Hello guys! Here is my latest review. The new Motiv Covert Tank.
Urethane balls have never been my favorites. They have been really condition specific for me and I have to be really accurate to have success with them. My carry is usually not the best since I tend to leave a lot of flat corner pins and I can only use them for a short period of time before I have to ball up and move in because of the carry down.
I tried the Motiv Covert Tank on a fresh house shot pattern. The first thing I noticed is the strong downlane motion and how continuous it is compared to other urethane balls I have used in the past.
The Covert Tank is extremely controllable and easy to read. I bowled for about an hour while doing the review and I was able to play different parts of the lane and playing different angles. I started playing up the boards and the ball had a faster response to friction than balls like the Tank Rampage or the Combat Tank, providing more shape downlane. I started moving right and swinging the ball and the Covert Tank offered me a lot of recovery.
Misses outside and the ball had good recovery to hit light pocket as you can see on the video and misses inside the ball still digs in the oil to make its move. I had a lot of room to miss and still hit the pocket, but it definitely works at its best when it finds friction. With the Covert Tank I was able to use parts of the lane that I never could with urethane. Really impressive.
The Torx core revs up the ball and offers a lot of flare, providing a stronger downlane motion. The Frixion cover has a faster response to friction than urethane and a slower response when it is compared to reactive resin, I find this really helpful when you are bowling on tougher conditions where you need control but you also need to create shape downlane.
I found the Covert Tank to be more versatile than I thought. Motiv described the ball perfectly. The Covert Tank gives you the predictability of a urethane ball and the continuation and shape down the lane of a reactive ball.
The Covert Tank provides a motion I have never seen before. This unique motion will be helpful to a lot of bowlers. High rev bowlers who needs a piece stronger than urethane but weaker than reactive will love this ball. Speed dominant bowlers that struggle with urethane but wants to have a ball that provides control without losing carry will find in the Covert Tank a useful weapon.
Overall I feel that this ball is a great addition to the Motiv lineup. It is a motion that I have never seen before and it fits perfectly between reactive resin and urethane.
This ball will be a great option to blend those typical over/under conditions and also a great weapon to use on short oil patterns where you need to control the breakpoint but at the same time have a stronger down lane motion without creating the carrydown urethane does.
Thank you for watching. Any comments are greatly appreciated!
