The table will still require a vacuum job occassioanly as neither will pick up lint, large chalk pieces and etc.
When I got my table it came with a good brush. The installer said to brush the stuff toward the pockets, where it will fall through onto the floor. Problem is that the brush is stiff-bristled and pulls up some fine nap-like fibers on cloth I paid dearly for to avoid nap in the first place.
I've been using a high-quality horsehair bench brush instead. It has softer hairs in it, plus they are longer so they bend a bit and don't affect the fiber in the cloth. A light flicking action seems to move the big stuff right along to the pockets.
After a thorough brushing, I've been using the Swiffer floor cleaning pads to great effect to remove chalk and other fine dust. At first I thought it was taking the color out of the cloth, but then I realized it was actually getting stained from the green chalk I've been using. If I use a second one, I don't see so much green on it, so the green must be from the chalk.
Also, when I go over an area with the Swiffer, I can see that the spruce green cloth is a darker color than the area I haven't gotten to yet. It's pretty dramatic in the right light, so I guess it works OK.
Problem is that the fine rayon fibers sometimes come out of the Swiffer and get caught in the weave of the cloth. They are hard to see and tough to pick out by hand, and I am afraid they will accumulate if I let them go.
I think I'm gonna spring for the X-1 in the interest of having the best playing cloth for the longest time. It's a lot of money for what it is, but I spent over $90 last night on dinner with the wife. The X-1 will endure a lot longer than that raspberry-glazed duck did.