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I used about a dozen simonis back when I first got my cloth. Then I bought tefco. I would never buy simonis spots again. They aren't as good. Less durable and more black dye rubs off on balls. Tefco is the shit when it comes to spots.

Best review ever! 😂 I'm not even a cue collector or anything but depending on the day I may be carrying between $1800-3500 in my case. I know my cues are safe and secure, even in edge cases like at a tournament where some drunk idiot knocks my case down when I forgot to zip the lid closed. My...

Shine a flashlight in the clean out holes (where the triangle goes and on the opposite end in the same location). Look for obvious things like chalk in the return. Pay close attention to the part where the ball chutes lead into the center cavity. Look for bunched up rubber there. When I had my...

I've heard it discussed. I'd ask in the ask a mechanic forum or ask Glen/RKC. I don't know how noticeable it is though, I don't think I've ever played on green 860.

What brand of tip is it? Just curious if it's something that may be old. The leather failed.

It makes sense really. Dyes do have weight and different properties. Tournament Blue Simonis plays faster than the same cloth in green. If you weigh the fabric green is heavier. I'm not saying this green vs blue is directly relatable, but they would have to be slightly different formulas just by...

Very nice.

Also a quick way to test if balls will actually go past the side pockets, as in the side pocket point isn't sticking out into the play field, you can run the ball down the rail past the side.

I'm in a really strange spot. Say I play 5 tournaments. 3/5 I might go 2 and out. I literally got put out by a 12 year old girl. She could play some for sure, but it's awfully difficult to eat the liver out of a 12 year old girl who is just finding a love for the game. 1/5 I might win a game and...

One heck of an album. It ain't all flowers is an absolute banger of a song. I like to play that at the local pool hall after I've heard enough shitty music. That or Aqueous Transmission by Incubus. Between these two you can usually set a mood right in a place and more importantly in my own head...

Maybe lay off the recreational. It's a bit stronger than the old stuff. You know how glasses can fog up when someone comes in out of the cold, or going from AC to outside on a hot day? Well I'm sure chalk does the same. Hustlers used to wet the chalk with a finger dipped in beer.

Television and cheap entertainment are hard to compete with. TV replaced pool tables as entertainment. Cheap entertainment that we have today is why pool is in the state it is in. Remember when almost all homes had a piano? TV and having easy access to records/tapes/cd/digital recordings did...

It's been a LOOOONG time since I messed with this, but I think that when you go thicker you want to go with 50A durometer rubber instead of 60A. I had to do 3/8" rubber as I was using it to also correct incorrectly cut facing angles from the Olhausen factory. As you get thicker rubber the pocket...

Yeah those are the ones. I got the cheap 80 pack (more cost per wipe though) because I figured the big one would go dry before I used it up. I only generally use 1 wipe every few play sessions.

Walmart (or other vendors) have Zeiss brand wipes. They are about perfect for the job. Decent size and pretty inexpensive. Like $3 or 4 for 80 of them.

I am not an instructor. Look up "quiet eyes" in sports. It's directly related.

I can't outplay a $150-200 Rhino. Would another $200-300 price tag change that? Probably not. You can obviously get into preferences, balance, finish, sound, feel etc but I'd be hard pressed to feel a $200 difference in actual play. It's not about being cheap either. I don't mind spending money...

With the Outsville, did you read the instructions printed on the rack? Load 8 balls, push forward then place the last ball. They don't mash into each other like a magic rack, you have to snug them up. Like actually touch/look at them to see they are frozen. I much prefer Outsville as it's the...

I was an early adopter of magic rack. I loved it. Then it got super predictable, soft breaks making the wing, the 1 and cb in the center perfectly. It "lost it's magic" so to speak. In all honesty it doesn't feel right. Magic rack in particular is thick enough that the balls are forcefully...

It's a good start but it's super ignorant if never improved upon. He might be trying to train you on that before expanding to more places. You can honestly do most stuff with no left/right, but there are shots in this game where you will use most of the cueball. As mentioned the wagon wheel is...