Cue recommendation for a penny pincher
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I suggest Players cues, http://www.budgetcues.com/players.htm
I have purchased several from Budget cues all were perfectly straight and all under 65$
I do suggest buying one without a wrap.
you can also buy youth models as well.
SPINDOKTOR
I have purchased several from Budget cues all were perfectly straight and all under 65$
I do suggest buying one without a wrap.
you can also buy youth models as well.
SPINDOKTOR
Again only my opinion
I would suggest a Moori. Oh wait for 20-40 dollars all you would get is the tip.
In all seriousness I agree with the suggestion of a Players cue and or a Lucasi cue. A Cue-tec cue would probably be more durable around the kids but not sure if you can get one in your budget range. Might be wiser to invest a few dollars more to get the nearly dent proof shaft that comes with the Cue-tec.
I would suggest a Moori. Oh wait for 20-40 dollars all you would get is the tip.
In all seriousness I agree with the suggestion of a Players cue and or a Lucasi cue. A Cue-tec cue would probably be more durable around the kids but not sure if you can get one in your budget range. Might be wiser to invest a few dollars more to get the nearly dent proof shaft that comes with the Cue-tec.
Players makes two low end sneaky petes, one for about $45 and one for $75. I would recommend saving another $30 and getting the better one. they are available at www.billiardwarehouse.com
Since the price was stated as between $20 and $40, I would suggest you go to www.billiards911.com and look at the line of Rage cues (at $23.99). There are ten models at this price. I have two of them in my house rack. They are straight as an arrow and have a pretty decent hit.
Maniac
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Wal Mart.......
Well I think you need to make a TRIP to Wal-Mart and get a Wally World Special under 40 Dollar Cue. As the other suggestions involve shipping costs.
As Wally World has a 90 return policy, and after, or before 89th day you might decide the Wally World Special is for you, or you might just decide to return it for a full refund of you purchase price.
Seriously I do not know what Cue I would buy if I had you budget, but Option II is garage and estate sales. Pool cue can be found at em.
Why not just play with a house cue, until you have about 60-100 dollars to spend on a Cue and Case from Mueller?
www.poolndarts.com
Well I think you need to make a TRIP to Wal-Mart and get a Wally World Special under 40 Dollar Cue. As the other suggestions involve shipping costs.
As Wally World has a 90 return policy, and after, or before 89th day you might decide the Wally World Special is for you, or you might just decide to return it for a full refund of you purchase price.
Seriously I do not know what Cue I would buy if I had you budget, but Option II is garage and estate sales. Pool cue can be found at em.
Why not just play with a house cue, until you have about 60-100 dollars to spend on a Cue and Case from Mueller?
www.poolndarts.com
You can still find some decent Sneaky Petes on eBay in that price range ... I bought several awhile back to sell to local League Players and they love them ... An upgraded tip is always recommended when buying a really low-end cue, as the tip does the bulk of the work anyway.
I would second this suggestion. Walmart usually has a wide selection of different types of cues; wood, fiberglass and graphite, and they are really cheap. I played with a graphite for a year or so and still have it as my "car cue". They are good enough to start with and the advantage over a house cue is that you can get more consistent because you don't have to constantly adjust to a different cue every time.Longgilander said:
There's a company called Excalibur that makes an imitation of Cuetec's products (shaft is made of wood bound in fiberglass, very firm hit, almost indestructible, very warp-resistant), but you can get them at Sports Authority for $50 or less sometimes. Most serious players won't like the dead feel of the fiberglass, and the shaft does require powder or else it sticks in the bridge hand, but I don't think you can buy a more durable and playable cue for that cheap.
-Andrew
-Andrew
I just want to congratulate the group on the responses to the OP's inquiry. On other forms (not just billiards related), most of the responses to a question like this would have ranged from useless suggestions completely out of the stated price range to nasty comments about his desire to get something workable but on the low end.
It's a great indication of the overall quality of this forum.
Tom
It's a great indication of the overall quality of this forum.
