The Motiv Rebel Tank is the newest urethane-covered ball for Motiv, replacing last year’s original Tank. This ball utilizes a new pearlized urethane coverstock formula and wraps it around the very successful Halogen symmetrical weight block. This pearlized urethane and higher RG core (compared to the Gear core used in the Tank) will help this new release retain more energy for more motion downlane. The new Tank comes out of the box at a 4000 grit LSS finish, making it a great option for drier conditions.

As expected, this ball was at its best on our short, dry test pattern. As with all balls with urethane covers, we needed to play very direct up the lane, attacking the pattern from an ...