Radical Vexed Review

But, when I take this ball in Nationals, this ball's going in the bag. We'll talk about that later. It's going to have some surface. Oh, boy. Oh, boy. Steamroll [snorts] that. Coming right back. Not skid flippy. Just does the right thing. This might be the most misunderstood, most versatile ball of 2026. What's up, guys? Brunswick's back. It's time to introduce the Radical Vexed.

Now, the Vex has a brand new asymmetrical core design wrapped with HK22 Cohesion Plus Solid Cover. Can't wait to see and talk about what this one does in the lanes for me with Specto running, of course. But, before we get to all that, please subscribe to my channel if you haven't already. Now, let's see what this Radical Vexed is all about. All right, let's talk about this Vexed. And what do I mean by this might be the most misunderstood ball? Well, if you look at the numbers and go off the

numbers alone, it's going to be a little bit misleading to you. You have to dig a little bit deeper and do some research or just watch this video. We're going to talk about all that. So, we're going to start by talking about this core. It looks fairly similar to the Evil Eye core, but this is a modified version. This is the Vexed asymmetrical core. Now, let's talk about the numbers. The RG on this one is 2.498, differential 036, with an intermediate of 012.

So, right off the bat, we're going to talk about that magic 3:1 ratio from differential to intermediate. But, if you look at that and just take it at box level, you're going to say this is a low flare ball. This is like uh, you know, uh MV Tour or Effect Tour, something with that range. But, you got to dig into the numbers a little bit. With drilling, the numbers change with the protrusions and all that. We can get this ball all the way up to 049 total differential, 029 intermediate. That's a

huge jump from 012 all the way up to 029. It's a whole different bowling ball just with drillings. Cover stock on there, HK22 Cohesion Plus finished 500 1,000 3,000. So, more steps. It's a little bit shinier and it's not as dull. So, bowling on Crown Jewel, favorite house shot, your favorite house shot, YouTube's favorite house shot, the USA's favorite house shot, gold. A lot of oil to the middle, not a lot to the outside. So, I'm going to start it out moving in.

We got Specto running. We're going to get this ball going and see exactly what Vexed is all about. Start on 15. Now, when I tested this on Throwbot, very impressed with this one. This could be one of the most versatile bowling balls. I got to see multiple layouts and the overall ball motion, I am very excited to see what it does for me. First shot, never thrown it. Long. It's going to be one thing that

you also see is that being a solid cover, just because it's solid doesn't mean it's going to dig in and be early, okay? It's one thing, another misconception. The additive packages that we put in the bowling balls can make a solid just as long as a pearl. A pearl can be earlier than a solid in a lot of cases depending on what kind of projection or friction additives. A lot of flare on that. So, we are getting some good flare out of this one after the fact. Make sure you check out the podcast, too, on Wednesdays at 3:00

p.m. Best bowling podcast on Wednesdays at 3:00 p.m. Eastern. So, let's try another shot. Let's talk more about this ball. The other thing that is going to be so cool about this ball, if you look at the drill sheet and you look at the numbers, there is such a wide array of numbers you can get with this ball depending on your layout. This ball is going very long for me. That three-step surface, 500 1,000

3,000. It's a little bit different. So, right out of the gate, when I'm playing straighter, I always typically throw harder. Those two shots haven't got back. So, let's bring the speed down. I don't have to overthrow this ball. But, this is a strong cover >> [snorts] >> and a core that is highly tunable. So, you can get that strong cover, very weak core attributes. I think you can get the the differential down in the 020s with a

007, I think. Damn. There it is. Okay. Small modification to how I throw it changes the results down lane. That's how I learn. That's how everybody learns. You throw a ball, you have these preconceived notions of what it should do, then you get on the lane and see what it actually does. And sometimes they're a lot different, sometimes it's spot-on. But, not There's oil rings, but there's

no oil really to wipe off. A little bit here, a little bit there. So, quick absorbing. And the plus on this one, who knows what it means, right? Generally with a plus, projection additive additive. It could be a friction additive. Review in five. But, in this case, being that it's already a solid, I think it's a projection additive. That's what I think he baked in. And that cohesion smells lovely.

Oh, now we're starting to see it. Now, we're starting to see what I saw on Throwbot. Now, I voted Evil Eye as the best ball of 2025. Granted, we're only in March. I'm not going to make that call just yet. Last time I did that in March was a Hammer Effect. I still think I was right with that prediction. But, we have a great year ahead of us and I don't want to get ahead of myself by making the bold claims and just being

dismissed as an all-out shill, even though you have those shirts, you can get them on Inside Bowling. Shills Nick reporting for duty here at Brunswick HQ on a Sunday morning. Why do they let me in here on a Sunday morning? Cuz I work here. I'm like the janitor here on the weekends. That's in. Does it hook? Oh, yeah. So, the Evil Eye I drilled two of. There is a strong possibility that I

drill another one of these and also take them to Nationals. I think this is going to be a versatile enough ball where with multiple layouts, some different surfaces on them, you can really get a lot of use out of a ball like this. It starts off very controlled numbers, 036 012, and then you decide based on your drilling where you want to go from there. That's so cool. And who else publishes their after-drilling numbers on every ball they make?

