Predator Pure chalk

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lfigueroa said:
Over the last couple of months I have dropped the same piece of Taom down a pocket, like maybe three or or five times.

The thing is... it's round, so if you drop enough balls into the pockets odds are you'll catch it just so and it'll roll down the return, at least on a Diamond.

Lou Figueroa
still using
the same piece
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Same thing happened to me. I accidentally nudged it into a corner pocket while playing with a regular on a 9ft Diamond and it showed up in the ball return.

Still on my first piece as well 😁
 
Scrunge19 said:
According to Predator, this chalk is made by them. So it seems it’s not a rebrand of taom as has been speculated.
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Could you let me know the source of this information? Did predator say that on their website or somewhere? Thanks
 
Scrunge19 said:
According to Predator, this chalk is made by them. So it seems it’s not a rebrand of taom as has been speculated.
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From what i've heard they bought the reciepe. I'm assuming V10 is the Hard, Pyro is the Soft and the Teal is a mixture of both for th Medium feel.
 
peppersauce said:
I like round feel of the Taom chalk, myself. But, functionally, I have to agree it’s probably not the best idea. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve dropped my Taom (butter fingers) only to look down and have absolutely no idea where it went because it hit my shoe, took off and rolled 10 feet in some random direction.

I was playing a bar table tournament on Valleys a couple of weeks ago and dropped it on the rail while I was putting it down—rolled right in the side pocket. Had the owner take the front of the table off so I could reach over the ball return and fish it out; 5 cubes of master chalk, $2 in quarters, and 20 minutes later I finally managed to get my chalk back.
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Used to have the same exact problem way too often.

These chalk pouches, like I think I've seen Kelly Fisher using, help a lot.
I'm right handed but chalk with my left hand so having this on my left side never gets in the way.


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I attached a photo of what I use to prevent losing my chalk, and also for easy storage and access while I am playing. I took a piece of dowel and cut it to length, drilled a hole all the way through it vertically, then threaded a string through the hole and epoxyed it all together. It fits in my right front pocket well, stays in there well, and is instant easy access. I have never been close to losing it, unless I lay it down and forget it and go home from the pool hall or something silly like that. As far as the cost of these special chalks these days, I'm not sure what makes them so expensive? Is it Supply and demand, or actually cost the manufacturer more to produce them? Are we silly to invest money in these? I have the town V10 as shown in the attached photo and really like the chalk. I use it mainly on my home table but occasionally at the pool hall. Although, most of the time I use my Predator 1080 at the pool hall because it works so well and I end up chalking between every shot anyway no matter what chalk I use.
 

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SeniorTom said:
Are we silly to invest money in these?
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To be clear, this isn’t a dig at what you said but it’s funny how much people grumble over an $18 piece of chalk that will last an entire year when you consider they spent thousands on a break cue, jump cue, playing cue, nice case, and about a million gadgets and gizmos to go along with it. The benefits of playing with clean, high quality chalk far outweigh the ~$1/mo it will cost you.
 
Scrunge19 said:
To be clear, this isn’t a dig at what you said but it’s funny how much people grumble over an $18 piece of chalk that will last an entire year when you consider they spent thousands on a break cue, jump cue, playing cue, nice case, and about a million gadgets and gizmos to go along with it. The benefits of playing with clean, high quality chalk far outweigh the ~$1/mo it will cost you.
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I use to only use Le Pro, Water Buffalo or Triangle tips that cost less than $1 each. When layered tips first come onto the scene at a whopping $20+ a tip, people were grumbling at the price as well...Out of the whole box of Le Pro, WB or Triangle, only a couple would actually hit good. Rest I would try to have them pressed/modified with limited results. The consistency, hit and performance of layered tips won me over. I will never go back to a non-layered tip...
 
Scrunge19 said:
To be clear, this isn’t a dig at what you said but it’s funny how much people grumble over an $18 piece of chalk that will last an entire year when you consider they spent thousands on a break cue, jump cue, playing cue, nice case, and about a million gadgets and gizmos to go along with it. The benefits of playing with clean, high quality chalk far outweigh the ~$1/mo it will cost you.
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Well I own a couple pieces of v10, as the picture indicates, but still wonder if it really cost them that much more to manufacture V10 then say master or predator 1080?
 
Scrunge19 said:
To be clear, this isn’t a dig at what you said but it’s funny how much people grumble over an $18 piece of chalk that will last an entire year when you consider they spent thousands on a break cue, jump cue, playing cue, nice case, and about a million gadgets and gizmos to go along with it. The benefits of playing with clean, high quality chalk far outweigh the ~$1/mo it will cost you.
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Exactly my point. Lol in the grand scheme of things what’s $20 on a piece of chalk if you like it
 
trob said:
Exactly my point. Lol in the grand scheme of things what’s $20 on a piece of chalk if you like it
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once again, I own a couple pieces of V10 chalk, so I am willing to spend the money, no problem.My point is whether or not the consumer is being right fully charged for these chalks or not. To me, Predator 1080, or even Master, works just as well except for the frequency you have to chalk. And when players have the habit of chalking every turn or shot, well you do the math. In the meantime, I use my V10 at home on my table, and my predator or master at the pool hall cuz they don't really care one way or another.
 
edwu said:
new video just got posted on it:
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Is there a reason that you test the chalk using only bottom spin instead of sidespin? Just curious. It'd be nice to see how well the chalk persists on both sidespin and draw shots.
 
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