How much does your cue weigh?

[Bob Callahan]

More than once in the various forums there's been a reference to a study that said, on average, pros play with 19.5 ounces...but that's old data, and the game has changed. Even if your cue started out as 19.5, switching to a LD shaft could easily drop it to 19.

 

[Celtic]

Mine (in my avatar) is a hair over 20, I voted 20.5 which is pretty close. The gold and silver added alot of weight but the balance point is perfect which is IMO way more important then weight. One of the best players in Calgary plays with a 24 ounce cue and there are few people who I would bet against him with, way less then 5 in the city on the bar box playing 8-ball and in all honesty on the 9-foot playing rotational pool not much changes.

 

[sfleinen]

I voted "more than 20.5 (Please explain)."

One of my favorite playing cues is a 21-oz Fury NR-08 with a Tiger stack leather wrap. But because this cue is rearward-balanced (I can balance the cue on my finger placed right at where the forearm ends and the wrap begins), the weight is not as noticeable.

I used to play with 21-oz cues anyway in the mid-1980s, when in a lot of the recreation centers on the US Navy bases (I'm an ex-sailor), the house cues tended to be on the heavy side.

Interesting that in this poll, the OP seems to think 20.5 is the upper limit and anything heavier than that "needs explanation." 21-oz weighted cues are actually quite common, and, when ordering a cue, is one of the common weights that are listed as an option.

For me personally, anything lighter than 19-oz makes my stroke feel like it's on roller skates -- much too light. A heavier cue deadens that zinginess, and actually gives my stroke more feel; I can better gauge the hit.

I've read somewhere that Shane uses a 22-oz cue.

-Sean

 

[lukemindish]

My cue is 19.3oz and to me it feels perfect:thumbup:

 

[Bob Callahan]

Interesting that in this poll, the OP seems to think 20.5 is the upper limit and anything heavier than that "needs explanation." -Sean

I think the poor OP was just trying to use the limits of polls here to match his best guess about the statistical distribution of cue weights. So far it seems like a pretty good fit.... *grin*

 

[scratchs]

I also have a 24oz cue that I brake with when I'm having problems with my shoulder.This same cue is well balanced an play well..

 

[scratchs]

My player is 19.5oz's..sorry last post,still sleeping..lol

 

[SakuJack]

My cue is 19oz, but I only just started playing really so am not sure what kind of weight I prefer just yet.

 

[PoolBum]

My Mottey is just under 19.4 oz.

 

[BluesTele]

i have 2 maple late 70's mali's and they both weigh in at 16oz each.

also have a predator sneaky at a little over 18oz.

love them all ...

 

[3kushn]

15oz Cause that's what I wanted. Well actually I asked for 14 bur added an ounce of carbide in the butt.

 

[LunaticFringeIn]

When I started in this game I started out with a 10.00 21 ounce Wally World special cuase lets face it, as pathetic as it is, it still beats used and abused bar cues! Suprisingly I went on a 15 out of 16 winning streak with it and was offered a handsome price for it on several occasions, didnt have the heart to gouge someone that bad...I should have though!

Finally decided this game might actually be for me, so I went out and bought a 20 ounce Cuetec. Had about the same winning streak that season as I did the previous season with the Wally World Special. I played better with it but I will attribute that more to a better quality of cue.

A little later during the next season I played with a friends 18 ounce McDermott and found I had enough gas in the tank with it to actually hang with the S/L 6's (got bumped from SL3 to a SL6 in one week!) enough to be competitive, although I dont win as much as I used to. I went out and bought the same cue and have been playing with it since. At this point while I might go up to a 18.5 ounce cue I cant see playing with any cue that aint between 18-18.5 ounces. Cues in that weight class seem to allow me to consistently play my best game.