Have you wanted to try a CF shaft but want a shaft that is closer to 13mm?

[Frosty]

No, I haven’t desired to try a CF, or any other LD shaft offerings. For me, there’s nothing like a really great maple shaft. Everybody likes what they like.

 

[maha]

you are right about all but the added power.

and even if there was some it would be so infinitesimal to not be able to be perceived.

 

[SSP]

wood absorb more energy from the hit than CF, resulting in less power compared to CF.
I got to do a lot of side by side comparisons between wood and CF and you can actually feel the added power.

But to be honest, with pro equipment and conditions like new cloth, balanced table and new and clean balls like you'll find in most pro events, the added power is not something that important.
For a traveling pro, the benefits of CF are durability and consistency, nothing else but yet highly important.
As for amateurs and bar equipment, you don't really need the added power for a 7 ft. table but the durability in a crowded bar is most welcomed.

I agree except that CF doesn't ADD power, CF doesn't rob as much power from your stroke as most wood shafts, the other benefit is consistency from shaft to shaft, if you pop a tip off in a match, if your spare shaft is the same as your playing shaft with the same tip I have found no difference in how they play, I play Becue cues , best cue I've ever owned, I will try someone else's cue from time to time and so far I can't wait to get my cue back into my hands, everyone who has hit my cue has said they feel the difference in power.

 

[SSP]

you are right about all but the added power.

and even if there was some it would be so infinitesimal to not be able to be perceived.

CF shafts do not add power, what they do is transfer the power from YOUR stroke more efficiently, not all CF shafts are created equally, Becue cues have a CF butt as well and it is designed to transfer power more efficiently, you can stroke with less force and get more action, you can play with less English and get more spin.

 

[SSP]

still haven't said how carbon fibre can transfer more power.. and you don't have to hit as hard. meaning cue speed is less.

show where Becue says it does please.

so what amount like 20% more power?

I did say how, when striking the cue ball, your cue and therefore shaft will lose some of the force YOU applied during your stroke, compression of your tip then ferrule then shaft then butt all contribute to this lose of force as well as cloth ect. I was just focusing on the cue, that's why the engineers at Becue spent 3 years of R&D working on reducing that loss of force in their cues, notice I didn't say eliminate, it is impossible in physics, there are some very good wood shafts that are probably equivalent to a Becue shaft but how do you know which wood shaft is? Wood is not a consistent material, by having a consistent material to work with you get more consistent results, it's why some guitars made in the same factory sound better than the one that came off the line right behind it and why good players insist on playing them before buying, a cue is more of a tool, the magic happens in your ability to analyze layouts and control the cue ball , in my opinion having a tool that offers consistent results is a bonus

 

[Patrick Johnson]

CF shafts do not add power, what they do is transfer the power from YOUR stroke more efficiently, not all CF shafts are created equally, Becue cues have a CF butt as well and it is designed to transfer power more efficiently, you can stroke with less force and get more action, you can play with less English and get more spin.

“Amount of spin” in pool means spin-to-speed ratio, and is determined only by distance from center the CB is struck - speed/force of stroke changes the CB speed, but not its spin-to-speed ratio.

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