Its frustrating to play on. The pockets are about 4.6 inches but it narrows down a lot through the deep shelf. If the ball hits inside the jaws at pace, it wont go in, so its hard to play position.
Damn that does sound crap indeed.
I researched pocket mouth dimensions before my purchase & physically measured / checked the product before buying. Sounds like ur mate didn't ?
Seems like one cant rely on a quality snooker table manufacturer like H&S to build a decent pool table. Surprising shame.
Supplying a 'pool table' with napped cloth (snooker cloth) is always a big red flag IMO.
The BCN tables were good as far as pocket dimensions etc. and they were going to supply me with 860 fitted, but I couldn't test the rail rubber / rail response for myself, so no sale for me from them
When I played on the Diamond, it was fast compared to what Im used to since its napless.
Fast cloth is easy to acheive / guarantee - purchase some 860 !
Rail response is another thing. That was my main concern with buying a cheapie & not being able to test properly beforehand.
The official Brunswick importer also sells a copy for about 4.5k, but they are all unknown quantities, so its a risk in getting one.
Risk of what ?
If the brunswick copy importer has got a table fully set up - you can check / test everything ? and therefore eliminate alot of rhe risk ?
I guess over time a cheap copy may develop problems (rails coming loose, sagging frame etc. ?) and this cant be known at a pre purchase test / inspection I suppose ?
Cheers.