Sterling Balls

Standard snooker balls are 2 1/16 inches in diameter. Those are a little large.
 
This is the size I own, which I find adequate for playing snooker on a 9' table. But Bob is right: standard size snooker balls are 2-1/16".

Were you going to buy these for a table at home? If so, what size table do you have?
 
The balls will be for a nine foot pool table. I was primarily wanting to know if this is a good brand of balls anyone know?
 
salimpatel said:
The balls will be for a nine foot pool table. I was primarily wanting to know if this is a good brand of balls anyone know?
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The balls get good reviews on this site, though admittedly by users who consider themselves casual players:
http://www.buzzillions.com/reviews/...e-fedex-shipping-reviews#bz-model-reviews-top

The set is available at a slightly cheaper price at the following site (though I've never purchased from the site and can't vouch for it):
http://www.opentip.com/Sporting-Goods/Sterling-Premier-Snooker-Balls-Set-p-1301647.html

You might try sending a PM to "drsnooker", who I seem to recall provided a review comparing different sets of snooker balls.

Found it:
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=115282&highlight=snooker+balls
 
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I've never played with this particular brand. But all the above comments are correct. International rules snooker uses 2 1/16". USA rules on 10ft table uses 2 1/8"

I've played with several different ball sets and have to say the aramiths are the best. I do prefer the super crystalate over the tournament champion. They give less kicks and less pings of the cushion. But in the US championship, they play with the TC, so that's what I practice with now.

The phenolic (cheap) balls get banged up really easy, before you know it, the cueball starts looking like a bowling ball (with finger holes). Most of those are also not weight matched, so a stun might turn into screw on one red and follow on another. Makes accurate positioning really tricky.

For the price I expect it to be a phenolic resin starter set. If you're not too serious about playing, go for it!
 
drsnooker said:
I've never played with this particular brand. But all the above comments are correct. International rules snooker uses 2 1/16". USA rules on 10ft table uses 2 1/8"

I've played with several different ball sets and have to say the aramiths are the best. I do prefer the super crystalate over the tournament champion. They give less kicks and less pings of the cushion. But in the US championship, they play with the TC, so that's what I practice with now.

The phenolic (cheap) balls get banged up really easy, before you know it, the cueball starts looking like a bowling ball (with finger holes). Most of those are also not weight matched, so a stun might turn into screw on one red and follow on another. Makes accurate positioning really tricky.

For the price I expect it to be a phenolic resin starter set. If you're not too serious about playing, go for it!
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I was going to mention that. The set that we (Sterling) sells is the requested size for American 10ft snooker tables and not the regulation 6x12 snooker tables. We so rarely sell a set of these much less get a request for the regulation size that it's not practical for us to carry the regulation size.

I will however see to it that the difference is spelled out on the description in our database and then it will propogate eventually to all the websites which carry this set through us.
 
For anybody else looking at the same ballset (I already PM Salim) you can get the same balls of amazon for the same price as ebay but without the $13 shipping. And that is a sixer of good beer!
 
salimpatel said:
The balls will be for a nine foot pool table. I was primarily wanting to know if this is a good brand of balls anyone know?
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The Sterling snooker balls as shown on ebay will work just fine for 9' tables. You can also reduce the size of the pockets for snooker playing with pocket tensioners/reducers which can be found in local pool stores that carry them. This will give added advantage of playing both snooker and pool cue-games interchangeably when needed. 2-1/8" is not meant for either the 10 nor the 12 footers, unless you modify their pockets for suitable play.

Also, check with your local pool halls that carry the 10 and/or the 12 footers that need new sets of snooker balls whereby you can request for the older set(s) for free or at a very low price around $10 or $15. I got mine for free exactly that way and in good condition, after getting the wrong ("kiddie") ones from ebay by mistake.
 
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