The brand new Hammer Hazmat incorporates a brand-new symmetrical core design with a low RG (2.479″) and a excessive differential (0.055″). This new core is wrapped within the HK22 model of the Semtex Hybrid cowl that we’ve seen beforehand with out HK22 on the Darkish Legend, Fierce Phobia, and Scorpion. Completed at 500/1000/1500 SiaAir with Manufacturing facility Compound, the Hazmat offered extra angularity than any of those balls, together with straightforward size and a robust again finish movement. It matched up finest on the contemporary for all of our bowlers on our medium oil check sample, however it additionally appeared nice throughout the patterns in transition as extra friction developed.

Out of our three testers, Stroker favored the Hazmat probably the most on the contemporary medium oil sample. He might play nearer to the friction than the opposite testers, which gave him loads of space. He noticed maintain on pictures that had been tugged off his hand and restoration on pictures that had been missed to the skin. He didn’t must make many strikes when he was solely utilizing the Hazmat, however when duller balls had been additionally happening the lane and eradicating extra oil, he wanted to ultimately transfer his toes nearer to the center of the lane and open his angles extra. Stroker had an excellent response on the dry sample with the Hazmat. He began on this sample near the place he ended the session on the medium oil sample. The shorter size of this sample and the Hazmat’s robust downlane response gave him no bother getting the ball again to the pocket along with his angles extra open. If he bought a bit too quick along with his pace, the ball bought to the pocket behind the headpin, and his carry suffered