I've had it with all this case protection hype, and nonsense!!
Here's my new mode of protection...
That one would be kind of hard to carry around the pool room.
Anyway protection is all just "hype" until you have a broken cue. I personally don't understand what the issue is.
In every other hobby, sport, and industry it's fully accepted that the highest levels of protection are those with toughest shells and padded compartments. There is no argument, no one says it's hype. AND no one downplays the need for protection for expensive gear in other fields that I have seen.
No one says protection is overrated or tries mightily to justify less protection and make pretty but inadequately protective cases palatable. In other industries and hobbies the people who matter don't bullshit about it. They simply acknowledge that more protection is better.
Only in pool have I seen this idea that talking about protection is hype.
However many don't realize that some of the great brands in pool used PROTECTION as the cornerstone of their advertising. Fellini and Porper especially.
So respectfully, while you might have meant to be funny, I think whenever someone spends hundreds and thousands on their cues they should be offered the highest protection that it's practical and possible to build.
Now, I think that the tubes Yang has used here are stronger than pvc tubes. POssibly lighter, I don't know until I have some to compare. What I don't like is the apparent lack of padding. While the tubes are more resistant to impact and crushing force I happen to feel that the larger danger to cues is the vibration caused by the cues oscillating and banging against the sides in an unpadded case. And of course I feel that cue retention is highly important to prevent cues from falling out accidentally.
To me these two aspects are far more important and should be addressed in any case.
This is how I solve it.
This case could be inverted and the cues will not come out. The tubes and the sides of the shell are padded.
If Yang's case addresses this then I find that coupled with the use of carbon fiber to be an excellent solution for protection.
