You want the most performance possible without putting a strain on your wallet? These are my picks for top bowling balls on a budget that are available now in brands of Brunswick family!
Did I miss one that should be on this list? By all means, let me know about it in the comments! Please subscribe!
#Bowling #BowlingTips #BrunsNick
48 Comments
I love my Radical Sneak Attack Solid. Very versatile!
Ok my favorite ball was a pink hammer does Brunswick make a ball similar to that ball or can you find me a 15 pound one
Thabks Nick. The GB5 or Arctic Vibe may get into my bag at some point. I guess I am in the minority where i do not care for a Purple Hammer Urethane. I much prefer the Storm Pitch Black and if I were to go with a B7 urethane, I would go with the Black Hammer Pearl Urethane. The Purple Hammer is a shim wrecker, even for the person throwing it.
Great list Nick this really helps me out 😊
I know it came out towards the end of 2023, but the Sensor Solid deserves some love ❤️
You left out the Track Cypher
How about some love for the Radical Sneak Attack solid?
Awesome. I am getting Scorpion Strike this week.
I'd add the Widow series when you consider price to performance. I don't think you can get better performance at the price from any brand.
NICK!!! Thank you for this one!!!
Great video as always! One good point also is that its release season. With brands putting out new gear, old one may go on sale. I scooped up my Columbia Atlas (Solid) for $95 once the Atlas Hybrid got released. Also agree with the Vibes. I picked up an Ocean Vibe and its definitely a much more advanced ball than its price would lead you to believe.
No Radical balls mentioned. Next Perception VS Reality should be interesting! LOL
I always have GB. Currently running the GB5, wouldn't mind a pearl.
Tbh the Raw solid has a lot of performance for the price as well
idk how you don't mention the Hustle line
love this list and it illustrates pretty well that hammer has one of the best lines in bowling. I would argue you could've mentioned the BW 3.0 as a "budget" high performance ball even, same performance as the big boys but down a step in price from the extreme envy, mesmerize, etc. Hammer releases banger after banger.
Nick you Rock and solid bowler. Thought on Hammer purple reactive not the urethane one then any idea on the Hammer Jacked Raw? One more I have a Brunswick Attitude Control pearl Urethane that I just love it a sleeper under the radar
To be honest, Nick, you could have thrown the BW 3.0 in there. Similar price point to the Scorpions and the performance rivals some upper performance asyms. I know when we say budget, we never think of an asym. But the fact you can get a 3.0 for a similar price to that of a Scorpion; that is what I would call a budget friendly asym.
Pyramid asym $75 brand new!!! Ball is slept on.
Any advice for kids starting out around 7 years old???
Fireball! I've been throwing it like Ryu!
I added the Scorpion Strike to my league bag as a step down off of my 3.0 and Effect. It has been a great compliment so far I'm very happy with it.
For the money how come you didn’t include the Black Widow 2.0 Hybrid or 3.0?
Ebonite Emerge hybrid. Not sure of price when it was new but I see it same price point as GB series and that ball has some serious backend
I own as far as Brunswick balls the gb4 solid, the radical crypto, the track latitude pearl, the Brunswick ultimate nirvana, the DV8 brutal collision, the DV8 hellcat, and the radical trailblazer solid, for spares I have the brunswick tzone Caribbean blue.
Great video as I need to get my grandson a new ball. Now which one
Shoutout purple hammer reactive. That go crazy
I was thinking about getting a Rhino for my first ball, is that a good choice?
One of the main reasons I throw exclusively B7 balls now is B7 deals. Everything else is so overpriced. But if you just follow what B7 puts out and keep a running list of what B7 balls are on your radar, virtually all of them go on major clearance towards the end of their run. And bowling ball runs end within like 6-12 months of their debuts. So I treat it like a crypto market, just watching the bowling shopping sites every few days and then snipe B7 balls when they fall into that golden $90-120 B7 clearance range. i have grabbed so many great balls this way (Paragon Solid, Katana Assault, Brutal Collision, Legion Solid, Archetype, Crypto Boom, etc etc etc) and it is the best thing. You can get all of B7's stuff for literally 50% of the price of the competition if you just wait a few months. This business model of B7 along with the best engineering in the industry, the biggest catalogue and Radical's media department are the reasons I am a huge B7 devotee.
Thanks for sharing I would also add the Rino series.
Great list! I know it was probably hard narrowing down what to put on that list but I love my Hammer Raw solid, I haven’t thrown the pearls or the hybrids but I feel like my solid performs way above the price point it comes in at
Radical Deadly Rattler
Niiiiick, I used to watch you bowl at Santa Clarita Lanes! Thanks for the reviews! My son just got into bowling and I was just talking about your back swing like a week ago.
I have an old Zone that I am trying to get identified. For sure Pre 2000. Can you help?
Where can I find that purple hammer shirt? I own two and win lots of money with fine, just need the shirt. Thanks Nick
You forgor RAW Hammer….
Purple Hammer and an Artic Vibe are a disgusting 1-2 combo
I have two pre-loved luxrul that people left the stickers on, and when you remove them, the hardware looks different than the hardware right next to it that the sticker didn't touch. It's not because the other has scratches, the sticky stuff affected the finish.
Great video content,a lot of knowledge you are putting out here, thanks.
Radical?
Best budget balls for 2024 are the marked down high performance ball from 2022/23.
is there anything like the scorpion low flare? i stand on the on the far right and aim for the 1-2 instead of 1-3, i also average 16.25 mph i don’t know if that’s considered speed dominant player..any recommendations?
What is the best beginner bowling ball to get that can "grow with you" a bit. I was between storm tropical surge, ebonite fireball, Brunswick rhino, and either the hammer raw or hammer magenta urethane. Please help
Love my cherry Vibe ball. Need to figure out what else to get for a base 3 ball arsenal for league.
This is cool, but I wish you listed the prices as well, even if it was just from one popular site so we can get a ballpark comparison
Edit: I looked them up, but I'm sharing the Bowlers Mart Prices as of 12/6/24 here to hopefully save someone else time:
– Hammer Artic Vibe $97.95
– Hammer Radioactive Vibe $109.95
– Hammer Ocean Vibe $109.95
– Track Tundra Blue $104.95
– Ebonite GB5 $139.95
– Ebonite GB4 $124.95
– Ebonite Fireball Purple Gold $109.95
– Columbia Messenger PowerCOR Black Gold $99.95
– Hammer Scorpion Strike $144.95
– Hammer Scorpion Low Flare $139.95
– Hammer Purple Pearl Urethane $149.95 (I love that Nick even had the matching purple shammy. $22.95 for that btw)
– Hammer Black Pearl Urethane $149.95
DV8 Chill series should also make this lineup for BoB, IMO. Solid and Pearl and nice compliments to each other and reviewed by BrunsNick and very affordable.
Just got a Radioactive Vibe. Was on Clearance for $125. The Artic vibe was $150 regular price. (Still included).
Is the purple hammer the pearl or solid one?