My SARDO M5000 came in today.
It's everything it's advertised to be, and opposite all the negatives.
There are no discernable additional dimples in the rack area. I have nearly new cloth, and have had a pretty tough time getting a tight rack. It normally takes work, and I'm not guaranteed to have the head ball on the spot.
With the SARDO, it didn't take long to "train" the table. Running my hands over the rack area, I can't tell any difference. The balls rack tight, everytime. You can examine each ball, and they are all touching each other.
The quickest thing I notices was that when I break a repeatable rack, I can make adjustments that make sense. Specifically, I've been working on my second ball 8-ball break. Not because it makes the 8-ball (it doesn't count in my league), but to make a ball and put the cue ball in a favorable spot. With nuances of different/inconsistent racks, it was tough to figure anything out and make proper adjustments. With the consistent rack, I quickly discovered some quirks about the second ball break that I have never thought about previously.
To rack the balls, it actually takes less time with the SARDO, because there isn't that repeated back and forth, rolling the balls with the thumbs, and pressing the balls down, and repeat when the balls don't stay tight. It's just toss the balls in, line up the dots, and push down. Maybe 10 seconds.
It's a winner, and as I said, it doesn't do all the terrible things people are guessing it does.
Fred
It's everything it's advertised to be, and opposite all the negatives.
There are no discernable additional dimples in the rack area. I have nearly new cloth, and have had a pretty tough time getting a tight rack. It normally takes work, and I'm not guaranteed to have the head ball on the spot.
With the SARDO, it didn't take long to "train" the table. Running my hands over the rack area, I can't tell any difference. The balls rack tight, everytime. You can examine each ball, and they are all touching each other.
The quickest thing I notices was that when I break a repeatable rack, I can make adjustments that make sense. Specifically, I've been working on my second ball 8-ball break. Not because it makes the 8-ball (it doesn't count in my league), but to make a ball and put the cue ball in a favorable spot. With nuances of different/inconsistent racks, it was tough to figure anything out and make proper adjustments. With the consistent rack, I quickly discovered some quirks about the second ball break that I have never thought about previously.
To rack the balls, it actually takes less time with the SARDO, because there isn't that repeated back and forth, rolling the balls with the thumbs, and pressing the balls down, and repeat when the balls don't stay tight. It's just toss the balls in, line up the dots, and push down. Maybe 10 seconds.
It's a winner, and as I said, it doesn't do all the terrible things people are guessing it does.
Fred
