Best jump cue you've ever tested?

I have hit most jump cues out there. Hit both the Propel and Air Rush before they were on the market. The biggest part in jumping is your fundamentals. I have been teaching people how to jump for many years now and people will always ask me "which jump cue is better?" If you don't have good fundamentals, it doesn't matter what you use. To put this in perspective, I worked with a guy who had an air rush and couldn't get over the ball to save his life. I think that cue retails for right at or over $600. The cue that I use in competition to jump 6 balls out of the rack into the side pocket, one handed without touching the rack, retails for $135. It isn't the cue. Now I will say this about the carbon fiber jump cues I have hit, they are more forgiving. Meaning that if your fundamentals are 90% of where they need to be, you will get over the ball. However, like the guy I mentioned, if you don't have good fundamentals it doesn't matter what you have.
 
I've been happy with my Air Rush, but have tested 2 additional jump cues that jump much more easily (both pretty close to each other). Here are some specs I put together to help me compare them. I have to give the edge to the Cuetec Propel.
 
rocketceo said:
I've been happy with my Air Rush, but have tested 2 additional jump cues that jump much more easily (both pretty close to each other). Here are some specs I put together to help me compare them. I have to give the edge to the Cuetec Propel.
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I didn't find the Propel jumped more easily when I was trying out jump cues. I preferred the AirRush, but I do find it's 'short length' a couple of inches short of comfortable. I tried around 10 different cues when I needed one. If I break this AirRush, I'd probably look for another Adam Tengu second hand (like the first jump cue I owned). That was a fantastic jump cue.
 
everyone is different of course and what is great to one is bad for the other but I recently got the air rush and it’s for me head and shoulders over anything predator has made before. I also recently got to jump some with the cuetec and I feel it’s every bit as good as the rush but I’m just a predator guy.

On that note a friend of mine jumps better than me without even really practicing. He’s rediculous ly accurate and he uses an old Lucasi jump cue that’s like 15 years old lol so much for new tech I guess 😂
 
trob said:
everyone is different of course and what is great to one is bad for the other but I recently got the air rush and it’s for me head and shoulders over anything predator has made before. I also recently got to jump some with the cuetec and I feel it’s every bit as good as the rush but I’m just a predator guy.

On that note a friend of mine jumps better than me without even really practicing. He’s rediculous ly accurate and he uses an old Lucasi jump cue that’s like 15 years old lol so much for new tech I guess 😂
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I talked for couple pros and they said new Predator jump cue is so good it is like cheating..
They were also pissed to not be sponsored from Predator so they can´t use it...
 
Poolmanis said:
I talked for couple pros and they said new Predator jump cue is so good it is like cheating..
They were also pissed to not be sponsored from Predator so they can´t use it...
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thats how i felt the first time i used an alex brick
 
I have never been much of a jumper and i've owned one other jumper over the years. Right now i am using an Air Rush, It makes jumping balls very easy. I put a Samsara Jump Break on it and it's even easier to jump. Proper technique is still needed to jump balls. I can jump over a full ball right now, but that took alot of practice.
 
probably pred air rush. but too expensive imo. i bought a fury some year ago, the white one that was re-branded as the ko jump cue. it jumps well.
 
A few years ago I was trolling the vendor area at a Vegas event and there was a guy demonstrating this weird looking jump cue called something like the "Dr. Popper." He was jumping balls from insanely short distances, with the CB fractions of an inch from an OB. So I watch him for a while and he asks me if I want to try and I say "sure." He sets up three balls in a row, the CB near the middle of the table, an OB about a chalk's width in front of it, and the eight ball maybe a foot away. All three balls are lined up for the corner pocket.

I don't own a jump cue and I had certainly never used this jump cue, which is about as thin as a fishing rod with a little stubby thingie for a tip but I give it a go.

"Boop."

On my first try the CB obediently leaps up over the obstructing OB and makes the eight. The guy sets it up again. "Boop." Once again I have cleared the blocking OB and made the eight again. To make a long story short, I make the shot three times in a row. No practice, no experience with the jump cue, and I make the shot like it's nothin'.

Lou Figueroa
 
The new mezz air drive 3 hands down for me. I will be posting a review of it in the next week or so.

better weighting and more solid hit that both predator and Cuetec.
 
RunEmOut08 said:
The new mezz air drive 3 hands down for me. I will be posting a review of it in the next week or so.

better weighting and more solid hit that both predator and Cuetec.
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I just updated the table in my earlier post, adding balance point comparisons. I found the CT Propel more forward weighted in the 2-pc config, and more backward weighted in the 3-pc config. You mentioned weighting -- is there a preference to be more forward or backward, in either configuration?
 
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briankenobi said:
I have hit most jump cues out there. Hit both the Propel and Air Rush before they were on the market. The biggest part in jumping is your fundamentals. I have been teaching people how to jump for many years now and people will always ask me "which jump cue is better?" If you don't have good fundamentals, it doesn't matter what you use. To put this in perspective, I worked with a guy who had an air rush and couldn't get over the ball to save his life. I think that cue retails for right at or over $600. The cue that I use in competition to jump 6 balls out of the rack into the side pocket, one handed without touching the rack, retails for $135. It isn't the cue. Now I will say this about the carbon fiber jump cues I have hit, they are more forgiving. Meaning that if your fundamentals are 90% of where they need to be, you will get over the ball. However, like the guy I mentioned, if you don't have good fundamentals it doesn't matter what you have.
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That’s what it amounts to . They are more forgiving but to the people that don’t think it’s a learned skill in pool they are very wrong. It takes good fundamentals and practice just like anything in pool does.
 
don’t know where it ranks but I’ve been using a Go Custom I bought from a member here
 
trob said:
On that note a friend of mine jumps better than me without even really practicing. He’s rediculous ly accurate and he uses an old Lucasi jump cue that’s like 15 years old lol so much for new tech I guess 😂
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Why? Of course, there are differences in persons' jumping technique but there are also differences between the Lucasi presumably wood jump cue and the carbon fiber jump cues. Carbon fiber may require less force to get jumps. A person can lower the cue stick to get the same jump with the carbon fiber. It makes for a different jump cue and, for newbies and oldies, probably a better cue.
 
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