After quite a bit of contemplating I decided to join the dark side and ordered a revo 12.9 unlilok for a predator blak 4 I have had for several years. The reason I chose to get one is that I have decided to quit swapping out the dozen or so cues I have and just stick to one cue. The cue I decided to stick with is the predator and have been playing with it for 2 months straight. All of my cues have regular maple shafts except for the predators 314 shaft. I have never realreally had an issue in my playing level swapping out cues ever so often.
One other thing. Like i said I am a banger and admit I dont know chit from china about all the terms people on here have given in their revo reviews like squirt ...swerve ...deflection and so on.
I ordered the shaft Tuesday a week ago and received it this past Monday. The first thing I noticed was its the lightest shaft I have ever held....at leat it feels that way. The second thing I noticed was its the smoothest shaft I have ever held. So it sat in my case all week until league tonight.
I had intended to get there early and practice with it but it did not happen. So ....the first time I shot with it was in my 8 ball match. I shot good but not good enough and lost 4-1 in a 4-4 match. It's par for the course lately as I always start out slow and my 8 ball game has sort of fallen of a ledge lately it seems like.
45 minutes later I play 9 ball vs a 7 and I am a 6. It seemed like me and the cue both woke up and I was not missing a thing. Dont know how to explain it but the revo has more power than any shaft I have ever played with. The cue ball moves more effortlessly than I am used to and got me out of shape a couple of times but the cue is accurate and made me more confident to make shots I probably would have played safe with the 314 shaft. Draw shots have always been a weakness with me and the revo makes them with ease....actually made them too easy and I scratched twice on draw shots that would never have happened with a maple shaft.
Now all the above description sounds like I probably had a bad game. Far from it. I walloped that 7 by 46-28 in a 46-55 race even though I gave him bih on 2 scratches I never would have made with the 314. I just had to rein in my stroke a little and shot pretty dang good considering I had absolutely no practice time with a completely different type of shaft than I have ever played with before.
A friend came up and said he noticed I had a revo and asked about the deflection. I replied ...i dont know nothing about deflection all I can say is the cue ball goes where I aim it. He just laughed. I know its too early to tell if ....or how much it will or will not improve my game but all I can say is I love how it plays.
One other thing. Like i said I am a banger and admit I dont know chit from china about all the terms people on here have given in their revo reviews like squirt ...swerve ...deflection and so on.
I ordered the shaft Tuesday a week ago and received it this past Monday. The first thing I noticed was its the lightest shaft I have ever held....at leat it feels that way. The second thing I noticed was its the smoothest shaft I have ever held. So it sat in my case all week until league tonight.
I had intended to get there early and practice with it but it did not happen. So ....the first time I shot with it was in my 8 ball match. I shot good but not good enough and lost 4-1 in a 4-4 match. It's par for the course lately as I always start out slow and my 8 ball game has sort of fallen of a ledge lately it seems like.
45 minutes later I play 9 ball vs a 7 and I am a 6. It seemed like me and the cue both woke up and I was not missing a thing. Dont know how to explain it but the revo has more power than any shaft I have ever played with. The cue ball moves more effortlessly than I am used to and got me out of shape a couple of times but the cue is accurate and made me more confident to make shots I probably would have played safe with the 314 shaft. Draw shots have always been a weakness with me and the revo makes them with ease....actually made them too easy and I scratched twice on draw shots that would never have happened with a maple shaft.
Now all the above description sounds like I probably had a bad game. Far from it. I walloped that 7 by 46-28 in a 46-55 race even though I gave him bih on 2 scratches I never would have made with the 314. I just had to rein in my stroke a little and shot pretty dang good considering I had absolutely no practice time with a completely different type of shaft than I have ever played with before.
A friend came up and said he noticed I had a revo and asked about the deflection. I replied ...i dont know nothing about deflection all I can say is the cue ball goes where I aim it. He just laughed. I know its too early to tell if ....or how much it will or will not improve my game but all I can say is I love how it plays.
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