I’m still waiting for his wife to say something in his commercials.
Not sure what commercial you are referring to but the ones that sometimes play on some live streams were literally done at around 2am after 14 hours at the booth. We were both dead on our feet for those.
That’s what I hated about the justis case is listening to my cue sticks rattle around while I was walking. Not that they were being damaged from it ..just more of an annoyance. My mason case is tight because they are so small so you have to put your cues in it in a certain way. Especially since I use one of the shaft slots for my jump cue butt but I can also turn my case upside down and shake the hell out of it even if I just have 1 cue in it and they don’t move lol
And remember what Jack said about it? "If you don't like the sound of your cues rattling in a Justis case then stop shaking the damn case". Jack, rest in peace my friend, had a quick with and great one liners that could send me into a frenzy for days.
This could be a whole other thread but, I always put my cues in butt first and bumper down, then put the shafts in with tip down. However, I have a JB 3x6 and it's full with 3 butts and 6 shafts. Main player with 1 shaft, secondary player with one shaft (Huebler above) break cue with one shaft, 2 jump shafts (jump butts are in the jump butt pocket (Ironically, that's where my sleeve is at, keeps them from banging against each other!) and one spare Huebler shaft from a different cue just in case) so when I pull a cue out it's tight unless I pull multiple shafts out first. Point being, if the shafts were put in first with tip up then the butts with bumper up, this would considerably reduce the resistance of getting them in or out. Not going to happen because it would be hard to get the cues out, but it's an option.
You can put the cues in bumper down with some of the tips up.
The Rugged line is a bit outdated now. It also seems everyone has one. They need to revamp the line so those with rugged cases can upgrade.
I’ve seen more stylish cases from predator, action is very good for the money, pro series and whoever mezz gets their cases from.
The JB leather cases are timeless though. Those are amazing cases. If he loosens up the slots a bit where the cues hang loose then it would be perfect. It’s padded anyways so it won’t hurt the cues if it’s moving between pads. I don’t like Irish linen sliding in and out of the tight interior. It’s like taking a dry towel over it. Causes the linen to produce lint. I’ve had cases that wasn’t nearly as tight and periodically I have to take a lighter to the linen to burn off the lint.
We are a custom case maker so all you need to do it tell us what you are willing to pay for and we can wrap as much pretty around the protection as your budget allows for.
The Rugged Line started life as the Basic Rugged and was intended to be plain and practical. I have designed some of the coolest cases ever seen and many of those designs are found in other brands these days. None of them offer the same protection that we do and none of them are built as sturdy as ours.
Regarding your claim that our interiors cause Irish linen to pill this is ASOLUTELY UNTRUE. A wrap that is properly pressed as Irish Linen wraps are supposed to be WILL NOT PILL in a JB case. I have tested this extensively. A unpressed Irish linen wrap will pill BECAUSE that is the nature of Irish linen and it will do this regardless of the case it is kept in. It will pill even if not kept in a case due to the friction of handling it. Our interiors are also snug not tight. We can argue over what pressure constitutes "snug" versus "tight" but I have several videos that demonstrate what I mean by snug that I feel adequately show what I claim.
My personal cues have pressed Irish linen and they are all $1000 and higher. If I ever detected that the case was causing any issues to the linen I would IMMEDIATELY change the design. The issue you describe is NOT something that happens in JB Cases as a fault of the case. At least not something that has EVER come up in the past 14 years and with the over 30,000 cases we have built to date.
While this video doesn't address the Irish linen claim you made it does address the several times that you have chosen to call our cases tight in a negative manner.
What’s shocking is how cheap the prices are. I thought anything Predator would command a premium.
JB is an innovator with specialized compartments in the pockets. I like to dump my EDC, everyday carry items in my cue case and I use the jump cue pocket and it’s a mess. Watches, knife and pen gets scratched up.
I remember JB cases having dedicated chalk pocket, cue ball and dividers.
Cuetec has a great case out on the market. Possibly the best and it has a pocket for your phone.
The Cuetec case has a number of "features" that were taken directly from us. The phone pocket is something we created over ten years ago and we have many variations of it. The CT case is very heavy because they don't know how to design the case without creating way to many layers. For a butterfly it is not built properly to support the weight. That's why the CT cases often look like crap after a couple months of use as the internal construction breaks down under the weight.
How do I know? I bought one and inspected it thoroughly because IF they had done anything better than us then I would take that and make ours better. And, for similar money you can a better JB butterfly case WITH a lifetime warranty. I thought I did a video comparison and if I did and find the link I will come back and edit this post to provide it.
Regarding Predator cases being cheap........ I could say a lot here but I will just say that regardless of the price it is my opinion that you get LESS than you pay for with a Predator case. I make a nice chunk of money selling replacement interiors for some of their models. Their entire liner fits inside my fist as you will see at the end of this video. Bonus: this video contains information about the padding and rubber grips.
Anyone else got comments or questions you want me to address?