Tom
Another good idea might be the Minnesota Fats branded Graphite cues, I have one as my breaking cue and I frequently switch out the shafts to my old playing tip and play with it as well, it was about $30-$40 bucks from GI Joes, probably pick it up at some other places as well.
But like others have suggested you might want to wait to pick up one for a little more money, although I would suggest www.cheapcues.com they are based out of Oregon here, they have a good list of cues and everything I have gotten from them is straight as an arrow and good to go plus last I checked they had a listing for youth cues (or you can always email mike about getting one, he usually gets back to you within a day or two depending)
Edit: Just looked back, check cheapcues.com under pool cues, then under the KIDS category, you can get some cool looking kids cues for under 50 bucks, with a couple of them sitting at about 23-25, you can also pick up a players cue from them for yourself for about 50-60 bucks, a little outside your price range I know but it's an option worth looking at.
But like others have suggested you might want to wait to pick up one for a little more money, although I would suggest www.cheapcues.com they are based out of Oregon here, they have a good list of cues and everything I have gotten from them is straight as an arrow and good to go plus last I checked they had a listing for youth cues (or you can always email mike about getting one, he usually gets back to you within a day or two depending)
Edit: Just looked back, check cheapcues.com under pool cues, then under the KIDS category, you can get some cool looking kids cues for under 50 bucks, with a couple of them sitting at about 23-25, you can also pick up a players cue from them for yourself for about 50-60 bucks, a little outside your price range I know but it's an option worth looking at.
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http://www.billiardwarehouse.com/cues/recommendations_under_100.html
http://www.ozonebilliards.com/shopbyprice.html
(on ozone, you can use APR07 for an additional 10% off)
http://www.ozonebilliards.com/shopbyprice.html
(on ozone, you can use APR07 for an additional 10% off)
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Maniac said:
I got a chance to run a few racks with a rage cue, for a $24-$25 dollar cue it was pretty dang nice, I liked the way it hit, only thing I would really do would be change the tip to something different and it would be a nice backup cue or even a cue to sit in the case for someone to borrow if they need one to use *shrugs*
msage64 said:
I would save my money, until I had around $140. Then you can by a Mcdermott or a Star cue by McDemott, and you will receive a life time warranty against all manufacturers defects, and they will ever replace the shaft if it Warp's for the cost of shipping.
If you go forward and by a cue in your current price range, you are basically buying a throw away cue, you will get no guaranty, and the cue will have problems in the future. It is simple economics you get what you pay for.
Good Luck
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Any cue for sale here is a penny pinchers delight if taken in context. The market is not soft,but has actually liquified.
manwon said:
I must respectfully disagree with this statement. The $24 Rage cue I have in my house rack (one of two) has been the only house cue I use at home (I have installed a Triangle tip on it) and I have put in an average of 3 hours a day, everyday, for the past 9 months with it with NO signs of any problems with it. If I get a year's use out of it, and I'm sure that I'm gonna get WAY more than a year's use out of it, and I have to throw it away (I can't imagine what would happen to it to cause me to have to throw it away), $24 dollars for a good year of hard use is something to be said for the cue. And that is IF something goes wrong with it. Besides, for $24 dollars, it would be considered no loss if I bungled-up a self-repair job to whatever may have gone wrong with it. Why not practice some "home-repair" with an inexpensive cue rather than screwing up a good cue? Like a poster stated above, they do have a pretty decent hit to them. Something doesn't necessarily have to cost a pretty penny to be useful. This is where the term "cost effective" comes from.
Maniac
for $120 delivered.
Maniac said:
You see Maniac, I think the first thing you need to do is look up the definition of Penny Pincher, because it is not defined as cheap!!!
The term "Cost Effective" also can apply with use through time. Now, why spend $20 to $40 for something that is not even comparable in quality and has no Life Time warranty and maintenance program, to something that as you have stated above is basically disposable.
You also stated the following (Something doesn't necessarily have to cost a pretty penny to be useful.) and I agree with this, however, $100 to $140 is not a pretty penny, and in the long run buying the McDermott will allow you to not only pinch a penny, it will also allow you to save some money!!!!