What is the Most Ill-Conceived Pool Product You Have Ever Come Across?

A pool cue that breaks down into 5 pieces
Bamboo shafts
That crappy chalk they sell at Wal-Mart and Academy
Those finger glove things
Oversized cue balls
9-ball racks
Pool shoes
 
TX Poolnut said:
A pool cue that breaks down into 5 pieces
Bamboo shafts
That crappy chalk they sell at Wal-Mart and Academy
Those finger glove things
Oversized cue balls
9-ball racks
Pool shoes
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What?!?! Pool Shoes?? No way, you made that up!
 
Joint protectors. I'm amused when players spend 2 minutes screwing and unscrewing those things, especially when their cue case is very solid.
I've never been impressed with the 'slipperiness' of pool gloves. Can't they be better?
One thing I'd like is a spring-loaded novelty cue like Tom Rossman uses. Seems it could be very helpful in eliminating one's stroke in diagnosing potting problems. I'm sure they are expensive- I wouldn't mind rental charges at my local pool hall if the room owner bought one.
 
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pool gloves lol... i call em hand panties :thumbup: 9 ball racks. pool cues from wal mart in general. the chalk holders all league players have. cases that are larger than 3x6...(other than people who sell cues) seriously you need 4 cues????
 
I can't think of anything worse than elephant balls either. If someone wants to come up with weird new balls, make colored clear ones (if it's possible to do such a thing and still make them as hard as regular ones). I imagine it'd be a distraction but at least it'd be pretty, whereas elephant balls look like ... I dunno, half mixed yogurt.

I was surprised to see someone say joint protectors because I thought I was the only one who thought they were kinda useless. I've never seen a cue get its joint somehow ruined. If it does, someone must be treating it rough or it must be poorly manufactured.

I think screw on ferrules that are fatter than the shaft are a huge eyesore too.
 
I was playing somewhere and some guy had this cue that had a little flashing/flickering red light in the butt cap. Despite being annoying, it made me stand there thinking.... why?
 
1. Elephant Balls - tasteless

2. Screw on ferrule/tips. Will ruin your game.

3. Red Chalk - ruins your shaft ridiculously quickly. Some friends had to go to some college pool tourney invitational and all they had was red chalk. Now their cue shafts are fugly.
 
Blackjack said:
I was playing somewhere and some guy had this cue that had a little flashing/flickering red light in the butt cap. Despite being annoying, it made me stand there thinking.... why?
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i saw one of those last night while playing ... it had a couple of small pool balls in the base of the butt that would move around in the liquid and flash ... i had to ask em about it ... he got it at 'Academy' ... said they have it in 2 colors ... and of course he pulled the other one out of his case to show me as well ...

i can't think of anything that is ill-conceived yet ... as i am new to playing again ... haven't tried out some of the things that the others mention .. other then a holder for my chalk ...
 
i think the laser cue is pretty absurd. and throw in another vote for elephant balls. i'm still waiting to see these pool shoes.
 

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LOL, I met a guy at a bar years back. He was very friendly and we played lots of pool. I remember him talking about a "great old cue he used to have". He talked about how it used to be his dads or something. Then I asked what kind it was thinking since we were from WI he would say and old McDermott or Schon. Nope, all he said was it was a "5 piece cue" :thumbup2:

TX Poolnut said:
A pool cue that breaks down into 5 pieces
Bamboo shafts
That crappy chalk they sell at Wal-Mart and Academy
Those finger glove things
Oversized cue balls
9-ball racks
Pool shoes
Click to expand...
 
jcommie said:
1. Elephant Balls - tasteless

2. Screw on ferrule/tips. Will ruin your game.

3. Red Chalk - ruins your shaft ridiculously quickly. Some friends had to go to some college pool tourney invitational and all they had was red chalk. Now their cue shafts are fugly.
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I use Softscrub with bleach to clean my cues shaft. Whipe with a damp cloth then burnish to finish. Have them give it whirl...if they care that is.
 
JasonCrugar said:
pool gloves lol... i call em hand panties :thumbup: 9 ball racks. pool cues from wal mart in general. the chalk holders all league players have. cases that are larger than 3x6...(other than people who sell cues) seriously you need 4 cues????
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These are a must if you use a graphite/fiberglass cue.....Why anyone would I have no idea....Fiberglass cue that is. My league partner has a McDermott with the shaft meticulously burnished and smooth as a pice of glass covered in silk...yet he still uses a glove...WTF!
 
99% of the bridges made in history suck.

Tried to play snooker yesterday with one that wobbled half an inch with each practice stroke.
 
I hate to say it

But the worst thing so far to me is the chameleon rack
with the yellow plastic ad ons for 9 ball ,and 7 ball. Wow
I will say one thing nice it does rack well for 8 ball if you
take off all the dangling stuff. At one well know tour in this
area the td uses them and I actually saw a player just up
and break the yellow plastic off :thumbup:
 
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