Who plays with the lightest cue?

I play with a Robert Renis "bobcue". The dymondwood shaft has no taper to speak of -- it's a straight 11.25 mm for most of its length. Cue weighs 14.5 oz. I think a break cue should be a bit heavier, around 17 - 18 oz.
 
I have a 17.6oz. Sneaky Pete with a Predator shaft that I love.

I had a 2oz. cue once, but it was only good for one shot.
 
seems to be a big change in relative inertia

XxMerlinxX said:
I couldn't even imagine what a 12 or 13 oz cue would feel like. I did notice that when I started playing with this lighter cue, I really had to focus on my stroke so that it didn't get out of line. I've also gained a bit more accuracy when making slow rolling shots, which I hope doesn't go away when I switch back to a heavier cue. The one problem that I do seem to have with this lighter setup is drawing the CB back with a light finesse shot, it only seems to roll back 1/3 as far as it should. I don't know if that's my stroke or shot speed being affected by the cue's weight, so it'll be interesting to see if that changes once I go back.
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I don't know the math so I don't know if squares or cubes or something comes into play but there seems to be a large change in inertia going from a light to a heavy cue. The light cues seem much more like they bounce off of the cue ball than drive through it. Try a 24 ounce or heavier cue(I've been there too!) and it seems like the cue ball almost isn't there. It only takes a few ounces up or down in the weight of a cue to make a large difference in the feel of the hit.

Since the typical cue weighs three times what the cue ball weighs it doesn't seem that a few ounces change in weight should make as much change in feel as it does. The 12-14 ounce cues are still twice as heavy as a cue ball but they feel almost like you bounced them off a brick when you hit the cue ball. A soft tip and ferrule helps but my old 12 ounce hummed like a tuning fork when I hit the cue ball.

Hu
 
ShootingArts said:
I don't know the math so I don't know if squares or cubes or something comes into play but there seems to be a large change in inertia going from a light to a heavy cue. The light cues seem much more like they bounce off of the cue ball than drive through it. Try a 24 ounce or heavier cue(I've been there too!) and it seems like the cue ball almost isn't there. It only takes a few ounces up or down in the weight of a cue to make a large difference in the feel of the hit.

Since the typical cue weighs three times what the cue ball weighs it doesn't seem that a few ounces change in weight should make as much change in feel as it does. The 12-14 ounce cues are still twice as heavy as a cue ball but they feel almost like you bounced them off a brick when you hit the cue ball. A soft tip and ferrule helps but my old 12 ounce hummed like a tuning fork when I hit the cue ball.

Hu
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And that's the reason I like them. Tons of feed back.
 
I removed the weight bolt in my cue as well and it comes in just under 17oz. The balance was kind of weird until I replaced the shaft with an OB-1, which was quite a bit lighter than the original maple shaft. Shoots great now!
 
Best pool i ever played was with a 17.1oz weinstock sneaky pete with a wax finish balanced at 18.5" like i like em.

I got a butterfly conversion I'm working on and will finish eventually lol, but I weighed it the other day and guess what....17.1oz and I almost crapped my pants lol. Cue hits great and has the same balance also :)

Light cues are wonderful for breaking, and even better for one pocket. You can roll the ball much better and with more control with a light cue IMOP. With less weight you gain more touch.
 
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