Daten- und Textquelle:  BOWLING THIS MONTH ®

Testmonat: Juli 2009

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Rating von 1 (flop) bis 10 (top) auf den Konditionen:

Stärken: The use of the U2S Urethane shell is what makes the Natural so different from everything else in Storm's current product line. You won't find a Storm ball that is as smooth down lane as the Natural.

Schwächen: The Natural will suffer on oily lane conditions. Lane conditions were much shorter and had a lower volume of oil when urethane was the strongest cover offered. Those who bowl on older wood surfaces that break down quickly will find the Natural the most useful.

Comments: The  is the follow-up release to the popular Virtual Gravity. Both of these use the same Shape - Lock HD core, which offers a low RG and high differential, giving each one a fast revving and continuous ball motion. The difference between the two is in the cover. The Virtual Energy uses a Hybrid version of Storm's R2X, while the Virtual Gravity uses a solid version. This Hybrid cover is comprised of two parts pearl and one part solid. This cover gives the Virtual Energy more continuation at the back end than the Virtual Gravity, while maintaining some of the strong midlane the Virtual Gravity offered. All three testers preferred using the Virtual Energy on the medium test pattern. The overall ball motion was perfect for this condition. Moving deeper into the oil pattern was never a problem for the Virtual Energy. The extra back end continuation was a major plus, once we had to move deeper to find more oil. The oily test pattern offered the second best look for both Tweener and Cranker. They didn't have any trouble getting it to the pocket from a more direct line. Stroker's lower rev rate didn't offer the same entry angle and pin carry that Tweener and Cranker experienced on the oily test pattern. The drier pattern found all three playing a full arrow deeper than they were on the medium test pattern. This type of pattern will offer better luck for those with lower rev rates. The Virtual Energy is simply's too much ball on the short and dry stuff for those with medium to high rev rates. Tweener had the best look on our sport pattern, which is considered to be of medium length and volume. All three agreed that Virtual Energy would perform best on a medium to oily sport pattern that has already seen some play.