JB Case Owners: Your Favorite JB Interior?

[Mike in MN]

To those of you who own a case made by John Barton, please tell me which interior you prefer and why.

As of right now, and according to the website, John offers three different types of interior on his cases. (http://www.jbcases.com/ordering.html)

The Secure Tube:





The Organic Rebound:



The UltraPad:



For all intents and purposes of this survey, I'm not including the recently introduced Removable Sleeve interior John shared with us in a thread earlier this week. I'm just curious which of the three listed is post prominently preferred.

Thanks in advance!

 

[sfleinen]

Organic rebound

Organic rebound for me, but then again I have a first-generation Sterling Wave with the old zippers, pics shown here (taken in a friend's basement):

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?p=2392214#post2392214

Reasons:

1. I like the organic rebound "mechanism" -- I keep my cues joint-protectors-up, and I just sharply tap my index finger onto the joint protector to have that butt/shaft spring upwards into my hand.

2. I can fit a Tony Ryan cue extender *inside* the case (but then again, I think the only reason I can do this is because my case is a 4x8).

That's not to say that #2 can't be done with the other interiors, but I've come to really like the organic rebound "butt/shaft finger-tap-retrieval" as I like to call it.

-Sean

 

[Mike in MN]

Sean, I too have the Sterling Wave, and I love the Organic Rebound material. I'm considering having John make a case for me in the next year or so, and to be honest, that UltraPad looks pretty cool. Hence my dilemma.

 

[seanjonsean]

ultra pad seems and looks secure enough for any cue , im placing my order soon :thumbup:

 

[sfleinen]

Sean, I too have the Sterling Wave, and I love the Organic Rebound material. I'm considering having John make a case for me in the next year or so, and to be honest, that UltraPad looks pretty cool. Hence my dilemma.

You're right, it does! The only "gripe" (if you want to call it that) I have with my Sterling case is that I play with a rubber carom grip on my cues, and although I can roll these on and off in about 15 seconds, it'd be nice if I didn't have to.

I made a real BONEHEAD error one day, when I was in a rush to go home after a match, and just slid the butt into my case with the rubber carom grip still applied. O-o-o-h lordie, did I have a b*tch of a time trying to remove the butt from the case the next day!! That organic rebound material grabbed onto the rubber carom grip, and would not let go! I finally had to resort to curving a couple spare venetian blind blades (and rounding the edges, so as not to cut the insides of the case), and gently sliding those down into the tube where the stuck butt was, and using those as sort of like "salad spoons" (e.g. like that used in a hospital delivery room to deliver a baby) to ease the butt out.

I'm thinking about JB's new butterfly design, since when I travel, I place my cue case in a CuePak anyway:

http://cuepak.com/

The nice thing about the butterfly case is that even cues with the rubber carom grip are easily removed, obviating having to remove the grip each time I use the cue.

We'll see. Finances definitely play a part, and it's tough these days...

-Sean

 

[Mike in MN]

You're right, it does! The only "gripe" (if you want to call it that) I have with my Sterling case is that I play with a rubber rubber grip on my cues, and although I can roll these on and off in about 15 seconds, it'd be nice if I didn't have to.

I made a real BONEHEAD error one day, when I was in a rush to go home after a match, and just slid the butt into my case with the rubber carom grip still applied. O-o-o-h lordie, did I have a b*tch of a time trying to remove the butt from the case the next day!! That organic rebound material grabbed onto the rubber carom grip, and would not let go! I finally had to resort to curving a couple spare venetian blind blades (and rounding the edges, so as not to cut the insides of the case), and gently sliding those down into the tube where the stuck butt was, and using those as sort of like "salad spoons" (e.g. like that used in a hospital delivery room to deliver a baby) to ease the butt out.

I'm thinking about JB's new butterfly design, since when I travel, I place my cue case in a CuePak anyway:

http://cuepak.com/

The nice thing about the butterfly case is that even cues with the rubber carom grip are easily removed, obviating having to remove the grip each time I use the cue.

We'll see. Finances definitely play a part, and it's tough these days...

-Sean

Man, and I thought I had it tough when I dropped a pair of joint caps down into my case. I had to shake it like a Polaroid picture for a solid minute to get it out. I consider that a GOOD thing. I've never had a case that made me feel like my cues were actually safe until this one.

 

[putt-putt44]

Man,,,thats like asking, do you want the Lamborgini, Ferrari or Rolls,,,,but I would go with the organic first as thats what I have on my ''Rolls Royce'' by John,, also love the Ultra pad,never had one with the tubes,,,,,YET...

,,,,All great though,,!!,,,,,,,,Alan..........

 

[Mike in MN]

Man,,,thats like asking, do you want the Lamborgini, Ferrari or Rolls,,,,but I would go with the organic first as thats what I have on my ''Rolls Royce'' by John,, also love the Ultra pad,never had one with the tubes,,,,,YET...

,,,,All great though,,!!,,,,,,,,Alan..........

I figured they're all amazing options. I'm leaning towards that UltraPad, man that looks awesome. Any other opinions?