Here's my review after a solid hour of messing with it. About me: I'm a advanced player with good fundamentals and can run multiple racks at a time. So let's get started!
Easy to use and switch from advanced to novice
Really unnoticeable on cue while shooting
Started in novice with no object ball, I thought it was broken (it wouldn't vibrate)
Once I added an object ball it was much easier to make it go off (but I was trying to make it go off)
So now I moved up to intermediate after a few minutes, on straight follow through (center ball) it was still easy to not have it go off, but had to make a conscience effort for smooth follow through.
Staying in intermediate mode, anything more than 1/4 tip of side spin would set it off but still make the balls. After spending a little more time on these I'm making improvements.
Switching to advanced, again straight center ball was easy, but any side spin was really sensitive!!!!
I dropped back down to intermediate and started punching the ball, (stun shots, close range short draws etc) and it would go off quite a bit but very beatable with concentration!
My overall thoughts are this is really cool, it doesn't make you a better player or point out short comings but it does make you stay still and concentrate on a smoother stroke! And it slowed me down a little (that's a good thing)
If anyone practices like me, after a few hrs of drills you may get bored and start hitting balls picking up bad habits. This is where I think this will be the most useful as It takes an effort to keep it silent! Regardless if your pocketing the ball or not. It will really point out the fact when you just go through the motions!
Hope this helps at least one person, well worth the $80
Easy to use and switch from advanced to novice
Really unnoticeable on cue while shooting
Started in novice with no object ball, I thought it was broken (it wouldn't vibrate)
Once I added an object ball it was much easier to make it go off (but I was trying to make it go off)
So now I moved up to intermediate after a few minutes, on straight follow through (center ball) it was still easy to not have it go off, but had to make a conscience effort for smooth follow through.
Staying in intermediate mode, anything more than 1/4 tip of side spin would set it off but still make the balls. After spending a little more time on these I'm making improvements.
Switching to advanced, again straight center ball was easy, but any side spin was really sensitive!!!!
I dropped back down to intermediate and started punching the ball, (stun shots, close range short draws etc) and it would go off quite a bit but very beatable with concentration!
My overall thoughts are this is really cool, it doesn't make you a better player or point out short comings but it does make you stay still and concentrate on a smoother stroke! And it slowed me down a little (that's a good thing)
If anyone practices like me, after a few hrs of drills you may get bored and start hitting balls picking up bad habits. This is where I think this will be the most useful as It takes an effort to keep it silent! Regardless if your pocketing the ball or not. It will really point out the fact when you just go through the motions!
Hope this helps at least one person, well worth the $80