Fusion Tables review?

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traa89

traa89
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I saw a tourney on ESPN the other day that was played on this new table made by Fusion Tables. Has anyone played on them? I was just curious as to how they played compared to GC and diamond. The tournament table looked as if it probably cost around 10k. I have been on their website I was just looking for a players perspective on them.
Thanks,
Trey
 
I watched those matches ESPN. My first thought was "thats the ugliest table i've ever seen" but its neat if the wife wants a dinner table.
 
Looks like aramith is making these.

jtompilot said:
I watched those matches ESPN. My first thought was "thats the ugliest table i've ever seen" but its neat if the wife wants a dinner table.
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I thought the exact same thing, then seen some of them on their site and it would be a good option if you had a multi use room. I would also like to here about playability though.
 
Ridiculous!! I am against any pool table/dinner table dicer/slicer piece of furniture. Reminds me of an info-mercial. They probably include a pack of sham-wow balls with it to wipe the table off. Giimme an old school table any day. :cool:
 
javi2 said:
Ridiculous!! I am against any pool table/dinner table dicer/slicer piece of furniture. Reminds me of an info-mercial. They probably include a pack of sham-wow balls with it to wipe the table off. Giimme an old school table any day. :cool:
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I agree... I like pool tables. But I doubt this is on the level of an infomercial product if aramith is making these
 
zy112 said:
I agree... I like pool tables. But I doubt this is on the level of an infomercial product if aramith is making these
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Yeah, they probably play well........but I don't dig em. No character.
 
I think its a fantastic idea! It will allow people to get tables that never would have been able to given their space issues. They could use more options for the design of the table, but i am sure that will happen if it is successful.
 
The fusion table has legs that allows the table to lower a few inches for dining. Its not a bad table if you don't mind funny rolls I guess.
 
Have you actually played on one and seen the funny rolls? That could of course come from the person who set it up also. I can't see pro tourneys being played on them if "funny rolls" are standard.
 
thanks for the comments guys. I was just curious as to how they were after I had seem them on TV.
 
I haven't played on one, but have talked to people who have for ESPN-filmed tournaments. It's not the sturdiest table in the world; it feels a little unsteady if you bump it too hard, not enough to move the balls though. The wide rails give you a better bridge length for rail shots, but increase the amount you need to lean or stretch for others. And the legs come straight down from the corners, so be careful as you're walking around if you're not used to that. Other than that, they played fine.
 
1hit1der said:
I haven't played on one, but have talked to people who have for ESPN-filmed tournaments. It's not the sturdiest table in the world; it feels a little unsteady if you bump it too hard, not enough to move the balls though. The wide rails give you a better bridge length for rail shots, but increase the amount you need to lean or stretch for others. And the legs come straight down from the corners, so be careful as you're walking around if you're not used to that. Other than that, they played fine.
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thats funny b/c i spoke with a few players from those espn tourney's (all 3 at mohegan and trick shot magic from vegas) and while they would never say so in public b/c a sponsor is a sponsor, they pretty much hated them. one player said it was the worst table he had ever played on. the ladies were all complaining about getting bruised up from the sharp corners. yep overall all i dont think they enjoyed the fusion experience.

brian
 
The rails looked way too wide for me. Some might think that it would give you enough room to place a bridge hand on, but that's some serious elevation angle. For those that like to open bridge while running the shaft over the rail, it just seems to me that those huge hard wood rails would be hell on a shaft.
dave
 
I've been curious about these tables since I seen them on ESPN also. The commercials show a raising/lowering system for the conversion. It appears that a smaller square tubing is inside the regular square tubing for the legs and is somehow actuated downward to raise the table. But when looking at the tables on ESPN I could see no such tubing inside tubing on the bottom of the legs. Did they take this off for the tournament tables and just build them to regulation heights? I can't imagine a table would stay very level with any system that raised and lowered it, of course, they don't need that for the tournament tables, and it looks like that system is not in place on those tables. From what I could tell in HD anyway....;-)
 
I noticed 3 things from watching the ESPN tournament that featured these tables:

1) The fit and finish was notable poor (Especially when watching in HD.) The grain of the wood looked bad and the diagonal gaps where the rails met looked large.

2) The pockets were either not well designed or the rails not well constructed as several shots, most noticeably some of Mika's, were spat out of the corners for no good reason.

3) Their video shows the legs raising for Pool play, which should have meant the TV table legs would have shown a narrower section at the bottom. However there was none, suggesting the legs were actually fixed and implying the lifting system was not considered ready for TV prime time.
 
I wonder if they come in 9' ? I've only seen smaller sizes, but that was a while ago.
 
I think its hard to justify these as a professional tour table. But like already stated, this could be a great advancement for people with space limitations or a multi use room, IMO. But I cant see these being regular tables on tour, or they will have to severely tweak them.
 
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