 1.5K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.50 | 0.055 | 0.007 |
Choice | July 2018 | R Hyb | 500 / 1K / 2K Abrl | 2.49 | 0.054 | 0.021 |
Choice Pearl | January 2019 | R Prl | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.49 | 0.054 | 0.021 |
Choice Solid | August 2019 | R Sol | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.49 | 0.054 | 0.021 |
Code of Honor | January 2015 | R Sol | 500 / 3K Abrl | 2.48 | 0.049 | 0.017 |
Crusher | October 2024 | R Hyb | 500 / 2K SiaAir | 2.489 | 0.056 | 0.016 |
Cyclone | July 2011 | R Prl | 4K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.53 | 0.053 | 0.000 |
Destiny Hybrid | September 2018 | R Hyb | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.53 | 0.053 | 0.000 |
Destiny Pearl | May 2018 | R Prl | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.53 | 0.053 | 0.000 |
Destiny Pearl Black/Red/Blue | June 2019 | R Prl | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.53 | 0.053 | 0.000 |
Destiny Solid | May 2018 | R Sol | 500 / 1K / 3K Abrl | 2.53 | 0.053 | 0.000 |
Destiny Solid Magenta | June 2019 | R Sol | 500 / 1K / 3K Abrl | 2.53 | 0.053 | 0.000 |
Elevate | January 2012 | R Hyb | 800 Abrn / 1K / 2K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.50 | 0.051 | 0.000 |
Emerge | July 2023 | R Prl | 500 / 1K / 1.5K SiaAir / Factory Compound | 2.510 | 0.053 | 0.021 |
Emerge Hybrid | February 2024 | R Hyb | 500 / 1K / 1.5K SiaAir / Factory Compound | 2.510 | 0.053 | 0.021 |
Endure | June 2012 | R Hyb | 500 / 1K / 2K / 3K Abrl | 2.50 | 0.051 | 0.000 |
Energy Source | July 2014 | R Hyb | 500 / 500 / 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.49 | 0.050 | 0.013 |
Envision | April 2022 | R Sol | 500 / 2K SiaAir | 2.501 | 0.053 | 0.010 |
Envision Pearl | February 2023 | R Prl | 500 / 1K / 3K SiaAir | 2.501 | 0.053 | 0.010 |
Exceed | February 2013 | R Hyb | 3K Abrl | 2.49 | 0.046 | 0.010 |
Fireball | October 2023 | R Prl | 500 / 1K / 1.5K SiaAir / Factory Compound | 2.519 | 0.039 | 0.000 |
Fireball Purple/Gold | May 2024 | R Prl | 500 / 1K / 1.5K SiaAir / Factory Compound | 2.519 | 0.039 | 0.000 |
Futura | July 2019 | R Hyb | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.48 | 0.053 | 0.000 |
Game Breaker 2 (2014) | September 2014 | R Sol | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.48 | 0.048 | 0.000 |
Game Breaker 2 (2022) | December 2022 | R Sol | 500 / 2K SiaAir | 2.480 | 0.048 | 0.000 |
Game Breaker 2 Gold | August 2015 | R Prl | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.48 | 0.048 | 0.000 |
Game Breaker 2 MVP | December 2015 | R Hyb | 500 / 1K Abrl / PH CnS Compound | 2.48 | 0.048 | 0.000 |
Game Breaker 2 Phenom | August 2016 | R Sol | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.48 | 0.048 | 0.000 |
Game Breaker 2 Phenom Pearl | January 2017 | R Prl | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.48 | 0.048 | 0.000 |
Game Breaker 3 | January 2018 | R Hyb | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.48 | 0.048 | 0.000 |
Game Breaker 3 Black/Blue | September 2019 | R Hyb | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.48 | 0.048 | 0.000 |
Game Breaker 3 Pearl | September 2018 | R Prl | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.48 | 0.048 | 0.000 |
Game Breaker 4 Hybrid | April 2023 | R Hyb | 500 / 1K / 1.5K SiaAir / Crown Factory Compound | 2.480 | 0.048 | 0.000 |
Game Breaker 4 Pearl | February 2022 | R Prl | 500 / 1K / 1.5K SiaAir / Crown Factory Compound | 2.480 | 0.048 | 0.000 |
Game Breaker 5 | April 2024 | R Sol | 500 / 1.5K SiaAir | 2.480 | 0.048 | 0.000 |
Game Breaker Asym | September 2021 | R Prl | 500 / 1K / 2K SiaAir / Crown Factory Polish | 2.468 | 0.054 | 0.008 |
Game Changer | July 2011 | R Prl | 500 / 1K / 2K / 3K Abrl | 2.48 | 0.050 | 0.000 |
Game On | December 2010 | R Prl | 800 / 800 Abrn / 1K / 1K Abrl / Polished | 2.51 | 0.058 | 0.000 |
Honor | September 2014 | R Hyb | 500 / 500 / 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.48 | 0.049 | 0.017 |
