Carbon can be worth it. They definitely generate a lot of power, play consistent regardless of environmental factors and are very easy to maintain. Once my mezz came with a 30 inch sigma wood shaft my CF revo has been collecting dust. Touchy shots are a lot easier with the wood shaft and I really like the crisp sound of the wood shaft. If I was going to bars and league games all the time the extra durability of the CF makes a lot of sense. Since I play solely at home at this time I am preferring the benefits of good wood at the moment.
How did $139 turn into $285? I mean $5 worth of chalk wound up costing me $1000 so I understand cost overruns but I'd like to see the play by play.
You know they always get you one way or another. You could go the $299 route on Amazon though. I don’t like cfs but seems a lot of people do.
Bet its worth WAY more than 1200 today. CF shafts bring what they do because of demand. Pure and simple. Room i play in is full of them.
. In reality they are far from that., just a better mouse trap.
I think by now EVERYONE on this forum knows that a new shaft won't make you play better. CF's main benefits are its SUPER slick finish, durability(light yrs better than wood unless abused like a drunk baggage handler) and somewhat better power(really varies from model to model). They are the hot thing right now and almost everyone who i know that has one loves it. I'm still using a Mezz wood shaft(with a cf rod on the inside) and will probably stay with it because i'm so used to it. You don't have to be a WC player to enjoy using one.Well I am not personally jumping on CF Shaft, for several reasons.
One my Cue the way it came with Maple shaft is potentially better then I am capable of using it to full potential.
I am inconsistent recreational player, not world class pro, wanting to move my game up a notch where CF might help.
I think many people on this forum are in their minds world class players.
Even your local short stops can not run consistent with the Top Pros, if they could they would be on Pro circuit.
If you want to know how great you are at something, compete with someone way stronger then you at sport. You might get ass kicked, stay close, or find out you need to turn professional, by kicking their behind.
Thank corporate Pool equipment pump for hype their latest, great shaft, tip tool, or gizmo to desperate your from your money.
About the only thing recently that I found that was new, and great was V-10 Chalk. No
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wood plays better .. i played with a viking carbon fiber .... wasnt any better than my wood shaft.
I’m neither for or against CF shafts, but you have to be blind not to see it’s only a matter of time before this “gimmick“ dominates the cue shaft industry. Have you tried to buy a wooden tennis racket recently, or a set of “wooden” golf “clubs? I guess there may still be a few players of both sports still kicking and screaming that CF is a gimmick!You think, or now what 100% of Forum Members think or know?
If you do you full of s
CF is latest gimmick, use to be Predator or OB shafts.
Corporation advertise stuff to make money some actually works.
Not that impressive or too expensive for ya lol
Tell Tiger Woods that hitting a golf club is not about feel!
how you please, I have things more important to me than CF Shaft.
I have no problem with People using what ever they like. It's been what.. 7 or 8 years ago since this type of shaft was introduced in the pool world, what has really changed, other than more pros using them. And the companies making the shafts, seem to be more dominant than ever. Are they really worth the $400 to $500 plus? I remember in the early 2000s the first pie spliced shafts came out, with the carbon inside, where all the rage.
