Honestly I feel it's worth $199 if you want to get a nice CF shaft. I was on the fence about CF in general and got it for the sale price.
the only thing for me is the long taper people have said it has, i previously had a very long taper cf and it feels super weird to me, maybe i should suck it up and get used to it?
Agree. I'm not paying 400+ for a shaft, any shaft.
they offer conical as a billiard shaft. could use it for pool too.
that might be the ticket
I may have been somewhat Chinese but...
You got the carom shaft?I got the Rhyno 12mm Conical shaft , Put a triangle tip on it connected it to my Cuetec Truewood with 4” Smart extension and oh gosh ,,,, my search is over this is the hit I’ve been searching for . I can’t stop hitting balls with it……..
I play libre with my house cue Saturday
CF isn't workable like wood is. Smoothing the shaft by removing CF filaments from the surface is a big unknown (by me at least) as far as how it will affect its integrity. The manufacturers warn against it strongly and says it voids their warranty.
Do you think a few swipes w 2000 would even those up, or leave well enuf alone??
I do think it would be easy to smooth it out - the question is would it affect the structural integrity of the CF filaments? If it’s easy, why don’t they do it? I’m sure they have their competitors’ shafts on hand as benchmarks.
Not enuf to affect the fiber, that's why I thot 2000 might be best, just a light smoothing, very light, to get rid of the oxidation and or debris build up, etc... of what's left after manufacture and handling. Leather might do the trick as well. A few slaps w a burnishing pad.
My thots were perhaps that was the diff in the pics you posted. An extra polishing step on the one shaft to finish them out b4 sales.
I'm thinking rhino avoids this last polish as a cost saving measure, hence all the comments on how dirty shafts were by the guys. Having to clean em w alcohol, etc. I don't see any diff in the structure or density of fiber between those 2 shafts. One is polished more than the other. Whether I'd pay an extra 300 for that is a question for another day. Lol.
I ordered a Nebula for my house / Garage table , can’t beat the price
Get the Carom shaft , it has a short taper like a Sugartree Shaft !!! It’s NOT just straight fROM THE TIP TO THE JOINT , it hits so solid …. I have the Cuetec Cynergy shaft 11.8 with pro taper and I can’t stand it
. Me personally can’t do the pro taper , I guess it’s because I grew up playing with a house cue for years .
Wipe it down with a soft cloth/paper towel and 91%alc. Mine was dirty out of the box but 3-4 wipes and it was clean. Smoothest cue shaft i've ever used. Not 'noisy' like another poster said. I see zero need for ANY polishing/smoothing.