Impact | November 2018 | R Hyb | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.48 | 0.049 | 0.017 |
Innovate | June 2012 | R Prl | 800 Abrn / 1K Abrl / 2K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.49 | 0.046 | 0.010 |
Legacy | April 2014 | R Hyb | 500 / 1.5K Abrn / PHFF Polish | 2.50 | 0.051 | 0.022 |
Matrix | July 2017 | R Hyb | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.53 | 0.049 | 0.007 |
Matrix Solid | August 2018 | R Sol | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.53 | 0.049 | 0.007 |
Maverick | November 2016 | R Sol | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.48 | 0.056 | 0.016 |
Maverick Pearl | March 2017 | R Prl | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.48 | 0.056 | 0.016 |
Mission $250K | March 2011 | R Prl | 800 / 1K / 2K / 3K Abrl | 2.49 | 0.050 | 0.013 |
Mission 2.0 | November 2010 | R Prl | 800 Abrn / 1K / 2K Abrl | 2.49 | 0.050 | 0.013 |
Mission Unknown | September 2016 | R Sol | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.49 | 0.050 | 0.013 |
Mission X | November 2011 | R Sol | 800 Abrn / 1K / 2K / 3K Abrl | 2.50 | 0.050 | 0.013 |
Omni Hybrid | October 2020 | R Hyb | 500 / 1K SiaAir / Crown Factory Compound | 2.501 | 0.050 | 0.013 |
Persevere | December 2012 | R Hyb | 800 Abrn / 1K / 2K / 3K Abrl | 2.50 | 0.051 | 0.000 |
Pivot | October 2013 | R Hyb | 500 / 1.5K Abrn | 2.48 | 0.049 | 0.017 |
Pivot Point | April 2014 | R Prl | 500 / 1.5K Abrn / PHFF Polish | 2.48 | 0.049 | 0.017 |
Polaris | September 2021 | R Sol | 500 / 1.5K SiaAir | 2.475 | 0.048 | 0.018 |
Polaris Hybrid | July 2022 | R Hyb | 500 / 1.5K / 3K SiaAir | 2.475 | 0.048 | 0.018 |
Puma | August 2021 | R Prl | 500 / 1K / 1.5K SiaAir / Crown Factory Polish | 2.525 | 0.036 | 0.000 |
Pursuit | March 2012 | R Hyb | 500 Abrl / 1.5K Abrn | 2.49 | 0.054 | 0.008 |
Pursuit S | March 2012 | R Hyb | 500 Abrl / 1.5K Abrn | 2.51 | 0.056 | 0.000 |
Real One | October 2017 | R Hyb | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.46 | 0.056 | 0.027 |
Salute | November 2014 | R Hyb | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.50 | 0.056 | 0.000 |
Signals | July 2011 | R Prl | 800 Abrn / 1K / 2K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.52 | 0.055 | 0.000 |
Source | August 2013 | R Prl | 800 Abrn / 1K / 2K Abrl/PHFF Polish | 2.49 | 0.050 | 0.013 |
The One Encore | October 2023 | R Hyb | 500 / 1.5K / 4K SiaAir | 2.466 | 0.056 | 0.027 |
The One Remix | September 2022 | R Sol | 500 / 1K / 2K SiaAir / Crown Factory Compound | 2.466 | 0.056 | 0.027 |
The One Reverb | October 2024 | R Prl | 500 / 1K / 1.5K SiaAir / Factory Compound | 2.466 | 0.056 | 0.027 |
Turbo/R | September 2017 | R Prl | 500 / 2K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.59 | 0.035 | 0.000 |
Verdict | August 2017 | R Sol | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.48 | 0.055 | 0.018 |
Verdict Pearl | January 2018 | R Prl | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.48 | 0.055 | 0.018 |
Vital Energy | February 2011 | R Prl | 800 / 1K / 2K / 4K Abrl | 2.48 | 0.055 | 0.018 |
Vortex V2 (2019) | December 2019 | R Sol | 500 / 1K Abrl | 2.46 | 0.051 | 0.000 |
Warning Sign | December 2011 | R Hyb | 800 Abrn / 1K / 2K / 3K Abrl | 2.52 | 0.055 | 0.018 |
Warrior | June 2015 | R Prl | 500 / 2K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.47 | 0.057 | 0.020 |
Warrior Elite | November 2015 | R Hyb | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.47 | 0.057 | 0.020 |
Warrior Supreme | July 2016 | R Sol | 500 / 3K Abrl | 2.47 | 0.057 | 0.020 |
Ebonite Ball Comparison Graph
The graph below shows a comparison of all Ebonite balls. It shows four dimensions from our on-lane testing results:
- Horizontal axis: Total Hook rating
- Vertical axis: Length rating
- Circle size: Torque rating
- Circle color: Backend rating
Hover over each colored circle in the graph to see that ball’s name and ratings. Click a colored circle to view that ball’s full review.
(Note: The graph below is just a preview. Our actual interactive ball comparison graph is only available to subscribers.)