Hello all!
I was in the market for a new chalk and decided to give Taom a try. When I got to the shop, they told me that they had a new version, a "Pyro" blue one. I decided to take this one. That was almost 2 month ago, November 1st.
During this time, I played from 2 to 5 times a week for at least 1 hour at a time (except one time, I will talk about that time below), and maximum 7 hours (average time I would say 2,5 hours), most of these times I was playing alone, so 100% table time. I am a chalk-before-every-single-shot kind of player. The chalk has hold up amazingly well so far. I am legitimately baffled of how little it has gone, it's basically new, 2 months later. (Photos were taken today, so you are looking at the current 2 month old chalk. It still sticks out way past the sticker, basically to the same height as I got it.)
The color is very nice IMO, it's almost the same as the Tournament Blue cloth (my samsung's phone camera is known to be hyper sensitive on saturation of the colors and looks like the chalk is way brighter than the cloth, to my naked eye the difference is much smaller).
The feel of chalking is nice, it's not as "dysty" feel as a new masters, but not close to pasty as a kamui, it's a nice in between.
The round shape is really nice. I actually had a bit of a problem adjusting to it at first and it was slipping from my hand for the first week or so, but now my hand is totally adjusted and I prefer it to a cube. I feel like the round shape is much more natural, and I think it contributes to be able to chalk wherever, so it worns out more naturally.
The cleanliness of it is just what I was hoping for. My hands are 100% clean. This was the main reason why I wanted to switch. Masters is so messy, at least for my chalking action, my hand was turning blue in matter of minutes. I then tried Blue Diamond and it was a lot better, but as the chalk loses the "brand new" feel, it started to make my hand blue too.. Taom 2 months in and not once I've seen it in my hand.
Now, as I said I'm a chalk-before-every-single-shot kind of player. But only one time I got to the pool hall 20 minutes before they closed, and I wanted to play so bad that I just crew my cue and started shooting as fast as possible. I was in such a rush that I didn't even take my chalk out and didn't chalk once, and I had my first misscue when I was already told that they are closing and I should go... I don't play with extreme side spins, but that was really nice to know that the chalk could take it, and if I forget to chalk some times it won't fail and misscue.
So my review for this chalk is a solid 10/10. Easily the best chalk I've ever had. Seemed a bit expensive (15€), but if what I've seen so far continues to be true, it will last me for the whole 2019!! (I don't think that it will, but again, so far 2 months in and it's like new)
I was in the market for a new chalk and decided to give Taom a try. When I got to the shop, they told me that they had a new version, a "Pyro" blue one. I decided to take this one. That was almost 2 month ago, November 1st.
During this time, I played from 2 to 5 times a week for at least 1 hour at a time (except one time, I will talk about that time below), and maximum 7 hours (average time I would say 2,5 hours), most of these times I was playing alone, so 100% table time. I am a chalk-before-every-single-shot kind of player. The chalk has hold up amazingly well so far. I am legitimately baffled of how little it has gone, it's basically new, 2 months later. (Photos were taken today, so you are looking at the current 2 month old chalk. It still sticks out way past the sticker, basically to the same height as I got it.)
The color is very nice IMO, it's almost the same as the Tournament Blue cloth (my samsung's phone camera is known to be hyper sensitive on saturation of the colors and looks like the chalk is way brighter than the cloth, to my naked eye the difference is much smaller).
The feel of chalking is nice, it's not as "dysty" feel as a new masters, but not close to pasty as a kamui, it's a nice in between.
The round shape is really nice. I actually had a bit of a problem adjusting to it at first and it was slipping from my hand for the first week or so, but now my hand is totally adjusted and I prefer it to a cube. I feel like the round shape is much more natural, and I think it contributes to be able to chalk wherever, so it worns out more naturally.
The cleanliness of it is just what I was hoping for. My hands are 100% clean. This was the main reason why I wanted to switch. Masters is so messy, at least for my chalking action, my hand was turning blue in matter of minutes. I then tried Blue Diamond and it was a lot better, but as the chalk loses the "brand new" feel, it started to make my hand blue too.. Taom 2 months in and not once I've seen it in my hand.
Now, as I said I'm a chalk-before-every-single-shot kind of player. But only one time I got to the pool hall 20 minutes before they closed, and I wanted to play so bad that I just crew my cue and started shooting as fast as possible. I was in such a rush that I didn't even take my chalk out and didn't chalk once, and I had my first misscue when I was already told that they are closing and I should go... I don't play with extreme side spins, but that was really nice to know that the chalk could take it, and if I forget to chalk some times it won't fail and misscue.
So my review for this chalk is a solid 10/10. Easily the best chalk I've ever had. Seemed a bit expensive (15€), but if what I've seen so far continues to be true, it will last me for the whole 2019!! (I don't think that it will, but again, so far 2 months in and it's like new)
