I always felt that the question "Is [some product] worth it",
is a question about your personal finances, not a question about the product.
So nobody here can answer it because we have no idea how much $235 "stings" to you.
If you're bill gates and 235 bucks makes you play 2% better, then of course it's worth it.
If you're about to be evicted for late rent, even a 30% improvement isn't worth it.
If you were expecting your game to jump right up, you shouldn't have gotten your hopes up...
normally, right after you get one your game goes down for a while as you learn
to adjust for the new line of aim on heavy spin shots.
After you get past that adjustment period, you may find you make certain shots
better than you used to. But you also might play 10 racks in a row without
those shots ever coming up. So your game will feel just 'average' most of the time.
For me the adjustment period was 2 months. It was worth it, financially.
The shafts do what they claim (which anyone can test that in 5 minutes).
I always hated aiming way off to the side on heavy spin shots.
It just looks screwed up visually. My brain hates it.
That added fear and uncertainty when trying to fine tune my aim.
It was absolutely worth $200 to remove that problem.
As for "old pro players", who cares what they liked or used?
Different game, different balls, different cloth.
If I had a choice between Willie Mosconi or Oscar Dominguez
for equipment advice, I'd ask Oscar.
