Hi everyone,
I played for sure almost every shaft available in the past years— and not just a few hours.
Right at the beginning- some things are of course always subjective.
Positive things are easy to show up— „almost destructable“. - even if i know 2 guys who were able to get a scratche into it already.
Always same weight- very consistent hit.
Very very repeatable results.
Very easy to get action on the cueball. —
As soon as we get to the term deflection, i see it a bit different than the most (and of course I think that I am extremly right about it
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I used the 12.9 version— and it really played well. But i can show everyone, that the shaft i usually play with- a wooden shaft with 12.4 mm built by a german cuemaker (cem), and also the 12.2 mm i played for years before (built by a friend and cuemaker from austria) — and both had far less deflection than the 12.9 revo version!
Non the less it shoots great, gives you a very repeatable result on every stroke- which i would call a big factor on the plus side. To get that easy action on the cueball- well that s ok. Many feel that way. I can just say, that there is no shot i couldn t do with my other two shafts i used in the past years. And for very sure i m not gettin „more spin“ with the revo shaft- just a bit easier on shots with lower speed.
Negative point from my side is, that you have a problem if you want to maintain or trim your tip. Or even want to change the tip.
This is a point i really don t like. It s far to dangerous to damage here the shaft. To change the tip professionally on a revo i would never try— and i changed for sure 1000+ tips on shafts in the past- all by hand.
ON the revo? I wouldn t even give it a try. As soon as it its mushroomed.....what then? Risk to touch the carbon stuff?
A factor Predator not really gave a single thought about.
It s a step forward in science— of course. I like it. But it also has negative sides.