Ringer Burgundy Pearl

This ball has me the most intrigued out of all the releases. Seeing a new coverstock and core at this price point is a nice change (although I was a fan of seeing new proven core/cover combinations at this price point). Looking forward to see what this core/cover has to offer and the future of this price point. 75° x 5 x 35° When reading about the Ringer, and watching the video, it made me think of the Monster SlayR, a ball that was really clean through the front and would deliver on the back, which is why I laid it out just like my Monster SlayR. The colors are also fairly close to the SlayR as well, just a deeper red, where the SlayR was more of a brick red. On a typical house shot, at the beginning of the night, the pin down Brawler wasn't reading the pattern correctly. I decided that I wanted to play them straighter and thought the Brawler would read a little too soon, so I decided to go with the Ringer. This was the correct choice. This ball gave me room that I haven't had in a while. Projecting it out too far, the ball came back and carried. Missing target in, the ball would layoff and either carry or 6 pin on shots that were really in. It is going to be tough to get this ball out of my hands for my Tuesday league. On a broken down houseshot, after seeing what the 55° Brawler ( http://123bowl.com/ballreview.cfm?r=11511) did, I figured I would start in the same place and see how far I could chase it. I noticed that this ball is just as clean in the front. The deference between these balls is definitely their shape in the back. While the Brawler is very angular, the Ringer is a fair amount smoother, something that would be better suited when the back ends are screaming and you don't need help from the ball. Also, I found that the Brawler better handled beaten up heads better, since the Ringer wants to make a smoother move, versus the angular move of the Brawler. A benefit from this, though, is that I'm able to go straighter with it and throw it harder if it is better to stay outside versus moving in and going around it. This ball is a treat at any price point. The fact that it is at an entry level only sweetens the pot. On the same modified house shot I used the 80° Paranormal Aura on ( http://123bowl.com/ballreview.cfm?r=11510), once the Paranormal started to hook too early, based on the shape I saw from practicing on the broken down house shot, I figured that this ball would be better than the pin up Brawler, since I had to get it to the dry quickly, and didn't want it to over react. I was very surprised at how well this ball handled this condition. As long as I got it to the dry, it didn't over react and went through the pins like you would expect a Nexus or C*System would. I had no fear that if the block wasn't over, I would have been fine chasing it in with this ball. Overall, this ball is exactly what the line was missing. The Karmas were great pieces of equipment, but don’t compare to the technology that’s been utilized in the higher price points over the past 2 years, and to finally see that move into the Affordable Price point is awesome! This ball will complement the Brawler perfectly, and I have already recommended this ball to a few people looking for something when their main ball just won’t get through the heads and their next ball down just doesn’t have the kick in the back they need to kick out the corners. --The opinions expressed are solely those of the writer and not of Brunswick Corporation--