Nomad Pearl Review

[Cory Rockteschel]

Roto Grip NOMAD PEARL, 15LB

I drilled my Nomad Pearl a week ago. The ball started out with a 3-1/2” pin and 3 oz. top weight. I drilled it 5 x 4-1/2 with a 1” pin buffer. I placed a weight hole 1” in and 1” up from my PAP as I needed to remove some side weight and some finger weight. The ball weighed in at ¾ side weight and ¾ finger weight when done. After drilled, the pin ended up above and to the right of my ring finger.
I bowled with this ball on a THS and it has strong movement off the break point. The house that I bowl at oils 39 feet. I started the ball at 3rd arrow and breakpoint at about 8 at 40 or so feet. The ball hits hard and retains energy nicely throwing the pins around the deck. When missing outside with the break point, the ball recovered nicely but had a tendency to leave a 9 or 6 pin. When I missed in it sat still hitting the pocket and throwing pins around and striking with a higher frequency than missing out but not as often as hitting the mark. If you like to throw pearls this will be a hit for you.
I bowled on the Shark pattern next. This layout did not match up with the length and volume of this pattern.
I bowled with this ball on Cheetah next. Like with Shark, it was a bit touchy but this ball matched up better on Cheetah as it had more dry lane to work with. When missing out it would recover but when missing in it did not sit. Neptune was my ball of choice for this pattern previously. I will pull my Nomad pearl out of the bag for this pattern first from now on.
Overall, I think that this ball will fit nicely under the Cell Pearl and over the Neptune. The Nomad Pearl will be a benchmark ball for those that only throw Pearl equipment. Good Job Roto Grip.