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The used market can be your friend if you must buy a cat. Vantages though are kind of hard to find used in general. You could shop around for a well used roadline butt for a couple hundred and buy a vantage shaft new. Other option I would recommend if you want to keep it on budget is buy a j...

Simonis is good but it's overrated imo. If you can't find it Andys, Gordina, or Champion are some solid options.

I bought a set of these balls and don't ever use them. I can't get used to the colors. When playing 8 ball the black stripes throw me off sometimes depending on how the ball is sitting along with obvious 5 ball issue. They should just use a dynasphere bronze set with a Blak cue ball and call it...

Same.

I follow this guy on youtube. He put out a vid several weeks ago stating he was pretty far behind with shafts due to going back to work full time this summer. I noticed a couple of comments in that video from people saying they were waiting for over 3 months with no contact. No replies from him...

I think Judd is great to grow the sport. I welcome his return. He should play with a cue with a conical taper this time imo. He will feel more at home. The guy has potential some of the errors he made previous are very common when switching over. Balls/cloth play different etc. If he puts the...

Good thread and insight especially for the home table owners that can really easily fall into this trap. The best thing I did to help my skill set was to get out my basement and join a league for a season. Your higher fargo rated players on your team can really help you out in practice and shed...

Those individuals are on the top end of the bell curve for their skill set. Sure it can be done but if all I played is straight pool I would want 4.75 to 5-inch pockets.

+1 for the diamond. I think mine may outlive me. Built like a damn tank and very good overall rotation of the balls.

Yea, pro cuts are definitely a challenge. I will say I love the ball return for straight pool. I feel like that's really what return tables were built for. I'll just keep at it and check some of the vids in the post. I mostly play 8 ball these days. It's a fun game to mix up for sure but I would...

Yea, I saw some vids of people placing the ball a bit lower next to the rack. I get mixed results

Lol, thanks for the advice. I am a night owl that's where the name comes from.

I have started to play this game and my break is not consistent on the first rack I am typically putting a ball mid rack a few inches of to the side and punching the cue ball off that ball into the rack. It works about half the time. My pro cuts bobble the ball often. I have seen some people...

Since your renting I dont think adding space via a shed may even be possible. It will also be expensive even if you can. Sounds like garage may be off limits. Good advice from others look for something with a bonus or game room. Sounds like you mentioned you are in a saturated market so I bet...

I looked thru their ball section. It looks like when you click on it only one page is available but they have several pages of ball sets. The website does seem jank. Anyway here is the link...

Anyone ordered from this site above? They have rhodium's listed half off. That's a steal. Not sure if it's a legit site or not.......

Thanks for the heads up sir. I think I will order another set. For $100 I can't imagine they make much money off this ball set. After hundreds of racks, I still have zero complaints. Best value in pool period.

I would absolutely do two. I love my 9 footer but my league is on 7's. I would set up the 7 footer to be spec'd the same as the league tables I play on. Best of both worlds imo.

The 860 HR is supposed to be more burn-resistant. I have found this not to be the case even with duramith ball sets. It's very consistent playing cloth, but when I change it out I will looking for something more burn resistant.

I have Simonis 860HR on my table and it's ok cloth. It's super thick so it should last a really long time. With that said a friend of mine has Andy's 988 and it plays a bit faster which I prefer. Next time I recloth I will either do Andy's or try out Gorina. I think the 860 HR is a bit overrated...