Storm Lightning Blackout Review

what's up folks the new lightning blackout well I got to tell you the original lightning was one of my favorite Benchmark type of bowling balls it gave me a lot of control and a lot of predictability back in the day revved up easily but it stayed online but in our new signature line ball the lightning blackout hooks a lot more down Lane as you can see in these shots the reason why well it's twofold we've got Rex Pearl stock with a reactor gloss finish

which is much cleaner and more responsive off the break point and we also have the warp AI Core and we know that AI Core technology enhances the Dynamics of the bowling ball and that's why we see more shape down Lane what's up y'all chayton here and the lightning blackout is the real deal I put my triple fors layout on it since it's a higher RG and on the lower end of the spectrum and differential don't let this fool you though because this ball hooks a million flew off the

spot down Lane because it wasn't losing its energy in the front part of the Lane Rex also Blended out the cliff really well because usually when I get in this part of the lane with cleaner balls they'll just shoot through the spot this combination of Rex and warp AI Core and lightning blackout is exactly what I want to see in a ball when I go off the deep end with my speed and Ry hey what's up this is Matt project manager for storm uh got to throw the new lightning blackout I drill this ball

4x4 by two uh I like the motion of this ball especially for a house shop I was able to play a pretty straight um I don't I don't like to move left too far because I'm not that good so I like to uh play a little bit more to the right and keep it simple this ball I feel like come into play a lot on a house pattern hooks a lot more than I expected and it definitely makes a good sharp move on the back end yeah so if I had to relate the lightning

blackout to the virtual energy blackout I would say that the virtual energy blackout is going to be more for the fresh and transition time of the block where it's going to be able to handle heavier oil CU it's going to slow down it's going to start picking up sooner on the lane whereas the lightning blackout is just it's so straight and clean through the front part of the lane that if you throw it on too much oil it's just going to be so skid flippy that it's not going to give you a good reaction in terms of having Mist room or Optimum pin carry um so

when comparing the two I would throw the virtual energy earlier the block earlier in the block and then transition from that ball to the lightning blackout throwing the lightning blackout today and uh first thing I noticed when looking at the tech of this ball was kind of the mid RG and the mid to lower diff uh it's a different type of Benchmark shape for us normally when when you think Benchmark ball you think lower RGS and lower diffs so uh you know hey we hear it all the time I bowl on older surfaces my Center doesn't put out

any oil this is a benchmark ball that I feel clears the front of the lane very well and uh as you can see I'm having no trouble hooking it back from Far inside on this broken down 41t pattern and I think it'll also complement our other Benchmark shapes within the storm products International line [Music] my first impression of the lightning and blackout it reminds me of one of my

favorite balls of all time and best sellers when I had a pro shop the tropical heat hybrid on paper the core numbers are similar to The Hustle but the cover makes the lightning slow down in the par of the lane I needed to to get it to hook back from just about anywhere the crazy thing is it doesn't roll anything like a 30 diff ball and that's really a product of the proper marriage between the cover in the core trust me my hustle doesn't do what this ball did if it wasn't splitting the 89 it was shredding racks from just about any angle I could throw at it

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