I have the teflon-treated Centennial on my home table, and the tables where I played league for a year had 860. I'd be hard pressed to choose between them. I'd say that the Centennial may be slightly slower, but that could be due to the league tables being more worn. I could not tell in any way that the Centennial cloth was treated; it simply feels like cloth. It takes english just fine, and I don't notice skidding to any significant degree.
My home table gets quite a bit of use, and the Centennial cloth is still wearing very well after 2 years.
One word of warning: if you get the Centennial, make sure you have a high quality cue ball. It has the reputation of being susceptible to burn marks. Sure enough, after playing with the cue ball that came with my ball set, I had burn marks all over the place. After switching to a good qualtiy Aramith cue ball the burn marks stopped.
. Seriously, I am not a mechanic but I do have the Centennial cloth on my Brunswick table. It plays fast. The balls do not grab as good as a nappy cloth will. If I had to do it over again, I would have gone with my first instincts and gotten the Simonis cloth. I am not totally unhappy with the Centennial cloth, it's just that I stupidly fell for the sales pitch that it is stain-resistant. And, it is, except at MY house there ain't gonna be no beverages close enough to the cloth to ever get spilled on it anyway. I would rather have cloth that the balls grab a little better, though I can still manage table-length draw shots if needed. Hope this info helps.
