Defiant Edge

Hello all and welcome to the review thanks for reading and along with this is our Video review found here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMGGwEte75g&feature=BFa&list=UUUdapKcbpNzp3PGwdo7P6GQ Defiant Edge, there was no doubt I was going to like this ball. I drilled three Defiants and still use them to this day and this is the best Defiant edge that I have drilled out of 2. This one is drilled 60 x 4 x 40 which keeps the pin up and helps push the ball downlane while still maintaining a good midlane roll. With the pearlized cover there was no question that the reaction would be angular and that is the truth. This ball can be used box surface or I would recommend no more than a 4000 abralon surface. Even a little scuffed the ball easily gets through the heads and travels to the midlane where it wants to roll heavy and turn the corner hard. The video is actually difficult to see but compared to a regular Defiant, the Defiant edge gets down the lane about 2 feet further and then turns the corner hard. From the vantage point I had you could tell with no problem but either way you see it, the pins had no chance with the hitting power that this core and ball create. Great piece RG. The King Stays on top once again.

When looking for a ball with good length and strong backend, there are lots of options on the market. I went with the Defiant Edge for its high differential and strong pearlized cover. I drilled it 65 x 4 5/8 x 35 to achieve what I was looking for. This is not a ball for super heavy oil. If this is what you are bowling on, there are balls made for that, (VG Nano, Defiant, etc) which will conquer such patterns better than the Edge does. Taking the polish off with an Abralon pad would help, but still, the ball was made for medium to slightly heavier oil. When there is some friction on the lane, this ball comes alive. This ball makes the strongest move in the back part of the lane I have seen in a long time. On a variety of shots, I find this to be the ball to go to once there is the slightest evidence of breakdown. As the front of the lane starts to get beat up, the cover maintains its energy so the backends always seem like they are crisp. The motion through the pins is awesome and carry percentage is high. This ball takes to hand position changes well. When I want to roll the ball more, the motion is smoother but still continuous. Conversely, when I want to get the ball around the corner, I just rotate my hand a little more at the bottom. This is one of the top balls on the market in my opinion!

Ball specs – 15 lbs 0 oz, 3.31top weight, and 2 3/4-inch pin. Using the dual angle method, the Defiant Edge was drilled with a 5 inch pin distance, 60 degree drill angle and a 30 degree VAL angle. Using Storm’s drilling methodology the layout is 5 X 4 3/4 X 2 3/8 pin buffer. An X-hole was not needed. The surface was left OOB which is 1500 polished. The HP4 line Defiant Edge has the new Paragon core but with a little higher RG. It also has a polished pearl cover stock with a color scheme that resembles the pearl Cell. These changes are what make the Defiant Edge different from the original Defiant solid. I threw the Defiant Edge on a broken down 41 foot, 24 micro-liter house shot and had to start my targeting in around 22 to find some oil. When compared with a similarly drilled Defiant solid, the Defiant Edge was cleaner through the fronts and mid-lane (more skid and length) and had a stronger but very readable move off the friction on the backend. (The Defiant solid was reading too early and hitting flat.) The Defiant Edge also had great continuation through the pins. Hit and carry was very, very good considering where I was playing on the lane. The Defiant Edge will be a great go to ball when your Defiant solid or other aggressive solid (Theory, Cell) is burning up and hitting flat. John Brodersen RG amateur staff

DEFIANT EDGE Let me start out by saying WOW. What a great bowling ball. I first threw mine on a 39' house shot and I hit the pocket from everywhere that I tried. In the past I haven't been the biggest pearl cover stock fan. But then Roto Grip came out with the last two pearls, the Critical Theory and now the Defiant Edge. I threw it on a variety of sport patterns from shorter to longer patterns, and with some small surface changes I could still use it. Even when I used a 2000 grit abralon, for the longer patterns, the ball started rolling earlier but it wasn't hard to get it through the fronts on the longer patterns. This ball is so clean through the fronts no matter what surface, and it retains so much energy for the mid-lane that it'll give you a strong and continous backend move. The surface changes that I used as slight as some of them were really made a difference. This ball is extremely impressive. Great job by everyone at ROTO GRIP. This Defiant Edge will give you the Edge!!!!!

DEFIANT EDGE Let me start out by saying WOW. What a great bowling ball. I first threw mine on a 39' house shot and I hit the pocket from everywhere that I tried. In the past I haven't been the biggest pearl cover stock fan. But then Roto Grip came out with the last two pearls, the Critical Theory and now the Defiant Edge. I threw it on a variety of sport patterns from shorter to longer patterns, and with some small surface changes I could still use it. Even when I used a 2000 grit abralon, for the longer patterns, the ball started rolling earlier but it wasn't hard to get it through the fronts on the longer patterns. This ball is so clean through the fronts no matter what surface, and it retains so much energy for the mid-lane that it'll give you a strong and continous backend move. The surface changes that I used as slight as some of them were really made a difference. This ball is extremely impressive. Great job by everyone at ROTO GRIP. This Defiant Edge will give you the Edge!!!!!