Cue Weight Preference: 18, 19, 20, 21 ounce or?

cbi1000 said:
Very very interesting...

I got caught up with all different cue weight crap about two years ago. Everyone on the planet starting playing with light cues, seems to me that people were saying lighter the better.... 16oz, 17oz, only way to go.

So...

I went to a lighter cue 17.5 oz, and at first I was like this is great.... But over time i could tell something was missing, but i couldn't put my finger on it.... So i started logging long hours on my talbe, to mess around with the weight, adding, and adding, and adding until again it felt weird. Landed right at 19 oz, same spot i was playing with before, and now i'm hitting the ball better then ever.... Never again will i drink the kool-Aid.

Balance point is very important to me as well. 1-2 inches in front of the wrap and 19oz, buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuutta! I havn't played this well in a couple years.
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How a cue feels including the taper is most important. The rest in my opinion including weight and shaft (ld or maple) is Kool Aid. No substitute for time on the table hitting a million balls which breeds that elusive consistency we are all striving for.
 
Shawn Armstrong said:
Play with the heaviest cue you can tolerate. Teaches you to let the cue do the work for you. Not all people are the same size, or have the same strength. So it's like asking what size of jeans fits everyone best. I'm 6'. 210lbs. I play with a 21 oz cue. The 5'3", 115lb girl on my team uses an 18oz cue. To each their own.

Regarding "feel" and control, again, personal preference. I find it harder to steer a heavy cue, so I'm much more accurate with a heavier cue. And I don't have to hit the cueball as hard, so my impression is that the heavier cue has a better touch. Again, just my opinion.
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I tend to agree with this in general, particularly the "heavier cue has a better touch".
I also feel like the heavier cues are more accurate...for whatever reason. Probably just revealing inaccuracies in my stroke.
I have some heavy cues and although I don't use them much because of their weight I always feel like I play a good game when I use them.

I think SVB is playing over 23 oz cue.

Start watching here (if the link doesn't work go to 47:41):
https://youtu.be/sbobEBBWofE?t=47m41s

Heavy cues ROCK!!!!!!
 
cbi1000 said:
1-2 inches in front of the wrap and 19oz,
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This whole 'in front of the grip' or 'in front of the wrap' stuff doesn't tell anything.
So many cue makers make their wraps longer or shorter.
There is not just one universal wrap/grip section where all cue
makers stop or begin.

If you could measure from the very back of the cue to about
where your cue balances that would say a whole helluva lot more.
 
From the site you quoted.

I guess if not having to chalk every shot is worth almost 30 dollars a cube.

All the differences you cite, have very little to do with cue weight preference.

I have no preference in cue weight, I have cues from 18 oz all the way to nearly 20. Balance being forward is most important to me.


The procedures I demonstrate in the video above can be used by anyone to easily do their own comparisons so they can judge for themselves. With enough trials and care, good and consistent results can be obtained with a human shooter (i.e., a robot is not required). Again, people can judge for themselves. I still stand by my main conclusion:

If you chalk properly before each shot, it doesn't seem to matter which brand of chalk you use.

They are all equally effective when the chalk is applied properly before a shot. I have not been able to measure a difference in performance among any of the chalks tested when the tip is chalked before a shot.

PoolChump said:
Personal preference, yes. But there is actually physics (science) into the equipment we use in pool. Super soft tips play much different than a very hard tips. Low deflection shaft plays much different than a high deflection whippy shaft. Magic Chalk holds on to tips better than any chalk according to http://billiards.colostate.edu/threads/chalk.html Should I go on?
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Starting playing regularly in 1949, with a 22 oz. Hoppe Tilteist. Almost every Cue I've had
Custom Built, starting in 1962, has been at least 20 ozs. (several are over 22 ozs.)
 
9Ballr said:
I tend to agree with this in general, particularly the "heavier cue has a better touch".
I also feel like the heavier cues are more accurate...for whatever reason. Probably just revealing inaccuracies in my stroke.
I have some heavy cues and although I don't use them much because of their weight I always feel like I play a good game when I use them.

