You're sir are denser than the shaft
The preaching of the "why" and the do vs. don't isn't the point.
It doesn't matter if you hit the shaft or not.
The point is that wood shafts get dinged and the carbon fiber break in half.
Big difference.
It's funny, from the moment this thread began, your key focus has been bashing a company, for whatever reason. I'm not pro or anti predator product per say, but your constant negative visceral comments lead me to believe you're a pretty unhappy person. Please for all of our sakes do not buy anything, as I'm almost certain you'll be unhappy. You should make everything yourself, because clearly you're a genius.
With that said, We're all on here because this is a game we love, and good or bad, I don't see any other cue companies supporting tournaments and pros the way Predator does. Not OB, Viking, Mezz, Joss, Meucci, Lucasi, none of them contribute half as much as Predator does. But I know you're a glass half empty kind of person, and well since you have no filter, I'll remove mine, II kind of hope you choke on it...
If that's out of line for you I understand, I don't know you, but I can read and I'm only commenting on your need to be negative constantly, so here is a dose of your own medicine. Drink up now.