OK, there is no claim this has been a fair test more like first impressions.
I have played with a flat laminate 13mm shaft for years. I whittled it out from a blank so naturally everything about it suits me, although I generally play with a little smaller shaft, 12.25 to 12.75mm. the taper has a slight rise, but has a 14 inch or so "pro taper", my version of it anyway. That is about as long as I have been able to get a pro taper to play well for me.
I had hit with an 11.8 CF shaft a few times and liked it. This Cynergy shaft has a short white ferrule which I had thought would be a plus in limited play without one. I may come back around to wanting a white ferrule but I am going to try to find some black electrical tape to put around it, maybe even some other colors. The black to white contrast seems to be too much to suit me, a matter of preference.
I haven't checked lengths and weights, I lost an inch of shaft, but the balance remains close enough to be unnoticeable, pretty much identical with this 29" CF and my 30" wood shaft.
The CF shaft seems to give a cleaner hit than the wood. It doesn't seem to move around much and definitely transfers force a little better, my shots are rolling long. It also transfers english well, a little better than my wood shaft. I guess a little better pretty much describes the shaft. No jump, maybe half a ball better. Half a ball ain't to be knocked and I think I may be able to make that a ball better when I get this thing working properly.
It is nice not to have to index the shaft which I always do with wood. The shaft came with the standard tip, I think a Tiger? Not a tip I have ever played with but I couldn't see not even testing the one that Cuetec favors for whatever reasons. I like as fairly soft hit. I'm pleased with the tip.
I normally play naked. Getting pretty uncommon but a glove is just one more aggravation. I sweat, I sweat a lot wearing a glove. Taking the thing off and wringing sweat out of it annoys me. So far, the CF shaft is fine when I am fresh and not as grabby as the wood when I start sweating and the hands start getting gummy. I wash my hands often but nice to know I won't need to midgame.
I'm hitting balls on a seven foot Valley at home. The cushions seem like they have been replaced and the cloth is fair. It is on my covered back porch, walls on two sides, sorta.
I have been struggling with some of my go to shots with the Valley and my wooden shaft. They seem more inclined to fall with the CF. One shot I flat haven't been able to do is a cross side bank from a couple diamonds out where I have balls in the way and have to make the first leg the long leg, going almost to the corner pocket and coming straight back across the table parallel to the end rail. That shot went first try with the Cynergy.
How much is the CF helping? The tip? The smaller diameter? I don't know. I do know that all of the CF shafts seem to give that same "cleaner" hit. They aren't pingy which I was originally afraid of, they just seem to transfer force a little better and the new one doesn't seem inclined to miscue.
CF over wood for me for the foreseeable future. It isn't a huge jump, more like finding a little better set of tires for my circle track car in the old days.
Hu
I have played with a flat laminate 13mm shaft for years. I whittled it out from a blank so naturally everything about it suits me, although I generally play with a little smaller shaft, 12.25 to 12.75mm. the taper has a slight rise, but has a 14 inch or so "pro taper", my version of it anyway. That is about as long as I have been able to get a pro taper to play well for me.
I had hit with an 11.8 CF shaft a few times and liked it. This Cynergy shaft has a short white ferrule which I had thought would be a plus in limited play without one. I may come back around to wanting a white ferrule but I am going to try to find some black electrical tape to put around it, maybe even some other colors. The black to white contrast seems to be too much to suit me, a matter of preference.
I haven't checked lengths and weights, I lost an inch of shaft, but the balance remains close enough to be unnoticeable, pretty much identical with this 29" CF and my 30" wood shaft.
The CF shaft seems to give a cleaner hit than the wood. It doesn't seem to move around much and definitely transfers force a little better, my shots are rolling long. It also transfers english well, a little better than my wood shaft. I guess a little better pretty much describes the shaft. No jump, maybe half a ball better. Half a ball ain't to be knocked and I think I may be able to make that a ball better when I get this thing working properly.
It is nice not to have to index the shaft which I always do with wood. The shaft came with the standard tip, I think a Tiger? Not a tip I have ever played with but I couldn't see not even testing the one that Cuetec favors for whatever reasons. I like as fairly soft hit. I'm pleased with the tip.
I normally play naked. Getting pretty uncommon but a glove is just one more aggravation. I sweat, I sweat a lot wearing a glove. Taking the thing off and wringing sweat out of it annoys me. So far, the CF shaft is fine when I am fresh and not as grabby as the wood when I start sweating and the hands start getting gummy. I wash my hands often but nice to know I won't need to midgame.
I'm hitting balls on a seven foot Valley at home. The cushions seem like they have been replaced and the cloth is fair. It is on my covered back porch, walls on two sides, sorta.
I have been struggling with some of my go to shots with the Valley and my wooden shaft. They seem more inclined to fall with the CF. One shot I flat haven't been able to do is a cross side bank from a couple diamonds out where I have balls in the way and have to make the first leg the long leg, going almost to the corner pocket and coming straight back across the table parallel to the end rail. That shot went first try with the Cynergy.
How much is the CF helping? The tip? The smaller diameter? I don't know. I do know that all of the CF shafts seem to give that same "cleaner" hit. They aren't pingy which I was originally afraid of, they just seem to transfer force a little better and the new one doesn't seem inclined to miscue.
CF over wood for me for the foreseeable future. It isn't a huge jump, more like finding a little better set of tires for my circle track car in the old days.
Hu