I think SVB is playing over 23 oz cue.

Start watching here (if the link doesn't work go to 47:41):
https://youtu.be/sbobEBBWofE?t=47m41s

Heavy cues ROCK!!!!!!
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I don't think Shane has always used a cue that heavy, but I think he could play with most any weight.
 
PoolChump said:
Personal preference, yes. But there is actually physics (science) into the equipment we use in pool. Super soft tips play much different than a very hard tips. Low deflection shaft plays much different than a high deflection whippy shaft. Magic Chalk holds on to tips better than any chalk according to http://billiards.colostate.edu/threads/chalk.html Should I go on?
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Please don't.
 
EddieBme said:
I don't think Shane has always used a cue that heavy, but I think he could play with most any weight.
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Of course he hasn't Always! used a cue that heavy, or light.
And he may have used a cue that's heavier...lol...who knows.
I'm sure he's got a healthy collection of cues.
Some might surface once his contract with Cuetec is over.

He doesn't seem bothered one bit about how heavy it is and
he also doesn't actually know how heavy it is, which I think is even
more interesting.
He breaks and plays with the same cue and seems to be one
of those 'if it works it's fine' kinda person.
Earl's cue - the one he's used quite a bit in the last few years -
is supposedly very heavy too.
 
I think there aren't any rules. I have a few 18's & 19's. I can have a good or bad day with either. I don't care for 20 & up
 
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My playing cue is about 20oz...maybe a touch more. It's balanced very neutral such that it feels very light in my hand...much lighter than a 19oz forward balanced cue. My break cues is 19oz. I really dislike light cues. Just personal preference, I guess.
 
This is gonna sound kinda crazy but I prefer a heavy cue for playing one hole and a light one for 9 ball. Don't ask why lol. But if I had to chose only one it would be a heavy cue fo sho. My most recent cue purchase was from Bob Frey. I ordered it at 21 Oz with a 12 mm shaft. Just as an example of his dedication and customer service : after taking the shaft down to my specified size the cue weighed 20.6 oz, even with the largest weight bolt he had. I was called to inform me of this, I said no problem that's fine. We'll he would not send me the cue as it was, he actually redrilled it to accept a larger bolt to get it to 21oz exactly and that's what it ended up being.
 
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I like a 21 oz cue. Also like a 21 oz hammer. 21 year old women are nice too. I'd like to catch a 21 lb bass, kill a 21pt buck, and win 21 million in the lottery too.

Guess I just like that number.
 
Player said:
I like a 21 oz cue. Also like a 21 oz hammer. 21 year old women are nice too. I'd like to catch a 21 lb bass, kill a 21pt buck, and win 21 million in the lottery too.

Guess I just like that number.
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lol......:thumbup:
 
philly said:
How a cue feels including the taper is most important. The rest in my opinion including weight and shaft (ld or maple) is Kool Aid. No substitute for time on the table hitting a million balls which breeds that elusive consistency we are all striving for.
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:grin: cant say that any better.
sometimes I will practice an hour or so playing 14-1 before I hit that zone where everything is in the right spot. HAMB method works better that any one thing for me. I've played with 19oz cue for long time but the Hamb zone is where it is at.


Ham Bones are good too. especially in soup

Have you ever been in the zone for awhile... And you realize where you are... and all of a sudden you wake and you are discombobulated?
 
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I usually like around 19.2 to 19.3 with my 58 inch cues but with the Balance Rite Extension added to make my cues 62 inches, It weights around 20.10 to 20.20. I have to remove some weight to achieve this because the Balance Rite Extension weighs a little over 2 ounces.
 
steveL75121 said:
I usually like around 19.2 to 19.3 with my 58 inch cues but with the Balance Rite Extension added to make my cues 62 inches, It weights around 20.10 to 20.20. I have to remove some weight to achieve this because the Balance Rite Extension weighs a little over 2 ounces.
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I use various cue weight bolts until I get that perfect weight and feel.
 
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