OK, we don't really need another chalk thread, but just wanted to talk about my experience because I'm firmly in the "Master is good enough" camp.
And Master IS good enough...really is. It works and it's cheap. That said, Magic Chalk works better, is much neater, and....ready for this.....seems to be just as cheap, or nearly so.
I pay about $.25 a cube for Master (less if I want to buy by the gross, but I usually buy a few 12 packs at a time because it's easier to store and work with). I will typically go through a cube every session, or at the most every 2. It wears quickly, and worse than that it seems like the inside is much different than the outside. Once I use just a bit of the Master, it just stops sticking well, and it also starts making an incredible mess. I get a rain of chalk all over the place as I apply it, and I'm not one that grinds it on. I gently brush it on pretty deliberately. It's also very inconsistent. Sometimes I toss cubes after a few racks because they're garbage right from the outset.
I'm still on my first cube of Magic Chalk. It's been about a month. I'm not even halfway through it yet. It's dense, consistent and seems to be noticeably cleaner than Master. In terms of value, it doesn't seem to really cost a premium because it's usable for such a long time, compared to Master which I have to toss after a day or two. I'm not going to bother to try and work out a real cost difference here because it won't be significant....we're talking pennies a month one way or another.
I don't have any opinion on the whole "number of shots without miscuing" stuff that everyone seems to talk about. I chalk before every shot, and that's that.
Anyhow, I just wanted to post this because I tried the MC on a whim, and I was really 100% expecting to be completely underwhelmed and disappointed. Now that I've had a month to play with it, I have to say that it's not only a good product (which everyone already knew), but most surprisingly it seems to be a good value too.
And Master IS good enough...really is. It works and it's cheap. That said, Magic Chalk works better, is much neater, and....ready for this.....seems to be just as cheap, or nearly so.
I pay about $.25 a cube for Master (less if I want to buy by the gross, but I usually buy a few 12 packs at a time because it's easier to store and work with). I will typically go through a cube every session, or at the most every 2. It wears quickly, and worse than that it seems like the inside is much different than the outside. Once I use just a bit of the Master, it just stops sticking well, and it also starts making an incredible mess. I get a rain of chalk all over the place as I apply it, and I'm not one that grinds it on. I gently brush it on pretty deliberately. It's also very inconsistent. Sometimes I toss cubes after a few racks because they're garbage right from the outset.
I'm still on my first cube of Magic Chalk. It's been about a month. I'm not even halfway through it yet. It's dense, consistent and seems to be noticeably cleaner than Master. In terms of value, it doesn't seem to really cost a premium because it's usable for such a long time, compared to Master which I have to toss after a day or two. I'm not going to bother to try and work out a real cost difference here because it won't be significant....we're talking pennies a month one way or another.
I don't have any opinion on the whole "number of shots without miscuing" stuff that everyone seems to talk about. I chalk before every shot, and that's that.
Anyhow, I just wanted to post this because I tried the MC on a whim, and I was really 100% expecting to be completely underwhelmed and disappointed. Now that I've had a month to play with it, I have to say that it's not only a good product (which everyone already knew), but most surprisingly it seems to be a good value too.