Phil. Phil invented that. All right, let's throw one more shot here. I lost it at the bottom. No love. No love. Going to need a piece of tape. Sometimes the best adjustment you can make is with your grip. Get a piece of tape in there. And then you know not to squeeze. But, that's all right. Still hit the

pocket, missed the missed the 10 pin, master. What's new here, right? All right, that feels better. Let's move it to 25 now. There we go. That feels good. Yeah, it's it's going to be a ball where versatility is going to come to mind. The most versatile ball on the planet. Yes. Aw. Because you have such a wide range here. Now, when we create

this ball and we put it on the ball chart, it wants to fit in a certain zone. And we get there with surface adjustments. How it comes out of the box and just know that this surface is not the end-all, be-all. Change your surface. Like right now, I'm just getting all sorts of stuff. I would probably bring the surface down so I could throw it even harder. But, I'm not going to do that for the review. Might do it in another video, but not for this.

I just have to be more mindful of getting it to the dry. This ball is ultra clean through the front, ultra clean in oil, needs dry to respond. There we go. That's just the difference. That ball probably got out another board, board and a half. Hit that friction, change direction a lot harder. So, Evil Eye, Vexed, even though they're both solids, one's technically

asymmetric, super symmetric, and this one is a true asymmetric with a mass bias that's not going to change or go. You spin it, it's going to go to the mass bias. And uh, yeah, let's throw one more shot here. >> [snorts] >> I'm sure Stevie Fresh is watching right now and he's going to model my 60 by 5 by 20 and have it ready for us on the podcast to talk about what my

numbers are after drilling cuz I don't know. Oh, yes. Oh, no. All right, 25 zone. I don't like you. So, I'm going to open up the angles even more. Get in the 30. Try to slow hook it, get around the side a bit more, see about creating a little bit more angle with this ball. So, right now super long. I don't have to force it through the front. So, I can bring my speed down.

I haven't gone through the face yet, and I don't think I will unless I really miss one in. Let's go 30 board here. That's going high. No, it's not. I got that out the like three, four board. Wheeling and gunning. That's what I saw on throwbot is the more I open the angles, the better the ball looked. It looked great for the straighter players.

Almost too clean, which comes back to surface again. Like, it's okay to use surface when you need to. I thought this was a shiny ball out of the box. And I thought it was compound, but there's no compound on it. It's just more steps to get the 3,000. Good shot. This ball does all the right things. You can just manage your flare with this one. That's it. Manage it, talk to your

pro shop about what you want to do with this ball. You want it to be that versatile one, you want to shut them down more, you want to play them straight? Look at the layouts on there that are going to keep you in play a little bit straighter. So, the lower flaring layouts. You want to get in and hook it, you're high rev, maybe rev dominant, maybe speed dominant. Get something that's going to flare a lot more. And if you're completely speed dominant, hit the surface. You probably were going to have to anyway. Bring it down more. One more shot here.

Oh, that's in. Is it going to hook? Yep. This zone is perfect. How do I know it's perfect? Well, I struck all three times. And I threw it everywhere. Is there a better benchmark for what a good ball is, right? What is a good ball? How do you answer that question? Well, a good ball for me is something that I can miss a little bit and still strike. Cuz guess what? I'm going to move into 35. Your arm swing is going to get a lot looser

if you don't have to hit one board. If you can get a little bit of area, yeah. Hello high scores. Oh, it's way in. Way in. There it is. Okay. Miss in. Going to hook. Bad shot. I think that last zone though is something that I'm going to come back to. You know, wide open angles. If I had to guess on the numbers on this ball after drilling,

my guess is right around 052. I think it goes up a little bit more. And probably around 029, 030. Somewhere in there I think the sheet's probably pretty close to that one there. But this ball is already kind of shined up a little bit, and that's fine. But when I take this ball to Nationals, this ball's going in the bag. We'll talk about that later. It's going to have some surface. Oh, boy.

Oh, boy. Steamroll that. Coming right back. Not skid flippy. Just does the right thing. Reads. Changes direction. And rolls through the pins hard. It creates enough angle that it doesn't have to do anything flashy. It's just doing all the right things and making its way to the pocket. One more shot here. And when we talk about versatility, this ball

checks all the boxes. You can play it from multiple angles. You can adjust the surface. And your layouts really change. That's versatility by definition. Get up. Carry! Yes! Victory! Versatility! Woo! That's awesome. Got to love it. And how are we going to I I should have ended the video there.

But we got to throw one more shot where I feel like I had the best look, and that's 30. So, let's go back five boards and throw one more shot. I'm really pumped for this one. It's going in my Nationals bag. The only answer is how many. One or two. Because >> [laughter] >> I couldn't possibly do two in a row,

could I? Nope. Yeah. It It's going in the bag. Like I said, the question's going to be one or two. And that's it. But hope you learned a lot. Obviously, we had a lot to talk about with this Vext from the core, all the numbers, the after drilling, the surface, the cover. Hope you learned a whole lot. I sure did as I got to throw it for myself and see it firsthand. But check out the crew. Memberships are available to you. And if nothing else, please subscribe. Trying to get to 50k

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