Should your break cue weigh less than your playing cue?

I like my break cue to be 18 and my shooter 19. Those weights feel most comfortable to me. No idea what should be the correct weight.
 
I like my break cue to be no heavier than my playing cue. It can even be a little bit lighter.

I can swing a lighter cue faster than I can a big heavy cue and I can make the cue ball go faster.
 
I've known cues as heavy as 28oz , and as light as 14oz.
most often break cues average 18 - 20oz.
should be, does not play in this scenario, player ability, experience and preference does.
hope this helps.
 
I think it's just a matter of preference.

I feel having a heavier cue enables a slower stroke w the same cb speed as a lighter cue with a higher stroke speed.

Less stroke speed=more control.

Play cue:18.5oz

Break cue:26oz

I didn't seek out that weight for break cue, I just liked the cue.
 
As someone already stated, a lighter cue gives you a faster break speed, while a heavier cue is slower speed. But the force behind that speed is a large factor in determining how much power goes into the cue ball. A 21oz cue is 3.5 times heavier than a cue ball, where a 15oz cue us only 2.5 times heavier. At equal stroke speeds the heavy cue will provide a more forceful break.
The light cue would have to be stroke faster to get the same break action. It's a matter of personal preference, how much control and power you prefer to adopt.

But if you're looking to buy a jump-break cue, you'll want a lighter-weighted cue. (Jumping is more difficult with a heavier cue, and you'll find longer jumps easy using a full length lighter cue.)
 
BC21 said:
But if you're looking to buy a jump-break cue, you'll want a lighter-weighted cue. (Jumping is more difficult with a heavier cue, and you'll find longer jumps easy using a full length lighter cue.)
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Maybe that explains why I can't jump w my jump/break cue for crap but it's easy w my dedicated jumper. I'll have to check their weight.
 
I think there is no substitute for experimenting until you find what you break best with. I started out with an extremely heavy breaker(over20oz) and it was no better than a breaker under 20oz. I think it is more about technique than equipment.
 
strmanglr scott said:
I think it's just a matter of preference.

I feel having a heavier cue enables a slower stroke w the same cb speed as a lighter cue with a higher stroke speed.

Less stroke speed=more control.

Play cue:18.5oz

Break cue:26oz

I didn't seek out that weight for break cue, I just liked the cue.
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Do know that your break cue is exceeding the maximum legal weight of 25oz set by WPA equipment specifications? :D
 
GoldCrown said:
I think there is no substitute for experimenting until you find what you break best with. I started out with an extremely heavy breaker(over20oz) and it was no better than a breaker under 20oz. I think it is more about technique than equipment.
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I totally agree... I always thought heavier was better for me until someone sold me a light break cue. Now that I have gotten use to it. I think I am going to stick with lighter. My suggestion is to now be scared to test out weights and work on your technique.
 
Current break jump is 17.8 oz, and my playing cues are typically over 19.0.
Can't break with a heavy cue
I like a light break cue with a really hard tip
 
dr_dave said:
The short answer is: It depends on the person.

For the long answer, see the optimal cue weight resource page.

Enjoy,
Dave
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Thanks for that resource page link.

I did figure the lighter cue would give me more speed but the heavier more deliberate accuracy because swung slower. I think I started off too light (15 0z) the shaft actually ended up breaking although was a cheap end cue and then went to 21 oz break jump which is fin but ill feel ok i get no "pop" in my break just kind of a flat slug hit.

I play with 18/19 so feel like I best go to that.

Fargo - 656
 
I break with my playing cue. For me, the break is rarely harder than a power draw or hard punch shot, which is still pretty dang hard. Hitting the front ball square & clean matters more to me than hitting it hard, as well as being able to control the cue ball. I have more confidence in my playing cue than I do a cue I use only once per game, if I'm winning.

When I did use a break cue, I'd make it to very closely match my player in terms of weight, balance, and dimension.
 
BC21 said:
As someone already stated, a lighter cue gives you a faster break speed, while a heavier cue is slower speed. But the force behind that speed is a large factor in determining how much power goes into the cue ball. A 21oz cue is 3.5 times heavier than a cue ball, where a 15oz cue us only 2.5 times heavier. At equal stroke speeds the heavy cue will provide a more forceful break.
The light cue would have to be stroke faster to get the same break action. It's a matter of personal preference, how much control and power you prefer to adopt.

But if you're looking to buy a jump-break cue, you'll want a lighter-weighted cue. (Jumping is more difficult with a heavier cue, and you'll find longer jumps easy using a full length lighter cue.)
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How can a person have a more "forceful" break? The only variable is cue ball speed. If the cue ball travels faster I suppose you would have more force and slower would be less force but no matter what its all about speed.
 
My break sucks with a 15 ounce cue equally as bad as it sucks with a 25 ounce cue. My current breaker happens to be around 18oz or maybe a little lighter and I like it just fine.
 
marek said:
Do know that your break cue is exceeding the maximum legal weight of 25oz set by WPA equipment specifications? :D
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I was gonna say I'll let them worry about that.

Then you got me thinking, why would someone manufacture a cue over spec regs?

Looked it up, it's 25oz, my bad.

It's a Rage break/jump I got from Seyberts. Love that place only being about an hour drive away.
 
Baron said:
My break sucks with a 15 ounce cue equally as bad as it sucks with a 25 ounce cue. My current breaker happens to be around 18oz or maybe a little lighter and I like it just fine.
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I don't get that.(keep in mind I play mainly 8 ball) I understand a 15-17oz being hard to break you have to have blazing cue speed. But anything over that is cake.
 
strmanglr scott said:
I was gonna say I'll let them worry about that.

Then you got me thinking, why would someone manufacture a cue over spec regs?

Looked it up, it's 25oz, my bad.

It's a Rage break/jump I got from Seyberts. Love that place only being about an hour drive away.
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A guy gave me an old 25 oz. Imported break cue.
I weighed it, and it only weighed 24.2 ounces.
He obviously got cheated out of .8 ounces worth of imported cue.
By my calculations they got him for just under 2-bucks based on a retail purchase, but I doubt he paid retail.

I still have it
That's no shit
 
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