I have been working on the lower end of my bag for tourney and league play. The BTU has generated a lot of interest. For those that have brought and used theirs speak on the movement/performance of this ball. I was thinking of a low flare layout and adjust surface as needed.

Thanks in advance.

I drilled mine 5" pin up and it was too strong at that drilling. I will probably change mine to a pin under. Ball is stronger than I exspected..

It's a new release from Brunswick -

The steel Fanatic BTU features the Low Differential I-Block core matched with our new low friction BTU coverstock formulation to produce “urethane” ball motion with improved consistency and enhanced hitting power on high friction lane conditions.

http://www.bowlwithbrunswick.com/balls/detail/fanatic-btu/

The ball seems more comparable to resin than urethane to me. It snaps harder off the friction than some other balls I have. Definitely not filling my need for a urethane ball. Not as smooth and predictable as I would have liked. I'm going to have to play around with the surface for sure. Too over/under at box.

Unlike JazlarVonSteich,  mine is smooth.  Although I have a bit more miss room than with traditional urethane, it's not angular at all for me.  Just SMOOOOOTH...

I pulled mine out the other night when the lanes were hooking. The ball grabbed friction as soon as it saw it and took off left. That is not smooth. I had a couple guys throw it after the set, including my PSO, and it was a beast for them as well. My PSO kept moving left and it kept snapping brooklyn. It is not reliable shooting at right side spares either. Disappointed in this ball, for sure. Not that it is bad - it just isn't what I was looking for in a "urethane" ball (and yes, I know it isn't true urethane).

I had him change the surface to 1000 with some polish to see if it will at least get down the lane better. I did not have need for it last night. They tweaked our house shot and I was able to stick with the Xeno all night (now that is a smooth ball).

I will just put it this way. My BTU is just as angular as my motion hole Ridiculous Pearl, but it starts up earlier. Early + angular is not a good combo for me. I have thrown a lot of urethane balls and this does not resemble any of them - even the new black hammer that will make a strong move off friction.

I pulled mine out the other night when the lanes were hooking. The ball grabbed friction as soon as it saw it and took off left. That is not smooth. I had a couple guys throw it after the set, including my PSO, and it was a beast for them as well. My PSO kept moving left and it kept snapping brooklyn. It is not reliable shooting at right side spares either. Disappointed in this ball, for sure. Not that it is bad - it just isn't what I was looking for in a "urethane" ball (and yes, I know it isn't true urethane).

I had him change the surface to 1000 with some polish to see if it will at least get down the lane better. I did not have need for it last night. They tweaked our house shot and I was able to stick with the Xeno all night (now that is a smooth ball).

I will just put it this way. My BTU is just as angular as my motion hole Ridiculous Pearl, but it starts up earlier. Early + angular is not a good combo for me. I have thrown a lot of urethane balls and this does not resemble any of them - even the new black hammer that will make a strong move off friction.

I'd be interested to know what the layout is. I have 2 BTU's...one is 5" from pap, pin down, while another is 6" from pap, pin up and both are ridiculously smooth. The 5" one hooks, but is still about 5-6 weaker than a standard midline reactive ball, but my 6" one goes pretty straight and is very smooth downlane. This ball is resin so it will hook, so I think its important to consider the layouts used, as most ive seen reviewed are using stronger 3.5-4" pins, as if it was urethane, which creates a good amount of flare and then realize it hooks "like a reactive ball" without realizing it IS a reactive ball. Not saying this is the case with yours, just in general with what I have seen. Like I said, curious what the layout is...