i like my 4x8 for roadtrips but not flights. The case just doesnt feel very protective to pack it into luggage. On the plus side, it does hold a tremendous amount of pool crap. I remember being in my teens and 20s and I played alot with a single shaft scruggs sneaky, using it to shoot and break with. I use to pack it into a 1x2 fellini. Had the tip tapper on my key chain, and that was all I felt I needed. I use to make fun of the guys who came and unpacked 4 cues, a cue holder and even their own chalk. Now, of course, ive become just like them, maybe even worse. I have a playing cue, break cue, jump cue, cue extender, bridge, jump bridge, another handle for the jump cue for longer jumps, three types of chalk, powder, the list goes on an on. As ive grown older and my eyes are growing weaker, im looking for any edge I can get against these eagle eyed 20 something superstars in the making. This is why I pack a freaking suitcase to the pool room and I dont care if its like moving into a new apt when I start to unpack my crapola when my match is called.
If any of this sounds like you, then I recommend a JB 4x8 Butterfly. He will even custom make pockets to hold special sized crap and put your name on it so everyone knows whose luggage this is that is blocking their way to the table.
