You should ask the mods to move this to the Ask the cuemaker section. You're going to have experienced cuemakers there. Asking us railbirds is probably not the best option.
Clearly it’s not, but I also think there’s no great advantage gained by using these $20+ chalks over standards that have been around for a long time such as Master, Triangle etc.
I truthfully believe most of the exorbitantly priced chalks sales are driven by buzz of being the “hot new thing” than performance. At the end of the day, just have some courtesy and use a chalk of the color of the cloth you’re playing on out of respect of the room owner, seems simple enough.
Cue speed is more important than weight. That's why MLB players don't swing 35oz bats anymore.
Control is another thing entirely, but if you're looking for maximum cue ball velocity you want the intersection of where the cue weight crosses your maximum hand speed.
