Breaking - Carbon v’s Wood

[skor]

You keep making the "pro" comparison... are other aspects of your game up to pro caliber? You realize there are multiple levels of play between banger and pro?

I break with a regular sneaky pete made by the same maker as my playing cue. It has a Kamui Black Hard tip on it. Much like dedicated break cues that are now $500+ it's overkill for just breaking, but I'm not using this cue for it's break performance. Don't get me wrong, I break well with it... but I have been breaking with it for years. I use it to save the wear and tear on my playing cue more then anything, plus, I'm weird when it comes to what's in my case. I play on 9 foot tables and boxes and some of those nights they are pretty poor conditions. I'm nowhere near pro-speed by any means, but I do ok sometimes.

Honestly... the speed difference you will get between carbon fiber and thick maple is probably negligible.

If you have a problem with accuracy, then you know what you should work on.

I've always been an advocate for "buy what you want"... even in this case... if you want a CF break cue for more power, then go ahead. Just know that it's not going to be the miracle cure to give you the spread and a shot on the 1 every time. You are going to have the same problems as you did with the wood shaft.

I'm not anti-CF at all. I play with a CF shaft. I'm anti-"I need to hit the rack 40mph".

See my disclaimer below.

Even $50 is an overkill if you can’t afford it.
I have a wood jump/break (cheap players with modified ferrule and tip), I have a BK2 with a wooden shaft and I have a CF shaft for it as well. I can definitely feel and see the added power with the CF shaft.
Is it huge? No but it’s there and will give me a more consistent break during a long session as I get tired.
It’s not going to make me break at 40mph, but it will allow me to break at (I don’t know) 20mph in a more consistent way.

I said that amateurs probably need this more than pros but pros use them because they understand the benefits and won’t pass a tool that gives them an edge.

Buying stuff just because I want to is what most industries rely on to survive… and is what differs amateur from pros.

No one knows if a certain equipment will work better than another for yoy until you give it a fair try.