billiards_watch
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I am so unfamiliar with these shafts that I don't want to try but the price is just too good to pass up.
Crical Pro- great Amazon deal
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there is a saying - cheap stuff cost more
billiards_watch
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I know but I have a feeling it will play like the higher end carbon.
you may feel/think that but go do a lil test like shooting the cb into the cushion and watch the reactions. seriously doubt one shaft spins it more than another. I have four very different cues and the spin i can generate is same with all. if you offset tip the same amount spin will be the same. softer tip might 'might' change spin/speed ratio a tiny amount. the cueball doesn't know or care what shaft is delivering the tip.I don't necessarily agree. I have different shafts with the same tip, installed by the same installer. The two shafts feel different, and they perform differently. I can definitely get more spin out of one than I can the other. The shaft may not be the only factor, but it is definitely part of the equation in my humble opinion.
another famous saying about 'suckers': "There's one born every minute". Predator has done a great job in creating a cult-like following that will buy anything they make.
What about shaft flexibility?
And I’m sure there are other factors as well.
You can get the same amount of spin but does it require the same effort?
I agree
But still their shafts outperform the competition.
Believe me when I tell you that I can definitely tell a difference as it relates to my draw shot. I can pull the cue ball back "better" with one shaft vs the other. Just my experience.
I’ve bought 5 or 6 different shafts, the Revo has been the best so far. I haven’t tried Mezz but I’m done buying $400-500 shafts.
billiards_watch
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If it doesn't have the cat then you don't have the bat.
billiards_watch
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Yea those are crazy prices for shafts.
I bought a Rhino for $170 to avoid a $500 Revo just to find out that the Rhino doesn’t fit and ordered a Revo. So trying to save money, I spent $670 on a Revo instead of just $500
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I only had 2. I initially bought the Revo just for collecting purposes as it was the first time people sarting winning majors with synthetic shafts.
I actually tried using it for about a month and ended up not liking it. I had the 12.9 version.
Last year I bought the Mezz Ignite and have been using that ever since. Love that one.
flexibility has NOTHING to with spin. nothing.
it's like the apple/iphone people.
and i like predator, what their doing for the game and their (old) products, but you can't deny they're overpriced and caught up by the competition
billiards_watch
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I'm not a predator guy but I like the older predators. They feel different than the stuff today. Not saying today's stuff is bad but they may be very good. How good compared to others? I don't know.
you can't expect aftermarket shafts to perfectly fit other butts. that doesn't bother me in the least. my Rhino on a Mezz was off by a couple thousandths maybe. Big deal.