just won free item from pro9 website !! new bridge type

Solartje

Solartje

the Brunswick BUG bit me
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WOHOOOO :)

guess my bad luck curse is over, and my friends can stop calling me Murphy for that damned law !!

i just won a omnibridge from www.highrollerbilliards.com

thanks to dave who posted the link to the pricecontest of his website www.pro9.co.uk, on the belgium poolforum.

I'll post a revieuw as soon as it arives.
 
Omnibridge

It does look like a good idea, and particularly when the cue is tilted, it would give a smoother surface for cueing, but the $44.95 price made me cough a little for a bridge head.
 
Snapshot9 said:
It does look like a good idea, and particularly when the cue is tilted, it would give a smoother surface for cueing, but the $44.95 price made me cough a little for a bridge head.
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Hence the name highroller billiards. :D
 
Snapshot9 said:
It does look like a good idea, and particularly when the cue is tilted, it would give a smoother surface for cueing, but the $44.95 price made me cough a little for a bridge head.
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They're on eBay for $34.95 plus shipping...
 
Not bad, reduces scratching on the shafts. And smart, patent pending.
 
ill post a review when they arive. promised.

the price seems expensive indeed, but hey, no problem for me :p
 
As a matter of fact it's not really that expensive if you weigh those intimidating metallic ball bearings.
 
bcf said:
Not bad, reduces scratching on the shafts. And smart, patent pending.
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Yeah, I noticed that claim. The main problem I have with the construction is that an EXTREMELY SMALL area of the cue will be resting on the ball bearings, effectively two small POINTS of contact rather than the more widely distributed area of some of the better bridgeheads.

While this may allow for a great deal of stroke smoothness, you WILL put TWO DENTS in your shaft each time you do any kind of medium to high speed draw shot! This will not happen to this extent on the standard PLASTIC (NOT metallic) bridgeheads, as they have a much larger contact area and spread the impact far better.

If you don't believe this, first have a 250 lb man stand on your toe with the heel of his shoe, then have a little 100 lb woman stand on your toe with her 1/2"-square SPIKED-HIGHHEEL! You will then quickly understand the advantages to spreading field of impact as much as possible.

And, to keep the standard bridges from scratching cues during stroking, and also causing them them to allow smooth, easy stroking, I cover the contact surface with either a soft piece of felt or a thin piece of velcro -- the velcro works best. Additionally, with this extra layer of protection, I can now do repeated POWER draw shots with NO shaft damage and NO LOSS in ACCURACY!

Anyway, the REAL TRUTH will come out with Solarje's test and review. I'm just saying that this "hot new item" may have a serious design flaw that will cost a bit more than the $40+ purchase price and that more information about its construction needs to be available before everyone simply jumps on the bandwagon.
 
Interesting. What will they think of next?

I personally opt for a well made plastic bridge, I don't like laying my cue shaft on metal period. Next thing ya know you're trying to steam a ding out. Although the round surface of those ball bearings would most likely be more forgiving, I never the less, don't like metal.

Next problem I see with it is that it is thick which can impede your ability to place it between balls.

Also, it is small in height and seems limited there.

The best bridge IMO is something like this one for example. This one is the Russo bridge but others compare .....

http://www.poolndarts.com/p-5959-Russo-Interlocking-Bridge-Head/

Notice BTW, the price :) It's 4 bucks.

I'm happy to see innovative ideas popping up, but it does take quite a few before a gem is discovered.

I suggest a lightweight plastic bridge as I linked to. If you ever get involved playing "all ball fouls" I think touching balls also would become a problem more likely experienced with this bridge.

I feel its much more gimmick than practical. (sorry) :(

BTW, did ya see the price? :eek:
 
3andstop said:
Interesting. What will they think of next?

I personally opt for a well made plastic bridge, I don't like laying my cue shaft on metal period. Next thing ya know you're trying to steam a ding out. Although the round surface of those ball bearings would most likely be more forgiving, I never the less, don't like metal.

Next problem I see with it is that it is thick which can impede your ability to place it between balls.

Also, it is small in height and seems limited there.

The best bridge IMO is something like this one for example. This one is the Russo bridge but others compare .....

http://www.poolndarts.com/p-5959-Russo-Interlocking-Bridge-Head/

Notice BTW, the price :) It's 4 bucks.

I'm happy to see innovative ideas popping up, but it does take quite a few before a gem is discovered.

I suggest a lightweight plastic bridge as I linked to. If you ever get involved playing "all ball fouls" I think touching balls also would become a problem more likely experienced with this bridge.

I feel its much more gimmick than practical. (sorry) :(

BTW, did ya see the price? :eek:
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I just thought I'm gonna misread that patent for a while, hop into the nearest hardware store get a dozen metal balls assemble my own. Now this one looks a lot easier, much alike the normal ones we using. No need metal balls and patent.
 
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